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Which looks like the better list to you? Thoughts and comments are welcome. Dunno what psychic powers I should pick in either case...


LIST 1 - Libby Storm Shielders

1 Librarian (with Jump Pack) - 125 points

2 Sanguinary Priests (both with a Jump Pack & Power Fist) - 200 points

10x Assault Squad (with 2 Meltaguns and Sergeant with Power Fist & Storm Shield) - 255 points
10x Assault Squad (with 2 Meltaguns and Sergeant with Power Fist & Storm Shield) - 255 points
10x Assault Squad (with 2 Meltaguns and Sergeant with Power Fist & Storm Shield) - 255 points
5x Scouts (with Snipers & Camo Cloaks) - 90 points
5x Scouts (with Snipers & Camo Cloaks) - 90 points

1 Imperial Strongpoint (manned by Scouts)
---1 Aegis Defence Line (with Quad Gun) - 100 points
---1 Imperial Bastion (with Quad Gun) - 125 points


LIST 1 - Mephiston Build

1 Mephiston - 250 points

2 Sanguinary Priests (with Jump Packs) - 150 points

10x Assault Squad (with 2 Meltaguns and Sergeant with Power Fist) - 235 points
10x Assault Squad (with 2 Meltaguns and Sergeant with Power Fist) - 235 points
10x Assault Squad (with 2 Meltaguns and Sergeant with Power Fist) - 235 points
5x Scouts (with Snipers & Camo Cloaks) - 90 points
5x Scouts (with Snipers) - 75 points

1 Imperial Strongpoint (manned by Scouts)
---1 Aegis Defence Line (with Quad Gun) - 100 points
---1 Imperial Bastion (with Quad Gun) - 125 points

i like the first better but i'd take off the power fist off the sang priest and upgrade the libby...
what power were you thinking of running with the lib

50 points for one mastery level is very expensive, just saying.
Divination should do with him.

And I vote for the 2nd list.
Mephiston is awesome and you barely need the Storm Shields on ASM Sergeants.
And that makes them a bit pricy for my taste (still 1/3 chance of failing and failing means dying).

If you take Mephiston, my advice is this:
Roll once on Divination, if you get something awesome (misfortune or forewarning basically) keep it and throw again. If you get something lame (f.e. perfect timing, useless for him) take Presience.
After that roll the rest on Biomancy. The chance for T9 S9, Eternal Warrior and IWND and other goodies on Mephiston is simply awesome.

I vote the second list as well. I would think about dropping the bastion and the 75-point scout squad for a Stormraven, if you have one. But as soomemafia pointed out, storm shields on Sgt's is not worth it.

 soomemafia wrote:
If you take Mephiston, my advice is this:
Roll once on Divination, if you get something awesome (misfortune or forewarning basically) keep it and throw again. If you get something lame (f.e. perfect timing, useless for him) take Presience.
After that roll the rest on Biomancy. The chance for T9 S9, Eternal Warrior and IWND and other goodies on Mephiston is simply awesome.

Do you always have a ride for Mephiston? I have issues with him getting into combat early enough (or find cover) when he doesn't have a 12" move.

I rarely use him, since I haven't even bought the model yet.
His codex powers are also nice, mainly because of the JP move. The RBR powers, are better however in most cases.
If you use them, you either walk him up to the field with Assault Marines moving ahead as a meatshield (or you can move him behind a LR), or you can buy LR/Rhino/RB for him as a dedicated transport. Flat Out the first turn and assault as quickly as possible.

list 1 seems better to me

I like list 2. Storm shields on 1 wound sarges is too costly for my tastes. In fact I tend to run all my ASM sarges naked, that way I can throw them to a challenge and keep the opponent from saying that the ws5 priest can't swing.

Unless you have a transport for Mephy, keep his codex powers. Walking and fleet-running alone the whole game won't do much good, even if you ARE str 9 T 9 EW rerolls to hit FNP and it will not die. Just use wings and keep up near a priest for his FNP, while using ASM's for intervening model cover.

I suppose list 2 is probably a bit better. I really prefer Meph in mech lists to help with soaking up AT fire. Although plasma kills both Meph and rhino hulls, so I'm not sure how good even that is anymore.

Im on list 2 looks good to me