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(HQ) Illiac Nightspear - 140 pts

(HQ) Avatar of Khaine w/ crushing blow, fast shot - 215 pts

(T) Rangers (10) w/ (10) pathfinders - 250 pts

(T) Rangers (5) w/ (5) pathfinders - 125 pts

(T) Rangers (5) w/ (5) pathfinders - 125 pts

(T) Rangers (5) w/ (5) pathfinders - 125 pts

(E) Striking Scorpions (8) - 136 pts

(E) Striking Scorpions (7) - 119 pts

Allies:

(HQ) Lord Commissar - 70 pts

(T) PCS w/ (3) plasma gun - 75 pts
(Tsub) Infantry Squad w/ grenade launcher, autocannon - 65 pts
(Tsub) Infantry Squad w/ grenade launcher, autocannon - 65 pts = 205 pts

(E) Marbo - 65 pts

(FA) Vendetta - 130 pts

(HS) Hydra Flakk Tank - 75 pts

(Fort) ADL w/ comms relay - 70 pts

1850 pts

So, my thoughts are that Nightspear deploys in good cover midway or so up the field. The other three are placed in good cover with overlapping fields of fire. The 10 man squad is placed with Nightspear as well. The scorpions deploy nearby as an ambush/distraction force. The IG holds the home objective with the LC and Infantry blobbed up. Vendetta tank hunts while the hydra deals with opposing flyers. Marbo does what he does best. The Avatar is also a nice distraction that must be dealt with....so he either draws fire away from the precision shooting pathfinders or he gets ignored and closes with the enemy and causes all sorts of hell. I figure the Pathfinders should be good sitting with at least a 3+ cover save if not a 2+. I feel this force would also do a good job splitting the enemy's fire/attention. Thoughts?

What are you going to do about hordes? If someone puts down a green tide... that might be a problem.

SBG wrote:
What are you going to do about hordes? If someone puts down a green tide... that might be a problem.

(HQ) Illiac Nightspear - 140 pts

(T) Rangers (10) w/ (10) pathfinders - 250 pts

(T) Rangers (5) w/ (5) pathfinders - 125 pts

(T) Rangers (5) w/ (5) pathfinders - 125 pts

(T) Rangers (5) - 60 pts

(E) Striking Scorpions (8) - 136 pts

(E) Striking Scorpions (7) - 119 pts

(HS) Wraithknight w/ suncannon, scattershield - 280 pts

(HS) Fire Prism w/ holo field - 140 pts

Allies:

(HQ) Lord Commissar - 70 pts

(T) PCS w/ (3) plasma gun - 75 pts
(Tsub) Infantry Squad w/ grenade launcher, autocannon - 65 pts
(Tsub) Infantry Squad w/ grenade launcher, autocannon - 65 pts = 205 pts

(FA) Vendetta - 130 pts

(Fort) ADL w/ comms relay - 70 pts

Droppped Marbo, the Hydra, and the Avatar and subbed in a Fire Prism and a Wraith knight to help with both armor and hordes.

IMO drop the 10x rangers into two 5x man squads,
and your doing your guard wrong you have to have a company and then a platoon command squad and one platoon command squad. and get rid of all upgrades and take only mortars for the anti hoard. and take a quad gun instead of relay.

 Arbiter wrote:
IMO drop the 10x rangers into two 5x man squads,
and your doing your guard wrong you have to have a company and then a platoon command squad and one platoon command squad. and get rid of all upgrades and take only mortars for the anti hoard. and take a quad gun instead of relay.

You don't HAVE to have a company command squad. A lord commissar is a viable HQ choice. Plus his leadership of 10 and stubborn aura will make sure they don't go anywhere. And I have them with auto cannons to help drop transports that are pushing towards them. The 10 man path squad is to help shield Nightspear and his ability to split fire will still have them firing like 2 five man squads. The relay is to ensure that the vendetta, wraithknight, and any deepstriking pathfinders/rangers come in on turn 2

honetly, your eldar isnt that great. illic only wounds 1/2 the time, which by istslef makes him not good.

then the pathfinders are to expensive for what they do.

the only time i ever run rangers is in one minimal 5 man squad, and there only role is to score objectives.

they just dont put out enoguh fire power to make a difference :(

i would drop rangers and illic for wave serperts, which are always great.