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I want to take my IG to a 1750 tournament and I was suggested to keep it simple so here it is:

Company command squad
Chimera

Platoon command squad
Chimera

Infantry squad *5
Chimera *5

Platoon command squad

Infantry squad *5
Chimera *5

Vanquisher
Lascannon

Lamen Russ battle tank
Flamer

Lamen Russ battle tank
Flamer
1745

Any suggestions would be nice. I always have problems with objectives so that's why I went with 12 troops.

In infantry squads, I am not sold on special weapons other than the flamer, for defensive reasons. However, I do think each squad should have an auto cannon or las cannon.

CCS and PCS need to have special weapons and heavy weapons. I would look to fit plasma gun x4 in your CCS and two special weapons and heavy weapon team in your PCS.

Just my suggestion. Stay away from Vox casters, seeing as how you are in chimeras all over the place. Bad thing about chimeras, they blow up, and you will loose at least 3/4 guys. good thing, multi laser and heavy bolter/heavy flamer.

those are just my suggestions.

Good things: loads of troops for objectives, loads of vehicles for reliability.

Bad things: limited significant firepower.

Those infantry squads are crying for lascannon. Remember they can shoot out of the top hatch if you don't move much. Dropping just 2 of the infantry squads (and their chimeras) nets you enough points to not only grab 8 lascannon for those other infantry squads, but also gives some points to grab some special weapons for the CCS. This will vastly improve your dangerous firepower, whilst costing you really very little in terms of troops. (Even if you don't go for lascannon at least take some kind of heavy or special weapons in those squads, otherwise they can do almost nothing to anything).

If your going to a tournament there's going to be quite a lot of flyers mate. You might want to think about something to counter them. Vendetta maybe?

Thanks for the input. I think I'll give the lascannons a try. I'm not crazy about flyers/reserves at that point cost.

You have over 100 guardsmen and none of them have special or heavy weapons?

As above, your squads need HWT/Special weapons, taking out 2 squads will help you lots.

Also consider dropping the LasCan on the Vanq to upgrade with the remaining points one squad to melta vets and add some special weapons to the CCS.

M.

I would try to drop an infantry squad and its chimera and see how many special weapons you can get, maybe drop another chimera and its infantry squad to add more weapons. You have loads of bodies but it is not easy to pop a chimera and once that happen half the squad will probably die. Once the squad takes enough shots they will probably run away. Lasguns really are not effective at killing anything, especially when its only 10 guys firing.

I would just cut the Vanquisher to give the CCS and both PCS 4x Meltaguns. Right now your list will not be able to handle a single Land Raider reliably... much less two, which isn't as uncommon as you think at this points level.