Haha, totally forgot about them! I don't think so. They're super underpowered right now. If you need close range, take Breachers. You only get 5 cops despite being worse (6 breachers!)

@@VentrueMinis 4/4 shotguns though and they can shoot into engagement plus the shield parry is amazing into melee hoards

@@luckylibtard8731 I don't think they get faction their abilities to shoot in engagement. EDIT: oh nice they do!

​@@VentrueMinis Ruthless Efficiency is on their datacards, much like Breachers have Void Armour on theirs, and so can benefit from it even as an Ancillary Support! I think there are some great utility options Exaction Squad can uniquely provide. The Malocator gives you another avenue to create crits (which benefit your whole team against a target), which can stack with the Mystic buff - and even without that, he can do a mission action or pick up for 1 less AP, which makes him great for objective play and is the only Ancillary Support operative with that ability available to Inquisition (plus, he has a 4/4 shotgun). The Revelatum gets a sweet pre-game move, a meme long-range pistol, and an ability to make an enemy count as engage for nearby allies. The neat thing there is that he can use that revealing ability and then run back, providing the Counts-as-Engage effect to your shooters further back since he doesn't have to stay within 6" of the target the whole time, just for using the ability at first. The Castigator is a solid all-rounder operative, with decent melee and shooting, some survivability with his 6+++ and ignore modifiers, and the potential to put someone under arrest and use them as a hostage (if you can survive the melee). The Marksman is solid, particularly once he is in position and able to use Take Aim, which gives him Balanced (and this can stack with Quarry!) 2 re-rolls plus the potential for Mystic/Malocator buffs can give very reliable damage/MW output. Subductors are great tanks and front-liners in general, and can get even crazier with the Interrogator/Tome-Skull auras. Aside from these more unique operatives, taking Exaction Squad still gives you access to a Medic, and one with a 4/4 shotgun at that, as well as a Comms that is, while not quite on Kasrkin Vox level, still better than the Comms options in other Ancillary Supports due to not having a 6" range restriction. You do miss out on the abundance of AP weaponry that Vet Guard and Kasrkin can provide, but you can take a Grenade Launcher Gunner set to permanent Krak mode, essentially, and, combining that with the Marksman, can kind of imitate the Sniper+Gunner set ups of Vet Guard/Kasrkin.

@@Hunstadm super well thought out analysis, you've definitely convinced me of space cops!

haha cheers mate, appreciate it a lot!! Share it with your friends ;)

Cheers!

Cheers mate!!

Hah me too!

Was lucky enough to get to split it with someone, check your LGS! Found one at a shop.

@@VentrueMinis yeah, it's kinda problematic here in Ukraine :) Yet I can't play that often, so I'll stick to breachers and Hand of the Archon for now. Many thanks for your cool videos, really helps with ideas and how to play against other teams. Very helpful.

@@oleksii-kozak Slava ❤️

Yeah most of them seem to be being scalped on ebay for $100+. However Remaker makes a great proxy stl so I just 3D printed my inquisition kill team, and run them with my vostroyans as vet guard.

@@slimjim7411 , good choice :) I actually have Darktide inspired models for my Blooded. Just to clarify - is it 'Remaker' or "Redmaker" you're talking about?

Ty!!!!

Agreed! I didn't update this here but in another comment - quarry would not bounce during blast because of the medic FAQ.

Yaaaas

A key thing to remember is that the Medic can't revive someone in engagement range. I thought I gave them both a fair shake.

@@VentrueMinis yea I was saying straight up healing not revive though the revive is nice if he gets shot at

Really like that analysis on the buff. Might try swapping it next game, it feels super awkward to set up but yours might be a bit easier. The value seems better with the attack buff on the skull but the set up is so much harder as you said.

Ohhhh interesting point!!!!!!! I bet you're right!!! FAQ would help on this for sure, ambiguous right now.

@@VentrueMinis I mean, we already get a free hit-or-crit on every attack out of a blasting plasma - at a certain point asking for additional rerolls is just greedy ;)

​@@burp114 reading the wording the medic FAQ doesn't make it clear enough to say with Quarry. "Resolve all of the required shooting attacks, then if the MEDIC operative is not incapacitated, use that ability at the start of the Remove Incapacitated Operatives step." We'll have to see! EDIT: the Incapacitated Operatives step does make it clear!

Actually the Remove Incapacitated Operative step definitely makes it clear that Quarry doesn't bounce until blast ends since it only bounces when the operatives are removed, not just incapacitated. Ty for making me check! Description edited.

@@VentrueMinis good catch!

100% Breachers atm.

Use 3rd party models is my only suggestion!

I recommend checking out my vet guard video! I have a more in-depth explanation there. The tl;Dr is that the mine's blast ignores terrain on open boards.

You can only take 2 if you run no ancillary support and take the other Inquisition operatives. You take 1 if you run any of the ancillary support.

understood, thanks

You can already get a second scouting option with a ploy. :)

@@VentrueMinis so does that cancel out a third scouting option?

Yes: roll defense, then for every unsaved enemy hit / crit coming through, roll one d6 for every wound you would take.

yes! For the FNP, you roll a D6 for EVERY point of damage you take after rolling defense.

Thanks guys!

Probably Arbites or Breachers only. I don't think I'll play this time after the nerfs. Going to call this video outdated.

@@VentrueMinis How much you think these nerfs change this team?

@@DodgethisCZ Completely changes the ancillary support, does nothing to the main choice. Pistolier and Servitor are the best AP2 operatives across every roster available both ancillary and mainline, so you just take those as your AP2. That means your ancillary has to be good without the AP2 options.

@@VentrueMinis hmm and what would you pick now exactly?