I love Thunderhawks. The concept, the design, their damned tactical flexibility. I’ve got three in my Dark Angels army presently, and I’m toying with a fourth.
In fact, it’s been said (only partially in jest) that when I play Epic with my current list, I spend three turns losing with my ground forces, then the Thunderhawks come in and win.
Here’s my top ten uses for a Thunderhawk:
- Stall deployment by starting it on the board
- Stall activations by standing it down
- Airlift a vulnerable formation out of battle
- Landing it as a mini AA castle
- Mop up straggling broken formation with Ground Attacks, from up to 75cm away
- Prep engagements with blast markers, from up to 75cm
- Launch a classic Marine Aerial Assault from them
- Land and contest any objective
- Land a claim an objective the next turn
- Infuriate your opponent by shrugging off their AA with your 4+ reinforced
In fact, I love them so much I’ve started carrying around the Thunderhawk blister packaging in my wallet, in place of photographs of my loved ones.
Looks good, I have one of the epic thunderhawks floating around somewhere unpainted.