1.5/5 stars. Rounded up. The humble recon squad competes directly and might be a much better choice.
Background.
Ammitara are painted as part of the Order of the Blind. A secretive and shrouded sect within the legion that was responsible for assassination protocols in tandem with scouting duties ordinarily associated with reconnaissance squads. They were a force that was often doubted to exist, even within their host legion.
Strengths.
This is a recon squad in recon armour. They have infiltrate, move through cover, and support unit as you might expect.
They come armed with nemesis bolt guns for your sniping needs. Combined with infiltrate you can get to where you need to be and start taking shots.
The ability to take upgrades to your weapons is solid. You can get melta guns, plasma guns, or aether-fire blasters. Given the infiltrate rule, the blaster looks very attractive.
Weaknesses.
The 4+ armour save is a significant problem.
You get Corvidae by default and cannot change it. But that's actually okay.
The lack of close combat weapon upgrades for the sergeant lowers the unit utility significantly.
They've also lost the Mind Killer psychic power from first edition - sigh. This is really what made them stand out as a solid choice.
Builds.
5 Ammitara, 1 Melta Gun, Nuncio Vox, Melta Bombs (180 points).
An all comers base line unit. Very expensive.
10 Ammitara, 2 Aether-Fire Blasters, Nuncio Vox (320 points).
An eye watering points cost if I'm being perfectly honest. This is why the recon squad is going to be better in almost every case.
2 comments:
Honestly it does the Alpha Legion better to steal this one then for a Thousand Sons player to use them. They have the Corvidae built which the Alpha Legion can’t take, can take the aether fire which is unique and get a 5 BS which gets the shooting above a recon squad. Add to that just sticking them in buildings or cover anyway and the armor makes little difference combined with having Effrit, headhunters and other infiltrators closer to the enemy means they are lower on target priority. Honestly I am planning on paint a squad up just for this purpose
This is entirely fair - I was thinking as a TS player when I wrote this rather than my default Alpha mindset :)
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