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I've come up with a list to get me to one thousand points. I don't really know what to do though. Should I run:

HQ
Librarian (100pts)

Elites
Ironclad Dreadnought (135pts)
Dreadnought Close Combat Weapon
Storm Bolter
Seismic Hammer
Meltagun

Sternguard Veteran Squad (175pts)
Razorback Heavy Bolter
Heavy Flamer

Troops
Tactical Squad (175pts)
Razorback TL Assault Cannons
Combi-Plasma

Tactical Squad (175pts)
Razorback TL Assault Cannons
Combi-Plasma

Heavy Support
Predator (120pts)
Autocannon & 2 Lascannons
Predator (120pts)
Autocannon & 2 Lascannons

1000

What do you guys think? I could drop the Sternguard for a 3rd Combat squad + rhino, or a missile launcher Dev. squad with a razorback. Please tell me if there is any glaring weakness in this list, I just started playing space marines more frequently so I'm still getting used to them.

I'd drop the sternguard and take some extra heavy support, but i'd either take another predator OR 2 dev squads, ive always learned to do things in duplicate

Dashyl wrote:I'd drop the sternguard and take some extra heavy support, but i'd either take another predator OR 2 dev squads, ive always learned to do things in duplicate

Should I take the same loadout for the predator if I take a third?, or should I go a AC + HBs, I already have 4 Lascannons shots, 4 AC shots, and 8 TLAC shots. Or is 1000 points bristling with lascannons good? I was just thinking I needed a litlle extra oomph in taking out hordes. so 4 MLs could fit the bill. although in all honesty a swarm army would trample me anyways

Your list will work by not giving any soft targets. So that is the dev. squad off the table.

Sternguard are a waste as they will not shooting their expensive guns in your list. They would go well in your rhino but then that will not fit you list.

Your list would be better in BA or even SW.

Razorbackspam for vanilla marines uses 10 man squads and then the extra options in the codex to support this approach.

MFletch wrote:Your list will work by not giving any soft targets. So that is the dev. squad off the table.

Sternguard are a waste as they will not shooting their expensive guns in your list. They would go well in your rhino but then that will not fit you list.

Your list would be better in BA or even SW.

Razorbackspam for vanilla marines uses 10 man squads and then the extra options in the codex to support this approach.

Yeah, I play Red Scorpions, It might be difficult to justify my mutation hating marines, as one of the most mutated loyalist marines

I wasn't intending for razor spam, its just that a razorback with combi-plas is still 30 points cheaper than a basic 10 man i a rhino, and at 1000 points I need all the extra points I can get.

i'd take another autocannon predator with lascannon sponsons, its not common to see av 14 in 1000 pt games, but being the butthole whos done it before trust me its nice to have lascannons when you dont need them.

P.S. on a more personal note i took 2 landraiders in a 1000pt game

RunningWithScissors wrote:Yeah, I play Red Scorpions, It might be difficult to justify my mutation hating marines, as one of the most mutated loyalist marines

I wasn't intending for razor spam, its just that a razorback with combi-plas is still 30 points cheaper than a basic 10 man i a rhino, and at 1000 points I need all the extra points I can get.

This is the reason why you should not fight 1000 pts. Vanilla suffer as the troops is hard to fit in.

I reckon 3 rhinos, 2 tac. squad and one stern guard would fit and be a nice start a list if you wanted to go in that direction.