I'm just glad the biologus has a home

I will never regret equipping my Aggressors with Flamestorm gauntlets, but I am disappointed to see how consistently GW is buffing the other option while the flames get nothing.

It’s 2 am where I live, perfect time for an Auspex’s crazy combo video 😂

Aggressors caught my eye when I was first researching addons to Leviathan. Im brand new to Warhammer. I love that the models I really like for Space Marines are really good, and im glad I can attach another model I like, Calgar, as a leader

After discussing the Librarian Dreadnought delivering this combo in the comments earlier today, I was wondering when Auspex might drop this video. I wasn't expecting it to be the same day! 😂 Great breakdown!

The irony of this video coming out and I was debating earlier this week about picking up Aggressors. I’ll take this as a sign.

Very cool combo, I’ll probably wait for the codex before I invest but i would totally be down to make a squad like this

I’ve been running my biologus with bolster discipline and heavy intersessors with one heavy bolter. This has been a solid combo as well I’m my experience as it makes the heavy bolt rifles chew through all chaff and allows them more threat potential in melee if charged while holding a point

I came across this combo while playing around with the app on release. Great boost to my list building ego.

Apothecary + Heavy intercessors are a solid combo too.

I do this using a Primaris Lieutent with Bolter Discipline + Primaris Apothecary + 10 Hellblasters. Made my brother very annoyed when I did a good amount of Sustained Hit and Lethal Hit Supercharged shots but killed two of my guys with hazardous, then managed to roll 2 more shots with “For the Chapter!”, then rez’d one of them on my next turn. If the Biolgis comes out as standalone I’ll probably get him since I also use a good amount of Gravis dudes and love Aggressors.

My core is Tor Garadon and 6 Aggressors in a Redeemer with a 10 man Heavy Intercessor Squad with the Bolter Discipline Apothecary leading them.

Literally buying aggressors to run with the biologis and Calgar lmao with bolster discipline nasty combo

Great video. It would be interesting to compare this with a trio of Lokhust Heavy Destroyers with exterminator and a lord. Feels like the have similar volume of fire (hits) but differ slightly on wounds and AP (the destroyers reroll wounds of 1 vs infantry and have a strat for full wound rerolls) Keep up the good work

Class, been saying for ages this looked like a killer combo so nice to see it get covered.

Ive been playing this combo since the leviathan box came out and its amazing it also work quite good on eradicator

Another combo I’ve been enjoying is pairing the Deathwing Strikemaster with Bolter Discipline to a squad of Deathwing Terminators. I’ve thrown a Belial with them as well and it’s very satisfying watching them delete units.

Haven't watched the video yet, but i'm sure it's great. Keep up the good work!

Happy to hear people playing aggressors i like these guys a lot

Great combo but you missed one thing: giving the Gravis Captain The Honor Vehement for just 15 points makes his already strong melee really incredible. His 5 power fist attacks go to 7 in the assault phase and S10 while his extra attacks get +2S as well (they don't benefit from the 2 extra swings sadly) so the relic blade is S7, relic chainsword S6 and the relic fist S10. Then you can swap his free stratagem for Honor the Chapter, gaining lance if you can charge and -1AP. His entire unit now hits at AP-3 as well as anything he swings besides the chainsword which is AP-2.

I like adding Calgar for the advance/ fallback shoot and charge.

I would be interested also in the maths for the 'CyclicCrisis' squad under the effect of kauyon and properly buffed. And also other shooty combos for other races (like necrons)

Been running the combo for some time. It’s definitely nice.

I'm a fan of 10 man bricks of Heavy Intercessors- they can function in a similar way with the proper support

Great video as usual

Gwavis

Wow... I guess i was ahead of the curve on this one. I have two squads of Aggressors + Biologis. I mean... I did cillect a gravis army. Getting all the proper shoulder pads was expensive.

I'm running the same combo but with a unit of 10 Heavy Intercessors. I do miss out on a few shots but I get 30" of range, +1 Strength and AP, and if I remain stationary I hit on 2+ :)

Tbh I’d say the apothecary biologis fits better with eradicators. The damage output is huge and nothing is wasted as reroll wounds is still there.

Primaris Aggressors are bar-none my favorite unit in Warhammer. They were the first box I ever bought, just because I liked the way they looked. I just adore how brutal and tanky and imposing they are the and gravis armor is my favorite armor style. I’m still slowly assembling my army but I am so, so happy to hear they play well and hit every bit as hard as I’d hoped they would.

I've been using a similar combo with my Dark Angels. A full 10-man Deathwing Command Squad with 2 Assault Cannons led by a Deathwing Strikemaster with Bolter Discipline. Crit Fishing with Oath of Moment can lead to absolute bonkers levels of damage with this combo.

I saw this when the index came out aswell :D Also IF you decide to run a Ventris/Ventris-proxy you can deepstrike that blob of hurt anywhere on the board and get awesome firepower followed by a 9inch charge if you are lucky for maximum damage :D

I love throwing the apothecary in with my eradicators as well.

