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HQ

Commander Dante - 225
Librarian - Jump pack, rage and sheild - 125

Troops

Assualt Squad ten marines - power fist, melta, flamer. 230
Assualt Squad ten marines - powerfist, melta, flamer. 230
Assualt Squad ten marines - powerfist, melta, flamer.230
Assualt Squad ten marines - powerfist, melta, hand flamer 235
Sanguinary Guard - Five marines, chapter banner, infernous pistol x2, powerfist - 250

Elites

Sanguinary Priest x 2 jump packs - 150

Fast attack

Vanguard vets 5 marines - jump packs, 3 x powersword, melta bombs - 160
Vanguard vets 5 marines -jump packs 2 x powersword 1 x power fist - 165

Total - 2000

Points for vanguard veterans are off. You have to buy jump packs for them. They don't come for free.

With that many bodies you're going to want more than 2 fnp bubbles.

Dante is a lot of points if you're only taking one unit of SG.

O yeah, best take a look at that i'll probably drop one of the vanguard squads, dante is a lot but, it is nice being able to drop him in with an assualt squad right behind that troublesome hammerhead, and blow it right up without scattering.



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Re - worked it, but I have a few spare points, if my maths is right this time? Again C+C welcome please.

HQ

Commander Dante - 225
Librarian - Jump pack, rage and sheild, infernous pistol - 140

Troops

Assualt Squad ten marines - power fist, melta, flamer. 230
Assualt Squad ten marines - powerfist, melta, flamer. 230
Assualt Squad ten marines - powerfist, melta, flamer.230
Assualt Squad ten marines - powerfist, melta, hand flamer 235
Sanguinary Guard - Five marines, chapter banner, infernous pistol x2, powerfist - 250

Elites

Sanguinary Priest x 3 jump packs - 225

Fast attack

Vanguard vets 5 marines - jump packs, 3 x powersword, powerfist, 3 x meltabombs - 235


Total - 2000

Upgrade your vets more they should cost 250pts-300pts if you want them to be good. Also single lightning claw beats power sword every time the re-rolls on failed wounds beat the extra attck. give the sarge dual lightning claws atleas you want 2 or one models with dual claws. And only 15pts for the both on the Sgt.

Hmmm the lighnting claws maybe something i have to invest in the future but don't have any going spare at the minute, could throw a powerfist in there though, for a bit of extra punch? (pun intended)

Then throw the fist in it couldn't hurt it will provide a backup incase you run into transports/mc's. btw as they are the vanguards are 10pts overpriced jump packs and 3 swords come to 195 (the sgt has one standard). Also equip them all with Meltabombs for tanks and the like. Also if you want you could and a pistol or a storm shield on the Sgt to get the prices.

Have I got my maths wrong again on the Vanguards then?

Yes you git the math wrong.

Looks like I'm going to have to do some more re-working then, ah well all in the name of kicking tau arse

Eldercaveman wrote:Looks like I'm going to have to do some more re-working then, ah well all in the name of kicking tau arse

You will never defeate the Tau maybe Aun'va and the Greater good but Farsight will rain supreme 'FOR FARSIGHT'.







P>S> Incase you missed it I also play Tau.

Yeah I've heard about this so called 'Farsight bomb' but yet to face it, I've re-worked the list, but rather than re posting it, I've just edited my previous post.


Check out my bat rep from our last battle, my list was similar.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/406743.page

I dont play with farsight I just like his fluff and character. An I will ceck out the batrep.

In my opinion, you don't want Vanguard Squads to be too expensive. They'll never have better than a 3+ save, and it might be tough to reliably give them FNP. Plus, you will usually prefer wiping the enemy out on the second round of combat.

I'd also suggest going dual Meltas in your Assault Squads. Give one squad dual Flamers, and take a Flamer instead of a Hand Flamer. The Hand Flamer is a terrible idea on a regular Marine. You pay three times as much for a less capable Flamer, and all you get in exchange is a measly regular CC attack. Always go with two-handed weapons on Assault Squads. It's borderline cruel that GW doesn't include them in the box.

Well the only problem with that is like you said, they don't come in the box, so I just haven't got enough melta guns to put 6 on the table, unless i went with two flamer units, and two melta units. Or if I got really desperate plasma pistols.....


That last part was as big a joke as the weapon itself

I play BA and bought two melta bitz boxes. Best investment ever

As in the one off of the GW website?

Yep. They're metal, which is a bit gak, but on the other hand, you'll need them no matter if you go DoA or mech.

I've gone DoA as you can tell by my list, I can't believe you don't get them as a standard in the box, yet you get a plasma pistol, seriously, who uses plasma pistols?

I may have to look at gettting some then

I would go 3 dual meltas then 2 dual flamers.
I would personally go for a shooty honour guard as they can keep you away from some nasty cc.

Otherwise good list and yes, buy the meltaguns.

You can also buy bitz online from third-party sites. That's where I got my Flamers, since GW doesn't sell them anywhere ala carte. As a bonus, the Flamers were plastic, much more convenient than the metal Plasmaguns and Meltaguns I bought from GW.

Any links to said websites?

Just about to say! Plastic weapons? Which site?

If I remember correctly, the Warstore. I just looked it up and the Flamer they sell looks like the ones I bought. Sadly, they're pretty expensive, it's about $4 per Flamer or Plasmagun, $6 per Meltagun. That would explain why I bought my Meltaguns and Plasmaguns from GW, where you get 5 Meltaguns for $6, albeit in metal.

Also I'm based in the Uk, so just not worth it.