1750 IG for Bay area open

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**schadenfreude**

1750 for Bay area open

HQ
Quad melta CCS with an officer of the fleet and a ML/HF Chimera

Elites
Marbo
PBS with 6 psychers PBS on foot
PBS with 6 psychers PBS and a ML/HF Chimera

Fast attack
1 Vendetta
1 Vendetta
1 Vendetta

Heavy support
1 Hydra
1 Manticore

Troops
Melta vets with ML/HF Chimera
Melta vets with demo doctrine and ML/HF Chimera
Platoon with the following:
Quad flamer PCS with a ML/HF chimera
Infantry squad with an AC
Infantry squad iwth an AC
SWS with 3 demo charges

**Masos**

I'd drop marbo and add in another sws. Besides that looks pretty good I'll see you soon. I'll prob be going myself.

**TheLordOfSins**

For some reason I thought the SWS squad could only take a single demo charge. I just looked it up and it looks like your right, you can take 3. Thats just wrong and awesome! I hope you don't scatter on yourself! Otherwise, looks like a great list. Nice mix of fast units with your Vendettas and a nice armoured infantry with your chimeras.

**schadenfreude**

TheLordOfSins wrote:For some reason I thought the SWS squad could only take a single demo charge. I just looked it up and it looks like your right, you can take 3. Thats just wrong and awesome! I hope you don't scatter on yourself! Otherwise, looks like a great list. Nice mix of fast units with your Vendettas and a nice armoured infantry with your chimeras.

With 3 charges the squad usually has 1 scatter back onto them. Not a big deal for 2 reasons.

If they are usually in cover the squad can go to ground for a 3+ cover save against their own demo charge.

Once the demo charges are used they are expendable. How expendable you might ask... I literally modeled them as suicide bombers with bombs strapped to their chests.

**murdog**

Looks like you've got a decent mix and good firepower. Lots of blast with 5(!) demos. Looks good. 50 scoring squishies enough?

The one squad of 6 guys on foot seems out of place.

Have you tried the demo doctrine much? I've been wondering if it's worth the points as I plan on modelling a melta squad with them, with shotguns. I only ever see it

You don't see many lists go against Dakka wisdom and rock HB's on the boats. How does that work out for you? I mix it up a bit myself - it's always nice to have 6 shots at 36" but sometimes I wish it was another flamer.

I guess if I had to make a change for you I'd switch out the foot PBS for a griffon, dropping either the MotF or the demo doctrine to get it in there. Then spread the leftover on a couple/few upgrades ie: dozer on the melta/flamer squad boat(s), meltabomb or three, etc.

**schadenfreude**

Oops they hare HF Chimera not HB, no idea where that came from. Tried the HB Chimera on occasion, and it doesn't work out.

Tried the demo doctrine a lot. For the most part it works out well for me. The only downside is I'm always needing more guardsmen.

A squad of psykers on foot is working out for me. They are actually pretty mobile (They can run and lower leadership in the same turn because it's not a psychic shooting attack). Since only 1 of them needs los to use a psychic power only 1 of them needs to poke his head out from behind Chimera/buildings in the movement phase, the squad can drop leadership in the shooting phase, then run as their actual shooting action behind the chimera wall out of los. Works great unless the other side brings a barrage weapon, then they are stuck in a piece of terrain all game.