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So I'm running an escalation league at my FLGS with about 30 people. I mainly just playing as a ringer in case someone ends up needing a opponent. For my army I'm doing Emperor's Children and I'm trying to build it as an all-comers list. Let me know you what you guys think, feedback welcome!

999/1000 points

***HQ***

Chaos Lord: 175
- Black Mace
- Power Axe
- MoS
- AoDG
- Steed of Slaanesh

Sorcerer 160
- Force Sword
- Bolt Pistol
- Melta-Bomb
- MoS
- +2 Mastery Level
- AoDG
- Bike

***Troops***

Noise Marines: 167
- +3 Marine
- 7x Sonic Blasters

Noise Marines: 167
- +3 Marine
- 7x Sonic Blasters

***Fast Attack***

Bikers: 190
- +2 Bikers
- 2x Meltas
- MoS
- Icon of Excess
- Sgt W/ Power Lance, Melta-Bomb

***Heavy Support***

Rapier Weapons Battery: 65
- Hades Autocannon

Rapier Weapons Battery: 65
- Hades Autocannon



Sorc and Lord join the bikers either charge the field, or outflank, depending on my opponent. Bikers are pretty straight forward, my reason for taking the lance though is to utilize the high initiative, and cause it's fluffy. The NMs move and shoot, trying to stay mobile as possible until it's time to hold objectives. The Autocannon batteries will be my main anti-air and used to clear away blobs of things I don't like.
Looking forward to feedback from everyone!!!

***Edit***
Was a little off on the points for the Destroyers. Also changed the Noise Marines up as Suggested. Thanks Flich!

Where can i find info on rapier batteries?

And your noise marines are not optimized for specific role. Either keep all sonic blasters or only take a single blastmaster.

Changed the list as you suggested, seems like it may be more synergized.

As for the rapiers: A friend emailed me pictures of the new IA13 book where you can find the rules for them. They're a base cost of 40 and the auto-cannon upgrade is 25, so my original math was a little off.

LoLz, I did not know the rules but I knew 55pts for that sounded too good! 65pts aint so bad for just a hades autocannon.

Can you pm me the same pic?

also can it take las cannons instead?

If I could, I would spam that and make an unbound list of rapier batteries. Does it need to be manned like the quad gun?

I would use blood letters because they have BS5

I can't get it to open right now, but I can PM you the image later.
It comes with two CSM crew members, so BS4, and the rapier itself is T7 W2
40points per model, can take up to 3 per unit, comes with a Quad Heavy Bolter (Heavy 6, TL)

Las Destroyer is 15 points, same range as the heavy bolter and autocannon, S9 AP1 (heavy 1, ordnance, TL)

Auto-cannon is 25 points, S8 AP4 (Heavy 4, pinning)

Auto-cannon just seems more multi-purpose and take strip HPs/Ws from flyers and light vehicles as needed. for a total cost of 130pts for two, where I'd have to pay 45 points more to get the same amount of shots on a weaker BS, be it more mobile, platform (forgefiend).

Dammnnn all i've seen anyone talk about is the laser destroyer but the autocannon looks dope.

Why cant I put BS5 Blood letters in?

I don't think you could? maybe it's possible? doesn't seem like it though as the gun already comes with a crew. It'd work for something like a quad-gun cause the gun has no dedicated crew. If an independent character joined a gun then I supposed they could fire it? not sure on that one.