Help for a returning battle brother

[Righteous Indignation]

I haven't played warhammer In two years, and even then I only played a two games, and it's been another three or so years since I played before that. I have no idea what I'm doing and what's going on. Currently I only have so many playable models, and drop pods costing half as much as the tactical squad riding it isnt a great use of power in a 75pl game (at least not the three of them.

 

Could anyone help me get back on my feet? I have a small selection of units but honestly I think I may need to scrap it all and just start anew; but the blood of Dorn runs in my veins, and we are a stubborn lot.

 

If it helps, here's what I have currently.

 

Captain/chapter master, librarian, and chaplain in power armor.

10 terminators, one assault cannon

10 sternguard, 2w heavy flamers and 4 with combi meltas

1 dreadnaught

20 tactical Marines

2 storm talons

1 Whirlwind

1 predator

3 drop pods

1 knight Titan warden

 

Thanks for any advice you can give me

[Brother Captain Sirus]

Battlion detachment

Captain

Libby

3 x 5 man tac squads (drop pods optional)

Predator

Stormtalon

 

Vanguard

Chaplain

2 x 5 man sternguard (drop pods optional)

5 Terminators (deep strike for outflanking and back field contestation)

Dreadnought

 

Without knowing what wargear you have equipped on vehicles its harder to judge, but that sets you up for an army with 7 command points and hopefully some anti tank options

[Righteous Indignation]

Predator has twin las and las sponsons but their magnetic.

One stormtallon has lascannond the other has missiles

[Brother Captain Sirus]

Thats gives some good anti tank weaponry, so what you have will more than likely make a good army on the tabletop.

 

Best advice i can give now is try it out and see which units you like.

[Righteous Indignation]

How many points or power lvl is it? I'm going to get a codex tonight.

[Brother Captain Sirus]

I havent got mine to hand but it will be around 1500pts give or take a few points

[Righteous Indignation]

What's the importance of the battalion and the vanguard?

[Brother Captain Sirus]

They are the names of detachments, and each detachment gives you extra command points, different detachments give you different amounts of CP and require you to take certain units.

 

CP can be spent during the game to use strategems.

 

Strategems include rerolling dice, interupting the attack order of close combat and things like that.

 

So they can be used in tight situations or to guarentee a more favourable outcome, for example a lascannon does D6 damage so you can take 1-6 wounds from any multi-wound model, so lets say you have succesfully hit and wounded an enemy dreadnought and you roll a 1 for damage, you can now spend a Command Point (CP) and reroll the dice for how much damage your lascannon has done, so once rerolled you roll a 4 and the dreadnought only had 3 wounds left, you've now succesfully destroyed it instead of leaving it able to retaliate.

 

So they can be very helpful during a game, you just have to think about how to spend them as you'll only have a limited number during a game

Edited July 30, 2017 by Brother Captain Sirus

[Righteous Indignation]

Ahhh, thanks so much for the help