Sons of Horus 2500 Looking for Help

[ShadowoftheWarp]

Forgive me if this seems to be spamming of the forum but I am conflicted between the Thousand Sons and Sons of Horus and wpuld like to get both army lists reviewed! The former has already been posted recently and so I wont be reposting it here!

 

++ Rite of War: The Long March ++

 

+ HQ +

 

Damocles Command Rhino

 

Maloghurst the Twisted

 

+ Elites +

 

Contemptor-Mortis Dreadnought:

- 2x Kheres Pattern Assault Cannon

 

Justaerin Terminator Squad:

- 5x Justaerin Terminators, 5x Combi-Melta, 3x Power Fist, 2x Chainfist

 

+ Troops +

 

Veteran Tactical Squad:

- 9x Space Marines, 9x Bolt Pistol, 9x Chainswords/Combat Blades, 7x Combi-Melta, 2x Meltagun

- Sergeant, Legion: Artificer Armour, Combi-Melta

- Veteran Tactics: Machine Killers

 

2x Veteran Tactical Squad:

- 9x Space Marines, 4x Combi-Plasma, 2x Plasma gun,

- Sergeant: Artifcer Armour, Lightning Claw, Combi-Plasma

- Veteran Tactics: Weaponmasters

- Rhino Armoured Carrier w/ Multi Melta

 

+ Fast Attack +

 

2x Anvillus Pattern Dreadclaw Drop Pod

 

Xiphon Interceptor:

- Ground-tracking Auguries

 

+ Heavy Support +

 

Heavy Support Squad:

- 5x Space Marines, Volkite Culverin,

- Sergeant: Augury Scanner

 

Sicaran Venator Tank Destroyer:

- Armoured Ceramite

 

Any suggestions and criticism is very much appreciated as I am constantly trying to improve my list building skills!

Edited December 31, 2019 by ShadowoftheWarp

[Pavel Araghast]

Hi there. Nice list overall, maybe swap lighting claws for power fists in veteran squads.

[ShadowoftheWarp]

I was thinking lightning claws so that they strike at a higher initiative and are able to take out artificer sergeants before they can attack Edited January 1, 2020 by ShadowoftheWarp

[Lautrec the Embraced]

Looks pretty solid to me, one thing I would probably change is to hide 2 swords or even better axes in plasma veteran squads. Each one is 4 attacks on WS5 on the charge so your squad can still be quite deadly even with only few members alive.

 

I wouldn't count on lightning claw killing sergeants clad in artificer armour. It can work but so can any other weapon without unwieldy. On the charge with a claw against regular Ws4 sarge it's only 24% chance.

[Vykes]

Honestly it looks pretty solid, and the few things I'd question are gonna be purely at the discretion of your local community.  First and foremost... maybe some melta bombs on those vet squads?  They'll be a terror to a lot of armor that way, even on the Weapon Master squads.  If you need points, the armored ceramite on the Venator looks like an easy enough cut. 

 

That said: I'm usually one of the sorts who says 'leverage the few natural advantages the Sons of Horus get' thus tend to go for quick and worse weapons (Power swords, Chain swords, chain axes in my Reavers) to get the most out of Merciless Killers, but those lightning claws are pretty pricey compared to even a power sword.  That, and the rest of the squad is decked out to take down things like Terminators and Artificer/scimitar armored squads, and given claws are specialist weapons they don't even get the extra attack. Sneaking in axes or a sergeant with a power fist does seem to be a good idea as they're liable to be close to that kind of danger. 

[ShadowoftheWarp]

Thank you for the suggestions and I've taken the chance to modify the list slightly. The combi-plasma veterans now have 2 power axes, their rhinos no longer have multi meltas, and their sergeants now have powerfists. As well the venator exchanged its ceramite for auxiliary drive