So I have two Geckos and am looking at a discount lot that includes two more Geckos. I have never played Nomads, know little about them, and even less about Corregidor. Is 4 Geckos ever viable in any mission @ 300pts, and if so how would you use them? Could run something like 4x Gecko, 5x Alguacile Link (HMG, Hacker, 3 Basic), Engineer, Servant Spoiler Jurisdictional Command of Corregidor ────────────────────────────────────────────────── 10 GECKO 2 Combi Rifles, Chain-colt, Panzerfaust / . (0 | 53) GECKO PILOT 2 Assault Pistols, Knife. () GECKO 2 Combi Rifles, Chain-colt, Panzerfaust / . (0 | 53) GECKO PILOT 2 Assault Pistols, Knife. () GECKO Mk12, Chain-colt, Blitzen / . (0.5 | 54) GECKO PILOT 2 Assault Pistols, Knife. () ALGUACIL Lieutenant Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 10) ALGUACIL Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 10) ALGUACIL HMG / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 18) ALGUACIL Hacker (Hacking Device) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 18) ALGUACIL Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 10) CLOCKMAKER Combi Rifle, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 18) GECKO 2 Combi Rifles, Chain-colt, Panzerfaust / . (0 | 53) GECKO PILOT 2 Assault Pistols, Knife. () ZONDBOT Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) 3 SWC | 300 Points Open in Infinity Army Squad sits back and makes orders, with the HMG as a different type of firepower to what the Geckos provide. The Geckos go forth and... maybe kill some stuff? I dunno, not very good with this type of unit. Or run a more limited approach to the Geckos to get better support; 3 Geckos, 2 Alguaciles, 2 Jaguar, Intruder HMG, McMurder Spoiler Jurisdictional Command of Corregidor ────────────────────────────────────────────────── 9 1 1 GECKO 2 Combi Rifles, Chain-colt, Panzerfaust / . (0 | 53) GECKO PILOT 2 Assault Pistols, Knife. () GECKO 2 Combi Rifles, Chain-colt, Panzerfaust / . (0 | 53) GECKO PILOT 2 Assault Pistols, Knife. () GECKO Mk12, Chain-colt, Blitzen / . (0.5 | 54) GECKO PILOT 2 Assault Pistols, Knife. () ALGUACIL Lieutenant Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 10) ALGUACIL Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 10) CLOCKMAKER Combi Rifle, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 18) ZONDBOT Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) ZONDBOT Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) INTRUDER HMG, Grenades / Pistol, CCW. (1.5 | 42) JAGUAR Chain Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, DA CCW. (0 | 10) JAGUAR Chain Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, DA CCW. (0 | 10) McMURROUGH 2 Chain Rifles, Grenades, Smoke Grenades / Templar CCW (AP + DA). (0 | 32) 3 SWC | 298 Points Open in Infinity Army Can exchange McMurrough for something like a Bandit Killer Hacker. Way worse at fighting, but better support for scoring, can Killer Hack any enermy hackers. (Edit: Bandits aren't regular. Whoops) Seems pretty mediocre, does someone have a better approach? I'm not thinking it could be the best list, but would be good for the memes and maybe it can randomly hose opponents who aren't ready for it! Would settle for two Geckos if its really necessary, maybe leaving the Gecko death squad for those fabled 400pt games nobody ever seems willing to play
If your opponent is unprepared for it you'll do alright but as with all skew lists you'll meet a hard counter
Your better option would be something more like this if you want to go tag heavy as you keep more board presence and better variety of guns Jurisdictional Command of Corregidor──────────────────────────────────────────────────9 1 GECKO Mk12, Chain-colt, Blitzen / . (0.5 | 54) GECKO PILOT 2 Assault Pistols, Knife. () GECKO Mk12, Chain-colt, Blitzen / . (0.5 | 54) GECKO PILOT 2 Assault Pistols, Knife. () ALGUACIL Lieutenant Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 10) ALGUACIL Missile Launcher / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 15) ALGUACIL Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 10) ALGUACIL Hacker (Hacking Device) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 18) LUPE BALBOA Combi Rifle, Nanopulser, Panzerfaust, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, CCW. (0 | 23) ZONDBOT Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) CLOCKMAKER Combi Rifle, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 18) BANDIT (Forward Observer) Light Shotgun, Adhesive Launcher / Pistol, DA CCW. (0 | 23) IGUANA HMG, Heavy Flamethrower / . (2 | 71) IGUANA OPERATOR HMG / Pistol, Knife. () 6 SWC | 299 PointsOpen in Infinity Army You could easily swap out the bandit and downgrade Lupe to an FO and pick up an intruder lieutenant and then get an alguacile HMG instead of the hacker too
A couple of hackers would completely ruin your day. If you supported the geckos with at least 1 KHD bandit you could solve that easily, as well as have a nice infiltrating specialist that can wreck face if needed. Now I wanna build a 4 gecko list lol
Seconded. 4x Gecko is over 200pts in 4 models, and these models being Order sinks, even if fielded in Duo Fireteams. Two Geckos do fine in a 300pts list, but they lack many useful abilities you'd need in a list. I'd actually skip on that Clockmaker: Geckos, especially in Cover, can absorb quite a few bullets before they fall. Well, if you really want to repair / unGlue them, I'd rather invest in a Tomcat engineer: way less Orders necessary to get to an immobilised Gecko.
It also depends on just how much time you spend in your opponent's dz. I've found with Geckos that esrly game the Clockmaker's servants are closer and the +2 WIP is a big deal. Late game the Geckos would be closer to a Tomcat but I probably don't have the orders to bother repairing them either way since I'm going for late game points. I often have both options however.
I wouldn't say "way worse". McMurrough is the better fighter, but the Bandit Killer Hacker can hold its own, its just prone to being attacked by something far away.
