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[Kaldoth]

Well, I had originally intended to run a BL gunline list for an upcoming tourney at my local GW. However, after some strategic reconnaissance at the store, I found that the most likely enemies Id be facing are Orks, SMs (surprisingly enough mostly vanilla lists) and Necrons. Those in mind, I decided running a mechanized DG list fit the bill better. The tournament is about two months off, so I've got plenty of time to get everything together. Here's the list:

Daemon prince
Wings
Warptime
MoN
175 pts

2x 7 man plague marine squads
Champ
PFist
2x flamer
422 pts

2x 7 man plague marine squads
Champ
PFist
2x Melta
m bombs
Rhino
TL bolter
532 pts

2x 7 man plague marine squads
2x plasma gun
Rhino
Havoc launcher
462 pts

2x Dreadnought
Tl lascannon
ml
270 pts

Defiler
2x extra CCW
150 Pts

2x Land Raider
Dirge caster
Tl bolter
460 pts

Total 2470

Yes, Im aware this isn't your typical obliterator spamming, lashing min/max tournament list. My goal is fun first, fluff second, winning third. Id rather stay true to an army that's semi competitive than play a cheesy army with 0 feeling of being true to the background. That being said, I think the list speaks for itself as far as strategy goes. Flamer squads tank shock in the raiders, Melta marines Melta stuff, plasma marines sit with the dreads on objectives, and the daemon prince supports whatever squads need help mopping up. The only thing I don't like about the list is the defiler. Perhaps another DP would better fit the bill? C&C please

-Kal

Edited by Kaldoth, 30 January 2012 - 04:47 PM.

[the jeske]

I would cut the plasma pms to 5 man . trade the flamers for melta . cut the dreads for a defiler and bought a termi unit to still get the second LR for the pms.

[Ah-a-nothepsis]

If you use a defiler with 2CCWs, you need to take them in pairs or not at all

If you're just taking it so the enemy is terrified and shoots it with a (free) krak missile in his 1st turn, just take a winged nurgle prince instead.

Edited by Ah-a-nothepsis, 31 January 2012 - 05:17 AM.

[Kaldoth]

I would cut the plasma pms to 5 man . trade the flamers for melta . cut the dreads for a defiler and bought a termi unit to still get the second LR for the pms.

Cutting the plasma squads would make them a bit too vulnerable as objective holders IMO. The flamer squads serve a specific purpose in the strategy I use, so I can't drop them either. A second landraider isnt dependent on a termi squad either, so Im a bit confused on the why they would be needed However, I definitely am thinking of dropping the defiler in favor of a second DP. The more I look at it the more I think about how two warptiming princes could put down some serious hurt

Anyone else?

-Kal

[Ah-a-nothepsis]

The only thing 2 warptime princes will do for your army is give the enemy a 2nd target to kill instead of your infantry and special goodies.

If that's the case (which is usually will be), 25pts extra on both princes is wasted.

Oh, and I have 5 PM's survive an entire game against Tau by going to ground, and he lost because he tried to kill them instead of the approaching units. Milage may vary, but just sayin'.

Edited by Ah-a-nothepsis, 01 February 2012 - 09:58 PM.

[the jeske]

Cutting the plasma squads would make them a bit too vulnerable as objective holders IMO.

if something rolls 5 pms in hth it will also roll 7 . if focus fire will kill 7+ at 2500 so it doesnt matter. pms are not the part of the army that does the killing .

kill wise t5 and FnP +possible cover on objective makes them as resilient as non SS/TH termis

A second landraider isnt dependent on a termi squad either, so Im a bit confused on the why they would be needed

because you should not run single defilers . nor should you run dreads . if you want av12 walker run 2-3 defilers and you cant run 2 defilers and 2 LR from hvy slots because there is only 3 of them . to get the 2ed LR transport for your troops you have to buy it from the elite section as a transport for termis.