Tau infantry and Crisis Battlesuits repel an armored assault by Chaos Space Marines.
With Baneblades, Battle Companies, and Bloodthirsters roaring around the Apocalypse battlefield, it's easy to disregard the little guy. More often than not, though, it is the noble infantryman who will secure victory for a canny commander. Games Developer Phil Kelly takes us through a few tactics designed to help footsloggers pluck victory from under the noses of the big uglies of the 41st millennium. |
hough Apocalypse is primarily about having lots of fun by blowing stuff up, if you want to win a game, you will need to learn how to claim objectives. No army will be able to seize all the objectives on a given battlefield. You really need to pick and choose your targets. Every Apocalypse army should have some infantry in its number, and you can be pretty sure that if you use your infantry better than your opponent uses his, then victory is all but assured.
The first thing to bear in mind is that if you leave your infantry out in the open, in full view of the enemy's guns, then they will get pounded flat in no time at all. This may sound obvious, but it is worth stating ahead of time. In Apocalypse, you need to be a little more devious and use terrain, decoys, and stratagems to your best advantage.
In this article, we'll be using actual in-game photos from the "Slaughter at the Kan Factory" battle report to demonstrate how best to use infantry, with some simple do's and don'ts along the way.
