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Ok this list is attempting to emulate what imperial guard armies do in that it deploys in a corner and stays there all game.

HQ
Overlord w Warscythe and Barge - 180
Overlord w Warscythe and Barge - 180

Royal Courts
5x Destruction crypteks, 2 pulses - 215

Troops
Warriors x5 - 65
Ghost arc - 115
Warriors x5 - 65
Ghost arc - 115
Warriors x5 - 65
Ghost arc - 115
Warriors x5 - 65
Ghost arc - 115
Warriors x5 - 65
Ghost arc - 115

HS
DoomsDay Arc - 175
DoomsDay Arc - 175
DoomsDay Arc - 175

So the Doomsday`s deploy in a corner wrapped around by the ghost arcs with a warrior squad in each. Each cryptek joins a separate warrior squad to give me 5 str8 shots. The pulses can activate when my opponent has something that can possible do damage to the Doomsday`s, and in that turn the 3 str9 blasts can take it out.

Not sure how effective this could be so that`s why I a posting here to see what you guys say. One thing I know for sure is that this would cost a lot of money to buy though lol.

Wow 10 AV 13 Vehicles.

I think this is one of the better 3 Doomsday Ark builds I"ve seen, as you have more then enough GA's to provide cover for them.

My one suggestion would be to drop to 4 troop selections and beef up each one a bit. 4 GA's cna still build an impressive wall around your GA's, and if you had say 9 warriors and a cryptek in each GA each unit would have a good chance of surviving even if its transport gets popped.

For instance if one goes down and takes some casualties, the other three can build it back up. With just 5 warriors you stand a good chance of having each squad wiped before RP can kick in.

I concur.

The 5 man squads get wiped out without RP taking effect, dropping one and redistributing with get you the desired result.

Squad of 4 Assault Marines with priest (all that will be left after DoA) vs 5 warriors (DoA and similar lists look to be a worst case scenario for this list)

12 attacks a S5 and WS4 ~ 2 kills
Sarge with PF 3 attacks at S9 WS4 ~ 1.25
Priest with PW 4 attacks at S5 WS4 ~ 1.33
That means you will get swept, after killing ~ .0833 marines.
On the other hand, if you bump up to 8 warriors plus the tek, you kill ~ .25 where they kill the 4, and, if you lucky, get LD7 and pass, your protocols then save ~1 guy. With 6 guys you can easily survive for another round of combat (FC is gone), until your lord can back you up.

This situation should happen twice in a game vs. a DoA list, and you may lose one of your DoomAs against an optimized DoA list.

A solution to this still fairly grim prognosis would be to take a Stalker, as they can flamer a squad to get TL on the DA, then offer some CC support.