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Hey all, got a tournament I might play in this weekend and here's the list I brewed up. Allies with be Iron hands because that's the only chapter tactic which seems useful in this situation.

Mephiston
Furioso: Frag cannon, Magna grapple, Drop pod
Sanguinary Priest: Jump pack, Power axe
ASM: 10 man, 2x melta, Lightning claw
ASM: 10 man, 2x flamer, Power sword
Storm Raven: Hurricane Bolters, Assault cannon, Multi-Melta

Allies
Librarian: Level 2, Bike, Power axe
Scouts: 10 man, snipers, cloaks
Storm Talon: skyhammer missiles, assault cannon
Thunderfire cannon

That would leave me with a 100 points, which could either net me
1) 2 MM attack bikes
2) Aegis defense line with comms relay + some other upgrades.

I could also drop the librarian and go with a CM on bike and essentially have two Mephiston's roaming the battle field.

Another option would be to drop the Furioso and Hurricane bolters to take 2x Baal predators.

Do you guys have any suggestions?

you need a sang priest for both the ASM squads imo


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also, give the sang priests a power fist. sgt can accept challenges for them.

Any chance youre playing in Bowie for this 1750?

Careful with that lib on a bike as he can be focused fired out of the assault squads due to his jink save (im assuming you're attaching him to the assault squads?). Id also change the lightning claw to a standard power weapon for the extra attack.
Apart from that, a good all round list.
I'd go attack bikes for the extra AT and to spread opponents target priorities. Also combat squad those scouts.
Another option could be to change the bike to jump pack, drop the 2nd lvl mastery, drop the power axe on the priest and drop 5 scouts. With the 215pts you can get another 10 assault marines with 2 melta guns and meltabombs for the sarge. More scoring bodies and you still get the 2 melta the bikes would give you (at half the range admittedly). 30 assault marines is more than 50% scarier than 20.


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Although I also like your chap master idea! Personally I would stick with the furioso over the baal though.


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Oooh just thinking about the chap master idea. If you drop the hurricanes and power axe off the priest you could get shild eternal, aa, bike and powerfist (5pts cheaper than the thunderhammer equivalent) with 10pts to spare. Now if you drop 5 scouts you can afford a deepstriking dual multimelta speeder OR go further and drop the 5 scouts and reduce the power weapons on the assault squads to melta bombs and you can still afford those two mm attack bikes! Lots and lots of different options :-p!

Your list is constructed pretty well, I like the way you've built it.

Poly Ranger has some good points imo.

The only things I'd add to the discussion is, I agree re the sanguinary priest for both the assault teams, its just a level of redundancy that is handy to have imo.

Defs keep the furioso over the two baals, in my experience I've found dropping a frag cannon, melta gun, magma grapple furioso on your opponent first turn can really set you up and give you the advantage.

If possible add in the 3rd ASM squad w' 2x meltas and power weapon, however I realise for this there'd be a lot of hassle swapping upgrades in and out and dropping a couple squad sizes here and there throughout your list. Having 30 ASM w' 6 meltas, and mephiston (hopefully, with good positioning) all having 5+ feel no pain jump packing up the field being supported by the thunderfire, and 2 flyers is tough for your opponent to handle in the one or two turns he has to try shoot you up, especially when they also have a dread in their lines first turn (if all goes to plan).

Good list, I wish you well in your tournament!

Thanks for the feedback guys. I have found one SP can generally cover for 2 squads. It is annoying that they have to stay together though. Now if I went to a third squad I'd see the merit in adding another SP.

I have been running 20 ASM since I started playing in 6, so I'm fairly comfortable with using them. However, I might have to try out 30, but this tournament won't be the place test that haha.

So now the question comes down to Libraian and 2 attack bikes v CM!

What's the strategy with Mephiston? I've seen him used best when he has mobile cover in the form of Rhinos, or better yet, Land Raiders.

You don't have any tanks there, so I worry he might be a bit vulnerable. So, your idea of getting the two Baal Predators in there might offer that.

I could be wrong, and I am new to 6th ed. But as I said I've seen Mephiston used really well that way.

He's such a small model It's really easy to hide him out of LOS with terrain.