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Hey guys I'm a long time ork player but I've always liked the idea of a salamanders army. now that 6th is out and nothing has been nurfed to the ground i think it may be time to start. any way here's the list I've come up with tell me what you think.

Salamander 1500pt army list

HQ:
Forgefather Vulkan He'stan - 190pt

Troop:
Tactical Squad - 225pt
5 Additional Marines
Flamer
Multi-Melta
Power Weapon
Rhino
Dozer Blade

Tactical Squad - 225pt
5 additional Marines
Flamer
Multi-Melta
Power Weapon
Rhino
Dozer Blade

Scout Squad - 170pt
5 Additional Scouts
Camo Cloaks
Sniper Rifles

Elite:
Rerminator Assault Squad – 450pt
5 Thunder Hammers and Storm Shields
Land Raider Redeemer
Multi-Melta

Heavy:
Vindicator – 120pt
Dozer Blade

Vindicator – 120pt
Dozer Blade

Total - 1500pt

From my limited experience with 6th ed, Landraiders are really easy to kill now. 3 glances and gone. I know this takes your terminators out now but think about 2 5 man sternguard in razorbacks. Vulkan can go with one of them and arm them with combi-meltas and they really shine. Especially when combined with the two vindicators rushing the opponent. It becomes a pick-your-poison kind of thing. The other is to think about 1 or 2 landspeeders with heavy flamer and multi-melta.

From experience, I found that the multi-meltas in the tacticals rarely got their shots... Think about giving the sergeant a combi-melta instead. But try it with the multi-meltas a few times and find out.

Another option in drop podding in sternguard or dreadnoughts with multi-meltas. They will die but they can disrupt the enemy.

I am unsure about the points in the snipers. A suggestion would be a 5-man with a sergeant with combi-melta and powerfist then add a landspeeder storm with a heavy flamer or multi-melta. This can be a great alpha strike if you go first or a potential outflanker if you are going second.

4 glances to kill a land raider it has 4 hull points.

LR's can take 4 glances, they are still pretty tough to kill but they did get weakened.

Id recommend a squad of sternguard with melta, preferably 10, in a drop pod. Combat squad them out of the pod and pop two high value targets turn one.

Vulkan is now a tricky list to build.
So you want to spam meltas and flamers to get everything from him.
You want something to take out flyers, I think attack bikes may be good for this.
You also want some longrange shooting threat, this isn't really going to be melta.

Vindicators are probably not the best unit, as within 24'' you can just MM and heavy flamers to deal with the enemy close.

I think with your list I would bring in three rhinos to cover the land raider, then probably 2 preds to give covering fire. You have a lot of points in the raider+termy combo but if it works everything will be fine.

This is basically my 1000 pt list, just minus the termies, 2nd rhino, and vindicators and add 3 converted bikers (on Cold Ones) and a stormtalon with skyhammers...


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Plus a predator with autocannon with heavy bolters and storm bolter


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