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This was the worst battle report that I have ever experienced he ran a drop pod grey hunter drop pod spam

Chaplain Artificer Armour
Librarian Artificer armour

5x grey hunter squads combi melta, PF, PW, Melta, Plasma Pistol all with drop pods


I had my normal IG list
CCS 4 plasmas

PBS Full Squad Chimera

2x Veterans 3x Meltas and Chimeras

2x Autocannon, Grenade Launchers Veteran Squads

1 Veteran 3x Melta

Hellhound

Valkyrie
Misslepods

2x Demolishers

I forgot to take pictures through most of this just out of my frustration I need suggestions on how to deal with this list it was dawn of war kill points. I got close to being tabled which is a first for me. I don't know how to deal with that amount of space marine armour. Any deployment suggestions would be great or general suggestions. My demolishers were stunned and immobilised first turn and my meltas could only do so much until my guardsmen were put up againts space marines.

Well, first thing first is that your army is not designed to defeat massed PA wearing enemy forces. Your list is geeked up for anti mech and anti TEq. I would adjust your list slightly to include something that is specifically designed to kill large number of 3+ save infantry models.

An executioner, a banewolf, a leman russ or bassie/collosus stuff.

But, list building aside,

deploying in a long line is not how to combat a podding force, he gets to choose what he wants to pick on and then you'll have to move, there by lowering your overall firepower, in order to react to him.

You can either reserve your whole list and force him to land and either move in far away or at least you get to shoot first in most cases.

I castle up against drop pod forces, usually against an edge or large piece of impassable, LoS blocking terrain. You surround the most important units with less important, then screen with infantry. Against a list like his I would put the demollishers behind chimeras, then put a bubble of guardsman outside them. He'll have to choose to shoot chimeras within meltas to blow them up, take a long shot with meltas over 6" on the demolishers or waste his turn firing into guardsmen. Basically, you're using your guardsmen/chimeras to force him back away from your demolishers.

Then start moving away from him as fast as possible with whatever survives his drop. Once he's on the board he is limited to a small amount of movement with short range weapons. Use your mobile elements (valks and hellhound) into reserve and strike at range.

and don't forget to put melta into drop pods. with 6" you wreck them on a 3+ with a pen roll. And they give up a KP.