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5 Awesome Ways to Kill a Stormsurge

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Jul 14 2016
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Every non Tau player hates facing Stormsurges. Thanks to GW we have 5 hilarious new ways to take em down!

First of all, GW gave us this HILARIOUSLY AMAZING way to take down the big guys with the brand new beta FAQ.

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There you go folks – in black and white.  Don’t bother trying to get into a gunfight with the biggest walking gun around.  The real way to take down a Stormsurge is to let them press the suicide anchor button, then break cover with whatever you’ve got and ram em! It’s one of the few “auto-deaths” in the game.  No rolling to hit, no trying  to penetrate, no special rules. It’s super simple.

 If a Stormsurge is anchored and you reach it with a tankshocking model – just pull the big guy off the table – FATALITY!

So with that kind of 100% reliability, it’s worth the risk to try to get to the pricy big guy with whatever you can.  Here’s our list of the best ways to show the Tau Empire who’s boss!

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#5 Rhino – HUMILIATION FATALITY

It’s probably got the least chance of making it to an anchored Stormsurge of any tank out there. But Rhino’s are dirt cheap and it’s worth risking a few of them for the sheer high-fiving and tall tales value of knocking the big guy off the table with the humble marine box.  If you’re running a Gladius you should have a bucket-full of free ones driving around – so give it a shot!

 

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#4 Battlewagon – MAD MAX FATALITY

You may get blown to scrap but if you make it you will be reborn in Valhalla shiny and chrome. So strap on a deff-rolla to make your model as long as possible and WITNESS ME!

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#3 Monolith – WTF Fatality?!  

Yup, most folks forget it’s a tank.  Deep Strike in next to the Stormsurge, put your trust in the living metal to keep you alive for a turn and go for it. If you don’t make it, you can still dump out Necrons from the Gate to mess with the blueskins – they hate that.

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#2 Wave Serpent – RAMMING SPEED FATALITY

Yup, probably the easiest and most expected way to go for it.  You’ve got a fast skimmer to get you into a decent position to make your run.  One more reason to hate the Eldar. I’m sure it will have all kinds of psychic buffs on it to help it out.

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#1 Zhadsnark “Da Rippa” – EVEL KNIEVEL FATALITY

This is where the glory is my friends.  Zhadsnark is an Ork Biker Boss on a ROCKET BIKE from Forgeworld’s Raid on Kastorel-Novem. He rides “Da Beast” with this AWESOME special rule:

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If you pull off the Stormsurge fatality with this guy it’s free drinks all night from your buddies because you sir (or lady) have ALL THE STYLE POINTS in 40K!

~Now get out there and bag some Stormsurges – hunting season is open!

 

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Author: Larry Vela
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