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Captain with storm shield and primarchs wrath
Whirlwind
Whirlwind
Stormtalon
Assault squad, 2 flamers, drop pod
Tactical squad; 5 additional marines, combi plasma and plasma, drop pod
Tactical squad; TWLC Razorback
Tactical squad; TWLC Razorback

35 points to spare

any advice or criticisms are welcome!

Taking 3 DPs is alwyas better than taking 2 (since then 2 drop in turn 1)

Unless you fight a lot of horde armies, I dont really see the point in the assault squad, especially if you dont take the third pod, they will just drop in, alone and unafraid, until everyone turns around and murders them. In some situations they could be good, but in most, they wouldnt do so great.

I am also a big fan of the CM over the Cpt, few more points gets you OB and a stat boost.

Either go all out with drop pods or go all out with rhazorbacks. Whirlwinds are better in this edition due to not costing as many points, however, if I were you, I would ally some IG instead for their amazing artillery. For a 1000 point game giving your HQ so many upgrades is a waste, especially when you can get a librarian for so much more cheaper, or a chapter master which comes with a str 10 ap1 large blast. Having artillery (whirlwinds) and assault marines together is a waste, especially since they are not scoring, take them off the list as well as their drop pod. If you go all drop pods, you are going to want to use the points from the assault squads and the razorback upgrade for either a couple laz preds or dev squads. The tactical squads and storm talon are always a good choice.

How about instead:

Captain; thunder hammer, primarchs wrath
Sternguard squad; heavy flamer; hvy bolter Razorback
Tactical squad; las Razorback
Tactical squad; las Razorback
Tactical squad; las Razorback
Stormtalon (or a master of the forge)
Whirlwind
Whirlwind

or

Master of the Forge with power axe
Master of the Forge
Whirlwind
Predator, tri las
Stormtalon
Land speeder
Tactical squad; las Razorback
Tactical squad; las Razorback
Tactical squad; las Razorback


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And for 500 points to start with:

Captain; primarchs wrath and thunder hammer
Tactical squad, 5 additional marines, plasma gun, combi plasma
Tactical squad, plasma cannon
Dreadnought, plasma cannon