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ive got a 7k game coming up this week against tau ...

a bit about our game ... 4x12 board/2 strategic assets each/im running 2 forces as follows......

-Marines-

HQ's - 1602
Tigerus
w/ Termi ret
2x Ac
3x Sb
Drop pod

Libby
w/ Termi ret
2x Ac
3x Sb
Drop pod

Libby
w/ Termi ret
2x Ac
3x Sb
Drop pod

Chappy/jump pack/bp/TH/MB

Chappy/jump pack/bp/TH/MB

- Masters of the chapter datasheet -

Elites 435

V. Dread AC/Missile/tank hunters

V. Dread AC/Missile/tank hunters

V. Dread AC/Missile/tank hunters

Troops 575

5x Tac squads

1x lascannon
1x plasmagun
4x bolter

Fast 1332

4x Assault squads

1x PF
8x Bp/ccw
furious charge

3x Landspeeder/AC/HB

Heavy 515

Linebreaker
3x Vindicator tank/POMS

- Grey Knights - 2616

BC Stern
5x GK termis
w/ landraider crusaider

Gk teleport squad
2x psycannon
8x grey knights

2x calidus assassins

4x Thunderbolt fighters

1x Warhound Scout titan

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Total - 7075

This layout gives me 6 Strategic assets 4 from Masters of the Chapter 2 that i still have to choose.

This also keeps 10 units in reserve ... drop pods, Grey knights, and assassins deep striking and planes flying on .


i will likely to be facing... an orca, tiger shark, baracudas, and mostly xv-8s/broadsides

critques and comments welcome ... any imput from more experianced apoc. players would be much appreciated...

no comments.... no thoughts.... no kill the tau tactica.... lol

My quick impression- that's not a lot of bodies on the field for 7k. You've got a lot of points tied up in terminators and HQ's. In the apoc games I've played (and seen played) it's still the basic troops that'll win the battle. Termies & tanks just don't last as long in apocalypse as they do in normal games b/c people tend to take lots more high strength, low AP shooting.


SteveW

Termies & tanks just don't last as long in apocalypse as they do in normal games b/c people tend to take lots more high strength, low AP shooting.

i agree that my list is short of bodies for 7k... and i do have alot of pts. worth of termis.. and thats because i needed to fill in some pts and this is every reg. marine i have .... i have a few extra special weapons but thats about it as far more models go...

but if i did .... should i beef it up with more assault marines or should i go with more las plas ??

Assualt squads if you are using lots of terrain.

game went awesome, we called it a draw with each of us in the 5th turn having 3 objectives. each of us lost a super heavy to stratagems. Wang lost a titan to ovashas vortex gernade and I lost a tiger shark ax01 to long range ak ak.