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Hey all, new to SM. I'm looking to build up to a Sons of Dorn Detachment, so I am starting off with a 500 point Demi-Company.

Chapter Tactics * [Imperial Fists]

'Battle Demi Company *
····Bike Squad
········Biker Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Combi-melta]
········Space Marine Biker with Special Weapon [Bolt Pistol, Grav-gun, Twin-Linked Boltgun]
········Space Marine Biker with Special Weapon [Bolt Pistol, Grav-gun, Twin-Linked Boltgun]
····Devastator Squad [4x Multi-melta, 4x Space Marines]
········Rhino [Dozer Blade]
········Space Marine Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Storm Bolter]
····Tactical Squad [Heavy Bolter, 4x Space Marines]
········Space Marine Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Boltgun]
····Tactical Squad [Heavy Bolter, 4x Space Marines]
········Space Marine Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Boltgun]
····Tactical Squad [Heavy Bolter, 4x Space Marines]
········Space Marine Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Boltgun]

Created with BattleScribe (http://www.battlescribe.net)

Hey there Misunderstoodmedic,
(-heresforth "M", for laziness in typing)...

The battlescribe format that your list is n in really hard to understand, which I think is probably the reason for the lack of responses.... tidy it up a little for us? The copy + paste thing really gets on people's nerves.

-don't you need a HQ for a battle demi-company?

-quad multi-melta devastators in a rhino aren't your best bet buddy, that rhino is going to get pulverised as the only vehicle in your list. which leaves you with non-relentless, footslogging melta devs... I recommend switching to lascannons or missile launchers, the missiles being a far more versatile option, and more reliable with IF chapter tactics.

-either switch the combi on the bikers to a combi-grav, or grav pistol; move it to a tactical squad; or failing that move the combi-melta to the devastators if you're set on multi-melta devs...

move the storm bolter upgrade from the devastator sgt to the rhino chassis. more survivable there, and you'll not be firting the sgts weapons anyway as you'll presumably be using the signum.

-heavy bolters on 5 man tact squads may be fluffy; but will ultimately prove uncompetitive....

all I got for ya for now bro...

Happy Wargaming!
GamerGuy.

I’ll just echo a few points.

Big fan of battlescribe, but not their output options. There are a few that are easier to read, but they are often cluttered.

You need a HQ. A good low point option would be a chaplain, on a bike to match the squad. Captains are going to cost more, and have more potential. One trick if you like the MM devs would be to move them to a drop pod, and take a captain in capheractii TDA for S&P. It’s not relentless, but close enough to get the job done.

Bike sarge should have a combi to match the squad.

I think 5 man tac squads should probably start with the special, not the heavy. I like HBs, and they would be fine added in to a full 10 man squad loaded with plasma or flamers. But I’d not take them with a 5 man stick of marines. I get that you are going for maximal bolterdrill here. But they might be better served in a dev squad at low points.

Never pay points for a SB. The advantages they have over the stock bolter are so slim these days, you would be better off investing in almost anything else. And in a squad with MMs? If they are shooting at something the bolter is good for, the game is already in the bag, or has gone south in a bad way.

Honestly, I think trying to fit the formation into this point game is a bit of a stretch. Not that you can’t get elements for a demi-co and build from there. But it’s a lot of tax at this level. Drop a tac squad, get some rhinos, a HQ, and some more wargear. You probably want to picture a 1,500 or 2k list, and make sure everything works in that as well. Don’t want to get guys now just to collect dust later.

I'd rather invest into 4x lascanons on those Devastators.

Drop the dozerblades and stormbolter get flamers