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So I am thinking of taking an ABG to a uniquely formatted tournament.

Basically each game is scored as half kill points, half objectives (win:10 draw:5 loss:2, or something like that). We also get to pick our Warlord trait, but have to stick to it for the entire tournament.

Here's the list I am thinking of taking:

Company Command Tank
Vanquisher
Coaxial Heavy Stubber
Beast Hunter Shells
Camo Netting
Artificer Hull
Warlord Trait: Armored Assault (warlord is scoring)
-230

Company Command Tank
Vanquisher
Coaxial Heavy Stubber
Beast Hunter Shells
Camo Netteing
Artificer Hull
-230

Elites

Commissar Tank
Vanquisher
Coaxial Heavy Stubber
Beast Hunter Shells
-195

Commissar Tank
Vanquisher
Coaxial Heavy Stubber
Beast Hunter Shells
-195

Troops

Leman Russ Siege Tank Squad
2x Thunderers (think Vindicators on an LR hull)
-280

Leman Russ Siege Tank Squad
2x Leman Russ Executioners
-380

Heavy Support

Hydra Flak Battery
2x Hydras (they don't have skyfire in the IA1 army list so they're actually good still!!!)
-150

Colossus Bombard Battery
2x Colossus
-280

Aegis Defense Line

Total: 2000 on the dot

So it has 8 KP total, but only 1 scoring unit. My tactic is just to blast away at everything in sight, hopefully getting orders off on my 2 AP2 tank squads to force the enemy to re-roll cover saves.

C&C welcome, it's my first attempt at an ABG so let me know if I am way off or close to something good.

Hate to burst your bubble about the Hydra...but if you look in the appendix at the end of the ABG army list in IA: Volume 1 Second Edition, you'll see that the Hydra autocannons have the skyfire rule.

Ak, I missed that. Still for 150 it's 2 tanks and 1 kill point. Skyfire still fires directly against skimmers, which I expect to encounter with all the Tau and Eldar out there.

If I do drop them what would you suggest??

OK I am going to adjust this to take a bit more scoring just in case my kill-em-all strategy falters

Company Command Tank
Vanquisher
Coaxial Heavy Stubber
Beast Hunter Shells
Artificer Hull
Warlord Trait: Armored Assault (warlord is scoring)
-210

Company Command Tank
Vanquisher
Coaxial Heavy Stubber
Beast Hunter Shells
Camo Netteing
Artificer Hull
-210

Elites

Commissar Tank
Vanquisher
Coaxial Heavy Stubber
Beast Hunter Shells
-190

Commissar Tank
Vanquisher
Coaxial Heavy Stubber
Beast Hunter Shells
-190

Troops

Leman Russ Siege Tank Squad
2x Thunderers (think Vindicators on an LR hull)
-280

Leman Russ Executioner
Plasma Sponsons
-230

Armored Fist Squad
-105

Armored Fist Squad
-105

Heavy Support

Hydra Flak Battery
2x Hydras (because there are always flyers, skimmers etc)
-150

Colossus Bombard Battery
2x Colossus
-280

Aegis Defense Line

Total 2000