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HQ -
CCS (Power Weapon, Plasma Pistol, Grenade Launcher, Vox, Carapace Armor) - 100 Pts

Troops
Veteran Squad (3 Snipers, 1 Lascannon, Vox, Forward Sentries) - 135 Pts
Veteran Squad (3 Meltas, Demolitions) - 130 Pts

PCS (Power Fist, Bolter, Vox, Commissar, Lascannon) - 72 Pts
Infantry Squad - (Commissar, Vox, Grenade Launcher) - 95 Pts
Infantry Squad - (Grenade Launcher) - 55 pts

Heavy Support
LRBT - (Lascannon, Heavy Stubber, Sponson Bolters) - 195 Pts
LR Demolisher - (Plasma Cannons, Heavy Stubber, Heavy Bolter) - 215 Pts

1000 Points

In this particular tournament, 2 people are randomly joined as a team and must combine your forces according to the FOC. The general plan was to have the Sniper Squad hunker down in cover and shoot things and/or creatures. The two infantry squads would blob up and go where needed. Tanks will proceed to kill things.
Advice please?

Is there going to be a lot of armor? (i'm not stupid because its only 1,000 points but certain Dark Eldar players i know have 6 vehicles in that size list....)
Because in that case i would take vanquisher.....otherwise i like the list.

I am not a fan of your list at all.

You may be randomly teamed up with someone, but you still need to make your list a all-comers list that can do the job if your partner is a total fail. In other words, you can't depend on them for any aspect of the game.

Looks like you want to do a gunline list that is making use of Orders with alittle mech support.

Your banking alot on your tanks actually doing something and your dumping 40% of your points into them. You have a ton of weapons on them but the weapons can not split fire, so more weapons that you can't fire when you move is a waste. These points could be turned into HWSs that can lay down more fire power and are actually harder to kill.

Here is my rendition, since I am sure you want me to back my talk up with a list.

CCS - 210pts
Camo Cloaks, 2x Plasma guns, LC, Creed

Lord Commissar - 70pts
Bolter

Vets - 210pts
3x Plasma guns, HB, Demolitions, Harker

PCS - 60pts
4x Sniper rifles, Plasma Pistol

PIS - 120pts
Commissar, 2x Power Weapon, Melta gun, Melta bomb

PIS - 75pts
Power Weapon, Melta gun, Melta bomb

HWS - 105pts
3x LCs

HWS - 75pts
3x ACs

HWS - 75pts
3x ACs

Cover is your friend! Everyone wants to be 24" away from the CCS. The HWSs want to have the Lord Commissar within 6" of all of them (he can even be attached to one if your feeling risky). If not, drop a plasma gun from the CCS and the Lord Commissar for Kell, but I think the Lord's Aura of Discipline is a better deal for when the HWSs get shot at. 'Bring it Down!' is your friend, giving it to your CCS, PCS, Vets, and HWSs gives you alot of options for Vehicles and MCs to make them TLed (as long as the CCS can see them as well).

I strongly suggest keeping the lasguns for Harker's squad to mesh with the rapid fire feature of the plasma guns. The squad is pretty much a pure anti-infantry squad with the two heavy bolters. But the 3+ cover save and demolitions plus the rapid fire should make the unit pretty versital and tough to deal with.

The amount of fire power your putting down range along with the Blob (and 'For Cadia!' to make them a beast on a charge) should serve you well.

Good luck!

I total agree with you BlkTom i really dont like this list either the whole think is strange ,like your melta unit has to walk to a tank, and your vets really need transports like chirmas! or vendattas , as your teaming up with someone you still need to have a list which can take and push up on to objectives ! that all i got to say and follow some of BlkTom advicee too!

DakkaDakka wrote:

Yeah, you can drop the Plasma Pistol in the PCS for the Camo Cloak.

I considered it, but felt the base 4+ cover save was fine for the HWSs. Giving one HWS 3+ vs giving the PCS a Str 7 shot for something like a DPed Walker or DSing terminators, I felt the Str 7 shot (and a prayer at BS 3) might do a touch more.

DakkaDakka wrote:

yeah now that i know guard better ( i was just learning them when i first commented) i agree with the other guys, its a bit off..... the two tanks are fine but i would take out the commissar in the PCS. The vets need chimeras most definitely, perhaps make them both melta vets as well?

Che-Vito wrote:

BlkTom wrote:Yeah, you can drop the Plasma Pistol in the PCS for the Camo Cloak.

I considered it, but felt the base 4+ cover save was fine for the HWSs. Giving one HWS 3+ vs giving the PCS a Str 7 shot for something like a DPed Walker or DSing terminators, I felt the Str 7 shot (and a prayer at BS 3) might do a touch more.

I run a Plasma Pistol on my Carapace armored Company Commander, but on the 5+ 1w Platoon Commander? Not really worth the risk, unless you have extra points.

A HWS in cover, with a Lord Commissar w/Camo Cloak, can be really nasty. If you really want them alive, have them Go to Ground, and receive a 2+ cover save. Then a nearby CCS can get them to fire again during your next turn. While that tactic does lose you the ability to issue BiD or FOMT to that HWS, it certainly is good at keeping them alive!

Well, I did say cover is your friend... instead of a +5 armor save vs 'Get's Hot!' you should use the +4 cover save since the PCS should be in cover blasting away with their rifles.

DakkaDakka wrote: