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Ok so the vast majority of suggestions when I brought the idea of a dc blob up in the tactics thread were to include inquisitors as allies to buff the unit. I will try this when I have the inquisitor dex, but until then I have two options. Include allies or not to include allies. If including allies, I will benefit from a shield eternal tank to stand alongside corbulo, but I also lose out on lots of tasty av13 to supplement the unit if I do. So this 1st attempt is without allies.

Every unit in this list has a very good reason behind it, in both distracting attention from the death co and also in preventing an enemy from avoiding their charge. I will go into these reasons after the list. The thing to note is that a footslogging dc has the problem of mobility and this is a list designed at combating this.

HQ
Librarian
Force axe
Fear of darkness, blood rage.
(Assault squad 1)

Librarian
Force axe
Fear of darkness, blood rage.
(Assault squad 2)

Elites
Furioso
Frag cannon, melta gun, magna grapple
Pod

Corbulo
(Death company)

Troops
Assault squad
5 man
Pod

Assault squad
5 man
Pod

20 death company
2 powerfists, 1 poweraxe

Fast attack
Baal predator
Flamestorm, heavy flamers

Baal predator
Flamestorm, heavy flamers

Baal predator
Flamestorm, heavy flamers

Heavy support
Vindicator

Vindicator

Vindicator

Total: 2k

I need to keep the enemy as close to the death co as possible. Here's how:
If they deploy too far back, they risk running off the board to fear of darkness. If they deploy near the flanks, they run the risk of outflanking flamestorm baals roasting their units. If they don't spread out, vindicators will rip them a new one. Instead of a 3++ tanking character I have multiple av13 threats those ap3< shots will be shooting at instead. Corbulo tanks everything that is lower than st8. Furioso goes for tanks, troops or squadrons. And when the death co hit, they are also boosted by blood rage thus saving on a chaplain. Got nothing against flyers and may consider dropping the frag cannon for dual talons on the dread.

It can undoubtably be better with allies, but what do you think about it as a BA solo death company blob?


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Low on scoring granted.

Your scoring units are way too few. If those pods come in turn 2 they have to weather the storm of at least 4 turns. In an objective game I would blast them off the board asap and remove any chance you have of winning.

With that said I love death comany and love that you are using them so go for it.

Furioso could be dropped for another podding assault squad and a sniper scout unit. Although they wont do anywhere near the damage or distraction a furioso would do.

Majority of games are objective based though.

take lemartes if your going blob, the reroll to hit and wound make sure you kills something once a turn. the only thing is you need a way to get them there if they are not jump infantry.


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(possibly drop 2 baals and a vind for a storm raven to put that assault squad in

Yeh I usually run them in a pod or via raven, rarely via jp, but never just footslogging. But I wanted to try something different. The idea is for corbulo to tank shots and get the blob to run across the table whilst the enemy is distracted by everything else.
My other idea was a 10man with shrike and lemartes, infiltrating. But right now im focusing on the blob.