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ok so i'm playing 1850

heres what I have so far

HQ- 230-Dante

Trp 1 - 230 - Sang Guard w/chapter banner

Trp 2 -350 - Lemartes & 4 DC w/JP & PW

Trp 3 - 10x As Sqd w/2 flamers & 1 PW (combat squaded)

FA -190 - 2 Baal Pred w/side HB

HS- 270 - 2 Pred w/side LC





This leaves me370 points. I'm thinking either fury dreads with wings and another random power. OR. 5 sternguard w/san preist and Libby in a drop pod. the libby with DIV powers.

Food for thought. These are not written in stone, I am open to all suggestions. What am I missing

OH WE HAVE A NO FLYER RULE AT THE HOUSE SO NO FLYERS TO WORRY ABOUT.

personally i would like more troops. Maybe another 10 man assault squad with 2 meltas and power axe. Or maybe a 10 man tactical squad in a drop pod with missile launcher. Even a 5 man scout with snipes and camo cloaks. I would like to make sure that i have enough troops to move quickly for line breaker and to be able to hold multiple objectives. Right now just you sang guard and one 10 man can hold. Also a priest that stays within 6 inches of 2 squads is pretty help full.

I would suggest another assault squad, maybe dropping the DC and putting an Assault squad in their place. For 235 per squad you get 2 meltas and a PF. You would still have 250 points left for a 5man sternguard unit, and you would have way more scoring units and bodies on the board, which is important with the firepower you'll see at 1850.

You need more scoring presence. DC are such a trap for BA players. Think of them as an elite that takes up a troop slot, not an actual troop choice. I honestly don't use them any more than I did in 5th when they totally sucked. The best way I can see to use DC is put like 10-15 in a land raider and use them as a death star unit. But this is a 500 pt investment, so I can't see even considering this below 2.5K. Just my 2 cents on that.

I think you need a lot more anti-tank. Two auto/las are a nice start, but you need melta for the land raiders of the world. You *will* see land raiders, prepare for it. Especially with a no flyers rule.

For shame! You don't have a single sanguinary priest! Get the FNP and Furious Charge goodness going!

For lulz, do the math on how hard FNP attack bikes are to kill. I have painted myself up a sanguinary biker just to provide such support for attack bikes and regular bikers. I strongly suggest FNP multi melta attack bikes for every BA list. Did I mention they can also put a hurt on non-vehicles out to 24", which is quite nice.

I like your armor saturation, with four AV 13 hulls on the map. You could build on this and get a cheap 5 man assault team with a meltagun and inferno pistol and buy them a cheap las/plas razor. Even with hull points, lots of tanks is still good because your opponent has limited anti-tank resources. (Unless they are necrons, but even then, you are making them roll more 6's)