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Hi folks,

I'm new to the Emperor's Finest (primarily a Necron player) and I'll be playing an exploratory game this weekend. I think I'll be facing Dark Angels (although it might be 'Nids, depending upon my opponent's whim). My list is as follows ... advice greatly appreciated:

HQ:
Master of the Forge (100)

Troops:
10-man tac-squad w/missile launcher and plasma cannon (175)
10-man tac-squad w/meltagun and flamer (175) - combat squadded with melta and flamer element in Razorback (40)

Elites:
Dreadnought w/extra armour and drop pod (155)
Dreadnought w/extra armour and drop pod (155)

5-man Terminator squad (200)

Total: 1. 000 points.

MOTF will be in the Razorback and will try to link up with the Dreads in the enemy's rear (favourable DS permitting). I plan to keep one tac-squad on an objective in some Bolstered ruins. Terminators will be deployed where they can cause the maximum annoyance whenever they decide to DS in.

Do you have the new Codex?

Tac-squads can not take two Heavy weapons or two special weapons. They can only take one of each.


So having said that I would do this:


HQ

Drop the Master of the forge, in 1000 points you don't have enough armor to bother fixing stuff, and you don't need to have your dreads count as heavies. Add a with Librarian, Null zone, and avenger.

Troops:
10 Tac-squad w/ Flamer, Combi-flamer, and missile launcher. In a Drop pod
10 Tac-squad w/ Flamer, missile launcher (scouts would work well instead of this since they are just going to sit on the objective for the rest of the game.)

Elites:
Dread Extra armor w/ Drop pod
Dread Extra armor w/ Drop pod

5-man terminator squad w/ T. Hammer and shield


Total: 1000pt

By adding one more pod instead of a razor back you gain a lot more strategic flexibility.

Turn 1 you survey the board for threats. If the opponent has a lot of tanks you Drop both dreads 1" away on the rear face of the tank and fire away with the multi-meltas. If its infantry you drop the marines w/ the librarian and toast them with 3 flame templates, then fire 14 bolter shots at anything that is left.

on turn 2+ you roll for your DS terms and last remaining pod.

Also it is nice to have some troops in reserve for games with objectives.

Thanks for the advice, Clthomps! Thanks for catching the tac-squad booboo ... wasn't aware it was an illegal load-out (Marine newb!). I'll give it a tweak and try it.

Cheers!

You need more melta, at least at the tac squad lvl. While at 1000 points you don't need 10 melta/MM guns, having 1 melta in the tac squad is a good idea. It is 5 points for a shot that can force a termie to take a 5+ save over a 2+ or help in killing MCs, tanks, and nob bikerz.

also

I am not a big fan of assault terminators in this list. The turn you DS them in you can only run them at something, they then eat a ton of incoming fire while what even you put them near SHOULD run away. So you have a 200 point unit that could have trouble getting into HtH. I personally don't like taking that gamble BUT assault terminators are freaking brutal vs just about anything. On the plus side you do have 2 dreads that will be playing in their part of the board to distract a chunk of their stuff.
Overall I do like this list, I would just add at least 1 melta gun to the at least 1 tac squad to deal for when the big nasty things that have a high armor save try and attack. Good luck with your game.