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CCS
x2 plasma
Lascannon
Chimera
155pts

Vet team
X3 melta
Melta bombs
Chimera
160pts

Vet team
X3 melta
Chimera
155pts

Vet team
X3 melta
Chimera
Lascannon
175pts

Vet team
X2 melta
Lascannon
Chimera
165pts

Vendetta
130pts

Vendetta
130pts

Vendetta
130pts

Russ
150pts

Russ
150pts

Thoughts? I'd be very interested in what people think

It looks OK. A few things:

Normal Russes blow. You're ALWAYS better off with Manticores, especially since Aegishammer is a relatively popular way to play. They also do fairly well against Serpent Spam since they're only AP4, they usually only strip hull points anyway. With the Serpent Shield it doesn't really matter. They also rarely miss Serpents since they're so damn big, and if you do, you'll probably hit another. They also completely obliterate War Walkers.

You probably want a PIS. Throw PCSs and Infantry Squads into Vendettas if you need the mobility (which you do), and if you're facing Invisibility Hounds, or something like that, throw a few IS out front to take that T2 charge.


IMO, swap the Russes for Manticores, throw an Astropath on your CCS, then drop some of the fluff (i.e., Lascannons) and a single Veteran squad for a PIS with 3 squads and a PCS, possibly with flamers.

On the platoon infantry squads should I give them any weapons? And the reason I took the russes is for the AV 14, do you think the list would suffer without the heavy armour?

Mass_Master wrote:
On the platoon infantry squads should I give them any weapons? And the reason I took the russes is for the AV 14, do you think the list would suffer without the heavy armour?

I usually run the Infantry Squads naked. They're there to sit on objectives or die as a meat shield.

Some Russes can work OK, just not vanilla Russes. At 1,500 I always run 2 Manticores. You might be able to get by with 1 and a Russ. Check out Punishers and Executioners, both with bolter sponsons. They're pretty good. I also like the Exterminator but the internet tells me it's awful.

I will certainly take that in consideration, i did want to take a manticore but didn't want to swap a vendetta out for it, but swapping the russes seems sound. I will post an appended list when i'm sitting with my codex next (an hour or two from now)

Thanks for replying, mostly i find my posts go unnoticed

Mass_Master wrote:
I will certainly take that in consideration, i did want to take a manticore but didn't want to sway a vendetta out for it, but swapping the russes seems sound. I will post an appended list when i'm sitting with my codex next (an hour or two from now)

Thanks for replying, mostly i find my posts go unnoticed

No problem man, good luck!

Very nice list, you will have to let us know how it plays, and what strategies you use with it!

On some of the vet squads you have some melta bomb action going on, which is cool. Though I would make the (not always well receive) recommendation of giving them the demolitions doctrine.

I say this for two reasons:
1. It gives the whole squad melta bombs... making them tank hunters in their own right
2. It gives one of them a demo charge which comes in quite handy when trying to kill TEQ models... especially those with multiple wounds. The only problem with the demo charge is that it does have a chance to scatter back on your own squad... So if you are fine with high risk/high reward it is a sound option.