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**Shas'O Dorian**

It's that time of year again for me, so I wrote up some preliminary 'Ard Boyz lists. This is my first of 6 and is more or less razorback spam.

Synopsis:
4 Rune priests sit in back with long fangs & throw LL at enemy light armor. If enemy has DS / Jump Infantry / Jetbikes two of them can throw up tempest wrath as a deterrent.

Longfangs sit back with rune priests & be long fangs

Wolf Guard units get split to join the grey hunters, not much benefit being bare, they were there for more laz/plaz razors.

Grey hunters run in a 4+2 config. 4 with melta go forth & break armor. 2 squads with flamers follow 1-2 turns later to mop-up the now disembarked enemy, who all the while has been hit with plas / missiles.
Thought about running 3+3 and turning it into 3 groups of two squads each. Will paytest both.

Thunderwolves are used surprisingly enough to provide vehicles with obscured status & also as a solid assault unit on their own (S10 Power fists with 3+3++ makes them bastards in CC)

11 Razorbacks means even if you break one open, the troops inside can just hop into a different one & continue on their merry way.

List (Spoilerd to save space):

Spoiler:

**Wolfdude83**

As much as I want to see this list work. I just can't make it happen myself. Pretty much If you don't mop up by turn 3 you are done for. Once those backs get popped open you have only 5 guys to kill inside. Also if you are having trouble with the dice you might as well give up early and go sit at the bar. I think you need more larger kitted out hunter squads with wolf guard in rhinos so you cam fight close combat as well. This list always lOoks hood on paper but I just can't get it to work for me but to each his own. Then what do you do when you have a wall of 150 orks coming at you. I'd say try to make it more rounded.

**Varl Sigmund**

I recon 10 TL Plas shots plus 8 pie-plate blasts plus hurricane pluse the odd Jaws opening up would decimate a wall of 150 orks in no time...

the list is cheese...

but good cheese!!

**imweasel**

I am assuming that the 3rd rune priest is supposed to have living lightning and storm, otherwise I think the list is illegal as you need to both have different psychic powers AND different war gear.

I also think you need to do something with priest 2 and 4 on the wargear.

Besides, you really need storm for cover saves.

**sHOEbOX**

Really usual list, I like the cheep razorbacks with the wolf guard. If you take 15 long fangs with missiles you will have plenty of anti- horde. I don't rate the long TWC because you only need to get 6 wounds on them to kill them. With 20 boltgun shots, you'll get 13 hits, and 4.333 saves and a good chance the guy will die and then pose no threat. And that's just boltgun fire. If you had two in a unit, the second one could still charge the unit that fired at it. When it comes to TWC I'd say that a unit of 3 is the best number. I think you've gone completely over kill with the rune priests and not built them with the best of powers. Take 2 out, and you can add more troops, which lack of men is your main problem when it come to razorspam.