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I am thinking of branching out from my IG to BA. I love mech stuff (even though it costs a bunch more to do mech). Please let me know what you think of it. I wanted to add a liby with Sanguine Shield to help protect the Razorbacks bit i also like Mephy... If you can come up with a good way to get the extra points back from what I post and still have it be viable, please let me know.

HQ 1: (250)
Mephiston

Troop 1,2,3: (165x3) = 495
Assault Marines (5)
Melta gun
Razorback (las/plas)

Troop 4&5: (170x2) = 340
Assault Marines (5)
Flamer
Hand Flamer
Razorback (TL assault cannon)

Elite 1: (240)
Sternguard (5)
combi-melta (5)
Razorback (las/plas)

Elite 2: (175)
Furioso Dread
Magna-Grapple
Drop Pod

Fast 1&2: (115x2) = 230
Baal Predator
Flamestorm

Heavy 1&2: (135x2) = 270
Predator (AC)
Lascannon Sponsons

If my calculator is right, that should be 2000 on the nose.

So I have the following important stuff:
5 scoring assault marine squads
6 razorbacks (4 las/plas and 2 assault cannon)
4 predators (2 flamestorm and 2 autocannon/las sponsons)
1 Furioso with grapple

Main idea is that you scout the flamestorm baals behind cover or buildings then T1 drop the furioso in his backfield, move the razorbacks and pop transports same with AC/LC predators. Then you flamestorm/sternguard special ammo the contents of transports. After that, use the multiple flamer templates to cause massive number of wound rolls on anything you can hit. Keep moving those baal preds 12" and nuking to keep assaults missing, the Furioso is there to stop deathstars for a couple turns or to rip stuff apart while your main force advances. Mephy hides behind a razor back until he is in range to jump/fleet/assault something fun.

Hand flamers are not good. You can drop them, one bolt pistol shot isn't that worse.

Flamestorm cannons requires you getting a tank really close and in a good position. I would go for the guns.

Sternguard is a waste in a razorback. You most likely not get them to shoot their expensive guns that often.

If you dropped the dread and sternguard you could get a razorback assault squad and one of each pred

I'd swap sternguard for stormraven with lascanons and typhoon.
The razorbacks are enough of a threat that the empty raven might get ignored. 1 S9 twin linked, 4 S8 AP1 and 2 S8 AP3 does a decent alpha strike; and it can transport meph or the dread if need be.

-Matt

I run a pretty similar list. Most of what you have here is ok, but I wouldn't pod the Furioso and I would cut the Sternguard. It would also be nice to get a third Predator on the table, which you could obviously do if you lost the Sternguard. You'd have enough to take a standard Librarian too.

Ok so I rearranged some stuff. Took out the sternguard and a Baal Pred. Added a stormraven, turned a squad of assaults into small death co w/ 2 PW to ride in said stormraven, and added death co dread with talons again to said stormraven (just sounds like murderous fun). Upon looking at this list I realize that I have no template weapons and a lack of "volume of fire" units to kill gaunt swarms/massive boy squad/powerblob IG and blow stuff out of cover if needed. I mean, I have mephy to assault stuff in cover and the death co can all handle themselves admirably so I guess unleashing the death co dread into a powerblob would be entertaining It should also be noted that if I go with this list, I am going to paint and mod that stormraven to look like a reaver ship from firefly complete with bodies strapped to the hull.

HQ 1: (250)
Mephiston

HQ 2: (110)
Librarian (shield, lance)
Combi-melta

Troop 1,2,3: (165x3) = 495
Assault Marines (5)
Melta gun
Razorback (las/plas)

Troop 4: (165)
Assault Marines (5)
Melta gun
Razorback (TL assault cannon)

Troop 5: (130)
Death Co. (5)
2 PW

Troop 6: (125)
Death Co. Dread
Blood Talons (munch munch munch)

Elite 2: (175)
Furioso Dread
Magna-Grapple
Drop Pod

Fast 1: (115)
Baal Predator
TL Assault Cannon

Heavy 1&2: (135x2) = 270
Predator (AC)
Lascannon Sponsons

Heavy 3: (200)
Stormraven
TL multi-melta
TL lascannon