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At the moment I have a captain (using the drago model cos its beautiful), power fist chaplain, 5 sniper scouts, mortis contemptor, land raider, typhoon land speeder which has me at around 1000 points so what should go into the list for 2k, I have precious little experience playing with or against C;SM in 6th

You have 1 5-man troop choice. Couple of tac squads for starters.

I have three tactical squads on sprue but as i don't know what gear to give them i'm waiting before building them

From what I have learned about power armour in 6th your better off having numbers then specialised weapons in squads

3Tac sqauds will net you another 510 points with Flamer, chainsword and the option of the ML,MM, or HB.

Though in 6e I am beginning to just on the Sarge instead of Chainsword + pistol to go chainsword+boltgun do to the changes in rapid fire and the sad truth that tac marines are not great in melee.

Probably need a squad of Assault termies for those things you just have to smash. I would recommend a mix of claws and hammers. That will eat another 200-400 points.

Last 80 or so points you can get Quad gun defense line, Whirlwind, or a dakka Predator. I have seen all 3 work.

Actually, against most other codices *troop* choices, tactical marines are fine. Notice the most.

At 2K, though, I would certainly recommend three troops. You can combat squad them and leave behind fire teams with bolter/ heavy and put the other three into assault cannon razor backs. I've seen this frequently. The sarge with a combi weapaon and the special ride in the razorback.

Vanilla marines are significantly cheaper than the blood angels I normally play, and I would take advantage of this by bringing as much BS4 dakka as you can. You are going to have to outshoot the Chaos Marines, you don't have much chance in hand to hand outside terminators.

I know you already have two HQ's, but I'd recommend a librarian of some sort just for the flexibility provided. Another 5 scouts would be nice too, so you can get a 10 man squad and combat squad them to either infiltrate or deploy on objectives. Give them capes or tellion and they can go to the ground for a 2+ cover save and keep those objectives locked down.

Vanilla libbies with null zone ftw!