My current limited N4 experience on the table and in recent theory crafting with the space snakes has been a bit rough. I was disheartened at first but now I've bounced back and I'm determined to try and figure them out. Coming from PanO I was always a fan of the caveman tactics of applying link team directly to your opponent and cleaning up afterwards, which doesn't really work as well in Shas as I've fallen into the trap of trying to take a full Nox team in most of my lists. Being expensive, not that strong, and taking up a 1/3 of the unit space now I am struggling to find a worthwhile application for them outside of maybe fueling Sheskiin. So I've been trying to play around with lists with out the core (or at least a full core) and I'm struggling to come up with anything that looks really decent out side of max Caliban/Shrouded Camo spam. So I'd like to request some examples of lists that you guys have tried or have come up with this edition to try and compare and see where I'm going wrong. Also what kind of units/tools you focus on implementing regularly in the N4 climate, especially when dealing with the increase of heavily armoured units and abundance of hackers. Any other advice is welcomed to.
I mean, camo spam is definetely a way to go. However, if you're looking for something that makes use of fireteams while still feeling Shasvastii, the other day I played this list. I ended up losing against Vanilla PanO, but I feel the list is solid, maybe you could drop one of the Shrouded for a Worm Doc. Haris ────────────────────────────────────────────────── 10 GWAILO (Multispectral Visor L2) Heavy Rocket Launcher ( ) / Breaker Pistol, CC Weapon. (1.5 | 43) SHESKIIN MULTI Rifle, Pulzar, D-Charges / Pistol, DA CC Weapon. (0 | 51) M-DRONE FTO (Nanoscreen) Combi Rifle, Flash Pulse ( ) / PARA CC Weapon(-3). (0 | 22) NOCTIFER Missile Launcher / Assault Pistol, CC Weapon. (1.5 | 32) SPECULO KILLER Boarding Shotgun, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, Monofilament CC Weapon. (1 | 32) MENTOR (Lieutenant) Boarding Shotgun / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 23) SHROUDED (Forward Observer) Combi Rifle, Flash Pulse, Shock Mines / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 23) SHROUDED (Hacker, Killer Hacking Device) Combi Rifle, Shock Mines ( ) / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 25) SHROUDED (Minelayer) Combi Rifle, Shock Mines / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0.5 | 23) Q-DRONE Heavy Machine Gun / PARA CC Weapon(-3). (1 | 25) 5.5 SWC | 299 Points Open in Infinity Army
Shas played almost exclusively without fireteams since N2, and it was only their rework which introduced a working fireteams (previously the only useful one were Gwailos, which required shaping the whole list around them while discarding the typical Shas tricks). Nox are expensive because all CA line troops are, it's a built-in faction drawback. But they're decent as a defensive fireteam with a sniper and/or T-Drone, on their own they make for a decent corner guardians - DTW weapon on a basic trooper is a big deal - and there are some decent Wildcards in SEF to build a link that fills your needs. (Sheskiin is better off on her own, going after some edibles). That Zapper is also a good counter for those armored units you've mentioned. I got into SEF via exactly the same route - my first armies were Acon and MO, and I wanted something more subtle than the usual PanO sledgehammer. SEF delivers, though after rework they do both subtle and brutal very, very well. Here's something I might try if I didn't want to take a full Nox team (which I usually do, basic Core team is very useful, even for this price): ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 9 1 1 SPECULO KILLER (Minelayer) Combi Rifle, Smoke Grenades, Shock Mines / Pistol, Monofilament CC Weapon. (1.5 | 34) CADMUS-SOLDIER Red Fury / Pistol, Shock