Helbrutes

[Dylan4President]

Hi folks, I've painted up a Dark Vengeance Helbrute for my Night Lords force, and have recently received another two- one of which is another DV Helbrute which I intend to convert using the extra weapons from the Helbrute box. That gives me three Helbrutes to play around with. Any thoughts on how to equip the other two?
Also, I heard one of the Helbrute formations is quite tasty (the one which lets them infiltrate). Is that a free formation or one you have to pay for?
Thanks in anticipation of replies.

[Brother Daedulus]

I'mm pretty sure the formation your talking about lets them deep strike, can't remember it's name but I know it comes with two other ones and isnt too expensive.

[hyudun]

The special formations for Helbrutes are in this:
[url]http://www.blacklibrary.com/games-workshop-digital-editions/Dataslate-Helbrutes.html[/url]

I used to use the Helcult back in 6th ed, but it's near-useless now since those Cultists don't have objective secured in 7th.

With three Helbrutes, you'll want to look at the Mayhem pack, which I believe consists of 3 Helbrutes that can deepstrike and come in on one reserve roll. Their baseline Powerfist & Multimelta combo is pretty good for close-quarters and they'll likely die afterwards anyway, so more incentive to keep them cheap.

[Captain Bubonicus]

^^^What he said. That's probably the best use of 'em right now - it's a great "distraction" technique to keep your opponent wrong-footed!

The Helcult ain't too bad, IMO. Yah, you lost objective secured, but if memory serves, your cultists are fearless and your Helbrute gets a 3+ cover save from the wall of cultist flesh!

[Nol]

The best way to run your Helbrutes is straight into the bin.

[DrStrangeloveJD]

Nol is right. The model is amazing, the rules suck. The best way to run a helbrtue is to omit them.

[Thornblood]

Am I right in thinking that dreadnought close combat weapons don't strike last? So that thunder hammer is going to go down really well against other dreads for those long rock-em sock-em style combats. Probably best with the multi melta there...

I guess like like all things the weapon loadout can help plug gaps in your army. If you have little long ranged firepower, deploying with las cannon/missiles could be helpful. But depending on your army build.

[Macharius]

Walkers strike at Imitative, so they will strike before Thunder Hammers.

[Charistoph]

Walkers strike at Imitative, so they will strike before Thunder Hammers.

Or to put it another way, Unwieldy does not affect Walkers and Monstrous Creatures.

[Dave Mcturk]

The best way to run your Helbrutes is straight into the bin.

lol. even three is just a fire magnet.

question: what unit can crappy T3 eldar hump all over in close combat ?

answer - 3 hellbrutes ! [they really dont like firedragons/scorpz/warlocks/shinyspearz]

bring back the 4+ iv save ? they might be worth it !