Adeptus Titanicus/Tactics

This is the Tactica page for the Adeptus Titanicus specialist game, for rules for playing with Titans in 40k click here.

Maniples

Axiom Battleline Maniple

• Minimum: 1 Warlord, 1 Reaver, 1 Warhound
• Optional: 1 Reaver, 1 Warhound
  • Might of the Omnissiah: If a TItan in the maniple fails its command check, the others may still make command checks.

Myrmidion Heavy Maniple

• Minimum: 2 Warlords, 1 Reaver
• Optional: 1 Warlord, 1 Reaver
  • Overwhelming firepower: when issuing first fire or split fire orders the command check is always passed with 2+. Kinda meh, but the cheapest way to expand from the Grand Master starter set and get into matched play.

Venator Light Maniple

• Minimum: 1 Reaver, 2 Warhounds
• Optional: 2 Warhounds
  • Opportunistic Strike: If an enemy Titan's shields are collapsed by the Warhounds in the Maniple, the Reaver gets a free shot at the enemy Titan. Take Apocalypse missles and laugh as your reaver can potshot anything. Combine with warhounds with Vulcan mega-bolters to pop shields across the boards and unleash hell with your reaver.

Titan Legions

Loyalist

Legio Gryphonicus

• Legion Special Rules
  • Lust for Glory: At the beginning of a game, the Gryphonicus player may nominate a target, and a Titan claiming that target. Said Titan may re-roll 1s to-hit when attacking their claimed target, and add 1 to the results of any armour rolls. However, it will lose those bonuses if anyone else attacks the claimed target.
  • Mainstay of the Titan Legion: May replace a single Warhound or Warlord in a Maniple with a Reaver.
• Legion Specific Wargear
  • Enhanced Auspex Relays: A Warhound may be given enhanced Auspex Relays for +10 points. Any targets within 12"of one of these Warlords may be pre-measured by a Titan targeting them.
  • Gravatus Plating: A Reaver Titan replacing a Warlord may be upgraded with Gravatus Plating, reducing speed and manoeuvres by 1 but upping its leg and body armour by 1 as well.
  • Motive Sub-reactors: For +25 points, a Reaver replacing a Warhound can boost its speed and maneuver without pushing its reactor, but if it takes a critical hit to the legs, its reactor level is increased by 1.

Traitor

Legio Tempestus

• Legion Special Rules
  • Glory in Death: When a Tempestus Titan suffers catastrophic damage, make a command check If passed, the Titan can immediately attack with one of its weapons.
  • Fury of the Machine: A Tempestus Titan may re-roll any results of 1, 2 or 3 on the Awakened Machine Spirit rule.
• Legion Specific Strategem
  • Combat Drop: A Titan with a scale of 6 or less (i.e. Warhounds) can be deep-striked onto the battlefield.
• Legion Specific Wargear
  • Chasmata Pattern Laser Destructors: Adds 3" to short range and 6" to long-range on Tempestus Laser Blasters and Turbo Laser Destructors for the price of 5 points/dice of the weapons you increase the range of. Incredibly useful

Titans

Warhound Scout Titan

Weapons

• Arm Weapons
  • Turbo Laser Destructor
  • Vulcan Mega-Bolter
  • Plasma Blastgun
  • Inferno Gun

Reaver Battle Titan

Weapons

• Arm Weapons
  • Reaver Titan Power Fist
  • Reaver Titan Chainfist
  • Laser Blaster
  • Volcano Cannon
  • Melta Cannon
  • Gatling Blaster

• Carapace Weapons
  • Apocalypse Missile Launcher
  • Turbo Laser Destructor
  • Vulcan Mega-Bolter

Warlord Battle Titan

Weapons

• Arm Weapons
  • Arioch Titan Power Claw
  • Belicosa Volcano Cannon: The real workhorse of the titan legions. Stands a good chance of wiping out a group of 3 knights in a single shot; 2 will make it almost certain. Don't waste it on ion shields though - it's almost never worth the reactor increase. On which note - watch the reactor increases! You also can't call your target zone because blast weapons, so don't count on it to finish anything off.
  • Sunfury Plasma Annihilator
  • Macro Gatling Blaster
  • Mori Quake Cannon: The bread and butter. This is your basic all rounder. A few shots, no toying with reactors, high strength, concussive to boot. If you’re not sure what to arm your warlord with, this is a safe choice no matter the occasion.

• Carapace Weapons
  • Vulcan Mega-Bolter Array: The ultimate in void shield removal technology. 12 shots, an ungodly hail of dakka in itself, with even more shots on 6’s. Somewhat limited range but you don’t you’re not limited by long range negatives. Don’t expect much if you’re trying to knock a freshly unshielded Titan down, but once you’ve knocked them around a little it may be able to steal a killshot
  • Paired Turbo Laser Destructors
  • Paired Laser Blasters
  • Apocalypse Missile Launchers: 10 shots at strength 4. Superb at stripping void shields in the early game and finishing off wounded titans in the late game (when the bonuses from structure damage mean it can actually do something against all that armour). Don't waste it on Knights; it's weak enough that they get their full ion shield saves. Gets an accuracy bonus at long range and can ignore LoS so works well in an artillery role. Just watch the facing (especially if you're moving first) - it's very easy to mis-judge the firing lines.
  • Paired Gatling Blasters

Knights

Questoris Support Banner (3-6 Knights)

Weapons

• Arm Weapons
  • Questoris Melee Weapon
  • Avenger Gatling Cannon: Don't bother, seriously. It does put out a lot of shots but those shots are too weak to even take other knights out, or damage void shields. If you're looking for cheap knights for screening you're better off doubling up on melee weapons. Might get better if infantry is introduced but that's a long way off
  • Thermal Cannon: The real star on knights. With a high base strength and increasing your armour rolls to a d10 it gives you a really good chance of putting hurt even on the biggest opponents. Take 6 of these and pop an unshielded titan in the ass for near guaranteed crits. Fun for the whole family.
  • Rapid-Fire Battlecannon

• Carapace Weapons
  • Stormspear Rocket Pod
  • Meltagun: A solid,if not expensive upgrade for your knights. Generally a safe bet to give it to your Lord Scion for a bit of extra dakka up close, which is where you want your knights to be. Good for filling 15 points somewhere but not an autotake.

Tactics

• Building your army