CC Weapon. (1 | 26) GWAILO (Lieutenant, Multispectral Visor L2) Heavy Rocket Launcher ( ) / Breaker Pistol, CC Weapon. (1.5 | 43) CALIBAN (Chain of Command) Submachine Gun, Pulzar, D-Charges / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 29) AÏDA SWANSON Submachine Gun(+1B), Viral Mines / Viral Pistol, Shock CC Weapon. (0 | 23) SEED-SOLDIER (Forward Observer) Combi Rifle, Panzerfaust / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 17) NOX (Hacker, Hacking Device) Submachine Gun, Zapper ( ) / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0.5 | 14) IKADRON (Baggage, Repeater) Light Flamethrower(+1B), Flash Pulse / Pistol, PARA CC Weapon(-3). (0 | 9) IKADRON (Baggage, Repeater) Light Flamethrower(+1B), Flash Pulse / Pistol, PARA CC Weapon(-3). (0 | 9) TAIGHA Chain-colt / AP + Shock CC Weapon. (0 | 5) GROUP 2 4 1 1 SEED-SOLDIER (Forward Observer) Combi Rifle, Panzerfaust / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 17) Q-DRONE Heavy Machine Gun / PARA CC Weapon(-3). (1 | 25) E-DRONE Combi Rifle / PARA CC Weapon(-3). (0.5 | 18) MED-TECH OBSIDON MEDCHANOID Combi Rifle, D-Charges ( | GizmoKit, MediKit) / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 22) SLAVE DRONE PARA CC Weapon(-3). (0 | 3) TAIGHA Chain-colt / DA CC Weapon. (0 | 6) 6 SWC | 300 Points Open in Infinity Army Itt's implemented now, use this button:
This is my current "work in progress" general list for pushing buttons and controlling the midfield: Supplies Two ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 10 MED-TECH OBSIDON MEDCHANOID Combi Rifle, D-Charges ( | GizmoKit, MediKit) / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 22) SLAVE DRONE PARA CC Weapon(-3). (0 | 3) SLAVE DRONE PARA CC Weapon(-3). (0 | 3) Q-DRONE Heavy Machine Gun / PARA CC Weapon(-3). (1 | 25) NOCTIFER Missile Launcher / Assault Pistol, CC Weapon. (1.5 | 32) MENTOR (Lieutenant) Boarding Shotgun / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 23) SHROUDED (Minelayer) Combi Rifle, Shock Mines / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0.5 | 23) IKADRON (Baggage, Repeater) Light Flamethrower(+1B), Flash Pulse / Pistol, PARA CC Weapon(-3). (0 | 9) IKADRON (Baggage, Repeater) Light Flamethrower(+1B), Flash Pulse / Pistol, PARA CC Weapon(-3). (0 | 9) SEED-SOLDIER (Forward Observer) Combi Rifle, Panzerfaust / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 17) CALIBAN (Forward Observer) Boarding Shotgun, D-Charges, Flash Pulse / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 28) SPECULO KILLER (Minelayer) Combi Rifle, Smoke Grenades, Shock Mines / Pistol, Monofilament CC Weapon. (1.5 | 34) GROUP 2 3 2 2 R-DRONE Flash Pulse / PARA CC Weapon(-3). (0 | 7) SHROUDED (Hacker, Killer Hacking Device) Combi Rifle, Shock Mines ( ) / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 25) SHROUDED (Hacker, Hacking Device) Combi Rifle, Shock Mines ( ) / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0.5 | 27) TAIGHA Chain-colt / DA CC Weapon. (0 | 6) TAIGHA Chain-colt / DA CC Weapon. (0 | 6) 5 SWC | 299 Points Open in Infinity Army Currently, I'm finding the Speculo Minelayer over-kill and the Shrouded Killer Hacker unnecessary. I'm quite keen to find the points for an additional "big gun" of some kind.
Hasht instead of the KHD Shrouded would net you a gun without losing out on specialists, but no forward deployment or camo... MSV Spitty Caliban would also be a solid choice, just not a specialist. EDIT - and finding the pts, of course... apologies, just got out of bed
Caliban Spitfire does solid work. If you downgrade the Speculo Minelayer to another profile, you can swap the Caliban Forward Observer and the Shrouded Killer Hacker for a Seed Soldier Forward Observer or Paramedic, and the Caliban Spitfire. This does cost you a specialist, but means that your specialists can focus on specialisting, and your Caliban can focus on murdering people to death.
