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Post by phantomsig on Mar 29, 2017 3:34:38 GMT
Hi all,
I've had a few good games with Directrixx and the TEP, but was wondering if in the tournament meta, the two are worth going together? What are your thoughts?
Directrix
- PA
- Assimilator
- Assimilator
- Corollary
TEP
Attunement Servitors (free)
Attunement Servitors (free)
Attunement Servitors (free)
Elimination Servitors (free)
ADO
Optifex Directive
It gets Tac Supremacy from turn one (assuming there is no purgation floating around), and just goes about its business. Only issue is if i want Permutation Servitors in the back arc (i can't move backwards in this case).
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Post by heckler on Mar 29, 2017 8:17:41 GMT
I run the TEP with mother. you just need to figure out where you want to move before you choose the facing. I angle it with servitors in the back all the time and still move away from the enemy.
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Post by Korianneder on Mar 29, 2017 12:44:00 GMT
Really the only thing Mother does for the TEP is tactical supremacy. I like spending those points on more models in her battlegroup for fire group and her feat, but the TEP is so good that it's never a bad idea to run it with any of our casters.
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Post by Permutation Servitor on Mar 29, 2017 14:16:13 GMT
Don't forget Imperil from Mom's Exponent Servitors (+2 damage on a boostable gun is even better!). Imperil is also model/unit, so you can tag one side of a unit with a servitor and laser the other side with the TEP.
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Post by phantomsig on Apr 5, 2017 3:18:58 GMT
So I have a slight variation of this list that I've been doing well with:
Armory - Steamroller Objective
Iron Mother Directrix & Exponent Servitors - WJ: +27
- Iron Mother Directrix & Exponent Servitors Cont.
- Prime Axiom - PC: 38 (Battlegroup Points Used: 27)
- Assimilator - PC: 16
- Assimilator - PC: 16
- Corollary - PC: 6
- Galvanizer - PC: 5
Transfinite Emergence Projector - PC: 19
- Permutation Servitors
Algorithmic Dispersion Optifex - PC: 2
Attunement Servitors - 3 Attunement Servitors: 0
Elimination Servitors - 3 Elimination Servitors: 0
Reflex Servitors - 3 Reflex Servitors: 0
Reflex Servitors - 3 Reflex Servitors: 0
Reflex Servitors - 3 Reflex Servitors: 0
But i am considering replacing the assimilator and galvaniser to get the following:
Armory - Steamroller Objective
Iron Mother Directrix & Exponent Servitors - WJ: +27
- Iron Mother Directrix & Exponent Servitors Cont.
- Prime Axiom - PC: 38 (Battlegroup Points Used: 27)
- Assimilator - PC: 16
- Modulator - PC: 10
- Mitigator - PC: 7
- Diffuser - PC: 6
- Corollary - PC: 6
Transfinite Emergence Projector - PC: 19
- Permutation Servitors
Attunement Servitors - 3 Attunement Servitors: 0
Elimination Servitors - 3 Elimination Servitors: 0
Reflex Servitors - 3 Reflex Servitors: 0
Reflex Servitors - 3 Reflex Servitors: 0
Reflex Servitors - 3 Reflex Servitors: 0
What are everybody's thoughts? I do realise there is no optifex directive, but I pair mother with another list that has them, and the armory gives magical weapons. I'm still experimenting though.
The reflex Servitors are there to be dug in shield guards. It means that people can't just pick off my shield guards before hitting my critical units with critical shots.
My reasoning for the second list is the threat extension on the prime, and the knockdown/puncture being made available. The modulator is to offset the loss of the second assimilator.
Thoughts?
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Post by perilsensitive on Apr 5, 2017 18:33:40 GMT
I have been playing Mother without an OD unit. I feel like as long as I have one in my other list to handle incorp spam, or if you are using ADR and can have one there then you should be ok.
A couple thoughts:
1 - Seikishi, yes Tac Supremacy is the "only" thing she does for the TEP, but that one thing is incredible.
2 - I like having at least one light or an ADO that I can use to run and arc with. Not 100% necessary and I don't like breaking a list too badly to do it, but still. Armory is also great.
3 - I like a Diffuser with Mom. It is effectively a free damage dice if you must get stuck into melee, which is great for the non-Axiom jacks which are generally not great with one initial. It also acts as a relatively disposable arc node if needed. For one more point than a Galvanizer i think it provides a lot of utility. With imperil it is also an accurate pow 13 boostable gun.
So something like:
Mom
-Corollary
-Axiom
-Assim/Monitor
-Assim/Monitor
-Diffuser (ADR out to OD + ADO)
TEP
Free Servitors to taste
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Post by phantomsig on Apr 5, 2017 22:37:20 GMT
Awesome! Thanks for the feedback!
What about the mitigator/modulator combo? Swapping the power of the assimilator for the functionality of the m/m?
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Post by perilsensitive on Apr 6, 2017 16:40:52 GMT
I don't love Modulators unless you are going all in with Mother and the Conflux for POW 14 guns. Even then you are looking at max POW 16 in melee, and mat 5 on non feat turns. Mitigators are pretty neat, though I don't have a lot of experience with them.
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Post by petegrrrr on Apr 10, 2017 21:52:59 GMT
Mom and TEPS both skew anti infantry. Together the skew is incredibly brutal.
40 WG on the table? Mom, 2 TEPS, 2 assimilators, + dealers choice for the rest takes care of that pretty trivially. It's definitely a hard skew, but until infantry machine
goes away, it's not a bad one.
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