Using Inquisition Allies

[sw1]

Been looking into the depths of the old bit's boxes and found a few of the OOP metal Inquisitors in TDA.  From my understanding they will have to be from the Daemon Hunters branch of the =][=.

Just wondering how people are planning to kit =][= forces out to run alongside existing forces?  I can foresee large units of monkeys.

[Geifer]

Yes, only Ordo Malleus Inquisitors get to pick terminator armor.

Monkey madness is actually not the way to go. Sure, you can do it if you like, but several things speak against it.

First, their points cost. foreseeing large units of monkey is like foreseeing large units of Terminators, just without the protection of terminator armor to keep them alive or the ballistic skill to make their awesome weapons really worthywhile.

Second, there's a sweet spot for the monkey improvement table. Two Jokaero per unit decrease the chance of getting no improvement as much as possible, while at the same time maximizing the chance to get two improvements. Five or more monkeys in a squad preclude you from getting improvements.

Third, when all is said and done they have a very limited selection of weapons, weapons which their allied armies will likely be able to get cheaper in greater number on better models. Granted, getting twelve heavy flamers is pretty unique to them, but do you need twelve heavy flamers? Can you even position twelve models in a way that all twelve actually hit something? And even in the Inquisition army list, Servitors will give you dirt cheap multi meltas at not even a third of the cost of a Jokaero.

So what Inquisition models to get for another army? As ever, the ones that pluck holes in your army or models that look cool, ideally a combination of both. If your Inquisitor wears Terminator armor, you probably want him in close combat since I don't think psycannons were around when you Inquisitor models were made. But even with a storm bolter, leading a fire support unit if that is more what you are looking for isn't so bad, especially if you take Servitors that rely on the survival of the Inquisitor, something that is greatly helped by wearing terminator armor.

The inclusion of Land Raiders does the Inquisition list a lot of good since you get an effective delivery system for a close combat  Inquisitor.

As for myself, I have no real plan what to use with my Inquisition allies. Of course I have plenty of Inquisition models already that I can merrily pick from, but I want a more standard formation that I can include in various armies, so I will likely make a balanced Inquisition force that can operate on its own. But as I said, exactly how such a force will look I am still not sure about.

[paladin7221]

On the face of it, servo-skulls appear rather usefull....