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So I'm not really sure I want to go from BA to GK (5th ed MEQ codex to 5th ed MEQ codex anyone?) But I've been thinking about trading in that exact direction. I wanted to make a somewhat characteristic Grey Knights army that I could build for cheap ($75 in this case) here goes

HQ:
Brother-Captain w/ Psycannon and Psychotroke grenades

Elite:
Vindicare Assassin

Troops:
5 PAGK in a Razorback w/ TL Heavy Bolters and Psybolts

5 GKT w/ Psycannon, Hammer and the rest Halberds

Heavy Support:
Dreadknight with Personal Teleporter, Heavy Incinerator, Heavy Psycannon

Does this sound... Kind of okay? Idk. I've never played GK.

Hi.

Some comments :
First of all, at this pointlevel it is quite hard to have a competitive GK list, especially if you dont take henchmen as your troops are really expensive and while ok, far more costly then troops in new codex...

For HQ :

I would not advise to take the captain.
Either take the GM (much better for a few more points) or an archivist or even better, Coteaz...

For troops :
Do not take termies, they are too expensive for what they do, a 10men GKSS would be much better for the same kind of points.
The GKSS squad in razorback misses its psycanon.

For Elite :
The vindicare is ok but quite expensive and very fragile.
His weapon is great vs heavy armor but you only have about 1/4 chance of destroying a vehicle if he is under cover (4+ to destroy and 4+ cover save) so i find him too expensive.

For Support :
The DK is great but donot take the heavy psycanon which is expensive for the small improvement.

So i would make the list :
Grand Master
5GKSS with psycanon in razorback with psyamo
5GKSS with psycanon in razorback with psyamo
10 GKSS with 2 psycanon and psyamo
Dreadknight with teleporter and heavy incinerator

This makes it close to 1000 i think and would likely work much better (more resilient troops, the DK can be scoring or you can give scout to some units) and you gain 3 psycanon and one psyback

You mean 4 psycannons and 2 psybacks?

Anyway i would take the gatling pscilencer if you have the pts because it gives 12 shots on overwatch and can help ground flying MCs

He already had a psycanon and a psyback so he only gains 3 and 1.
The psilencer is total crap as far as i am concerned.
Ok you have 12 shots but they do little.

Lets take some examples :
against IG or Eldars (T3 5+ save)
You shoot 12, hit 8, wound 5.33 and kill 3.5 (if he does not have cover save)

Against MEQ you kill 1.33 per turn only

With the heavy incinerator on the other hand you will likely hit 4-5 models and kill 4 with it even in cover

You can manage guys in cover much better, hit easily, have better S (against crap vehicles) and anyway you want to be in CC so not to spend too many points on tools if possible

It is a great option to take if you have the points which is what i said in the OP either that or nothing and as i said it can ground flying MC because of sheer amounts of shots.