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I'm trying to balance a fluffy list with the units I want to use and keep the whole thing competitive.

HQ: 125
Company Command Squad, 4x Plasmagun, Chimera, Heavy Stubber

Troops: 500
Platoon Command Squad, 4x Grenade Launchers
20 Infantry, 2x Flamers
Heavy Weapon Squads, 3x Autocannons

Platoon Command Squad, 4x Grenade Launchers
20 Infantry, 2x Flamers
Heavy Weapon Squads, 3x Lascannons

HEAVY: 830
Manticore
2 Leman Russ Battle Tanks, Lascannons
2 Leman Russ Vanquishers, Lascannons

I have 45 points left over, I could either upgrade my infantry squads more or maybe take a few bodyguards for my CCS.

Anyway, does this seem viable? Footslogging infantry to hold objectives backed up by tanks and artillery?

Vanquishers are a bit of a waste for anti tank. if you are going foot, commissars are almost a must. Switch CCS over into 4 meltas and a PP so they can take out tanks. maybe power blob melta infantry squads

kenshin620 wrote:Vanquishers are a bit of a waste for anti tank.

Whats wrong with the Vanquishers? With the Lascannon, they have 2 long range tank busting weapons for knocking out AV13+ or putting wounds on MCs and they both ignore FnP.

minigun762 wrote:

Whats wrong with the Vanquishers? With the Lascannon, they have 2 long range tank busting weapons for knocking out AV13+ or putting wounds on MCs and they both ignore FnP.

BS3 isn't reliable enough to sink that many points into 2 shots and adding pask makes the tank too expensive when you have other things to spend points on. You could take creed, for example, to hand out orders a plenty to your heavy weapons teams or take commissars for your infantry.

If you think AV 13+ is going to be a problem, switch your CCS weapons or PCS weapons to meltaguns.

minigun762 wrote:

kenshin620 wrote:Vanquishers are a bit of a waste for anti tank.

Whats wrong with the Vanquishers? With the Lascannon, they have 2 long range tank busting weapons for knocking out AV13+ or putting wounds on MCs and they both ignore FnP.

Well they cost more than vendettas for one. Yes they are not as armored and do not get 2D6 pen rolls but they hit better and do slightly more or less damage

Drop the vanquisher and tahe some meltas for antitank.