Good day fellow gamers and here today we have the wrap-up with the last (at this time) Sectorial for Infinity and that is the Steel Phalanx with ALEPH. Sadly the Tohaa do not have a Sectorial so I have no need to review them (also as my game with Scott shows I know nothing about them anyways). So let's talk ALEPH.
Right now they only have 1 Sectorial and that is the Steel Phalanx. ALEPH being the SkyNet that it is, created a bunch of warriors stemming from Greek mythology and then made an army of them. They are expensive, the elite, have a lot of special rules, great tech, and can give a good hurting. A lot of options available to them are pricey and so forces tend to be a bit smaller than others, however the output can equal or surpass if played correctly.
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| ALEPH's pride and joy, the (in)famous Achilles |
So let's take a peek at options hm? Most of the list is made up of a lot of named character options. I'm pretty sure I counted...17-18 characters? All of them modeled and named after a hero in the mythos. Another thing to note is that the Steel Phalanx Sectorial does not have ANY Core fireteam options. What they have instead are Enomotarchos fireteams which are like Core-light. They can be up to 4 members and get the burst bonus but also the team in the reactive phase have Sixth Sense L2. Not too shabby! You can take multiple Enomotarchos team options which the vast majority are a named character + 3 Myrmidons. You can take a Thorakitai and Dactyls in an Enomotarchos team, but most of your options are revolving around Myrmidons.
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| 2 of the special characters you take: Scylla and Drakios |
Due to the large amount of named characters I won't be going over them individually (good Lord that would be a blog series unto itself), but I will talk about ones I am really interested in using. Looking at Myrmidons first however as they are the backbone for the army in my opinion, and since they are prevalent in most of the fireteams. Myrmidons have a pretty solid stat-line, ODD, Kinematika L1, and Martial Arts L3. Their cheapest profile clocks in at 16 points with a chain rifle, nanopulsar, and smoke grenades. The only specialist available is an assault hacker. So that's what we are working with, let's look at a couple team options I like.
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| A new addition to ALEPH and a beast in his own right! |
First off, Ajax. Mudda effin Ajax! This is Gregor Clegane of Infinity. 39 points gives me: Natural Born Warrior, Berserk, NWI, Kinematika, ARM 5, BTS 6, CC 22, dual combi-rifles, nanopulsar, and an EXP CCW. Get this guy into combat and whoo boy. He will wreck. Getting him there will be the challenge so in a fireteam of Myrmidons the smoke grenades are going be of great use. I'd have to watch out for those MSV counters as well as anything with Intuitive attack. If I can get him up to something then it will be hurting, be it a TAG or infantry model it will get hurt.
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| HUL...AJAX SMASH! |
Machaon the Myrmidon Doctor-Officer. If I wanted to round out my Myrmidon team with another specialist this would be a good option. For .5 SWC and 39 points we get some of the same bonuses that Myrmidons do with the added benefit of being a Doctor with Eclipse grenades. In this team I would be most focused on getting a different Myrmidon profile to benefit from the burst bonus, like a spitfire for example. Otherwise this combo might not be a bad one to have going up the field to secure some objectives and provide solid mid-field firepower.
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| Pretty sweet looking paint job for the good ol' doc |
I could keep going and going as there are 18 named characters but I will stop for now as I think these two examples give you a good idea on how the Steel Phalanx run their game. Pricey but kitted out, this Sectorial can provide a lot of hardships for your opponent while having some hard counters to be aware about.
Well that wraps up this brief little series on the different Sectorials and which ones I would have chosen for each faction. Coming up I've been thinking about working on some 40k projects or I might resume my Warmahordes painting and gaming. I hope to get some more bat-reps coming in but lately there have been no gaming to be had! In the meantime feel free to leave a comment below about anything I may have missed or didn't consider. Until then everyone take care and happy gaming!
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