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Hey all, I've recently gotten back into the hobby after a fifteen year hiatus. My first game night is approaching at my local hobby store. I have no idea who or what I'll be up against so I tried to put together an army list that could handle a variety of different situations. Any and all feedback, criticisms and the like are welcome. I put together this list using Battlescribe so if you notice any errata in the points that I missed feel free to post them. Thank you for the feedback.

HQ
Battlesuit Commander- 189 points
-cyclic ion blaster
-onager gauntlet
-puretide engram chip
-2 shield drones
-twin linked missile pods
-iridium battlesuit

XV8 Bodyguard Team- 94 points
-2 XV8 suits w/ twin linked burst cannons

Elites
XV8 Crisis Team- 196 points
-1 XV8 Shas'vre w/ twin linked plasma rifles, velocity tracker
-2 XV8 Shas'ui w/ twin linked fusion blasters, velocity trackers

Troops
Fire Warrior Team- 260 points
-bonding knife ritual
-2 marker drones
-11 fire warriors w/ pulse rifles
-1 Shas'ui w/ pulse rifle, markerlight and target lock
-Devilfish w/ blacksun filter, burst cannon, two gun drones, point defense targeting relay

Fire Warrior Team- 260 points
-bonding knife ritual
-2 marker drones
-11 fire warriors w/ pulse rifles
-1 Shas'ui w/ pulse rifle, markerlight and target lock
-Devilfish w/ blacksun filter, burst cannon, two gun drones, point defense targeting relay

Fast Attack
Pathfinder Team- 150 points
-bonding knife ritual
-grav inhibitor drone
-pulse accelerator drone
-10 pathfinders w/ carbines, markerlights

Heavy Support
Hammerhead- 162 points
-railgun
-2 seeker missiles
-twin linked smart missile systems
-automated repair systems
-blacksun filter
-disruption pod

XV88 Broadside Team- 186 points
-2 Broadside Shas'ui w/ twin linked high yield missile pods, twin linked smart missile systems, velocity trackers, and a seeker missile each

Total- 1,497 points

If you do nothing else, spend your spare points to get your commander a neuroweb jammer. Thing is a steal for the two chips you spend on it.

Consider dropping your bodyguards down to normal crisis suits. Burst cannons are OK, but generally not great compared to other weapons for the price. Good for crowd control and keeping suits relatively cheap.

You probably don't need to bond your fire warriors. Marker drones are just OK, and giving your 'ui a lock is okay, but not great. You could drop these all for more dakka. Since you are going to be in the fish for a little bit(or maybe outside it?) the markerlights are wasted. You could run them on the ground though, and have the fish kite around....

SPeaking of the fish, grab D-pods to protect them. Smart missiles are worth taking if you can find the points. Point defense target relay is not required, but can work well depending on your opponent. Blacksun filters are worthless on the fish, drop em and try to shoe in another upgrade somewhere.

The pathfinders are a little bloated. You are likely to be using these for markerlights most of the game, so the pulse accel drone is generally wasted(pathfinders get targeted ASAP against anybody who knows how dangerous markerlights are). Ten will also mark a target half to death, consider splitting them into two. The grav drone is good if your expecting assault, but with supporting fire you should be ok, and honestly if anything gets that close your dead anyways.

Give your hammerhead submunition rounds to give the railgun options.

Thanks for the pointers! Greatly appreciated. Quick question though regarding the Hammerhead submunition rounds. Am I able to take the submunition rounds and choose to fire them or the solid shot rail gun, or if I take the submunition rounds am I restricted to using them only?

If you take the subs you can choose which one to use. It adds the option, otherwise nobody would ever take them!

I only ask because I equipped the rail gun on the HH specifically for anti armour tasks. Again, thank you for the detailed feedback. I will post an adjusted list soon. Any other opinions out there?


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 Dr. Serling wrote:
If you take the subs you can choose which one to use. It adds the option, otherwise nobody would ever take them!

Well put. 'Nuff said. Cheers.