Man I’ve been thinking about buying 6 aggressors to go with biologis and now everyone’s gonna be doing it thanks.

I have been playing this combo, and love using the Land Raider Redeemer with it. The Redeemer is a great overwatch platform, and good on it's own. There are big weaknesses to the squad however. It's only real tankiness is toughness 6, anything that can get around that with a modicum of AP and the unit starts to die off quickly.

Intresting to compare this combo output with 10 Sternguard + lieutenant.

I’ve been using this since the Leviathian drop. You can also use adaptive strategy to keep them in Dev Doctrine every turn and Storm of fire to give them ap -2 if they are shooting at the closest target, plus ignore cover. Not expecting it to carry into the codex though so I’m surprised it’s just coming up now.

You really need to do these vids as a podcast as well!

I use a similar combo in my list, but a primaris apothecary with bolter discipline tacked onto a 10 man squad of hellblasters since they're stronger than any bolter. Overcharge every turn, if hazardous takes any out I get a model back at the start of every turn, and the sustained hits makes it more than worth it.

I pretty much do this same thing but with a brick of deathwing command squad terminators with a strikemaster and sometimes a termi captain. At normal range the stormbolters get 22 shots with lethals and exploding 6's but at 12" it becomes 44 shots of just storm bolters with lethal plus the missile launchers, and if in devastator doctrine 5+6 explodes with lethal and they can follow up with a charge that they can re-roll thanks to the captain. Heavy investment in terms of points and was looking at this videos combo as well since the investment is much lower with higher toughness units similar firepower and built in twin-linked with strong melee potential.

10x Hellblasters with an Apothecary + Bolter Displine is an absolutely devastating combo

Nice combo.

Its kinda weird that Iron Father Feirros is not at least keyworded as Captain... or a chapter master? Like i get it thats not how the Iron Hands work but like... i feel like that should have been seen coming.

First thing I picked up when the index dropped was 6 bolt aggressors + biologis in a land raider crusader to smash objectives

Best option to field them is probably deep strike with Uriel IMO. It does the job cheap. On foot doesnt work, tried that.. they just die before they get in range even with Calgar. Land Raider works, but I would prefer to use Bladeguard veterans with that.

Very good content, as usual. We’re seeing a lot this combination. And you very well explain why. However, do you think that use the biologis/bolter discipline in a 10 man heavy Intercessors (bolter S5 AP-1) is worthless ? The volume of fire is less impressive, but is the +1 on the strenght on the weapon not a thing ? Of course, with the future « oath of moment » maybe it will be better to have this combo with twin-link bolterstorm gantelet… What’s your opinion on this ?

GW after 2 monts: "aggresors will cost 170pts for 3 and max squad size is 3"...

…. I’m REALLY regretting the spur-of-the-moment decision to go flamestorm instead of boltstorm….

So they changed old bolter discipline, hadnt seen that. Much preferred the simpler definition that it made sm rapid fire bolt weapons at full range if they stood still, or were a vehicle. Always made me imagine my dudes as that scene in Astartes where the marines lock their bolters against that railing and just let rip

This kind of combo can also work with a deathwing strikemaster and deathwing command squad. In fact DA have the only access to a terminator lieutenant variant. So about 36-40 storm bolter shots with sustaind and lethals on 5s, with an apothecary in the squad to rez a dude a turn and fairly competent power fist profile with terminator saves and invulns. With a captain in terminator armor in addition theu get free strat as well has reroll charges. It is more pts though but its a massive block thats almost immovable. Plus the banner in the command squad makes them oc 2 and the champion gives them +1 to charge as well as 1 cp heroi intervention.

Slap a cap in that combo and have him use storm of fire after the nerf and he will help out post nerf

Time to build that Biologis then!

I've been running this since my first match of 10th, and it's pretty damn good

That moment the combo you've been using gets popular

I've been running this since the start of 10th with my Imperial Fists and it has worked well.

This is how I've been running my terminators. 10 man squad with 2 cyclone missile launchers. Plus a Deathwing Strikemaster with Bolter Discipline.

This unit can kill a knight, I used mine to take out a Caladius Tank , thats a T10 14W tank with 5 + invun. my opponent wished he paid for the Owerwatch. I play Blood angels so making them appear were i need them the most is great fun! Its good to have a unit that can deal with something scarry. it will help my winrate.

welcome to 2023 auspex jajajajaja

Faced this in a tournament at the weekend and can confirm the damage output is egregious.

I've been running this combo since 10th Started. It's been a menace in the local meta, with really only pre-nerf GSC being able to fight against it effectively.

Finally going to get a chance to bring out my aggressors!

The incursor buff works in both Shooting and Melee, not as great for shooting but it means that your hitting on 3+ in melee which should help a nice amount even if you have re rolls.

I do this comvo with Deathwing Command Squad + D. Strikemaster. Much more expensive but good lord the fire-power....

Finally a use for my aggressors from BA combat patrol....

