Help a SP noob

Hi there.

Compared to vanilla SP loses infiltrators (save for Thrasymedes and, to some extent, Andromeda), Posthumans and Marut. Also, no Sophotect for some reason.

What we gain is multiple teams that can be very powerful both in defence and assault. Thanx to flexible composition you can make either very specialized teams, or Swiss Army knives. There's also high AVA of Thorakitai and Myrmidons

Thorakitai are slower, and thus more likely to be the defenders. Feuerbach is also my heavy weapon of choice for them. But unless you need Thrasymedes to be infiltrating, he's better choice for their leader - less SWC, and ODD makes him a great defender, if you can get the range bands well. Alke is useful if you really need that Spitfire in the team.

Myrmidons are obviously assault troops, but with Phoenix and his HRL can be also great in defence.

In general SP defence is long ranged, as we lack minelayers and infiltrators. You'll want to utilize Agemas (paired with Myrms for smoke), Thorakitai Marksmen and FOs and your fireteams to make approach risky.

Assault component might include any of the named heroes (Hector's awesomeness is worth mentioning - he can drag Dactyls, including Acmon, behind him - great versatility there), Ekdromoi, and of course Myrms.

While you'll be using less Coordinated Orders you'll be moving whole fireteams. Higher dependence on ODD and NWI makes MSV, templates (especially flamethrowers) and Shock ammo greater threats and priority targets.

In short you want to use your 4-man teams to defend, bolstered by Agemas, cheap Thorakitai and Chain Myrmidons. On attack you might want to use some powerful rambos or fireteams, adding fast flanker (Achilles, Penny, Ekdromoi) as a distraction and additional threat vector. No early midfield control means you'll have to focus on controlling the ranges. And Officer with CoC is mandatory, especially if you want to use aggressive Lt, which we have plenty.

 

Each fire team has to be from the same troop. And you need at least a character with the enomotarch rule, but they don't have to be the leader and nothing happens if they are killed; it's only a prerequisite to form the link. Also, you can have more than one enomotarch in the same FT.

Machaon, Phoenix, Eudoros, Ajax and the officer can only form links with myrmidons

Acmon with dactyls

Thrasymedes and Alke with thorakites

Hector can be part of any enomotarch fireteam, but he doesn't allow to merge troops types.

On topic


I really like to use a thorakitai link (thrasymedes, LRL, FO and paramedic) plus two chain thorakite to form a front layer. Both Thras and LRL are left AROing in lines up to 24"

Then I hide my myrm link behind. It's very difficult for any Rambo or warband bypass such barrier of fire and DTW.

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Effectiveness of assault units depends highly on terrain. On dense tables warbands and other low to mid range troops are more useful. More open terrain favors long range weapons.

Myrmidons are faster than Thorakitai, have ODD and Smoke to help them get closer, and their CQB and CC prowess makes them much more deadly. Especially with characters around.

Thorakitai are effective across all ranges up to 32'', can threaten heavy targets with their Feuerbach, and have a lot of utility on the cheap. They're slower and less effective if you cannot dictate terms of engagement, though

One of possible examples how to go about it:

Steel Phalanx
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GROUP 1 10 1
AJAX Lieutenant 2 Combi Rifles, Nanopulser / AP Heavy Pistol, EXP CCW. (0 | 39)
MYRMIDON OFFICER (Chain of Command) Boarding Shotgun, Nanopulser, Eclipse Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW. (1 | 35)
MYRMIDON Spitfire, Nanopulser, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW. (1 | 31)
MYRMIDON Boarding Shotgun, Nanopulser, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW. (0 | 24)
THRASYMEDES (Fireteam: Enomotarchos) Submachine gun, Light Rocket Launcher, Nanopulser, Flash Grenades / Pistol, Shock CCW. (0.5 | 30)
THORAKITES Feuerbach, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 22)
THORAKITES Marksman Rifle, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 15)
THORAKITES (Forward Observer, 360º Visor) Submachine gun, Chain Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 13)
NETROD Electric Pulse. (0 | 4)
NETROD Electric Pulse. (0 | 4)

GROUP 2 4
AGÊMA Marksman Missile Launcher / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 27)
MYRMIDON Chain Rifle, Nanopulser, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW. (0 | 16)
EKDROMOS Hacker (Assault Hacking Device) Chain Rifle, Nanopulser / Pistol, DA CCW. (0.5 | 26)
THORAKITES (Forward Observer, 360º Visor) Submachine gun, Chain Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 13)

6 SWC | 299 Points

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i have played with phalanx many tournaments. these are my advice to you.
1- bring things to coordinate order. thamryss,rems etc (lamedh and daleth for instance)
2- face or leave it. You will not have infiltrators or easy gain button pushing. You have to kill, open your way or walking in smokes to march.
3- you need orders for marching. many orders. try to organize your lists with 14-15 orders.
4- you have the best LTs. Learn to use machaon and achiles.
5- work on ekdromoi hacker and scycla killer hacker variants.
6- strangely, your best troop is throkitai forward observer. try to learn "why"

 

Quite accurate!

Both FO thorakite and chain rifle myrmidon are great pieces.

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He's an awesome specialist, who can either move forward with a link or stay behind and support your troops via Yudbots, is durable, reasonably well armed, and can handle himself in a fight. What's not to like? Other Myrmidon characters are more killy, but have less utility.

 

Take that back! NAW!

 

Vol 15 specialist with NWI and ODD Lt who, unlike Phoenix, won't be the Fireteam Leader all the time, costs nearly half what Hector costs, and you will link him with Phoenix more than half of the time... Of course we are talking about Steel Phalanx, I wouldn't use him on generic Aleph (personally).

Any miniature with a sincronized or slaved bot cannot be part of a Fireteam or Coordinated order. So, give him a yudbot and then he cannot be part of, nor form, a Fireteam. Nor will he be able to be a part of a corrdinated order. In my book, if you play SP, the Yudbots are there for a Specops or a Dactyl.

 

Machaon.

You start including him in the roster cause everybody tell you to do it.

Then you realise how great he is. Doing objectives, fixing comrades or himself, in the thick of the battle. Playing SP there are three troops that I field 90% time:

Machaon
Thorakites FO
Chain Myrm

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Machaon and the CoC Officer are the two best specialists in the entire game. ODD, V:NWI and Eclipse grenades, that is all you need to win games. You only bring the big guns, because killing your opponent is great fun ;)

 

Only shock hitting deployable weapons can stop machaon to reach his target. Perfect in link and awesome as solo.

 

Why Machaon?

1) He is killy. ODD + NWI makes him a hard piece to deal with, even if he only carries a combi. Means he gets a good use of the lt order
2) He is linked with myrmidons. Got a mirmydon uncoscious ( or a officer into NWI)? Use the lt order to move Machaon over and heal him, reform the link and its good as new.
3) He is a specialist. With ODD and NWI. That moves with one of the hardest teams to shift in the game. Great for grabbing and holding mid table.
4) He will not be the team leader most of the time. You will want Phoenix and Eudoros for handling the day-to-day killing, meaning Machaon will be in much less risk.

 

Something that I never really tried when they first came out but now am really enjoying are Dactyls. Pretty fast, survivable, hitty and specialists to boot. Acmon is pretty solid as well.

 

3- man link? Acmon, Doctor and flammerspeers Engineer?

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