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Okay well this is my first attempt at an IG list so any tips would be apprecated:

HQ:
CCS
-2 GL
-HWT w/ AC = 70pts

Troops:

Vet Squad
-3 melta
-7 Shotguns
-Chimera =155pts

Vet Squad
-3 melta
-7 Shotguns
-Chimera =155pts

Vet Squad
-3 Plasma Guns
-Chimera =170pts

Vet Squad
-3 Plasma Guns
-Chimera =170pts

Fast Attack:

3 Scout Sentinels w/ AC = 120pts

Heavy Support:

Manticore = 160pts


Comes out to 1000 even.

I'd want to give the ccs a chim. I don't think you want just them on foot. I'd drop two sents to do it, and with the leftover points upgrade the ccs to 4x melta, or drop all the sents and go 4x plasma.

Yeah, you don't want to leave your ccs without a transport, I've learnt this from experience, and it'll also need more powerful special weapons i.e. plasma and melta guns, otherwise, I like it.

Revised army list


HQ:
CCS
-4 plasma
-Chimera = 165pts

Troops:

Vet Squad
-3 melta
-7 Shotguns
-Chimera =155pts

Vet Squad
-3 melta
-7 Shotguns
-Chimera =155pts

Vet Squad
-3 Plasma Guns
-Chimera =170pts

Vet Squad
-3 Plasma Guns
-Chimera =170pts

Heavy Support:

Manticore = 160pts

comes out to be 975 so what should i spend those 25 points on?

Give your squads krak grenades or something

Hehe. Nice math

First you got army list on even 1000, then you add 95 points and have 975 point army

Yep. 95 over.

oh crap. lol forgot to take out the sentinel. hahah didnt even notice that.


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there we go, fixed

Well, if you go with the standard guard police of 'always a gun', I'd say either a plasma pistol for the CCS and a heavy stubber, or a bolter for the CCS and two heavy stubbers (probably on the plasmavet chims).

You could also put dozer blades on the meltavet chims, to ensure their mobility when getting the melta on target.

If you're going to have 5 points leftover, might as well throw a bolter on the commander. Same range/type as the plasma.


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Looks like a good mechvet list.

And done. This is a pretty mean 1k mech list.

Let us know how it plays out on the field.

In my opinion it has a lot of stuff for hunting tanks and some tough guys, but you have nothing really effective for swarmy tyranids or orks.

Yes, unless every one of those chimeras took a heavy bolter and a heavy flamer on them. Even just 6 heavy flamers is likely to get whatever job that can't be done by D3 AP4 ordnance and other assorted shooting done.

Well all those options are free so i could just change them up as needed. and in reallity the standard Multi-laser and heavy bolter would be fine againt those kinds. i would probably switch out the hull mounted HB to a HF just for the templete.


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And i like a turret mounted Multilaser because its gotta higher strength, able to pop light tanks at range, and have a potential to wound MC

Definitely swap the hull HB for the heavy flamer. Those things are seriously worth their weight in gold/diamonds/platinum/whatever.