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Hello,
I have 2 sets of AOBR and a LRC, and a Razorback... Needless to say, I have a few Tactical Terminators... Are they worth taking, even with Lysander? or should I get some Assault Termies and conver them? I need a purpose for the LRC, is there another good use besides ATs?

I'm thinking of trying:

Lysander
Shrike
Tac Termies (5-8)
Tac. Sqd. in Razorback(HB), ML/Flamer (1 or 2)
Tac. Sqd. in Rhino, MM/MG
Assault Squad in Rhino
Assault squad w/Shrike
Speeders with HB/MM
2 Predators with AC/Las
maybe sternguard or the Dreads I have from AOBR... but so far the Dreads and Tac. Termies SUCK... Almost wish we'd have just got 1 set, but the Wifey loves her ORKS...LOL

I just need some help, with where to go from here, Most of you know what's in AOBR... I have 2x that and a LRC, and Razorback... was hoping for a Spearhead type list, with most everything in tanks... 2500 tops is the goal.. but I'd like a nice 2000 list to shoot for next, I think I have like 800-1000 pts, depending on how the Rhino/back is kitted out...

Any guidance would be great.... Thanks all,
Isaiah

You've got quite a few options here. For Tac Termies, you could always pop Lysander in there for Bolter Drill, or give them CML's (Cyclone Missile Launchers) for tank-popping and horde shredding goodness. Or give them Heavy Flamers in a Vulkan list, which is always wacky fun, especially against Orks/Guard/Nids.

On the LRC, you could always go the standard Hammernator route. Something interesting I once saw was some Vanguard Veterans (without jump packs, but with some scattered Power Weapons and Meltabombs) in a LRC with a Chaplain, or Pedro Kantor, or sometimes both. That squad puts out a crazy number of attacks, and re-rolling to hit makes them better. And they're slightly cheaper than Termies. Now that I've even mentioned Vanguard at all, I think I'll just back off and wait for the flames, telling me that they're points inefficient, and that they suck.

I have a few Tactical Terminators... Are they worth taking, even with Lysander?

In my opinion? No, not really. When you could take two heavy weapons per 5 men and tank hunters USR, they were awesome, but generally I don't find them very useful now. They no longer, IMO, have enough firepower to really go for as a shooting unit, and in CC a 5++ is poor protection when you swing at I1.

Consider: With Lysander, you spend a minimum of 400 points to give rerolls to a handful of storm bolters. 400 points buys a lot of tactical marine bolters and pods/rhinos. They can score objectives too, and generally contribute a lot more to the army. Heck, it buys a lot of land speeders, preds, etc.

or should I get some Assault Termies and conver them?

I converted mine with the lightning claw arms from the AT boxes, when I was done building TH/SS.

I need a purpose for the LRC, is there another good use besides ATs?

Honestly, besides ATs nothing really requires more than 12 capacity. Any land raider in the vanilla book can do that. The next best assaulty unit to come out of there are going to be vanguard veterans with a chaplain, or honor guard with a chaplain. Neither is going to require more than 11 capacity. Stuff them in the LRC, shrug your shoulders about the wasted empty slots inside, and go shoot and charge something!

but so far the Dreads and Tac. Termies SUCK

Put the dreads in pods. Drop them on her vehicles and multimelta, or tarpit large blobs!

I was hoping to stay away from Drop Pods, so for now the Termies and Dreads will be shelved, maybe the LRC too.. I may use it with a different unit for now... probably just get another Razorback kit though...

I'm thinking I will get the bits to convert to assault termies, or just a box of them, and have some AOBR termies left over for conversion parts???
I'm going to look for AC/ML arms for my dreads too, I have a few sizes of magnets and I'm sure I can do up something... Just need to find the bits...

Anyone have Meltagun Marines, Multimelta Marines, a non-AOBR sgt, Dread arms, or CC Termie arms? or a Cyclone missile launcher? or know where to find them...

I'm thinking of modeling some Assault Marines without jump packs, what's the best way to get 10 of those?

thanks for the input