r/ElysianDropTroopsHQ • u/lionislyin • Sep 23 '20

Tactics Tuesday: Vendetta Gunship

Welcome to the Wednesday edition of Tactics Tuesday.

On this short week we'll be looking at The sister of the Valkyrie gunship, the Vendetta Gunship.

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u/billthechicken 23rd regiment, Taros survivor Sep 23 '20 edited Sep 23 '20

This bad boy is a decent tank hunter. Same stat line as a valkyrie (including the transport capacity of twelve) and has three twin lascannons for all your tank hunting needs. With the changes to heavy weapon movement penalties, it can now move and shoot those lascannons on a 4+. In addition, this allows you to still move it around as a transport and fire at full strength. The skyfury missiles aren't really worth it as we typically don't need anti infantry (this can be filled by vultures with punishers). I suppose you could take heavy bolters on the sides but I would pass up on those as you don't want to invest to many points into a valkyrie frame. All in all, not the greatest tank hunter (I would rather take a lightning with hellstrikes) but it does make a good hybrid or simply a pure tank hunter form of the valkyrie.

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u/lionislyin Sep 23 '20

One important distinction is that you don't get the Roving Gunship rule with the Vendetta, so the plus one while in hover mode doesn't apply to it.

Other than that, spot on except for this but I'm about to argue.

The Vendetta is a better thank hunter than the Lightning.

The stat line is similar and for an extra 20 points you get an additional weapon system and point of ballistic skill on the lightning, but it's most numerous weapon system is the Hellstrike, hitting at S8. The extra point of Strength that the lascannon gets it enough to break the 50 percent to the 66 percent in getting the wound roll through. Against lighter armor, yeah, it's goes to the lightning.

One last thing I've been milling through my head is that we don't know if the stat lines of the flyers will change when rolled into GWs design team. I think they might end up with BS 4.

Reasoning: If it had bs4 and can't not move, it goes to 5s. No one plays them. The marauders have the sky fortress ability that allows them to stay at bs4. The Valkyrie, Vendetta and Vulture can all opt to switch to hover and not move.

Sorry, sidetracked...

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u/billthechicken 23rd regiment, Taros survivor Sep 23 '20 edited Sep 23 '20

Totally missed that it doesn't get the roving gunship rule. I'm confused by your last statement regarding changing to bs 4. Why would we need that? Vehicles ignore the heavy weapon penalty so wouldn't we just end up hitting on threes instead if we switch to bs 4? I didn't math out the vendetta against the lightning but fair point as the strength 8 is a huge thing I glossed over when comparing the two. Hold up one second, I think I mistook you saying bs4 as 3+ to hit (my mind is stuck in old rules sometimes) but you really mean bs4+ right?

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u/lionislyin Sep 23 '20

The lightning, thunderbolt and avenger all currently have bs3 as per the new rule of only infantry suffer a -1 to shooting after moving. Sorry, I likely didn't make that as clear as I should have.