Hey All, Still relatively new to Infinity (7 games so far) and I have a question about the effectiveness of magister links in ITS. Below is a list that I made for missions were zone control is important like Armory or Quadrant Control. It has the 5 man magister team for doing the majority of that work. I have the fusiliers with hacker for Fairy Dust and points and back line support. Also using the TO FO Spec Sergeants as button pushers and the MSR Spec Sgt for long distance surprise shots and help. Machinist and Fugazi and spitfire for sniffing out messes and supporting the magister link. Thoughts? Zone Control v1──────────────────────────────────────────────────GROUP 1 10 5 MAGISTER KNIGHT Panzerfaust, Light Shotgun / Pistol, DA CCW. (0 | 23) MAGISTER KNIGHT Panzerfaust, Light Shotgun / Pistol, DA CCW. (0 | 23) MAGISTER KNIGHT Panzerfaust, Light Shotgun / Pistol, DA CCW. (0 | 23) MAGISTER KNIGHT Panzerfaust, Light Shotgun / Pistol, DA CCW. (0 | 23) MAGISTER KNIGHT Missile Launcher / Pistol, DA CCW. (2 | 32) FUSILIER Lieutenant Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 10) FUSILIER HMG / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 18) FUSILIER Hacker (Hacking Device) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 18) SPEC. SERGEANT (CH: TO Camouflage, Infiltration, Forward Observer) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 27) SPEC. SERGEANT (CH: TO Camouflage, Infiltration, Forward Observer) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 27)GROUP 2 4 SPEC. SERGEANT (CH: TO Camouflage, Infiltration) MULTI Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 33) MACHINIST (Father-Engineer) Combi Rifle, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 15) FUGAZI DRONBOT Flash Pulse, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 8) ORDER SERGEANT Spitfire / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 19) 6 SWC | 299 PointsOpen in Infinity Army
I highly suggest placing a Santiago Spitfire in that Magister link. A high burst weapon is the kind of tool that you need to get the mid-range damage onto the enemy. The Magisters are great up close, but you really need a tool to get them there, besides just dodging.
First of all under current rules (really writen as 20.10.2018) you can not have only 5 Magisters forming a link. It's illegal. Magisters to form a link need at least one Hospitaller (or de Fersen) or Santiago Knight. So you probably want in the end something alongside this: Zone Control v1 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 10 4 KNIGHT HOSPITALLER HMG / Pistol, AP CCW. (2 | 41) MAGISTER KNIGHT Panzerfaust, Light Shotgun / Pistol, DA CCW. (0 | 23) MAGISTER KNIGHT Panzerfaust, Light Shotgun / Pistol, DA CCW. (0 | 23) MAGISTER KNIGHT Panzerfaust, Light Shotgun / Pistol, AP CCW. (0 | 22) MAGISTER KNIGHT Panzerfaust, Light Shotgun / Pistol, DA CCW. (0 | 23) FUSILIER Lieutenant Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 10) FUSILIER HMG / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 18) FUSILIER Hacker (Hacking Device) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 18) SPEC. SERGEANT (CH: TO Camouflage, Infiltration, Forward Observer) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 27) SPEC. SERGEANT (CH: TO Camouflage, Infiltration, Forward Observer) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 27) PALBOT Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) GROUP 2 4 SPEC. SERGEANT (CH: TO Camouflage, Infiltration) MULTI Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 33) MACHINIST (Father-Engineer) Combi Rifle, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 15) FUGAZI DRONBOT Flash Pulse, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 8) MULEBOT (Minesweeper, Repeater) Electric Pulse. (0 | 8) 5 SWC | 299 Points Open in Infinity Army But personally I would try to find points to place 2nd Hospitaller to Magister link (Doctor!).
As of right now you can't link 5 magisters together. You need a hospitalier or Santiago or two to make a 5 man.
Another however, it looks as if in Third Offensive Magisters will no longer be able to link with Hospitallers.
What makes you say that? They both have "Special" listed, so it is possible that the link still exists.
