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I asked a local SW player for a pickup game Tuesday and asked what points he wanted to play, and he said 2500! No Ard Boyz this year, but he misses it. So I through together the following with the models I had.

Mephiston - 250
Reclusiarch w/Meltabombs - 135

Sang Priest with Lightning Claw - 65
Furioso with Blood Talons, Searchlight- 126

9 Death Company, Thunder Hammer & Power Fist - 235
8 Assault Marines with meltagun, Power Fist - 189
Land Raider Redeemer with Extra Armor, Multimelta, Searchlight - 231
5 Assault Marines, melta, power weapon - 125
Land Raider with multimelta, searchlight- 226
5 Assault marines, melta - 110
Razorback w/las&plas turret, dozer- 60
5 Assault marines, melta - 110
Razorback w/las&plas turret, dozer- 60

Stormraven w/assault cannon, multimelta, extra armor, locator beacon, searchlight - 231
Stormraven w/assault cannon, multimelta, extra armor, locator beacon, searchlight - 231
Dread w/multimelta, heavy flamer, searchlight- 116

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Now obviously it could be refined a bit. The razorback squads could potentially be converted to more assaulty elements- more bodies in the land raiders, for example. The Reclusiarch probably isn't necessary with a big squad of DC, though the re-rolls really make them a wrecking crew. The regular Dread could easily be made into another Furioso. The SR with the Furioso probably doesn't need a locator beacon, though it's a very fun option in combination with a shooty dread.

How would you change it? And why?

Well, the transport capabilities of an LR pattern tank are wasted if mediocre AM are transported.

So you wouldn't put AMs in the LRs at all? What would you cut and add, then?

I could see dropping the bigger unit of AMs in favor of assault terminators, say, but that would cost 66 more points for the unit I favor (220 for 4x TH).

IME the assault marines are actually pretty darn good when kept in priest range. My bigger unit wound up in combat with a squad of 10GH with Arjac, and killed a decent number of them. I had made a placement error the round I charged (after Arjac Immobilized the LR) and lost two rounds of FNP coverage, as well as FA on the charge). Despite that, they killed several GH. I think if I had kept the priest in range, they might have killed enough to allow Mephiston to finish off Arjac rather than the other way around, when they finally faced off.

I always recommend all jump marines for a sr army. They can ds where you need them, alpha striking and blowing up transports for your ravens cargo to nomnom.