4.5/5 stars, rounded up!! One of the best squads (arguably) in the game.
Background.
An invention of the Alpha Legion which subsequently spread to other legions with the Emperor's blessings. The seekers are the best shots in the legions and gather together with explicit orders to take down the enemy command structure and are armed with weapons to do exactly that.
Strengths.
Infiltrate (9) is excellent here and will get you within range of almost anything.
The seekers come issued with a Kraken bolt gun. These are impressive. Apart from the 30 inch range, they have precision and shot selector. This latter rule is to account for the specialist rounds that they carry. Every turn you can gain your choice of panic, breaching, or suppressive. This is excellent!
Alternatively, swap it out for a combi-bolt gun (which might work for a melta-cide squad). I also like to arm the sergeant with a close combat weapon that will make the enemy think twice, or at least cause some damage in a distraction carnifex style.
Weaknesses.
Seekers suits some legions more than others, of course.
Fundamentally, these are 3+ save marines with 1 wound each. However, the points cost remains entirely reasonable for what they are able to pull off.
Finally a warning. Don't spam multiple small units of these if you, you know, like having friends.
Builds.
5 Seekers, Sergeant with Power Weapon, Nuncio Vox, Augury Scanner (135 points).
A basic build. Multiple ones of these will leave you with few friends. Just so I'm clear.
5 Seekers, 5 Combi-Meltas (155 points).
Melta-cide distraction. Other squads might do this better, but I still like this set up.
10 Seekers, Sergeant with Thunder Hammer and melta bombs, Nuncio Vox, Augury Scanner (240points).
More expensive, but the full tool kit that you'd ever need. Yes, terminators are cheaper which is why I favour multiple small units for seekers.
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