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So this coming Saturday I have a tourney where the most common meta is , Marines , necrons, eldar and a single nid player , note ahead of time , I lack the 3rd plasma on vets because of lack of models , anyway tell me what you think


HQ-210
CCS
x3 Plasma guns
Astropath
Master of Ordance

-Chimera

Troops

Vet squad -185 ( 4 squads )
x2 plasma guns
Carapace (4+ save )

Elite - 65
Guardsmen Marbo

Fast attack -

Vendetta -130
Vendetta - 130
Vulture - 155
Twin linked punishers

Heavy support -

Leman Russ Vanquisher -210
Plasma sponsons
Hull las cannon

Leman Russ
Vanquisher -210
Plasma sponsons
Hull las cannon

Medusa -135


Thanks ahead of time !

look pretty solid, just a few things:

remove maybe one squad of vet, add an infantry platoon of 20-30 men, put them in front of your tanks and arties to serve as meatshield, otherwise any droppod or DS meltas can take your tanks out in one turn.

swap the vanquisher into something else, two executionners or two battle tanks, or maybe a manticore + something else. you already have vendettas as solid anti-armor role, plus vanquisher itself is quite.. not useful in the original IG codex.

but if you insist in using it, since you are already using forgeworld vulture why don`t you use the forgeworld vanquisher too, which can upgrade co-axial stubbers?

last, swap medusa to colossus, with all the camping these days medusa won`t do too much damages

Ill see if I can scrape up enough guardsmen to from a platoon , and one of the primary reasons for the Vanquisher(s) are the necron fellow likes 3-4 monoliths , but I will certainly look into the FW ones , my main concern is that the Colossus can not direct fire and I'm trying to synergize my AP 2 across the board , I'm not to familiar with that stats on it though that's the S8 AP3 no cover monster isn't it ? If so its about the same cost as a medusa yes ?

well.. if your opponent has managed to get nasty things that require your colossus` firepower within 24' of your table side edge, you`ve always got plasmavets and tanks to deal them.

PS: If they are already died prior to this, you are probably screwed anyway, so... :/

Colossus is 24'-240` S6 AP3 ignore cover, so a dedicate camping MEQ killer, with S6 you`ll be able to insta-kill any T3 character also.

I'd actually advise sticking with the decked out Vanquisher, they are possibly the best overall russ out there now, one of the few things able to fairly reliably hurt AV14 at range and put wounds on MCs. The plasma cannons really out the hurt on DS units and butcher MEQ/TEQ.

I might actually consider the Colussus as most of my plasma fire power is actually on my veteran squads ... However the medusa does not have a minumal range and will insta gib bikers and nurgle marines .... However I am concerned with cover saves due to night fighting ect.

Well then .. That's all ? Thought there were more guard guys

Bikes have cover save after moving, so medusa isn't gonna do much

So I think ill toss the Colussus in as with the medusa I'm at 135 points and 1995 so I can increase to the Colussus well I think , now what I'm concerned with is how a lot of my army depends on reserves , granted yes I have. 2+ roll for reserves but those 1's show up more often then I like , do you think the Colussus will cause enough damage to be worth while ?

If your worried about bikes or anything that has good cover like the annoying camo scouts dug in on an objective then you will want the colossus. It ignores cover so bikes won't have a save as its ap 3 as well so unless they have an invulnerable save the colossus should make your opponent spread out like crazy if hes a smart and a good player.

So a Colussus it is , and I guess the mind set I should have is if the enemy reaches that 24' dead zone the Colussus is as good as dead anyway .? A lot of small arms sits in my 24' bracket ( lasguns - don't under estimate em lol , plasma ) with 36' being maximum kill zone with Multi-lasers , heavy bolsters and plasma cannons on top of all my tanks