What is the best weapon to take for a Chaplain, I haven\'t played since 2nd ed and have had it in the blister pack since then,lol. I was going to give him a plasma pistol but with rule changes etc is that still a good idea? My mate said I should give him a power fist, coz it would look cool and make him awesome in CC, but I want a shooter haha
What weapon for a chaplain?
- Thread starter Gapow
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Giving a chaplain a powerfist has always struck me as being one of the most pointless weapon options in the game. He has a power weapon as standard so admittedly the powerfist made him S8 but it also made him go last. I suppose there was still the option of turning the fist off and going at I5 but what\'s the point?
Now having a Crozius and a powerfist is a death sentence. Under the new rules independent characters can be killed in mass combats far more easily and going last is sure to get him dead before he has a chance to hit back. Add to that you now have to have a pair of fists to gain the extra attack and it seems even less attractive.
My advice is to give him that plasma pistol. it only blows up on a 1 and having a 3+ armour save and several wounds means it\'s highly unlikely to killl him if it does.
Now having a Crozius and a powerfist is a death sentence. Under the new rules independent characters can be killed in mass combats far more easily and going last is sure to get him dead before he has a chance to hit back. Add to that you now have to have a pair of fists to gain the extra attack and it seems even less attractive.
My advice is to give him that plasma pistol. it only blows up on a 1 and having a 3+ armour save and several wounds means it\'s highly unlikely to killl him if it does.
No point taking anything other than a bolt pistol now. You want the extra attack and as plasma pistols can no longer double tap, take the bolt pistol for the extra attack. You want your Chaplain in close combat as much as you can so a plasma pistol is not worth the points. You may get 2 shots at most. Power fists are not worth it for the chaplain. Better to get him taking down as many people as he can and allowing someone in his squad to do the tank busting. That said, don\'t intend your Chaplain to be a vehicle buster so he doesn\'t need a powerfist anyway.
Give him melta bombs if you are concerned.
Give him melta bombs if you are concerned.
kingsmotley
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Unless he is leading a death company - power fists are useful then!
generulpoleaxe
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what ever happenend to giving models equipment because it looked cool on the model, be it stock model or converted.
That was kinda why I wanted to give him something other than a bolt pistol in the first place, as the standard squad leaders came with one as standard (I started collecting at 2nd ed) When I was playing, the plasma pistol was treated the same as a bolt pistol (both counted as standard close comabt,giving an extra attack...as far as I rememebr) just the plasma pistol looked cooler and had more \'oomph\'. Think I\'ve solved the problem by buying some magnets,so he can have both, I didn\'t wanna glue anything on that looked cool, but was gunna be useless if I wanted to play a game
generulpoleaxe
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the plasma pistol won\'t be useless, if he is out of range of assaulting he can always have a pop at something meaty with it.
