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In this context, given all the Admech leaks, I am willing to bet they're next out of the gate. Though Guard could also really use a new book. Personally, I'm not in a huge hurry, we've never been this competitive since I started playing. No need to remind them that crusaders are actually usable at their current points cost.

This is exciting stuff, to say the least.

For badness, I should label one with "kiss the cook"

So it occurs to me that if they are shooting at your melee intercessors, they aren't shooting at something else. The bikes feel like a good distraction carnifex. At the moment, there are too many unknowns. Regardless, I like the options better than nothing at the very least.

The longer bolt rifles feel like they should have a bayonet option. Is that a decal on the rifle?

The knights I allied in were House Hawkshroud. This was for two main reasons. Firstly, their yellow primary colour scheme contrasts well with the templar scheme, while retaining the black and white we all know and love. Secondly, they are more likely to be "oathsworn" to a crusade or army than individual knights from other houses. I also appreciate their insistence of answering all calls for aid, regardless of the cost. If you want to add a detachment of multiple knights, lore wise it shouldn't matter what knight house or forge world they are from. Oathsworn knights are rarer because they do not leave the armies they support during a campaign and often bear heraldry of the armies they support on their pauldrons. There are also freeblades, survivors of destroyed knight houses which operate more like mercenaries. These are great choices if you want one solitary knight, as they represent themselves, and not any army or knight house.

If you can stomach an added detachment, you could add in a tank detachment or a super heavy detachment.

Aren't auxilia (bullgryn) available to MT? Power mauls are STR7 - kinda useful

Most of the top "marine" lists at the LVO seemed to include a large number of guardsman squads with a heavy weapon. Guard will be nerfed again until GW stops hearing about them. They have shown their willingness to nerf an army multiple times without any additional feedback (Nerf lag is what I call it). 5pt guardsmen aren't the end of the world, but the cost effectiveness of similar troops (genestealers have cheap guardsmen equivelants) will then be so much better. ***Redacted***

I would point out that a certain Sebastian Yarrick was about to retire when armageddon was invaded by orks. Not a regiment, but I suspect retirement or going home is more of an option for officers than most guardsmen

Vallejo's German Panzer Grey is nice if you want something dark. You could always experiment with that green you used for uniforms on a vehicle and see what it looks like.

Scion only lists are dead, competitively. Casualties of the war on Imperial soup, along with commissars and conscripts. I expect this heavy handed approach to be rescinded in next year's chapter approved, but that is a full year away... plenty of time to paint, at least.

As the title says. I recently bought a box of primaris rievers and I am unsure of how to kit them out or field them. I was thinking of fitting them for close combat to roll with helbrecht, but that feels inefficient. Any thoughts?

You can always treat templars like a shooty army, selecting only strong assault units for your charges and dedicating the rest of your army to supporting fire. Not the most entertaining way to play templars, but you specified competitive.

I didn't see it mentioned, so I'll throw it in here: Target priority. If you are shooting at conscripts, you are (in most cases) wasting a turn of shooting on a unit purchased for their ability to absorb wounds. Snipers are useful for killing those valuable guard characters, since orders are so powerful and commissars prevent horrendous casualties.