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Gearing up for 2 upcoming tournaments and I'm trying to stay from the usual spammy DE lists. Here are the 2 lists I've distilled my choices down to.

Option A — 1750points total

Baron
5 Scourges 2 Haywire Blasters

2x 5 Trueborne | 2 DLances, 3 Blasters
1 Venom | SC, NS

5 Trueborne | 2 DLances, 1 Blaster
1 Venom | SC, NS

2x 10 Kabalites | 1 Blaster, 1 SC, Sybarite
1 Raider | DL, FF, NS

5 Kabalites | Blaster, Sybarite
1 Venom | SC, NS

1 Ravager | 3 DL, FF, NS

1 Razorwing | 2 DL, SC, FF, NS

In this case, I'm running the Baron with the Scourges so they can actually be a bit more survivable in cover, taking pot shots at range. The rest of the army should be fairly straightforward. Although it lacks any kind of CC units, The plan is to just shoot anything to bitz before it even gets into charge range. There's only one Fighter in the list so the advantage here is that I'd only need to buy 2 Venoms and 1 Razorwing to get ready.

And then we have the dream solution.

Option A — 1750points total

Haemonculus Ancient | VB, LG
7 Wyches | Shardnet, Hekatrix, VB, Haywire grenades
1 Raider | DL, FF, NS

2x 5 Trueborne | 2 DLances, 3 Blasters
1 Venom | SC, NS

2x 10 Kabalites | 1 Blaster, 1 SC, Sybarite
1 Raider | DL, FF, NS

5 Kabalites | Blaster, Sybarite
1 Venom | SC, NS

1 Ravager | 3 DL, FF, NS

2 Razorwing | 2 DL, SC, FF, NS

With this list I have the tarpit unit of Wyches to mess with incoming Death Stars (though not stop them) and I'm dropping one squad of Trueborn with Venom in favour of a 2nd volley of large templates. So really I'm gaining mobile 2 lances and 4 pie plates. The idea is to reserve them based on the opponent's deployment. if there's a lot of disembarked infantry, all 8 missiles are to be released on the first turn. If it's mostly an IG parking lot with everyone in their private metal box, then i'll put both planes in reserves in order to keep their payload safe.

The downside to this list is that I'll need 4 vehicles, which means 40$ more than Option A. On the other hand the

Opinions? Comments? Critiques?

Dark_Gear wrote: I'm trying to stay from the usual spammy DE lists.

So you took two units of blaster spam Trueborn...

It seems ok. I'd never take an upgrade character in a 5-man unit unless you need some special assault weapon like an agonizer.
The two Razorwings would be very shooty and could deal with most threat, but don't let anything shoot them.

So you took two units of blaster spam Trueborn...

Can't really help it that they're the "Hive Guard" of the De codex.

True spam in my mind would be running 6 units of 5-man Kabbalite blasters, 3 Trueborn blaster squad and 3 Ravagers along with a token unupgraded HQ. At which point I may as well just play IG vet spam...

I normally would follow what you suggest to do (or not do) with upgrade characters but in case the 1 pip Ld really does help them last just a little longer.

Thanks to Sorrowshard over on Rant in E Minor, I've decided to go with a Wing of Twins and an extra Venom.

The 1750 list will be the following:

Baron
5 Scourges 2 Haywire Blasters

2x 5 Trueborne | 2 DLances, 3 Blasters
1 Venom | SC, NS

10 Kabalites | 1 Blaster, 1 SC, Sybarite
1 Raider | DL, FF, NS

5 Kabalites | Blaster, Sybarite
1 Venom | SC, NS

10 Wyches | Hekatrix, Agoniser, Shardnet x2, Haywire grenades.
1 Raider | DL, FF, NS

1 Ravager | 3 DL, FF, NS

2 Razorwing | 2 DL, SC, FF, NS

Now all I need to do is rush some models in order to get them ready on time... So. Much. Painting!