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I only recently got into IG, so I'm still testing things. My gaming group don't play-to-win, but we like our lists to be tactically viable. So, I present my experimental IG List

HQ
Company Command Squad-Vox Caster, Medi-Pack, Regimental Standard, Master of Ordnance, Colonel Straken, Heavy Flamer 215
Lord Commissar-Power Weapon, Carapace Armour 90

2 Priests-1 Shotgun, 1 Eviscerator 105

Techpriest Enginseer-Servitor with Servo-arm 60

Elites
Psyker Battle Squad-9 Psykers, 1 Overseer 110
Storm Troopers-Sergeant and 4 Troopers, 2 Plasma Guns 115
Guardsman Marbo 65

Troops
Infantry Platoon (260)
-->Command Squad with Plasma Pistol, Platoon Standard and Vox Caster 60
-->Combined Infantry Squad (30)-3 grenade launchers, 1 Heavy Bolter team, 2 Autocannon teams, Vox Caster 200
Infantry Platoon (230)
-->Command Squad-Power Fist, Vox Caster 50
-->Infantry Squadsx2 (Combined)-Commissar with Power Weapon, 2 Plasma Guns, Vox Caster 180
Veteran Squad-Sergeant Lukas Bastonne, Grenadiers, 3 Snipers, Lascannon team 195
Veteran Squad-Sergeant Harker, Demolitions, 2 meltaguns 165

Fast Attack
Armoured Sentinel Squadron-2 Sentinels with Lascannon 140
Armoured Sentinel Squadron-2 Sentinels with Autocannon 120
Hellhound 130

Heavy Support
Leman Russ-Heavy Bolter Sponsons 170
Manticore 160
Leman Russ Exterminator-Heavy Bolter Sponsons 170

Total=2500

Couple of things I wanted to check;
1.PBS-Worth it or not? And if not what would be better?
2. Sentinels-Is the AV12 worth it?
3. Are Bastonne Straken or Harker worth taking? I've heard Marbo's become an auto-take nowadays but is he that good?
4. How badly am I going to suffer without a flyer? And what could make way for it?

Of course, any other c+c is welcome

If you have the points give harkers squad forward senteries for the camo cloaks. +2 cover save which is always handy. I love the psyker battle squad. Its only 110 points for the whole unit! thats a stregnth 9 ap random blast a turn and one squad with Ld2 for that turn. A great squad.

I love having bastone and harker, very cool buffs. marbo is ok he is more of a one use thing. Pick a target drop a demo charge and hope he lives.

Scout sentinals with camo and lascannon are my favourite. I sit them in a bush just let em pop off shots.

Flyers arent a big deal. Very boring. you might suffer if the enemy has a flyer but id get an autocannon heavy weapons squad and use them to try take out flyers, using the bring it down order is useful too for this. Or try squeze in the points for a hydra.

You can probably fit a hydra if you get rid of platoon standard, trade the armoured sentinals for scouts, roughly. if worst comes to worst drop the tech priest for it. But i like the list. Very cool and a bit different.


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I'll switch demolitions for forward sentries then, see how it goes.

I think I'll combine the russes, then put a hydra in, your changes are 55 so I just need to drop 20... Might drop Marbo instead, make the LC Sentinels Scout, that's 85 and leaves me 10pts for when I'm in less of a rush to think

Awesome list looks great. But chances are you'll make changes as you go.

I've never been concerned facing Marbo, but I reckon he's a great take simply because he does something both awesome and useful for the list.

Not enough troops for 2,500 - not at all. At this points level a 30 man blob can easy die in one turn of shooting, never mind the vet squads ...

Voxes not really worth it for the shooting you have in the squads either. HB and autocannon is not worrying anybody.

Get an aegis, run some 50 man blobs and stick some decent weapons in there. You actually have very little alpha strike ability in this list.

FA slots are not great - single hellhound is only chimera chassis in the whole list. Guess how long that gets to last? Sentinels I would run multilaser or lascannon.

Keep Marbo and stormies are good, but PBS will struggle to get in range to do what they're supposed to.

Should have said; my meta is VERY infantry centric, not many tanks, hence the choices of heavy weapons.

I don't have an Aegis line, or all the models in this list if I'm honest (luckily my high elves are a good count-as) so I won't make blobs any bigger unless I sacrifice the BS4. I use boxes because I use orders loads, and I'm still experimenting, I want to try out Harker, Bastonne and the PBS nothing more, especially on the small tables we use.

Why multilasers? An Autocannon has less shots but higher Str and Ap so can deal with things easily and tackle tanks if needs be.