Myrmidon officer how to use

[Amanchanamun]

In steel phalanx

I have never used myrmidon office lietenant option in my lists. 32 points is a nice deal but when you declare it
as a combi myrmidon officer , it is very clear lietenant and main target afterwards.

Also chain of command model, i can not use it at all. Because i prefer machaon in same points ( 39pts) for object grabber.

Please comment.

[chromedog]

You've pretty much named the two things it does. If you don't want it for either, then don't use it (or own it).

Pretty cut and dried, really.

Myself, I use her as an extra myrmidon when I need one (because I think the machaon miniature is not to my liking, aesthetics-wise. ).

[funmomiji]

I run myrmidon officer with chain of command all the time. The link team with eurodos and other 2 myrmidons.

[MarcoSkoll]

The uses of CoC do go beyond just being a specialist, I'll point out. CoC is actually a fairly valuable skill in its own right (although when I've taken it so far it just seems to guarantee that my original Lt remains untouched).

[ElectricPaladin]

I think it's entirely possible to overestimate the importance of playing hide-the-lieutenant in a game of Infinity. So, sure, you know where my lieutenant probably is. So what? She's in the middle of a link team of howling myrmidons, protected by a full reaction bot, and whatever other nastiness I've built into my list.

I mean, sure, by all means obscure your lieutenant's identity if it's practical, but the fact that a model is an obvious lieutenant should not be a dealbreaker in my mind.

[Harlekin]

I think it's entirely possible to overestimate the importance of playing hide-the-lieutenant in a game of Infinity. So, sure, you know where my lieutenant probably is. So what? She's in the middle of a link team of howling myrmidons, protected by a full reaction bot, and whatever other nastiness I've built into my list.

I mean, sure, by all means obscure your lieutenant's identity if it's practical, but the fact that a model is an obvious lieutenant should not be a dealbreaker in my mind.

Exactly. An experienced player will be able to identify your lieutenant anyways (or at least the two or three possible options in your list).
With Myrmidon Officers it's quite easy to handle the "obvious lt" problem: bring two. Or even three, if you have the points. Zero-V is such an awesome tool and two Myrmidon links are such a PITA for everybody - at least if you don't only use Chain Rifle Myrmidons.

[Joasht]

I'm probably a slightly weird person, but I usually take my Myrmidon officer with a Combi Rifle rather than a BS, as I tend to keep her further back (even as CoC).

Normal smoke grenades seem to be a "drawback" to most, but I tend to take at least two Deva's and/or Asura's in my lists, so I do like having more options for regular one-sided smokes.

[Barakiel]

If you're an ITS player, you love that Chain of Command because it's one of the few ways to work a Specialist into a Myrmidon link team. The CoC option, Machaon and the Hacker are the only options, and the CoC option provides durability as well as a useful ability in its own right, so I think it's a pretty good idea.

For Chain of Command in itself, that LT Order can be valuable when you put it on an order-hungry unit like Achilles. As others have mentioned, having an obvious LT is not a bad thing if their death doesn't cost you much. If an opponent manages to kill Achilles, and then kill your Chain of Command Officer as well, you're probably in such bad shape that you're going to lose whether you're in Loss of Lieutenant or not