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I found Speeders with double bolters to be very good. As I currently use no other Fast Attack, I take 3 singles. They are very flexible and hard to kill if used right.

I always have problems finding a good firing place for Long Fangs, let alone 3. So I prefer to take just 1 squad and a Bastion. A Diviniation Runepriest (with Chooser) mans the Icarus and add a Cylone if possible. A small GH squad goes inside the Bastion to a) man the bolters b) protect the Fangs from assault and c) grab a nearby objective in the last turn.

I tend to take a Vindi and a dakka pred as the other support choices. The vindi often does not much more than drawing a lot of fire and influencing the opponents deployment/movement in turn 1, but that's already worth the 115 points in my book. If I can land a solid hit on something expensive it's just the icing on the cake. The Pred if used cautiously survives most games and is cheaper and more mobile than Fangs.

So far I only own 1 Drop Pod, but I plan to get 2 more to be able to drop termis and a GH squad on Turn 1 to support each other. All GHs not in Pods (or the bastion) tend to get a Rhino for mobility and protection.

I would take one squad with double flamer in a Pod. Good for taking over your opponents aegis quadgun

I currently use:

Wolf Lord, TDA, Hammer, combi-plasma
TDA, melta, chainfist,
TDA melta,sword
TDA, plasma, sword
TDA flamer, fist.

I had actually build them for the 3rd ed codex and I didn't want to change them. They are still the old metal ones, not easy to get replacement parts

I think everyone should have a combi-weapon as all they can do is shoot the turn they drop pod. IMHO the shield is too expensive as I tend to lose them more to failed 2+ than to failed 5++ but YMMV

I prefer the Icarus over the quadgun. A Divination Priest with Chooser hits on a re-rollable 2+ with a very good change of doing significant damage. The quadgun often dooes nor more than a single glance vs. av12 flyers. In addition, the icarus also helps vs. Av13/14 tanks against those we usualy have to rely on melters,