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To the OP, I always field an inquisitor lord and assassin with my IG army and almost all the time with my SM army.

I started with running a vindicare assassin but was really underwhelmed by what he was able to accomplish. Nowadays I always use a calidus assassin.

The calidus gets the special rule "a word in their ear" which allows you to move one enemy unit up to 6 inches after deployment but before the start of the game. This can be very useful for moving an important piece of the enemy's army out of cover, or into possible charge range of a fast unit or an infiltrator. If you put the emperor's tarot on your inquisitor you can get a better chance to get the first turn and take good advantage of your calidus' ability.

The calidus can also appear anywhere on the field when he deploys out of reserves and can charge the turn you put him in allowing you to attack a weak or important part of your enemy's backfield.

As far as inquisitor's retinue goes, the 2 mystics are a given. I also take 3 gun servitors, 2 with heavy bolters and one with a plasma cannon. I also put a psycannon on my inquisitor. This unit then becomes a nice little firebase that can sit and effectivly shoot enemy units from 36 inches out. They can also put a real hurt on anything deep striking to close.