3k Night Lords Swift Blade RoW attempt. Jadhek Clans unite!

[Aztek]

++  Crusade (Legiones Astartes: Age of Darkness Army List) [3,000pts] ++

+ HQ +

Forge Lord [180pts]: Artificer Armour, Bolt Pistol, Headsman's Axe, Melta Bombs, Refractor Field, Trophies of Judgement
. Bike with Twin-linked Bolter, Space Marine
. Consul
. . Forge Lord: Cyber-familiar, Rad Grenades, Servo Arm

Praetor, Legion [215pts]: Artificer Armour, Bolt Pistol, Digital Lasers, Iron Halo, Mastercraft a Single Weapon, Melta Bombs, Paragon Blade, Trophies of Judgement
. Bike with Twin-linked Bolter, Space Marine

Primus Medicae [150pts]: Bolt Pistol, Melta Bombs, Nostraman Chainglaive, Power Armour (Centurion/Consul), Refractor Field
. Bike with Twin-linked Bolter, Space Marine
. Consul
. . Primus Medicae

Primus Medicae [150pts]: Bolt Pistol, Melta Bombs, Nostraman Chainglaive, Power Armour (Centurion/Consul), Refractor Field
. Bike with Twin-linked Bolter, Space Marine
. Consul
. . Primus Medicae

+ Troops +

Hussar Squadron, Legion (Compulsory) [120pts]: 4x Legion Hussar, Twin-linked Bolter
. Hussar Sergeant: Bolt Pistol
. . Chainsword or Combat Blade: Chainswords/Combat Blades

Hussar Squadron, Legion (Compulsory) [120pts]: 4x Legion Hussar, Twin-linked Bolter
. Hussar Sergeant: Bolt Pistol
. . Chainsword or Combat Blade: Chainswords/Combat Blades

Hussar Squadron, Legion (Compulsory) [120pts]: 4x Legion Hussar, Twin-linked Bolter
. Hussar Sergeant: Bolt Pistol
. . Chainsword or Combat Blade: Chainswords/Combat Blades

Outrider Squad, Legion [400pts]: Melta Bombs, 2x Power Axe, 10x Space Marine Outrider, Legion, Twin-linked Bolter
. Standard Wargear
. . Chainsword or Combat Blade: Chainswords/Combat Blades
. Upgrade One Model to an Outrider Sergeant: Bolt Pistol, Power Fist

Outrider Squad, Legion [400pts]: Melta Bombs, 2x Power Axe, 10x Space Marine Outrider, Legion, Twin-linked Bolter
. Standard Wargear
. . Chainsword or Combat Blade: Chainswords/Combat Blades
. Upgrade One Model to an Outrider Sergeant: Bolt Pistol, Power Fist

+ Fast Attack +

Jetbike Sky Hunter Squadron, Legion [400pts]: 6x Heavy Bolter, 2x Multi-melta, 8x Space Marine Sky Hunters
. Additional Wargear: Melta Bombs
. Standard Wargear
. . Chainsword or Combat Blade: Chainswords/Combat Blades
. Upgrade One Model to a Sky Hunter Sergeant: Bolt Pistol, Power Fist

Primaris-Lightning Strike Fighter [230pts]: 2x 2x Kraken Penetrator Heavy Missiles, Battle Servitor Control, Ground-tracking Auguries, Twin-linked Lascannon

+ Heavy Support +

Fire Raptor Gunship, Legion [230pts]
. Four wing-mounted:: Hellstrike Missiles
. Two Independent Ball Turret-mounted:: Reaper Autocannon Battery

Jetbike Sky Slayer Support Squadron, Legion [285pts]: Multi-melta, 5x Space Marine Sky Slayers
. One Sky Slayer may be upgraded to a Sky Slayer Sergeant: Bolt Pistol, Power Fist
. Standard Wargear
. . Chainsword or Combat Blade: Chainswords/Combat Blades

+ Allegiance +

Legion and Allegiance:    VIII: Night Lords, Traitor

Rite of War: The Swift Blade

+ Use Playtest Rules +

Use Playtest Rules Errata 1.0 (From FAQ 1.1 Feb/2019): Playtest Rules Errata 1.0 On

 

 

 

So this is my first real attempt at the Swift Blade RoW. Lemme know what you guys think! I don't actually own most of these models so definitely looking for advice before I make any purchases.

 

Thanks!

