I used mine for the longest time and probably only 1/4 of the time it would be on the board if I lost the initiative roll. They work best when there’s another one or something just as scary on the board. The site may not work properly if you don't, If you do not update your browser, we suggest you visit, Press J to jump to the feed. Stormraven Gunship The flying brick that is known as the Stormraven Gunship got a huge boost in 8th edition Warhammer 40k. Lots of bullets. Vehicles have 360˚ shooting just like every other model. Stormraven weapons in 8th Hello, with the new edition and changes, I would like to ask about some opinions on Stormraven loadout. Is it the next “Leaf Blower” or is it just full of hot-air? This thread is archived. Warhammer 40,000 8th is still in the super early stages of it’s meta game and this is just one lists that has popped-up on the tournament scene. This post and the comments justifies the purchase :). I suppose one of the other flyers would be better for pure fire support. The Stormraven lists pretty clearly fall into the “Alpha Strike” category. Run mine in every game, it's great! 6 comments. Dante is there for the Aura buffs and because he’s also quick enough to stay close to at least one Raven. On top of that, it’s built for a TEAM tournament where players are trying to play the meta of “Paper-Rock-Scissors” and hoping they go first for the Alpha Strike. Cookies help us deliver our Services. I tend not to fill up the transport (occasionally a DC dreadnought) as it's already a juicy target and anything embarked just makes it even more desirable a target. The American Team Championships were last weekend and they shook-up any notions of the meta folks might of had. And once you see the lists, it’s pretty apparently why. The Stormstrike and Typhoon give it decent anti vehicle. Now before we de-rail this conversation into those other lists, ATC is a TEAM event. share. “What about that penalty for moving and firing Heavy Weapons?” Yeah that doesn’t exist because of Power of the Machine Spirit. Well, most of the time my GK go against crons and guard so there is both many troops and tanks. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the BloodAngels community. First off, it’s a vehicle and all the enhancements that vehicles got directly benefited the Stormraven. Managed to get rid of a 5 man group of a group of Lootas with just the Assault Cannons and the Heavy Bolters. And ignoring the -1 to hit rolls from Supersonic it’s still a Tough 7 vehicle with 14 wounds and a 3+ save. Just keep that in mind before you decide to build this army – there are counters to this list and it takes more than luck to win a major tournament with it. I’m not going to get into that here, but there is a team strategy at play with ALL of the high level teams – even if the plan is “pick the worst match-ups for the other team and wing it” – that’s still a valid team strategy. The Ravenspam list does that on one extreme and it’s pretty good at doing what it does! I’ve been contemplating getting a stormraven but I’m still on the fence on wether it would be cost effective. And put out 24 shots on a trukk. It sounds like bullets. I've literally just bought one. Second, it’s a Flyer – that means if you (somehow) manage to engage it in close combat (which Airborne helps to stop), it can Fall Back (or Fall Forward – Flyers ignore models for movement and can pass right over them after all) and then unload it’s deadly shooting. But hey, it wouldn’t be called Ravenspam if you were only taking two, would it? If your opponent goes first and has some decent firepower, odds are that bird is getting shot down turn one if not severely wounded. The teams consisted of 5 players per team and the first place team ran two Ravenspam lists for a total of 10 Stormravens on this team. Go AD FREE today! The Stormraven gunship is a highly versatile multi-role aircraft found in the Armoury of the Adeptus Astartes. Would you prefer multimelta over typhoon, or would you prefer mixed loadout for both antitank and antiinfantry? Seriously, the versatility on the Raven is awesome. If you’re not another flyer you can pretty much forget dragging it down in Close Combat (see: Airborne). You can also find other examples HERE and HERE. I'm contemplating a second one but might go for 2 of the smaller flyers instead. Hello, with the new edition and changes, I would like to ask about some opinions on Stormraven loadout. While it does not have the durability or firepower of the awesome Stormraven, it is a good deal cheaper, making it a nice addition to a Space Marine army. For 300 Points they can pack quite a punch against infantry or heavy units depending on the loadout. (Pure antiinfantry isn´t really much viable to me due to lack of ranged AT veapons in GK arsenal..), If try to magnetize it so you can run all setups according to what you need. and it worked like a charm, after that, I turned straight to firing everything I had at a Battlewagon, and a group of Lootas. This subreddit is for anything and everything related to Warhammer 40k, Press J to jump to the feed. Throw in it’s hard to hit rule and it’s durability goes up considerably. A Stormraven gunship of the Ultramarines Chapter during aerial combat. This list is designed to push the boundaries – it’s a tournament level list. How does a Twin Assault Cannon and a pair of Hurricane Bolters sound? Melta and Missiles have you covered.