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>theyre not some magical ammo which just melts marines like butter
There's bolt rounds said to do that exact same thing, though
>Bolt and auto weapons dont tend towards good AP, a powerful variant should have breaching or something instead.
Scorpius used to be full AP2
Thing is, current AP4 Banestrike is as effective against artificer as it is against 2+ saves, since it mostly relies on Breaching 6. Make it AP3 (reducing its Str to 4) and you'll have something that goes through marine armour "like it's wax", but still be markedly less effective against 2+ saves, which it isn't good at
And it would be a fair exchange, since Seeker bolters replace Scorpius for Banestrike as a sidegrade: get better vs 3+ saves but lose effectiveness against 2+