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Just getting started really. Playing some local small point games and was curious what people thought of this. Where can I fix it and is it a good base to build off of for higher point games?

CCS 145
Melta x 4
Chimera

Vet 155
Melta x 3
Chimera

Vet 115
Plasma x 3

ADL w/ ILC 85

500 points.

Just to clarify:

Are these the models you have or is it a clean slate?

I think it is a great start, a few bodies for 500 Points and a couple of Vehicles which will be a good intro to the game.

Clean slate. I want to make sure that what I'm buying is going to be put to decent use.

Well that is a great core to start with, Veterans running around shooting out of the back of Chimera is a pretty effective build for Guard.

You then have the option of dropping them back to a standard infantry platoon as the army grows.

I always recommend to people that developing an idea of where you want the army to go in the future is a good idea. It helps to focus the collection towards the ultimate goal.

But all in all, for 500 points it is a good build I think and you should be reasonably competitive. Just stay tight and don't let the Close Combat stuff near your men.

I noticed the Plasma vets do not have a Chimera are they going to Man the ILC and ADL ..if so why Plasma on them ..


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Personally I would put the Plasma Vets into a Chimera and Take the CCS out of the Chimera giving the CCS something low cost with Range other than Meltas and have them man the ILC (Autocannon and 2 Flamers would be my choice)..

Still all in all it solid

I completely agree with morfydd, that's only change you would really need to make. Other than that pretty sick list man.

I would drop the ADL and ILC, and give a chimera to the other vets. I would also drop 3 melt as and get 3 plasmas. Consider upgrading your ML in the chimeras to AC.

I played this in my last game

You should have seen the guys face when i had to roll 32 st5 shots from the punisher hahaha


Company comand squad lascannon
Vets with lascannon
Vets with 2 plasmas
3 x Ratling snipers
Leman russ punisher with side sponson hvy bolters and a hvy stubber

500pts on the nose

Working off some of the suggestions here this is a modified list I came up with. Better or worse?

CCS 210
Plasma x 4
Krak Grenades
Chimera

Vet 155
Melta x 3
Chimera

Vet 90
Mortar
Flamer x 3

ADL w/ ILC 85

Idea is that the Vet squad with the mortar mans the ILC. Prefer to have the CCS in a chimera and not manning the ILC so that the Vet squad on the barricade can GTG and then be ordered back up.

CCS: Lascannon, (70)

Vet: Plasma x3, Chimera (170)

Vet: Melta gun x3, Chimera (155)

ADL w/ ILC (85)

20 points to spare. Something like camo cloaks or carapace armor on the CCS. You have two LC for the CCS, combine that with certain orders and it is pretty nasty.