Editing Warhammer 40,000/9th Edition Tactics/Apocalypse (section)

====[[Manta]] pg213====
[[Image:Manta.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Literally the widest thing Forge World sells.]]
Markerlights. The manta is heavily dependent on them (there is a reason why it comes with 6 of them). The manta only has a 4+ ballistic skill, which is '''NOTHING''' at titanic levels. Only the ork titans do worse with their 5+ ballistic skill, but orks have an excuse (and dakka dakka). But as mentioned, the manta has 6 markerlights on it. Plus 2 heavy rail rifles. And 6 ion cannons. And '''16''' long barrelled burst cannons. And a load of missiles which will only hit on 6's without markerlights. It's almost like the designers are trying to tell us something. Like that if you get a full round of markerlights on say a Warhound Titan, and then unload everything at said titan, that something might happen, like that titan taking a lot of damage.
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Now, the manta is also more than just a gun platform. It is also the largest transport vehicle in warhammer. It can carry:
*200 Infantry or Drones
*4 Devilfish, Sky Ray Gunships or Hammerheads
*and 8 Battlesuits with 9 wounds or less
All of these are cumulative, and the transports may also carry units. The manta can carry an entire apocalypse army of models (the basic infantry would be around 1500 points to begin with), and with toughness 8, a 3+/5++ and a minus 1 to hit it, the Manta is also a very tough unit.
*2 Heavy Rail Cannons
*6 Ion Cannons
*16 Long-Barrelled Burst Cannons
*6 Markerlights
*2 Missile Pods
*10 Seeker Missiles

2000 pts
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! - !! - !! Warhound !! Warlord !! Heriophant !! Phantom !! Baneblade !! Land Raider !! Rhino !! Imperial Knight !! Guilliman !! Custodian !! Guardsman !! Space Marine
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! Weapon !! Stats !! T8 W50 2+/5++ RInvuln, 2 VS !!  T9 W120 2+/5++ RInvuln, 8 VS !! T8 W34 2+/5++ !!  T9 W60 3+/4++ RInvuln !! T8 W26 3+ !! T8 W16 2+ !! T7 W10 3+ !! T8 W24 3+/5++ vs ranged !! T6 W9 2+/3++ !! T5 W3 2+/4++ !! T3 W1 5+ !! T4 W2 3+
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| Heavy Rail Cannon || 72" Heavy2 S14 ap-5 DD3+6 successful wound deals +D3 MW (1.33mw on 3+, 1.66mw on 2+) || (0.44)6.66 || (0.44)6.66 || 4.88 || 3.99 || 6.66 || 6.66 || 8.32 || 4.88 || 3.88 || (0.41)4.99 || 2.49 || (0.83)8.32
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| Long-Barrelled Burst Cannon || 36" Assault4 S5 ap0 D1 || (0.03)0.11 || (0.03)0.11 || 0.11 || 0.22 || 0.22 || 0.11 || 0.22 || 0.22 || 0.11 || (0.16)0.16 || 0.88 || (0.44)0.44
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3+ 1.33 2+ 1.66