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This is just a rough draft of my army, still working some things out, C&C much welcome.

HQ
Master of Sanctity (Plasma pistol, Holy Orb of Antioch, Adamantine mantle, master-crafted weapon)
Reclusiarch (Plasma pistol, Holy Orb of Antioch, Master-crafted weapon)
Emperor's Champion (Accept Any Challenge)

Elites
Venerable Dreadnought (TL Lascannon, CCW, Extra Armour, Smoke Launchers, Tank Hunter)
Sword Brethren Assault Terminators (3x Lightning Claws, 2x TH/SS, Drop Pod)

Troops
1. Squad
5x Initiates with BP/ CCW
2x Initiates with Bolters
1x Initiate with Plasma Gun
1x Initiate with BP/ PW
Rhino (Extra Armour, Smoke Launchers, Hunter-Killer Missile)

2. Squad
5x Initiates with BP/ CCW
2x Initiates with Bolters
1x Initiate with Plasma Gun
1x Initiate with BP/ PF
Rhino (Extra Armour, Smoke Launchers, Hunter-Killer Missile)

3. Squad
5x initiates with BP/ CCW
2x Initiates with Bolters
1x Initiate with Flamer
1x initiate with BP/ PW
LRC (Smoke Launchers)

Heavy Support
Predator Annihlator (2x HB, Smoke Launchers, Extra Armour)
Predator Destructor (2x HB, Smoke Launchers, Extra Armour)

The master of Sanctity is going to be attached to the 1. Squad, the Reclusiarch to the 2. Squad, and the Emperor's Champion to the 3. Squad

Like I said earlier, this is still a rough draft but I would greatly appreciate anything you have to say, I'm mainly going to be playing against Space Wolves and IG.

Cheers!

The new builds that I've seen for the templars as of the update of the FAQ are more shooty. That seems to be their new niche, what with term squads and term command squads being able to take minimum models and still get 2 CML or two AC.

Also venerable tank hunter dred with TL LC and ML. Pred spam or Vind spam (especially with POTMS). Land speeder spam with CML.

BT's only troop choice, though very versatile in composition (blobs, small mobile, assault, small shooty, mix neophytes where needed) strikes me as kind of irrelevant, beyond being a scoring unit. And it really sucks that the initiate that takes the PF only has one attack. That's just lame.

Of course it should also be said that the BT finally have access to really good assault terms now. 8 man squad with 2 LC and 6 TH/SS in a LRC with BH is just plain scary.

I'm liking the fact that BT can have 10 man command squads with apothecary, and a marshall with a storm shield and terminator honors and melta mombs and all sorts of goodies.

And the tech priest with full servo harness and other possible codex upgrades can be a beast.

EC with accept any challenge basically eliminates the need for chaplains IMHO.

LR or LRC spam is an option, though I'm still up in the air with it. Yes LRC spam with BH would be a nightmare to eldar and DE...except for those nasty haywire grenades.

The special character choices don't do it for me. Maybe with a blob army. I don't know.

That's my 2 cents. Hope it helps.

Com squads are the way forward... before codex gets changed.

Terminator or power armoured both are sick.

Terminator com squad with marshal and master of sancitity both with pair of claws, choice of heavy weapons, all with tank hunter. You get shot at loose a model use your zeal to move to line up next shot or assault.

Power armoured is a more assault option. Since with frag and option of furious charge, becomes a great unit for assault units in cover.

I'm willing to bet that it will be a couple of years or more before GW prints up a new BT codex. I think updating the FAQs is one of the wisest moves I've seen from GW in a long time. Very inexpensive way to re-energize some dead armies.

That being said, I plan on exploiting the updated BT rules for as long as I can.