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Looking at this list for a GT in Jan in NY. I'm kinda new to 40k and am looking forward to my first big event.

Librarian - Shield and Unleash Rage
Librarian w/JP - Fear the Darkness and Unleash rage

Honor Guard w/ 4 Flamers/Meltas + Noviate
Landraider

Priest w/JP

Assault Sqd PF + 2 Melta
Assault Sqd PW + 2 Melta

2 X Baal Predators with HB Sponson
2 X Predators with LC Sponson

Thoughts?

Librarian on foot is joining the Honor Guard? They don't seem choppy enough to make good use of Unleash Rage.

Only 2 troops choices and they are going to be heading right at your enemy so you have nothing holding any home objectives.

You don't have any priests. 50 points and stick on in the Land Raider and you have a nice big bubble of awesome.

What's the general plan? Run up the loaded land raider with the assault squads behind while taking pot shots with the preds? How do you intend to deal with missions with say 3 objectives? What's the plan if they have something like a demon prince or avatar?

Yeah, i dont know what i dont like about this list, i just dont like it.

It needs a bit more focus.

I would:

1. Ditch a librarian
2. Ditch the Honor guard
3. Ditch the LR
4. Ditch 1 or both Baals
5. Add another AC/LC pred
6. Add another jump ass. Squad
7. Add 1 or 2 - 5 man ass squad in a TL-LC or LAS/PLAS Razor for holding objectives
8. Priest With Jumppack to keep the boys alive.

Depending on points - after that i would add random landspeeders or something.

I have a priest too, forgot to add him. Post edited.


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The HG in the LR has a Noviate, so they have a free priest to give a FNP bubble. The plan is to hide the sqds behind the LR and snipe as much stuff with the preds and LR until I get into range for assualt. The main purpose of the foot liby is just to give shield for the vehicles. UR would be for desperation if needed.

The HG can deal either with mobs of dude with the 4 flamers or vehicles/MC with the 4 meltas. I dont think a DP would be a problem with all the AP1/2 weapons. I know the troops are light, but in an OBJ game I can combat sqd if needed, the goal would be to keep them alive as long as possible.

Honour Guard with a pure shooting loadout in an assault vehicle? With that weapons combination you would be far better of giving them Jump Packs and Deep Striking them in, there is absolutely no point putting a shooting unit in a Land Raider. That loadout combined with DoA means you can pretty much kill anything you want the turn you arrive. Taking a single Land Raider is never a good idea as its too easy to take out, if you really want to take it at the very least you should be using one of the assault variants.

Taking Jump Pack Assault Squads means you should be taking at least 1 Priest, the FNP bubble from the HG is nice but you always want at least two sources when all your troops are on foot. I would also say you are a bit light on troops, you can combat squad to get 4 scoring units (which generally is about right for this points level imo) but infantry based lists tend to need a few more scoring options than mech lists. The most obvious place to drop some points would be to drop one of the Librarians (probably the one on foot), you only have one squad of Honour Guard and the only power you really need from the ones you have selected is Shield.

Can't say I'm a fan of Predator heavy lists like this. You tend to run out of space in the midfield and end up obstructing your own fire lanes, but they tend to be run in a Razorspam style lists which have have far more vehicles so in this list they could work. I tend to favour a combination of long ranged Dreads + Baals for up close, or long range Predators and Dreads for up close as either way they can see past each other better.

I would put those Assault squads in Razorbacks, rather than having a mix of mech and jump. I would drop the LR, don't really need it unless you taking in Assault terminators. List would look like this.
HQ
Librarian(SoS,UR)-100
Librarian(SoS,FotD)-100
Honor Guard(4xMelta), Razorback-210

Troops
RASx5(Melta,Fist),Razorback(Las/Plas)-190
RASx5(Melta,Fist),Razorback(Las/Plas)-190
RASx5(Melta,Fist),Razorback(Las/Plas)-190
RASx5(Melta,Fist),Razorback(Las/Plas)-190

Fast Attack
Baal Pred(HB Sponsons)-145
Baal Pred(HB Sponsons)-145

Heavy Support
Predator(Lascannon Sponsons)-135
Predator(Lascannon Sponsons)-135

That leaves ya with 20 points to play with, hope that helps good luck!

You could switch the Honor Guard in the Land Raider for assault marines w/o jump packs for another scoring unit, and some points.

You could ditch one libby for a scout squad with cloaks to sit in cover on an objective (outflank/reserve/infiltrate depending on the board).

Do you know what kind of missions they are going to have?

Edit: question I guess is what models you have to work with and how flexible you are on changing the list.

What about changing the gear on the HG to four power swords, that way they can make use of the assault vehicle properties of the LR.

I dont have the razors yet, but could get them. Just didnt want to spend the cash.