Hey folks,
I'm looking for opinions... My Leman Russ Demolishers have done nothing but disappoint me, and I'm going to re-gun them to be more reliable. At the moment with Lascannons and Plasma they are expensive, unreliable and never make the hits when they count, let alone coming close to getting their hefty investment in points back. In the role of killing marines, they have been totally replaced by the executioner, which by comparison, has done nothing but kill, win, and kill some more.
In the worst example of their amazing feats of fail, I ordered one to shoot at a nearby close horde of Genestealers, only to have the main shot scatter back a full 9 inches to land squarely on the head of my Lord Commissar, killing him, and turning my fearless horde in to a rabble of bed-wetting pessimists.
It did not end well.
So, how do you chaps run your Demolishers? Is the triple-heavy flamer load out worth the sacrifice of ranged shooting? Are Multimeltas better, and what hull weapon would you use with them? A flamer for last-minute horde defence? Or a lascannon to keep the AP consistent? Or do you run them dirt cheap as I do my Leman Russ line and strip them of sponsons completely?
I should stress that I'm not much interested in the opinions of "They suck, take Medusae instead" - I know Medusae and Manticores, Hydras, etc, are chronic over-performers and that LRBTs in general have fallen out of favour. As the vast majority of my games are friendlies with my local group, I like to mix things up.