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Hey all, first poster here

Im wondering if a Hawk Lords list I made will be legal to play due to the way reserves work. Havent played a single game of 6th ed. yet so figured id try something new. My local group rarely ever plays competitively, so this was just kind of a B.S. list i thought would be cool. Lemme know.

Captain with artificer armour, storm shield, and power weapon-145

Sternguard- 5 men with 5 combigrav-170

Venerable Dreadnought (no other upgrades)-125

Tac Squad 1- 10 men, melta, vet with combimelta-170

Tac Squad 2- 10 men, melta, vet with combimelta-170

Scout Squad with Land Speeder Storm with heavy flamer-100

Scout Squad with Land Speeder Storm with heavy flamer-100

3 Stormtalons ( no upgrades)- 330

3 Stormravens ( hurricane bolters on all with assault cannon and heavy bolter)-690.

Plan is to have captain with sternguard and dread in one raven, one tac squad in each other raven with a talon escorting each. scouts in speeder scout up into cover and rush objectives. should have enough dakka for most hordes/ medium infantry and 5 meltas to deal with armour. also have missiles on ravens to deal with flyers. I know only half my units may be in reserve, but flyers dont count towards that. My question is do the units embarked count against that or not since thay HAVE to stay in reserve since the flyers theyre embarked in have to be? thoughts, comments? Thanks in advance

Yes flyers do not count towards the half army reserve and as far as I know neither do the units embarked in them at the start of the game so I would say its fine. However I have heard (and someone please correct me/confirm this) that at the end of your first turn if you have nothing on the board then you automatically lose.

Just in case get someone to confirm this, but it's what I have heard/read on forum posts etc

Yep true.


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If going 6 flyers in 2k. You ideally want to max out on cheap troops and spread out or Alpha strike lists will table you by the end of turn 1.