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Ok, so this is actually a list I'm working on for a friend of mine. We both want to play apocalypse and often play 40k games of 3000pts. However he isn't the best at building mean lists. So I thought I'd write one and show him the potential of apocalypse. So its a fairly brutal build, but he'll be playing me so theres no problems of cheese or unfairness. So here goes.

Black Templar Contingent

High Marshal Helbrecht 178
- furious charge

Chaplain Grimaldus 195

1 Emperor's Champion 140
- Accept any challenge

1 Deathknell Orbital Strike Force 100

5 Assault Terminators 215 x5 = 1075
- lightning claws
- furious charge

1 Dreadnaught 145
- heavy flamer
- drop pod

10 Initiates (command) 245
- vet serg
- holy orb
- 2 meltaguns
- furious charge
- frag grenades

10 Initiates 186 x3 = 558
- power weapon
- flamer
- frag grenades

5 Initiates 96 x10 = 960
- power weapon
- flamer

3616

Salamander Contingent

Vulkan Hestan 190

1 Techmarine 80
- 3 servitors

5 Devestators 150
- 4 multimeltas

420

Witch Hunters Contingent

5 Celestians 106 x8 = 848
- multimelta
- flamer
- imagifier

5 Celestians 156 x4 = 624
- multimelta
- flamer
- imagifier
- sacred banner of order militant

1 Inquisitor 85
- inquisitorial mandate
- hexagrammic wards
- psychic hood

1 Exorcist 145 x3 = 435
- holy icon

1992

Total 6008

So of course the strategic asset taken will be Holy War from the apocalypse reloaded book. The sisters form the first wave. As soon as any get into no mans land or my deployment zone they have rage and relentless. Any without a banner stay within 12" of one that does and they are all fearless. And with Vulkan on side all meltas/flamers and twin linked. The babes in ceramite also have 12 faith points. So the Celestians proceed to thin out my infantry and smash any armour. The Exorcists sit in fire lanes and play their hymns. The inquisitor stays out of sight and frusterates my sorcerers.

The small Initiate units follow close on the heels of the celestians using them as a screen and chew on my crunchy infantry. The hqs and larger initiate units form a reserve to exploit any holes. And of course the boys from deathknell do what they do best, eat a section of my army.

Vulkan stays in reserve with a large initiate unit, while the techmarine tends to the exorcists as needed. The devestators stay by the exorcists to discourage me from getting to close.

I realize this is a lot of detail for a list I'm crafting for an opponent, but the idea is everything has its assigned role and each is very good at it. Its not only incredibely mean, but incredibely fluffy.

For my own army I plan of continuing with the theme and going very chaos. Several Thousand Son units. Maybe a small slaughterfiend bloodpack. I also thought I'd try the Hounds of Huron after reading Heros of the Space Marines. A tide of spawn might be fun too. I'm also picturing a firebase around a Chaos Altar made of Thousand Sons, Plague Marines and Fateweaver. No superheavies though. Can't let things get out of hand.

What do you think?

i would probably make the dread venerable and drop the sc's and take either 2 masters of sanctity with 100pts of wargear and inquisitor lord replacing the inquisitor and adding an assasin formation probably a culexus formation remeber there s no foc in apocalypse.i would probably go with demon hunters instead of witchhunters giving the justicars psycannon bolts and giving the squads incinerators (ah the smell of no inv saves in the morning ) take a grandmaster might also think about sword brethren with termie honors and a pair of lightning claws and a power weapon to infiltrateand get in to cc with the tsons as quick as possible also may want to give the hqs command squads with specialists and termie honors and give the specs artificer armor and power weapons since they have full access to the armory thats just my opinion though


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oh also llike the salamanders idea but dont think it effects the other contingents

You could do with Land Raiders, the Ares (google it) and a Thunderfire Cannon or three.