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I have played with this list once and it did OK, but I want to know what you think would make it better.

HQ
Overlord with Warscythe and Mindshackle Scarabs

Troops
10 warriors

5 immortals (with tesla)

Fast Attack
6 Scarab bases

Heavy Support
Annihilation Barge (with Gauss cannon)

Annihilation Barge (with Gauss cannon)

All of this adds up to exactly 600 pts

Any useful criticism or feedback is much appreciated

Nope, can't think of anything useful.

I suppose if you really, really wanted, you could ditch the immortals and a scarab, then add a third AB.

Personally I think that would be a step back.

Actually, something did spring to mind, maybe swap 1 scarab for SW on the Overlord. That will give you a 2+ save for either the immortals or the warriors - handy if you play vs CSM.

Thanks, might give that a try

Thats about as solid as you can get at this points level.

Tesla on the A. Barges is the better option over gauss almost always. The reason for that is you want to be always moving those tanks to get yojr jink save. When you xo that you have to snap shot and snap shotting the tesla will have a larger impact then snaping the gauss since you will land more hits.

Unless of course you play against only meq and don't face anything but meq then it's golden

Thanks, makes a lot of sense


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I'm actually considering using the flyer spam list now,
here it is:

HQ
Overlord
Mindshackle Scarabs

Troops
5 Warriors
Night Scythe

5 Warriors
Night Scythe

5 Warriors
Night Scythe

The problem with this is anything with Skyfire will kill this, but at 600 pts thats not too likely
and also I might get stick for this

Which do you think would be better?

Well, if I understand the reserve rules correctly, you need to start the overlord on the table by himself, otherwise you will auto lose at the end of T1.

So, not a fan (unless you are playing me!

OK, thanks

the first list is the better one IMO

drop a scarab and the MSS for a Res Orb, then in my opinion, drop the 10 Warriors to 2 5-man squads

then you have 2 objective sitters (leave as a single squad if you aren't doing onjectives much) and a quite durable with 4+ Res unit of immortals to march places and kill stuff.

Annibarges zip about going pewpewpew