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Hi, I've been trying to come up with a new 2000 point list that won't get blow out of the water at tournaments but isn't so hard that people
won't have a fun time playing against it. So all in all I'm wondering if its even possible to run a hybrid type list that can play close games in tournaments and still be fun to play and play against. Any advice?


CCS with 4 plasma guns, officer of fleet, power fist all In a chimera

Marbo

PCS w/ 4x grenade launchers
IS w/ flamer and auto cannon
IS w/ flamer and auto cannon
IS w/ flamer and auto cannon
IS w/ flamer and auto cannon
-commissar

Veterans w/ 3 plasma guns in chimera
Veterans w/ 3 plasma guns in a chimera
Veterans w/ 3 melts guns
Veterans w/ 3 melts guns

Vendetta
Vendetta
Vendetta

Hydra

Now this leaves me with 345 points left and I was thinking of adding some combination of LRBT an manticores, but I'm not really sure if those would work with the list. My other plans were to blob the 40 guard while putting the melta vets into two of the vendettas.

So does anyone have any ideas on how to finish it or any ideas on how to improve it?
Any ideas would be great

Thanks

Pretty good. People would probably say drop the grenade launchers on your PCS. Do blob the guardsmen, maybe add a commisar for stubborn ld 9.

I think other than the fact that I would suggest switching the melta vets with the plasma (so they are in the Chimeras), it is a good list. Though, do you have a specific reason for not having melta vets in chimeras?

You can of an Aegis defence line with quad gun, I know, so many people (including myself) are going to get one, get rid of the hydra and free up some space for more heavy support?

The manticore is risky, but can pay off huge dividends, though it also forces you to play defensiveily somewhat. (don't want to have all those pie plates scattering into your own men!)

Though you can go with a completely ridiculous list and hope that people don't know what to make of it and they get confused!

So I'll definitely drop the hydra for the aegis defense line and the quad gun. As for the melta vets in chimeras I kind of liked the idea of having 10 plasma guns in mobile vehicles to defend against any multi wound or power squads coming towards my blob. Also do you recommend having two blobs of twenty or one 40 man blob? As for the remaining points should I try for 2 LRBT or 2 manticores or a mix between the two?

I personally like a 40 man. Also I think that you could put the melta vets in a vendetta as a late scoring unit.

I would drop the hydra and add the a line. You can go to ground for a 2+ cover save behind it and then use the order to stand up and shoot at full force!

Plus having the quad gun there is just better than the hydra.

I think you should use the colossus (or which ever is ap3 with no cover saves). Its very good this edition. I am also a fan of medusas as the AP1 S10 that doesnt require the hole of the template over the vehicle like in 5th is insane now.

List seems fine. I would drop the grenage launchers though and squeeze plasmas for sure. being s7 with you auto cannons helps them to target the same things makeing them more useful than grenade launchers when you target a transport for instance.