My friend has an Ultramarine army and he is planning to get a Dreadnought. Because neither of us knows what actually is good or anything in 40k he asked if I could bother you and ask how should he equip his Dreadnought. So here it goes.
How should my friend equip his Ultramarine Dreadnought which is going to face Tyranids, IG, Tau and Eldar. Armies are about 500 points or more and the rest of his army contains a Rhino, 10 basic Marines (both squads have heavy weapons) and a commander with pretty grazy kit. And please remember to say WHY he should equip it like that or that... We need to know reasons as well Thank you.
Don't know much about it, but I've heard/red that a Plasma cannon is quite good against troops, and for the other arm a close-combat choice will be good.
silver jaden: dreads cannot have plasma cannons anymore for some reason. but unless you are really short on heavy tankbusting for those AV 14 then assault cannon is the way to go easy
The assault cannon has a better chance of a damaging hit against AV14 or 13 than either a lascannon or a twin-linked lascannon does. That's definetely saying something, especially considering it's extremely useful against medium or light infantry (save 4+ or worse) and very good (but not great) against heavy infantry (save 3+ or better). It's also the cheapest option you have.
"We are the most civilized race in the world. We have more exquisite ways to kill than any other." -Lord Vraneth the Cruel, master of Har Ganeth
well my old dreads have now been re-armed with assault cannons the new rules for them rule in the past they had a mix of heavy bolters and lascannons. i would go with stormbolter and assault cannons all the way now may they are the best.
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Kives beat me to it. People around here are starting to make the switch from combat dreads to weapon-platform dreads. That missle launcher will be a bad day for Eldar, Guard and definately Tyranids. Against the stronger targets like Wraithlords and the monstrous bugs it gives you a really good chance of killing them before they get anywhere near you. Or, if infantry is more of a trouble at the time then a template followed by 4 shots from the Assault cannon will definately kill a few. Also, he has a shooting army if he is taking the maximum amount of heavy weapons availible, so a shooty dread just makes sense.
Currently that Assault cannon is so overpowered it's become a no brainer.
The new plastic Dread comes with Assault Cannon/Lascannon for right arm, and Missile/Fist for left arm. What you can do is just not glue them on. That way, whatever you want, you just put that arm on. They are a decent fit, so don't move very much either. And if they do, magnets/pins/blue tac are all great ways to fix any movement. The only downside to this option is you have to paint 4 rather than 2 arms!
But, if you just HAVE to glue the arms on (I would suggest agaisnt this with all of my willpower, it is a waste) then go for the assault cannon for the right arm. Left it comes down to personal preference really, and how the army fights.
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Yeah, Jhaelrnya's right - just like Crisis suits, never glue the damn things on. Blue tac is your friend.
Anyway, go for an assault cannon as primary. From then on, it all depends what your friend thinks he'll do with it - will it be close enough to the enemy to warrant chargin it into CC (indeed, will it be well hidden enough that it won't get shot to bits first, which often happens?)? If so, the Dread's CCW (powerfist, basically) is the way to go. If not, I'd advise you to replace the CCW with a missile launcher - choice between AP and frag ammo makes it a very versatile weapon, and a far better pick than a lascannon (always cheaper, too, and able to be taken with the AC in this case).
Anyway, rending is fun.
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I always go with the Assault Cannon and Fist with Heavy Flamer attached
this is very effective against almost all things especially nids, nothing kills monsterous creatures like rending shots and S10 no armour save hits, plus the flamer is a good gaunt harde killer.
