![]() ![]() This is a solid build that makes the most of the melta in the claw/drill too. If you go anti tank then choose the Cyclonic Melta Lance for your main gun, leave off the phosphex discharger, keep the heavy flamers, and take either a claw or a drill – the drill is more effective versus vehicles but honestly both will wreck most stuff. You’re basically going to pick an anti tank or anti infantry role for the leviathan with this build. If you’re going for the hybrid build you can be a little less aggressive on your advance, laying down fire as you do. This makes the mix of weapons available to you a little odd – for a melee leviathan a phosphex discharger and heavy flamers are a good choice, mostly to react with to discourage targets you don’t want to engage getting too close and tying you up in combat. However, although dreadnoughts can fire all their weapons they can’t split their fire, so you need to put everything into a single target. It’s worth remembering that Siege Claws and Drills have built in meltaguns, and you’ll still have chest weapons, so you do have some ranged capacity. Otherwise simply focus on deploying aggressively and moving up consistently. If you have any means to granting it infiltrate or other rules that allow it to advance quickly, then use them. You might be tempted by the dreadnought drop pod, which is certainly cool, but the fact that it is not an Assault Vehicle means that you can’t assault out of Deep Strike with it, a real blow to this as a viable tactic. Therefore some way to get close to the enemy is a useful addition. If you are going for the full melee build, something to take into account is that you will get best use out of it if it can hit combat as quickly as possible. Instead the best choices are either a Siege Claw and a gun, or a full melee build with a Siege Claw and a Siege Drill so it can take on a variety of different targets. Therefore it’s probably best avoid the double gun option – though it’s certainly doable – as unlike the “rifleman” Contemptor build the guns on the Leviathan are just not long range enough to make using it as a weapons platform make much sense. You’ll also find that you only get the most out of its hefty points cost if you push it forward and utilise both its shooting and capacity for assault. It’s not going to do great work just sat at the back waiting to strike. The range on the weapons available to the Leviathan, and its excellent melee capabilities, mean you should consider this to be an aggressive support option. The overall result is something much tougher and harder hitting than the Contemptor, with only a minor penalty to its speed and manoeuvrability. Though this might leave you with the impression that it’s a little less mobile than its lighter counterpart, Move Through Cover makes it less constrained by the battlefield. Heavy stops it running around the battlefield, but also it gives it some extra protection (not that they’re likely to be the target of blast or template weapons). It has a similar profile to the Contemptor, but is stronger, tougher, has more attacks and more wounds. Credit: Jack Hunterĭreadnoughts are in an incredibly powerful position in second edition, and the Leviathan Dreadnought can be described as “the Contemptor Dreadnought but more so”. They are usually slower and less agile than other types of unit, but are destructive in the extreme. ![]() Though all slots offer the opportunity for serious firepower, this slot is death dealing from start to finish. These are the heavy hitters and damage dealers of your army. In this mini-series we’ll be taking a look at all of the units that every Space Marine army can field, how they operate, how you might want to equip them and what you want to point their guns/combat weapons at on the table. In this series, we’ll be walking you through how to build your force and command it to glory, including everything from units to tactics to lead your army to victory. We know that the Horus Heresy system can seem intimidating to players unfamiliar with its particular quirks, but this series aims to equip you with everything you’ll need to play out epic clashes on the battlefields of the far future with your very own army. Welcome back to Goonhammer’s series for aspiring Praetors.
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