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Are IG better off with more diversity, or just taking a crapload of what works best?
In the Autocannon vs Lascannon thread, I had trouble building a list that gained anything of value from the points saved on throwing some Autocannons.

From the Spam Standpoint, I was thinking of something like:
CCS, Master of the Fleet
2x5 storm troopers with 2x meltaguns each
4x PCS, Lascannon
8x PIS, Lascannon and meltagun
3x Vendetta
3x Manticore

I know the manticores won't last long, but they won't need to. Is more diversity better, or would that cut into the effective firepower too much?

-Matt

Spam.

Take the best killing power you can, and put it on the fewest different types of carriers you can get away with.

An opponent coming up against 40 infantry, 3 AV12 vehicles, 1 AV14 vehicles and a fliers is going to be able to easily focus their attention on what the most dangerous thing is and neutralize it. An army that consists of 95 infantry models and 5 pieces of AV14 is going to be much more difficult to shut down.

Redundancy. Saturation. Spam.

Why would you take so many PCS's? They're so fragile. More PIS's.

And you don't want a MoTF; you want an Astropath.

Both. To an extent. Guard are all about redundancy; our troops are squishy, so treat them as such. Take a squad and give it a mission, then assume that it will die halfway towards completing its mission, and always make sure you have another one to finish the job. Dont get too specialised though. Having a list designed to kill tanks in a wave of melta fire will get eaten alive by a proper horde for example; so make sure you have the tools for the job.

Im currently running a 1500 mech list, with 3 plasma delivery units, 2 melta, 2 vendettas and a fireball platoon. My list has the capacity to take on damn near anything, and the extremes can be dealt with through careful planning and proper focus.

Spam whats good as much as you need to get the job done, and done consistently, just dont go overboard. If you get a middle ground unit, like say a manticore, plasma vets or a medusa, then make sure that you are taking slightly more of them than your specialist units like melta vets, vanquishers or hellhounds.