Edited October 14, 2020 by Aztek

[Eternal Despair]

So it’s definitely a cool list but it’s unfortunately illegal, the ROW requires 3 compulsory HQ choices and you have only 2, though the solution is super easy and actually frees up some points, I’d swap one of the primus medicaes out for two apothecaries on bikes which saves you 20 points and then I’d swap the other one for a compulsory consul, if you want killing power I’d personally go for Delegatus for that sweet sweet paragon blade, a chaplain for fearless, or if you just want to keep them cheap a stock standard centurion with the usual trimmings and a headsman’s axe would also be fine.

 

Side note/addendum: in additionally after I had written all this and made the list myself on quartermaster and checking book 9 it’s also over the points limits due to the fact hussars are 150 points per squad not 120. Again the solution is simple, drop the outriders to 9 man squads, in my version I swapped the power fists in the list to chainglaives, dropped the meltabombs on the HQs and had a stock centurion as my 3rd compulsory hq which then saved enough additional points for a third apothecary. 

 

Now this is more my personal preference showing through but especially for close combat focused bike armies the humble attack bike squad is far better than the sky slayer squad, so like for like (5 with multi meltas) you get an extra attack base on the profile and access to squad wide melta bombs, with the melta bombs the squad comes out 10 points cheaper, albeit without a seargent and a power fist. Now while the loss of a seargent is certainly a downside you exchange that for doing twice the amount of attacks in cc which I think is a more than worthwhile exchange, and while the loss of ap2 is a bummer vs 2+ infantry you are nearly twice as threatening vs dreadnoughts, vehicles and monstrous creatures in cc. 
 

Again my advice with sky hunters again is more my opinion and is heavily based off of Ryan Kimmels biker manifesto that he shared on the eye of Horus podcast. This is a unit that is really meant to be a shooting unit, between the heavy bolters, manoeuvrability and 2+ armour. If positioned and moved correctly they should never even be threatened by a melee unit, in addition their 2+ means they don’t need to rely on jink to weather shooting as much meaning they can fire at full effectiveness more often. As such if you want to use it as a shooting platform the only upgrade they need/should have is to swap the heavy bolter for a volkite culverin for more anti infantry fire power. If you want to go for more melee punch as the meltabombs and power fist suggest frankly another outrider squad will contribute far more, another 10 man squad of outrider like the ones you have already costs the same. 
 

But outside of the HQ and apothecary changes to make it a legal list the other two changes are just small efficiency/personal preference adjustments. In fact I might actually steal this list with a few more personal tweaks for myself as I really like it 

[Eternal Despair]

So just as a frame of reference this is what my iteration of you list looks like. I think I may decide on swapping out the flyers for something else as 1) my EC already have/plan to have 4 fire raptors, and 2) I feel like being a bit of a hipster and eschewing the lightning as it’s to mainstream of a choice 

 

Night Lords AOD 3000 Swift Blade 

Legiones Astartes

 

Praetor: Rite of War (The Swift Blade); bolt pistol; Paragon blade; digital lasers; iron halo; Trophies of Judgement; Space Marine bike 195

 

Forge Lord: bolt pistol; headsman's axe; grenades (rad); refractor field; Cyber-familiar; Trophies of Judgement; Space Marine bike 175

 

Centurion: artificer armour; bolt pistol; headsman's axe; refractor field; Trophies of Judgement; Space Marine bike 125

 

9 Outriders: Outrider Sergeant (nostraman chainglaive); 3 × power weapon; melta bombs 375

 

9 Outriders: Outrider Sergeant (nostraman chainglaive); 3 × power weapon; melta bombs 375

 

9 Outriders: Outrider Sergeant (nostraman chainglaive); 3 × power weapon; melta bombs 375

 

5 Hussars: Hussar Sergeant; 4 Hussars 150

 

5 Hussars: Hussar Sergeant; 4 Hussars 150

 

5 Hussars: Hussar Sergeant; 4 Hussars 150

 

Apothecarion Detachment

• Apothecary: Space Marine bike 65

• Apothecary: Space Marine bike 65

• Apothecary: Space Marine bike 65

 

5 Attack Bikes: 5 × multi-melta; melta bombs 275

 

Primaris-Lightning Strike Fighter: 2 × 2 wing-mounted Kraken penetrator heavy missiles; battle servitor control; ground-tracking auguries 230

 

Fire Raptor Gunship: 2 turret-mounted Reaper autocannon batteries; 4 wing-mounted Hellstrike missiles 230

 

3,000 points

[Aztek]

Thanks! I really appreciate the advice!