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So this is my standard 1250 Pts list for taking on all comers. it tends to die gloriously! wanted to see if anyone has ideas how it might be a little better.

Lord Commissar (90)
- The Emperor's benediction, Power maul, Carpice Armour

Space Marine Librarian (120) (ally)
- Bike, level 2

Command Squad (195) (ally)
- Bikes, 4 Grav-guns

Primaris Psyker (75)
- Level 2

Veteran Squad (170)
- Heavy Flamer, 2 meltaguns, Grenadiers, Chimera

Veteran Squad (170)
- Heavy Flamer, 2 meltaguns, Grenadiers, Chimera

Space marine Bike Squad (180) (Ally)
Veteran Sergeant
- 2 meltaguns, Attack bike (Multi-Melta)

Space marine Scout Bike Squad (110) (Ally)
Veteran Sergeant
- 2 Astarte's Grenade launcher

Hellhound (130)
- Smoke Launchers

Total 1250

decided to change to the librarian so i can add the multi-melta.

I think the attack bike would do better with a multi-melta so you are not wasting shots when your meltaguns target tanks.
Personally I would take sentinels rather than the scout bikes. You should be in the region of taking two. Ideally armoured (or one armoured, one scout)with lascannons or plasmacannons. These can go forward with the bikes, or sit back and hold the flanks for the LRBT and use them to blunt charges to give your guys another turn of shooting.

Other than that I think it looks like a reasonable force, give it a bit of practice. If I was fighting this I would hope you got the first turn and deploy standardly and I would castle up in one corner so I would outnumber you two to one for the first turn.
Possibly keep the hellhound safe in reserve so when it comes on you can reap havoc with things that have closed in for the kill. Against drop pods I would keep both chimeras in reserve.

I kind of prefer the scout bikers as they have proven a surprise for my opponent on a number of occasions. but i'll give the sentinels a try when i get some built. oh and the lack of multi-melta is purley lack of points. it will change when i get my biker librarian done.

I say sentinels as I am a bit fan of walkers and have got up to allsorts of mischief with large units being stuck having to try to glance AV12 front armour with krak grenades or a single leader with a power weapon.
TO be honest, I've never used scout bikes, or played against them.

Well done some maths an 2 armoured sentinels with lascannon and smoke launchers is the same as the scout bikers. so i can see my next project for building and painting.

What are you using the lord comissar for? Why not CCS? Why not Pask? A CCS can do the same job as a veteran squad but with 4 special weapon slots (and lot less spare wounds), can get an astropath for psychic shriek fun. Pask is awesome.

A CCS squad needs an extra chimera which eats into points but if the scouts are getting the chop is a decent idea. Pask needs a LRBT which changes the dynamics of the force.

One warning about sentinels, I had an old metal one. They die when your wife dusts them.

Cry_of_the_Wind wrote:
A CCS squad needs an extra chimera which eats into points but if the scouts are getting the chop is a decent idea. Pask needs a LRBT which changes the dynamics of the force.

One warning about sentinels, I had an old metal one. They die when your wife dusts them.

If you want to save points, CCS is the cheapest HQ slot in the codex. Pask is such a rape train that it's a good idea to build your army around it. It doesn't need an LRBT but a gatling tank

a CCS would in this list be an easy kill for nothing. the lord com joins one vet squad while the primaris joins the other. this force is way to aggressive for pask who is a master sniper with his great shooting rules.

 brochtree wrote:
a CCS would in this list be an easy kill for nothing. the lord com joins one vet squad while the primaris joins the other. this force is way to aggressive for pask who is a master sniper with his great shooting rules.

Master sniper from 24"