Let’s talk about the adamantium powerhouse that is the Brutalis dreadnought and how hard it hits in the fight phase…
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0:00 Intro
0:28 Lore and Model
2:38 Datasheet
8:55 Damage Output
9:46 Pros and Cons
11:11 Support
12:55 Detachments
15:53 Overall Thoughts
18:43 Outro
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Man that -1 on the redemptor is so valuable though. My dreads normally finish the game with 1-3 wounds on it, and without that minus 1 they would have been smoked a long time ago.
I'm convinced that gw just won't let the gk have anything nice
Thanks for the video
Only scary in Black Templars TBT – outside of that, it's NAFF!!!!
It IS fun to double up on tank shock with the Brutalis.
My Sons of Sanguinius Brutalis took down a Nightbringer by itself yesterday. Twin meltas, tank shock and a lucky 6 on its impact hits.
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Awesome unit, great for 160pts. Worth running 1-2, particularly in a more aggressive vehicle list.
If it's taking anti-tank on its way in, it means the same guns aren't shooting your other more expensive/fragile vehicles
ah yes another brokenly OP space marine thing, as per usual….
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Where online can you keep up with codex drops and other news about the game? When did this codex drop? From the outside it's hard to know if it was yesterday or a year ago. Please halp!
For me, using a unit like this successfully benefits greatly from redundancy. If you're going to take one unit of this type, take two or three or four etc.
I normally am pleased with your observations. I do have issue in this case with some simple math and could be a little nit picky. But with Tank Shock you score a wound on a 5 or 6 rolling 14 dice is 4 to 5 wounds not the average of 7. I know it's a little blah in the grand scheme of things, but really this was an obvious misrepresentation of the odds. IMO. GW lowered the points so people will buy the model not to make the game more balanced. 40k has in my 35 years of playing never been balanced. GW always said they were a model company 1st.
I didn't realise Brutalis even had a fist option, I've only ever seen people using the claws. Was thinking of getting one to run as Bray'arth Ashmantle
I'm glad I have three of theses
I usually use the wulfen dreadnought instead of this. It has -1T and -4W, but it gets an invuln and 6+fnp with the axe and shield, and a better rule (deals more mortals, and much more often). It doesn't have the gun options, being limited mainly to a heavy flamer or storm bolter, but for only 130pts it makes a great distraction. While melee with the axe only goes up to S10, D6+1 damage helps make up for it
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I am planning on running one with my White Scars in a 1000 point list, but two in my 2000 point list. I'm thinking that with the 1000 point list I'd go with Gladius detachment rather than Stormlance because I'm not totally melee. I have Invaders and Stormspeeders you see.
I love my murder mech. I love that he’s now the cheapest primaris Dreadnaught. I usually run iron storm with him. Having the advance and charge advance and shoot tech marine running along beside him to crash into objectives is always fun. Usually he’s a bit of a distraction carnifex and draws all the enemy fire turn one witch is fine as my other Dreadnoughts or other infantry then follow him. I usually try and have some scouts infront if him to bait a charge from the opponent and then counter charge with him.
Answering all questions, even before the price drop I always had the Brutalis in the army. It goes in a Stormraven to be deployed turn 2 or 3 to guarntee it is close enough to charge. As Blood Angels, I get the nice 7 Strength 14 attacks, which also gives 16 tank shock dice should I chose to use that. All combined, the Brutalis usually obliterates anything it touches. it has even dealth with a 10 strong Terminator unit. I want to see a Death Company version though. That would be even more nasty.
I’m going to try one with my Ultramarines this weekend, but in the past I’ve had the exact problem this video points out. Once my opponent see what it does it becomes the priority target, and never makes it to combat. That said, at 160 points, it makes for a decent “Distraction Carnifex” to ensure it takes the heat instead of something else important.
Problem REALLY IS how do you get it to survive until he reaches melee? Anti-tank is so efficient against dreads, they just get bullied 🙁 It's such a high-risk high-reward unit.
I've been using one in my games for a few weeks, I actually just got mine finished the day before the points went down so I'm sure some people think I'm only taking it cos it's cheaper. I love how it plays though, it's such an effective battering ram if it gets into combat. One game I managed to get it to take down a winged hive tyrant, a trygon, and about half the wounds off a tyrannofex before it died
for 90$ it should carry me to the table and singlehanded wipe the other player off the board. GW is out of thier damn minds.
I sincerely hate the Icarus autocannon on its back. It just makes it look bad.