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Looking to start a new catachan army called the "Black Devils" looking to use some of the weapons and tactics that catachans would use along with a little competitive edge. Here's my crack at it

HQ:
CCS /w Astropath Vox and 3xMeltas

Elite:
Marbo

Troops:
1x 30 man PCS /w 4xflamer
Alrahem
Commisar w/pw
3xmelta guns
3x PW Sarges /w Meltabombs

1xPCS /w 3xFlamer VOX
4x Infantry Squads with lascannons and meltaguns Vox
4x PW Sarges /w Melatbombs
1x Commisar /w PW


Fast Attack:
2x Hellhounds

Heavy Support:
3x Hydra Flak
Leman Russ Battle Tank
Leman Russ Battle Tank


I think its decent. Has alot of catachan type things without sacrificing the integrity of the list. Hellhounds aren't the best thing in the world but they do thier job pretty damn well. Lascannons can handle what ever is thrown at them. Lemans just pound the open squads that alrahem and his squad pop out. Hydras take out high priority targets. I think it would play out fun but still semi competitive.

Let me know what you think.

Interesting, I feel that the lascannon platoon will be hampered by the meltas and power weapons though. If you dropped all the PW, Meltaguns, and bombs on that unit, you could take x2 chimeras (one for CCS and one for alhrahem's squad)

Looks like a decent list though, plenty of dakka to take on light armor and infantry while you'll have lascannons, meltas, and marbo for heavy stuff

I had the thought that catachans really didn't rely on mech that often and would rather kill it with their own hands hence why there aren't any chimeras, but i could see like the commanding officers inside of a chimera. Getting rid of all the meltas might be a good idea i was just afraid of getting hit with something that deep strikes and not being able to handle it.

Well if you dont like chimeras you could tack on some lascannons on the russes and then fill rest of points with sentinels or something or maybe toss in a melta/plasma vet squad

Hmm Sentinels are definitely catachan just gotta figure the points for them. If i took off all the meltas on the las squad it gets me one sentinel with an auto cannon. if i take off the pws that nets me another one but is it an upgrade from having all those melta guns and power weapons? I don't know

After doing some Research Here i have come up with a more fluffy list that i think i will go for.

HQ:
CCS /w Astropath Vox and 3xMeltas

Elite:
Marbo

Troops:
1x 30 man PCS /w 4xflamer
Alrahem
Commisar w/pw
3xmelta guns
3x PW Sarges /w Meltabombs

1xPCS /w 3xFlamer VOX
4x Infantry Squads with lascannons and flamers Vox
4x PW Sarges /w Melatbombs
1x Commisar /w PW

Fast Attack
3x3 Scout Sentinels with autocannons

Heavy Support
3x Leman Russ Battle Tanks


I really like the new format. 9 sentinels has to do something! *Knocks on wood* Combining that with outflank for some fun. Also adding a third leman just makes it feel right.