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Disclaimer: I'm not a Raven Guard player.

That said, at a fair point cost this guy could be a great combo with Shrike, making assault-squads troop choice and giving hit-and-run to the squad he joins (add Shrike for some awesome-sauce jump squad).

I could imagine a really fluffy Raven Guard army:

Dual-FOC

HEADQUARTERS:

Shrike
Korvydae
Chaplain, jump-pack, melta-bombs

FAST-ATTACK:

Vanguard Vets (x5), srgt with power-axe and melta-bombs
Stormtalon, CML
Stormtalon, CML

TROOPS:

Scouts (x5), combi-flamer, bolters, HB, cloaks (at least 1 scout squad required for Korvydae rules)
Scouts (x5), sniper rifles, ML
Assault Squad (x10), 2x flamers, power sword, melta bombs, combat-shield
Assault Squad (x10), 3x plasma pistol, power sword, melta bombs, combat-shield

HEAVY SUPPORT:

Stormraven, TLLC, TLMM
Stormraven, TLLC, TLMM

This is exactly 2000pts; I imagine that once the new codex comes out it will be a bit less (specially vanguard vets), you can then throw some upgrades in there. With the new rules (to be confirmed obviously), you'll have an army that can scout move, stays extremely mobile and a mini-deathstar that gets: stealth, hit-and-run, zealot, "double-jumpack moves", re-roll hammer of wrath wounds, and weapons to kill just about anything.
You still get decent fire support from the flyers too.

What do you guys think for a fluffy Ravenguard army?


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I realized afterwards that I did not include the jumpack upgrades for the vanguards, but I would imagine that the overall point reduction would pay for that cost.

What do people think about this overall Ravenguard setup? It seems pretty fluffy to me and still packs a good punch. Any fundamental flaw?

I have a friend who runs a very similar list and hasn't won a game in nearly two years, probably more a commentary on him than the list though.

Personally, I don't think any army needs four flyers, especially two Stormravens which I think are pretty damn over costed. if nothing's going in them then you're better served spending those 400 points on more dudes.

If you want two squads of Assault Marines as troops you may as well just ally in Blood Angels and bring a Priest for the FNP and drop the chaplain for a divination librarian, who, with prescience. will do what the chaplain does but in every round of assault, not just the first.

I also think there's too few Vanguard vets, with five they only need to take two or three wounds before their killing power is neutered significantly.

For the scouts, load them all up on sniper rifles+cloaks if you don't have anything deep striking I don't see a reason to have them further up field slinging bolters unless Korvydae's rules say you must. There's a lot of eggs in your HQ basket, so to speak, I'd try and lose one if you're not heading down the allies route.

On the subject of Shrike and his infiltrate, I find this could either make or break his squad. If you deploy too aggressively you present him and his squad as the obvious target and they probably won't survive the first volley of shots and remain combat effective. Play it smart and it could be handy.