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Hi all, this is the first draft of my 1500pts list, the tactic here is to pop thriugh webway portals and kill kill kill. Basically, a typical hack 'n' slash.

Archon=155pts.
(ghost plate armour, blast pistol, 2x webway portals, electro-corrosive whip)

5 Incubi=155pts.
(Klaivex, demi claives, onslaught)

Troops.

10x kabalites=130pts
(Dark Lance, Sybrite, venom blade)

10x kabalites=130pts
(Dark Lance, Sybrite, venom blade)

10x Wyches=150pts.
(2x hydra gauntles, hekatrix, phantasm grenade launcher, venom blade)

10x Wyches=150pts.
(2x hydra gauntles, hekatrix, phantasm grenade launcher, venom blade)


Fast attack.
6x reavers=166pts
(2x heat lancers, 1 grav talon)

3x beast masters=156pts.
(3x clawed fiends)

Heavy support.

Talos Pain Engine=110pts.
(Ichor injector, extra weapon)

Talos Pain Engine=110pts.
(Ichor injector, extra weapon)

Troop transport.
Raider=75pts.
(Enhanced Aether Sails, night sheilds)


This list is 1500pts and the basic idea is I open a portal behind an objective, if there is more than one objective then between 2, then 1 kabalite and wyches unit come out of each portal, then the wyches clear out the objectives and the kabalites use the dark lances to pop any near by tanks. The reavers also come out and go for armored units or tanks, the beast masters go for shooty units(such as devastators) and one talos per kabalite unit.

So what do you think?
Delrohir.

The klaviex would have lots of fun if you gave him a bloodstone
Maybe drop a squad of wychs for a squad of wracks with 2 liquifer guns.

Several things.

1) why does the archon have 2 webway portals, also not a fan of the whip

2) there is no need to upgrade the syrabite with a unit that is going to sit back with a lance, especially for cc

3) the wyches don't need the phantasm launchers

4) the beastmaster unit would do better with khymera and razorwing

5) grav talon not necessary on the reavers

Ultimately I think this list has some major holes in it. It has only 3 lances and 2 heat lances to deal with mech and that frankly just isn't enough. If you plan on using the incubi and lord to deliver the portal then turn 1 they will be dead

How is your solo Archon managing to deploy these portals? In a Raider with the Incubi? A couple concerns for that;

1. If Everything else is starting in reserve to come out of the portal that means you're starting a single open topped vehicle on the board with AV 10 all around. Pretty much any Tau or IG army is going to instantly frag it on their turn, and even any semi-decent list ought to be able to swing the same. Do you have a plan for what happens when you go second?

2. Also, if you go first, Turn 1, you move 12", deploy the Archon out 2" and he drops the portal.

The enemy then has it's turn - I'm going to presume they shoot the Raider and/or Archon. I honestly expect most 1500 point lists to be able to kill the Archon and pop the Raider with one round of shooting, but let's presume they don't.

Turn 2, the Archon loads into the Raider, the raider moves.
Turn 3, the Raider moves and the Archon hops out and deploys the second portal.
Turn 4 - first turn any units of yours could possibly opt to use the second portal presuming all your Archon was doing was trying to deploy portals.

Unless he just moves 6" from the first portal and deploys the second...

If you want two portals, get two people to deploy them.
If you only want one unit to deploy, only give it one portal, because it's not going to have time to dork around opening a second.

I think you should drop the Incubi and Archon and get some trimmed down Hameys with Wracks in Raiders as portal droppers. It will be some more points but they're tougher and it increases your chances that at least one will manage to survive and open a portal in a spot that is useful to you at all.

another thing, if you play against necrons with a triple monolith build, you cant destroy them.


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another thing, if you play against necrons with a triple monolith build, you cant destroy them.

I would also strongly recommend getting a Shadowfield on your Archon. 2+ invul all the time until you fail? When you take only a few wounds on your HQ squad (I assume the Incubi join up), you can distribute one to him, and probably pass it.

I am not a huge fan of the wwp build, but if you drop one of the portals and the pgl 's on the hekatrixes, you have 55 points and you can give both warrior squads a blaster and add a flickerfield to your raider and give the klaivex a bloodstone. Then i see it working. (yes you can take both a flickerfield and a shadowfield on a raider.)