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HQ 1 – Company Command Squad – 150
Regimental standard, officer of the fleet, Chimera

Elites 1 – Storm Trooper – 195
10 troopers, 2 melta-guns, power sword (swap for lasgun), reconnaissance

Troop 1 – Veteran Squad – 130 (in Valkyrie)
7 shotguns, 3 melta-guns, Demolitions

Troop 2 – Infantry Platoon – 665
Command squad w/ 4 flamers – 50 (in a Vendetta)
Infantry squad 1 – heavy bolter – 60
Infantry squad 2 – heavy bolter – 60
Infantry squad 3 – heavy bolter – 60
Heavy weapons 1 – 3 lascannons – 105
Heavy weapons 2 – 3 lascannons – 105
Heavy weapons 3 – 3 lascannons – 105
Heavy weapons 4 – 3 mortars – 60
Heavy weapons 5 – 3 mortars – 60

Fast 1 – Valkyrie – 140
Rocket pods, heavy bolters

Fast 2 – Vendetta –130

Fast 3 – Vendetta –130

Heavy 1 – Hydra Battery – 150
2 hydras

Heavy 2 – Hydra Battery – 150
2 hydras

Heavy 3 – Deathstrike - 160

Theme: I am modeling this army using DKOK as WW2 Waffen-SS (not Nazis but just the German military) painting up the Valks/Vende as Messerschmitts (yellow nose and tail, iron cross) and the death strike as a V2. I got the idea for this when I was watching “Mutant Chronicles” on SyFy. It was so WW2 meets 40k.

Strategy: Ok i have played 40k for years as Deathwing, I left for about a year and have come back to the game looking for a change. I have decided to play guard. This army is going to be a competitive list and id like some feed back from people that have played guard for a while. I have tried to take units that are competitive with the exception of the death strike this is more of a fluff reason and I am not dropping it. That said everything else is open to comment/criticism. Basic plan is to blob up the 3 10 man units on my home objective keeping the CCS near by to that and the heavy weapons then just rain fire down on everything else the from range like a good guard player should! The valk is loaded up with a vet squad with assault weapons to max out shots after dropping out. The PCS has kinda became a suicide squad at this point with the flamers.

you might drop one lascannon squad for another vet squad to get a little more of an assault force. Maybe switch out a hydra battery for a lrbt? The ranged high strength and ap template might come in handy.

Seems fairly solid - deathstrike is practically a joke weapon though, I'd take a manticore instead.

Also, stormtroopers are overpriced. I think you'd be better off with a squad of veterans, riding in a chimera or in one of the vendettas.

Autocannons are the same cost as HBs, they do worse against T3 infantry, but much better against transports/light vehicles, I would take them over HBs in all cases.

Thx for the advice. yeah i know the deathstrike is a joke but its a fluff thing a manticore doesn't look enough like this.

Now on to the other advice ill swap out the HB for AC and drop the Stormtroopers for a second vet squad and add the leftover points to combine with the points for a hydra battery for a LRBT ill post the up dated list later.