Counter for fire prisms?

octovert

Nearly lost a 2v2 game - the eldar player massed a bunch of fire prisms. Couldn't get tank bustas close, and the killa kan's long range rocket wasn't enough to bust em up. My kommando was able to set of a charge and do some damage, and ultimately we were able to push the core and win it anyway. But what is the natural ork counter to fire prisms?

Scrangos

@octovert said:
Nearly lost a 2v2 game - the eldar player massed a bunch of fire prisms. Couldn't get tank bustas close, and the killa kan's long range rocket wasn't enough to bust em up. My kommando was able to set of a charge and do some damage, and ultimately we were able to push the core and win it anyway. But what is the natural ork counter to fire prisms?

Its super rare, but you can probably run them down with a waagh... or they are so inconsequential that if they put so much money into it you can just rush their core lol

trakks used to stun them but not anymore, can nobs taunt them? trukks should still be able to stun them from a launch if you rush into them with waaagh speed.

the morkanaught and gorkanaught can do silly things to them with the dorpped first but odds are they wont let you get that close to such slow units.

weirdboy can sneak up and drop a fist from out of line of sight and immob for you to rush down.

TheGodOfCakes

Basically just rush them. If they invest into a ton of Fire Prisms, you should be able to rush them down. Use Big Trakks to slow them from a long range and Trukks to stun them. They are probably gonna try and stand between you and their Core, so with a WAAAGH! your units should be fast enough to simply run into them, smash them, and destroy the Core/Turret (whichever is the next target). Because of the massive range on Prisms, try not to rely too much on Killa Kan long range rokkets. Instead just use their basic attack, which has a descent range as well, and you'll probably melt them.
Honestly, your army can consist of pretty much anything you want, as long as you have some anti-tank units.
Played against a guy who did spam Prisms, it didn't go well for him when I just ran him down with my 250 Pop. army.

YbuBaKa

Killa Kans aren't effective against Fire Prisms. This artillery unit deals true damage and has large AoE. That means, your Killa Kan swarms could be easily eliminated from distance. Good Eldar players always use bonesingers and rangers for scouting, this allows their Fire Prisms to shoot from the maximum distance: this is important. The best counter for Fire Prism is Big Trakk. 3 of them would be enough to kill any Fire Prism in one shot. Split them, do not allow the enemy AoE attack you. Spam gretchins, you need a lot of them running in different directions, spotting Fire Prisms and other enemy stuff. If your gretchins will be in right place to provide you vision, your Big Trakkks will shoot first: they have slightly better range than Fire Prisms. For Fire Prisms, that means single-shot obliteration.