Is my Astra Militarum list overpowered?

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**ERJAK**

HHAHAHAHAHAHHAH no.

**Inquisitor Lord Katherine**

JamesWright83 wrote:
Thanks for the confirmation guys. I didn’t think it was an OP list, but wanted to check.

A slightly different question then - would you find this a fun list to play against, or would you find it frustrating and not want to fight it again?

This list would by no means be frustrating to face, nor would I have objections to facing it multiple times, as long as you like to play it. It's not particularly strong, but it's not weak by any means, so it's still sure to be a fairly fun game.

I''d like to hear what lists your opponents are fielding if they're having trouble.

Esmer wrote:
Your list doesn't sound OP at all. You're not even playing the most brutal Leman Russ buffs avalaible (Cadians with Pask or Catachans with Harker). The Valhallan vehicle trait is okay-ish, but strictly inferior to both Cadia and Catachan. The Valhallan infanrty doctrine shines best with large infantry hordes, which you don't have. So your doctrine of choice is firmy in "not-OP" territory.

I'm wondering why you would need 2 Company Commanders for 3 infantry squads, at least one of which will be gone by turn 2.
Scout Sentinel will be toast the moment your enemy takes a look at it. I take it its only usage is hiding behind cover, denying deepstrike and maybe grabbing an Objective here and there?
One piece of long-range artillery is very tame for Astra Militarum standards. Personally, I like to take at least two Basilisks.
You're taking a mid-tier Scion special weapon (the best one is obviously Plasma) and no Tempestors, I'm not seeing OP here either. If you want the regimental doctrine you'll have to kick the Scions to a different detachement though.
4 Leman Russ don't sound too bad either. Taking one Punisher and one Demolisher means you're versatile against both GEQs and MEQs, but not overkill against either. Against a shooty army, even Leman Russes tend to go down quickly. I played a 1500 against shooty Raven Guard with 3 LRs last weekend....and all of them bit the dust by the end of the game.

I think the Scout Sentinel is actually one of the most important parts of the list, actually, because he has so little infantry. The fact that it's going to die is meaningless, it only needs to exist during the enemy's first movement phase. It's presence and its Scout move allow it to drive back the perimeter at which deepstrike units and unit arriving from ambush and outflank can arrive, as well as potentially slow down enemy Vanguard units. By pushing these back or forcing them to wait a turn until after it's been destroyed, he gives his list a turn to bring it's full firepower to bear and breaks up the enemy alpha strike. The sort of things that seem to be popular right now would make absolute mincemeat of it otherwise.

**JamesWright83**

Spot on Katherine, that’s exactly what the sentinel is there for

**Inquisitor Lord Katherine**

JamesWright83 wrote:
Spot on Katherine, that’s exactly what the sentinel is there for

Of course!

As I see it, that sentinel alone elevates the list from "pretty bad" to "solid in a casual setting".

**wuestenfux**

Martel732 wrote:
For the op, 4 russ hulls are very challenging for many lists to deal with. That might be part of the issue.

Indeed. They shoot twice if they have not moved too far.
One of our local players has four russes and one baneblade. It’s hard to deal with this list.

The OP list is fine but not overpowered.