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Hey all,

I want to do a Mech IG army, but I'm not sure that this list is "Balanced" enough to meet most threats.

-=HQ=-

Company Command Squad 135
-Veterans: Medic
Transport: Chimera

Techpriest W/ 3 Servitors 90



-=Troops=-

Platoon A1 480
-Platoon Command Squad
Guardsman W/ Melta Gun
Transport: Chimera W/ Multi Laser and Heavy Flamer

-Infantry Squad W/ Grenade Launcher
Transport: Chimera W/ Multi Laser and Heavy Flamer

-Infantry Squad W/ Grenade Launcher
Transport: Chimera W/ Multi Laser and Heavy Flamer

-Heavy Weapons Squad

-Heavy Weapons Squad W/ 3 Lascannons


Platoon A2 390
-Platoon Command Squad
Guardsman W/ Melta Gun
Transport: Chimera W/ Multi Laser and Heavy Flamer

-Infantry Squad W/ Grenade Launcher
Transport: Chimera W/ Multi Laser and Heavy Flamer

-Infantry Squad W/ Grenade Launcher
Transport: Chimera W/ Multi Laser and Heavy Flamer

-Heavy Weapons Squad



-=Heavy Support=-

Leman Russ Squad A1
Leman Russ W/ Extra Armour, Lascannon, Heavy Bolters 200

Leman Russ Squad A2
Leman Russ W/ Extra Armour, Lascannon, Heavy Bolters 200


Opinions and Suggestions please

your techpriest will be left behind.

Your CCS doesn't seem to do anything(Orders are fairly useless in a mech list)

Medic in a Chimera does little.

Your PCSs are missing out on their ability to take more special weapons

Veterans.

Point in giving the CCS a medic? They don't need it and won't last much longer. Only time I take a medic is with plasma guns, and tbh, your CCS isn't helping a lot, besides giving orders, which they cannot do to units inside armour.

No veterans? Taking a platoon in chimeras is costing more in the long run and not achieving much. I'd take vets instead, much better.

The russes are all mixed up with heavy bolters for anti troop and lascannons for anti tank. Drop the lascannon and take a heavy flamer so you can BBQ troops when you get close and will not miss with the guard's average ballistic skill.

No vets? Mech IG is all about veterans in Chimeras and Valks/Vendettas.
Drop the techpriest, give your CCS 3 plasma guns. That way the medic is useful.
If you're dead set on taking a platoon, give your PCS 4x special weapons. And stick them in a Chimera. For example, I run mine with 4x flamers in a chimera. Fun and cheap.

After Reading the replies, I'll add some Vets and "Revise" just about everything else lol.


Thanks for the Replies!

Drop the heavy weapons teams in an all mech list, they are just an obvious target for massed low-strength fire.

The point of mech is that you get to deny your opponent all the points they have invested into low strength weapons.

Yeah, mech IG is all about veterans.

Ditch the medic, ditch the techpriest.

Here is an idea with what you had:

CCS
4 x Plasma Gun, Chimera

Vets: Chimera with hull h.flamer, 3 x M.Gun
Vets: Chimera with hull h.flamer, 3 x M.Gun
Vets: Chimera with hull h.flamer, 3 x M.Gun
Vets: Chimera, L.Cannon, P.Gun x 3
Vets: 3 x M.Gun

Hellhound
Vendetta

Leman Russ with hull Las cannon
Leman Russ with hull Las cannon

That gives you a lot of fire power at 1500 points, and it covers anti horde and anti armor. You also have 5 mobile scoring units (last vet squad goes in the vendetta).

The Russ' equipped that way means they can stay out at long range move and shoot everything.

So hopefully that helps and gives you some ideas to build from.

Basically my theory is this:

Regardless of the force you are facing, you need to plan for the following target priorities:

1) Obvious loose targets with strong firepower (landspeeders and valkyries come to mind).
2) Pop transports.
3) Destroy contents of transports
4) Clean-up

1 & 2 can tend to be handled by similar firepower, while 3 requires a different load-out. If you plan for point 3, and they do not have vehicles (horde lists) you are still fine.

The best way to achieve this is to aim for duality in all units, that is every unit has a way to achieve all four points wherever possible. Reecius gives one of the purest examples of this in his list:

Vets: Chimera with hull h.flamer, 3 x M.Gun

Vets pop the vehicle, chimera deals with the contents. If there is no vehicle, laugh like a vaudevillian villain as they really have no way to deal with your armour and mobility.

The best way to do destroy the contents of a transport usually involves a Battlecannon.