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What do you guys think is the scariest 1000 points of IG ?

Power blobs ? Air cav ? armor rush ?

I think it might be the following;

HQ
Lord Commissar; Camo cloak = 80

Troops

Platoon A
PCS; 3 x flamer = 45
Squad 1; seargent with power weapon, melta bombs = 65
Squad 2; seargent with power weapon, melta bombs = 65
Squad 3; seargent with power weapon, melta bombs = 65

Veterans; 3 x Meltaguns in Vendetta = 230

Heavy Support

Leman Russ Battle Tank; HF = 150
Leman Russ Battle Tank; HF = 150
2 x Hydra = 150

Total = 1000

The lord commissar givces the whole platoon 3+ saves, platoon can hold objectives and kill opponents in CC even walkers. veterans can pop vehicles and monsterous creatures especially with their transport. The hydras can knock down enemy skimmers/walkers and transports. The russes can kill anything lol

And how is the LC giving out 3+ cover saves? Think you are reading the rules a bit different there. He has a camo cloak, therefore, he has a 3+ save when in cover. He is not wearing a como blanket/quilt that covers the entire army.

Plus, this should be in the Army Lists forum.

Pie plates... 'nuff said.

martin74 wrote:And how is the LC giving out 3+ cover saves? Think you are reading the rules a bit different there. He has a camo cloak, therefore, he has a 3+ save when in cover. He is not wearing a como blanket/quilt that covers the entire army.

Plus, this should be in the Army Lists forum.

the camo-cloak gives stealth to the LC and if he joins a unit the whole unit gains stealth while the LC is attached to them

Also, the odds of IG pulling off those feats in cc before being squashed are slim at best.

I would dedicate an army that small to purely shooting.

Well if I had to pick it would be armourd blitzskrieg I recon. At 1k LRBT and Hydras + chimeras is just evil

Lord commisar with camo cloak
marbo
1 squad of vets with chimera
2 squads of penal legionnaires
3 deathstrikes with camo nets.

Exactly 1000 points of death. Put the commisar in the vet squad, depoly the chimera infront of the deathstrikes for even more cover, outflank the penal legionnaires and drop marbo in.

You could also take a primaris psyker and put a meltagun in the vet squad and use nightshroud for all kinds of laughs.

When I want to be a douche, I run this.

CCS: meltasx4, chimera

Marbo

Vets: 3xplasma, chimera
Vets: 3xplasma, chimera

Vendetta
Vendetta

Leman Russ Executioner

yeah this is what im talking about

what are the badass, douch, TFG lists at 1000 points for IG - lets have them out !!!!

At 750 I run

CCS with 4xmelta
Vendetta

Vet with 3xmelta
Vendetta

Vet with 3xplasma
Vendetta

Marbo

To add another 250 points I dunno, but my regular opponents think this is a pretty mean list to run at that level, so I guess its competitive? Its hard to catch, dishes out pain, and can do dick moves like dropping its troops onto an objective while on its way to contesting another (did it once....CCS contested one, Vendetta another. absolutely golden) and things like that.

Camo Cloaks do not give the +1 Cover save to the entire squad.

It doesn't for space marines.

"A model wearing a camo cloak has the stealth special rule"

Any model with the cloak gains Stealth, but, any of the members of the squad without it do not gain the +1 cover save.

juraigamer wrote:Lord commisar with camo cloak
marbo
1 squad of vets with chimera
2 squads of penal legionnaires
3 deathstrikes with camo nets.

Exactly 1000 points of death. Put the commisar in the vet squad, depoly the chimera infront of the deathstrikes for even more cover, outflank the penal legionnaires and drop marbo in.

You could also take a primaris psyker and put a meltagun in the vet squad and use nightshroud for all kinds of laughs.

That is awesome. I'm running that in the next thousand pointer I play. And just for added kicks I might change out the lasguns in the vet squad for laspistol and ccw. However, your list comes in at 1030... so...

Lord Commissar w/ 'pace, PF, MB
Marbo
Vets w/Grenadiers (for 'pace) or Demolitions (for the demo charge and MB's) and Chimera, 3 flamers, shotguns or laspistol/ccw, Sgt has PF.
1x Penal Legionnaires
3 deathstrikes w/hvy flamers and camo cloaks.

Everyone rushes forward, delays the enemy in CC, deathstrikes kill everything (including, or especially, your own men) then move in with the flamers to mop up.

Crazyterran wrote:Camo Cloaks do not give the +1 Cover save to the entire squad.

It doesn't for space marines.

"A model wearing a camo cloak has the stealth special rule"

Any model with the cloak gains Stealth, but, any of the members of the squad without it do not gain the +1 cover save.

The USR says if a character w/ stealth joins a unit the whole unit gains stealth

papathrax wrote:

That is awesome. I'm running that in the next thousand pointer I play. And just for added kicks I might change out the lasguns in the vet squad for laspistol and ccw. However, your list comes in at 1030... so...

I'm glad you like it, but are you sure the points are over? I double checked it on my end again and am pretty sure the points for what I listed are 100%, though I don't play guard maybe I'm missing something.

the scariest here would be blobs.

CCS, lascannon

PCS, lascannon
PIS, power weapon, commissar, power weapon, autocannon, meltagun
PIS, power weapon, autocannon, meltagun
PIS, power weapon, commissar, power weapon, autocannon, meltagun
PIS, power weapon, autocannon, meltagun

PCS, lascannon
PIS, power weapon, commissar, power weapon, autocannon, meltagun
PIS, power weapon, autocannon, meltagun
PIS, power weapon, commissar, power weapon, autocannon, meltagun
PIS, power weapon, autocannon, meltagun

1000 points.

100 models (most with stubborn), 8 autocannons, 8 meltaguns, 25 power weapons. On objectives missions, you've got 7 units (well, up to 11), while on KP games, you're only fielding 5. I'd even take this over the deathstrike list, no sweat. 3x deathstrikes may or may not even get to shoot once all the ranged firepower gets done, and even then, with the eventual 1's that are going to be rolled to wound, this army is still going to have more models and guns on the board.

5 leman russ and 2 veteran sqauds with 3 melta prismas phsyker

juraigamer wrote:

papathrax wrote:

That is awesome. I'm running that in the next thousand pointer I play. And just for added kicks I might change out the lasguns in the vet squad for laspistol and ccw. However, your list comes in at 1030... so...

I'm glad you like it, but are you sure the points are over? I double checked it on my end again and am pretty sure the points for what I listed are 100%, though I don't play guard maybe I'm missing something.

my mistake... not sure what i did. might have taken something on the vets. I don't know. i just click boxes on army builder.

EDIT: I don't care anymore.

Hlaine Larkin mk2 wrote:

Crazyterran wrote:Camo Cloaks do not give the +1 Cover save to the entire squad.

It doesn't for space marines.

"A model wearing a camo cloak has the stealth special rule"

Any model with the cloak gains Stealth, but, any of the members of the squad without it do not gain the +1 cover save.

The USR says if a character w/ stealth joins a unit the whole unit gains stealth

Also, from the main rulebook FAQ:


Q: If only some of the models in a unit have the Stealth special rule, does the whole unit benefit from the +1 cover save? (p76)
A: Yes. In effect the ones with the Stealth special rule ensure their colleagues also find good places to hide.

So as bizarre as it is yes, a single man with a camo cloak can better conceal an entire Infantry platoon.