Stop Wasting Points: The AdMech Units That ACTUALLY Kill Tanks || Warhammer 40k Mathhammer Breakdown
DankMechanicus
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Which Adeptus Mechanicus units actually kill tanks and monsters efficiently — and which ones only look like anti-tank units on paper?
In this AdMech mechanics breakdown, I compare 14 relevant weapon profiles across 10,000 simulated shooting phases against light, medium and heavy vehicles and monsters. We’ll look at their unbuffed damage, hit re-rolls, available buffs, mobility, range, points efficiency and their actual role in an AdMech army.
The units covered include Ironstrider Ballistarii with Lascannons and Autocannons, the Onager Dunecrawler, Skorpius Disintegrator, Hastarii Fusiliers, Kataphron Breachers and Destroyers, Belisarius Cawl, Thulia Ghuld and the Archaeopter Stratoraptor.
We’ll also test how much these units benefit from Protector Imperative, HEAVY, +1 to Wound, additional AP, Lethal Hits, Sustained Hits and 5+ Critical Hits. Finally, we’ll compare their damage output with their range, mobility and points cost to find the most practical anti-tank options for an actual AdMech list.
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If you have tried any of these units against vehicle- or monster-heavy lists, let me know how they performed for you. And if I missed a useful combination, put it in the comments — there are always more buffs and interactions to test.
Rules, profiles and points reflect the state of the game at the time this video was produced.
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If we are to take the Bestest possible conditions for the chosen units, I would say that's:
- Fusiliers - Double Doctrina from Thulia, rerolling hits from Marshal, Rerolling wounds from Boat, Lethals from Mani, Sustained hits from Erad Strat or RadZone enhancement, within range of Battleline for bonus AP.
- Ironstriders - Double Doctrina from Thulia (they're all Skitarii units), Rerolling hits from Cawl, CyCo strat for BS3+ and Ignores Cover (hitting on 2+), +1 to Wound from SHC Stratagem, within range of Battleline for bonus AP.
- All the Vehicles - Double Doctrina from Thulia (they're all Skitarii units), Rerolling hits from Cawl, CyCo strat for BS3+ and Ignores Cover (hitting on 2+), Sustained and Lethal from Erad Strat (note, alternative for Dunecrawler, reroll Damage strat), within range of Battleline for bonus AP... if needed, I guess...
Note on "one start per phase", CyCo starts are used in Command Phase, while the other buffing strats are in the Shooting.
Those things are obviously without the points cost. I'm not saying it's good to stack so much on a unit.... I'm just saying it's possible, and if we are comparing the best possible situation.
How exactly are you getting such low dmg on destroyers? I understand ap-1, but it should still average 10-16 dmg on vehicles depending on save.
And breachers having better results into heavy monsters?!
Seems to me the math did not account for the anti-x keywords at all
Stop Wasting Points: The AdMech Units That ACTUALLY Kill Tanks || Warhammer 40k Mathhammer Breakdown
DankMechanicus
3,345 views
Which Adeptus Mechanicus units actually kill tanks and monsters efficiently — and which ones only look like anti-tank units on paper?
In this AdMech mechanics breakdown, I compare 14 relevant weapon profiles across 10,000 simulated shooting phases against light, medium and heavy vehicles and monsters. We’ll look at their unbuffed damage, hit re-rolls, available buffs, mobility, range, points efficiency and their actual role in an AdMech army.
The units covered include Ironstrider Ballistarii with Lascannons and Autocannons, the Onager Dunecrawler, Skorpius Disintegrator, Hastarii Fusiliers, Kataphron Breachers and Destroyers, Belisarius Cawl, Thulia Ghuld and the Archaeopter Stratoraptor.
We’ll also test how much these units benefit from Protector Imperative, HEAVY, +1 to Wound, additional AP, Lethal Hits, Sustained Hits and 5+ Critical Hits. Finally, we’ll compare their damage output with their range, mobility and points cost to find the most practical anti-tank options for an actual AdMech list.
The Tactical Cogitator:
https://tactical-cogitator.com/
If you have tried any of these units against vehicle- or monster-heavy lists, let me know how they performed for you. And if I missed a useful combination, put it in the comments — there are always more buffs and interactions to test.
Rules, profiles and points reflect the state of the game at the time this video was produced.
#Warhammer40k #AdeptusMechanicus #admech
Music: Priests of Iron by @DreamClinicOfficial (thanks for usage permission)
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As it has turned out, some of the calculations contain incorrect values. I am currently investigating what caused this—there may be an issue with the tool used for the calculations.
As soon as I have clarified this, I will provide additional information. If the issue proves significant enough to affect the assessment of individual units, I will publish a correction.
I am really sorry for that inconvenience :(