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Ok so after reading the rulebook and codex this is my first attempt at making a 1000pt IG Army. Please feel free to tell me if it is bad, and if so can you explain why and possibly a solution or a suggestion to any changes?
Oh, and i believe the army is legal but i am not 100% if you could verify for me as i am still memorizing the rules that would be very helpful.

Thanks in advance!

Concept to the army is load up chimera's with the HWS's and use them as mobile bunkers allowing the HWS to use av12. Lay down shots from distance with the 12 Lascannons and heavy bolters/stubbers provided by the 4 chimera's. Use 20 man blob squad to counter assault anything that gets close. Hopefully with this many shots i can thin my enemy out enough to reduce the threat by the time i get assaulted. Thoughts?


HQ: 95 points

(x1) CCS: Powerfist, and Master of the Fleet

Troops: 645 points

(x1) PCS: Powerfist

(x2) PIS: Commissar with power weapon, Sergeant with power weapon & melta bombs

(x4) HWS: Lascannon x3

Transports: 260 points

(x4) Chimera: Heavy Bolter x2, & Heavy stubber

Total: 1000 points

Your list is illegal as you only have 1 troop.
Also Commissars in PIS cannot take Powerfists .
My suggestion on how to fix it: Remove one lascannon squad and all powerfists=135 points. A squad of 10 veterans in a chimera with 3 GL is 135 points. Easy!
However loosing even a single shooting phase to let those lascannons take refuge in the chimeras (remember, they cannot take them for themselves)is not good. Your army phiilosophy is essentially the old gunline with the powerblob. The CCS needs to give orders to the lascannons to make them useful and for that they need to be out of their tanks (and preferably in cover). Consider givving your commander a regimental banner and a LC to use his BS4. PCSs work very well with 4 flamers in a chimera behind the blob

konst80hummel wrote:Your list is illegal as you only have 1 troop.

Commissar should have Power Weapon not power fist, my bad.

Also, why do i only have 1 troop? I thought the HWS counted as a troop and the infantry did also for a total of 2?

I am probably missing something, can you explain?

Recoil wrote:

konst80hummel wrote:Your list is illegal as you only have 1 troop.

Commissar should have Power Weapon not power fist, my bad.

Also, why do i only have 1 troop? I thought the HWS counted as a troop and the infantry did also for a total of 2?

I am probably missing something, can you explain?

The HWS are part of Platoon 1.
If you added a second Platoon, a Vet squad or Penal troops, these would be a second troop choice.

alarmingrick wrote:

Recoil wrote:

konst80hummel wrote:Your list is illegal as you only have 1 troop.

Commissar should have Power Weapon not power fist, my bad.

Also, why do i only have 1 troop? I thought the HWS counted as a troop and the infantry did also for a total of 2?

I am probably missing something, can you explain?

The HWS are part of Platoon 1.
If you added a second Platoon, a Vet squad or Penal troops, these would be a second troop choice.

So no matter how many units/types you have under a PCS, the PCS only counts for 1 Troop choice?

Recoil wrote:

alarmingrick wrote:

Recoil wrote:

konst80hummel wrote:Your list is illegal as you only have 1 troop.

Commissar should have Power Weapon not power fist, my bad.

Also, why do i only have 1 troop? I thought the HWS counted as a troop and the infantry did also for a total of 2?

I am probably missing something, can you explain?

The HWS are part of Platoon 1.
If you added a second Platoon, a Vet squad or Penal troops, these would be a second troop choice.

So no matter how many units/types you have under a PCS, the PCS only counts for 1 Troop choice?

Don't take this wrong, but you have an IG Codex right?
If yes, go to page 96. under troops it says "Infantry Platoon".
Everything listed under there that you take is all part of 1 choice. 2-5 means you have to take at least 2.
0-2 for example means you can take up to 2, but you don't have to take that selection if you don't want to.
i didn't want to say "yes". hope that makes it a little clearer.

Yea I've read it a thousand times, I knew they were all grouped together, but i guess i never put 2 & 2 together and considered them as only one troop choice.

Baaahh....


Thanks for the clarification. lol