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Like most BA players i am still trying to find my place in 6th. What are your guys thoughts on this list

Librarian - JP - Divination

2x Sang. Priest - Infernus Pistol, JP, PW

Sanguinary Guard - Chapter Banner

Assault Squad - 10x - 2x Meltagun, Sgt w/ PW, Melta bombs
Assault Squad - 10x - Meltagun, plasmagun, Sgt w/ PW, Melta bombs
Tactical squad - 10x - Flamer, Missile Launcher, Sgt w/ PW, Melta bombs, Drop Pod
2x Predator - Autocannon, Lascannon, Searchlight
Devastator Squad, 10x - 2 Missile Launchers, 2 Plasma Cannons

Strategy - Deploy heavies along my edge, focus as much firepower to a general area. Clear room for sanguianary guard to move up sort of midfield and let Assault squads move along the side mostly cleared. Tacticals will drop pod in vulnerable area to claim/contest objectives. I am a little worried about only having 3 scoring units in a 1750 game but i feel that i really need the heavy firepower and i need the sang guard to have a threatening visual on the field. Also not sure on the infernus pistols on the priests.

What do you guys think?

This looks very similar to lists I field. Comments:

1) JP LIbby with divination has saved me so many times now. Forget the BA book powers. Get divination.

2) Sanguinary guard > DC. I know its debatable, but I like this choice.

3) Troops choices look solid. I like to get razorbacks for my tac marines and then combat squad out the heavy weapon, but this is good too.

4) Auto/las predators that are fast: good

5) Devastator squad: This is my only contention. Consider using MM attack bikes instead. MM is a better heavy for what BA need than this load out. We need to be able to pop AV 13 and AV 14 to avoid being assaulted by terminators from LR and silencing enemy guns. You can grant attack bikes FNP which is dirty to say the least.

6) Infernus pistols on the priests is kind of a detail. You can lose them to help pay for the more useful MM on attack bikes, though.

I think you have plenty of scoring at the 1750 level. The only thing that really jumps out to me is lack of anti-air. But the BA are having a really hard time in the new meta of 6th edition. We need more bodies in assault to be able to fight like we used to, and there just isn't room with the rise of flyers.

I understand what you are say about the attack backs. Infact a few of those and maybe a priest running with it would be cool. I don't have anything close to represnting them now but i plan i getting 3 of them.

In leiu of not having the assault bikes i think having one dev combat squad of plasmas on one sode of the table and the ML on another will really force my about to figure WTH should i try to take out. Also the meta in my area have some AV13 but not much and I have never seen a landraider besides mine which i never use.

Anyone have anything else?