In deathwatch also quite nice with becon Angelis and anti infantery 2+

Ingenious and innovative. At least it was about a month ago when Poland won World championship using this combo ;)

Azrael is another good pick for this. Sustained hits and a 4 up invulnerable for the squad to boost tankyness even higher.

This was the first thing I did with the Index.

Used this end of last week in a casual game. Even after being reduced to 4 aggressors, was still capable of wiping a double necron warrior block in a single phase on its own. Felt a bit bad after.

could you do a Video on Centurion Devastators ? With the Oath nerfs incoming and their point deduction. Their Twin linked las-cannons will be good overall anti-tank weapons with wounds rerolls ! Would love to see your opinion on this !

Im excited to grab a second lirlbrarian dread for my BA army this is a great unit to target to just teleport it in their face

8 Gravis models can fit in a Storm Wolf too. Can't disembark and charge though.

My friend used this "gouda cheese combo" as I called it in my first and only game of tenth. He had witchseeker bolts as well since he plays black templars. A squad of 3 wiped out commander farsight just using mortals.

Gravis armor is, to me, the kind of bulky and heavy looking armor that space marines *should* use. I prefer it to everything, and the Aggressor Doom Brick makes me very happy. 🎉

Wish this worked with flamestorm 😢

Libby dread goes 'YEEEEET!'

Had this used on me killed a warhound titan in one turn.

I am interested to see how this combo compares to the Anvil Siege Force potential damage combo of keeping a unit stationary, using the ignore cover enhancement and exploding 5's stratagem when stationary. Obviously being able to advance and do this is very strong, but Anvil allows hitting on 2's too. I think that may be stronger with Eradicators since they get +1 to hit and +1 to wound when stationary with all the perks...

The lieutenant/doc & bolter discipline combo is obviously very powerful but you're limited to one unit being upgraded this way - aggressors are a good choice for the upgrade but so are other options like 10 hellblasters and a lieutenant - they'd be about 100 points more, but would probably put out a lot more damage against elites and vehicles, with better range too. Thinking specifically of doc gravis, is he better with 6 aggressors, 6 eradicators, or 10 heavy intercessors? His buff is great on all of them and each of those options has similar points costs - I haven't looked into the mathhammer for how much he increases their damage against different targets, but it's clearly going to be significant. Thinking of Marneus Calgar - it seems excessive to stack him with a bolter discipline gravis doc in the same unit of aggressors - that's nearly 500 points in 1 unit. The aggressors & doc unit is a strong enough threat on it's own IMO, and Marneus would be much more useful to create a second threatening unit, personally I'd use him with infernus marines - upgraded doc and aggressors (280), plus infernus squad and Calgar (355) is how I'd do it.

Can I allocate the saves to the Vitrix guard instead of the aggressors if the attack isn't precision?

I like the Calgar and Ventris combo personally like it's super expensive on points but a unit that can advance shoot and charge being deep struck in and being able to use rapid ingress to really hid them away from potential shooting or charges then just advancing out from the cover and unloading all those lethal and sustained hits before charging into melee just seams so devastating I really do have to try it out in a game before it gets balanced out of the rules

We knew this ;). It's pretty much the only use for the biologis

For the bolter discipline enhancement section how did he calculate 39 shots? From what I understand it’s 3 shots per model in a squad of 6 that’s 18 shots and even if you rolled hot with sustained hits 1 and double that it’s only 36? I feel like I’m missing something can someone please explain?

isint bolter discipline better used on a liutenant supporting 5-9 hellblasters in a drop pod??

best part about this combo, is that it almost doesn't care about the oaths nerf. So prepare for aggressors to be nerfed soon xD

Also + 1ap extra from one of the primaris speeders if needed

Am i missing something but how do you put bolter discipline in desolation? I cant see anybody able to join them?

Am I right in saying you can use adaptive strategy every turn you need it outside of the devastator doctrine? So in theory you could get 3-4 turns of this lol?

Biologis + a brick of any decent AP seems great in general

Ah it's good to see they are no longer passive aggressors

*GW sees something decent for marines* “nerf that!! Eldar might have a hard time”

I've been tempted to pair the biologist with eradicators. I play my m8 and he has necron and guard so I need high strength attacks to kill his chunky units

I'm about to add an Apothecary biologis and an indomitor kill team to my comp deathwatch

Thoughts on the same combo, but with Sternguard and Lt.? Same AP, Str & 9 less shots, but with dev wounds & shooting twice potentially

You know what this is good against? The Avatar of Khaine - ask me how I found that one out

Would this work with a unit of Heavy intercessors?

You can say the same for 10x Terminators with 2x cyclone launchers + Captain + Bolter discipline... and also 10x Hellblaster + Lieutenant + Bolter discipline..

I just Painted up this combo + a Captain as well. But I'll be using them with my Black Templars so I won't get the full silly combo.

Such a shame there are no similarly good buffs for Flamestorm Aggressors, even the previewed Salamanders-style detachment keys off the [Assault] keyword which they don't have.

What makes them especially spicy is using Uriel Ventris for free deep strike