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My friend challenged me to make a list that would be fun to play. So here is my take on it. As always, C&C is welcome and wanted.

HQ:
Primaris Psyker

Primaris Psyker

TROOPS:
Infantry Platoon....

Platoon Command Squad
+Vox
+AutoCannon
+Chimera

Infantry Squad
+Vox
+Autocannon

Infantry Squad
+Vox
+Autocannon

Heavy Weapons Squad
+Autocannons x3

Heavy Weapons Squad
+Autocannons x3

TROOPS:
Infantry Platoon....

Platoon Command Squad
+Vox
+AutoCannon
+Chimera

Infantry Squad
+Vox
+Autocannon

Infantry Squad
+Vox
+Autocannon

Heavy Weapons Squad
+Autocannons x3

Heavy Weapons Squad
+Autocannons x3

HEAVY SUPPORT:
LRBT x3 *SQUAD*
+Heavy Bolter Sponsons and Hull

Manticore Rocket Launcher

Manticore Rocket Launcher

ELITE:
Psyker Battle Squad
+5 Psykers

Psyker Battle Squad
+5 Psykers

Ordo Malleus Inquisitor
+Mystic
+Mystc
+Psychic Hood

Ive added the Chimeras to the Command Squads to make them last longer. And since they will be doing nothing but handing out orders, this seems fitting. However I feel that the 110 points could be better spent elsewhere perhaps.

The OM Inq provides Much Needed Psychic Defence and Anti-DeepStrike Defence. His role is to keep DS off the weapon teams and Rocket Launchers who will be gunning for skimmers and Tanks.

All the Psykers will hopefully be frying anything that gets close to em.

*EDIT*
Forgot to mention, the Primaris Psykers get stuck in one each with the Platoon Command Squads to take advantage of the AV protection.

Cant really fault it. Slightly troop-light.. but everything in each platoon does score. Between the three LRBT (Overkill.. but nice overkill), 2 manticores, 2 psyker squads.. you throwing out a large amount of pie.

I think your only real trouble is going to be against armor 13-14 vehicles. You have, what, four weapons that have the ability to pen AV 14? (Can't remember the Manticore stats, but I thought it was S10, and the psyker squads can throw out a S9 pie until they start losing psykers.)

The Manticores are Str 10 D3 Large Blasts Per Shot. So they have the possibility to inflict 3 Str 10 hits per shot on the same target, and I have two of these shooting per turn.

Also the Battle Cannons can damage AV 13/14, just not very easy. So thats a backup I have.

I do have a few points left over, enough I think that If I really wanted too, I could shift around and add Lascannon hulls to the LRBT.

I built this list to mainly combat what is seen around here, and that is not alot of Av 14 spam lists. Bikes/speeders, massed troops, and Deep Strikers/Infl are most common themes I see even in the Tourny Scene.

Plus this list is just mainly for the fun factor of the new guard Codex.

I would love to hear more C&C, please keep it comming!

Ok, under the auspices of fun, there is some danger here. If your friend plays foot orks, this list is NOT gonna be fun for him

You can make the case that its not a tourney designed army. But its really pretty synergistic and nasty. Just make sure that he knows your fun list has teeth

I can never decipher what people mean when they say "fun" if you mean not quite no holds barred tourney, but really good, then i think you've got one right here.

When I mean "Fun" I mean both guys standing around a table drinking a beer or two and laughing, haveing a good time.

In all reality, this isnt designed for Tourny. I have another list that I built for that.

This list does have some teeth, however all the psykers heads might explode on turn 1 and completly nerf said list..... laughter of course would soon to follow.


*EDIT*

Just re-read your post Shep, do you mean you think this is a cheese list?

And here I was thinking of dropping the Chimeras and a LRBT and adding 2x Melta Cannon Hellhounds with Multi melta hulls.

jp400 wrote:Just re-read your post Shep, do you mean you think this is a cheese list?

And here I was thinking of dropping the Chimeras and a LRBT and adding 2x Melta Cannon Hellhounds with Multi melta hulls.

No, not at all. I guess i just needed your definition of fun.

When I say fun, that means "Hey I'm bringing a pure grey knights force on foot. Please make a list that I'll have a chance at beating."

But you know the gang you are planning to play, and so you know way better than i do what they'd have fun against.

I'd certainly have fun playing against it. But both the inquisitor and mystics, and the battle psyker squads have what I call "Gotcha!" abilities. "Gotcha!" abilities can sometimes make a laid back game less fun. If a guy is taking a Vespid unit to the 'fun' game because he never gets to use it at a tourney, and your mystic trigger your leman russ squadron into them, that dude just goes... 'hmm thanks' Or if a guy takes a meg armored warboss and 3 mega armored nobs on foot, finally gets close enough to be a factor, and you pop one of the nobs and weaken resolve, thats another "neat..." moment for him.

I think its just tough to review an army on a post unless the guy says "make this better"

I think what you've got is a good gunline. And I'm not qualified to give you any more than that

Hmm,
Point taken.

I guess the problem we have run into is what we and our friends consider fun lists. I also tend to build lists in line with the music that I am listening to at that time.... So in this case I blame Lordi. lol!

In that case, I humbly ask what people would class this list as then.