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When we do apocalypse battles in my area it is always with large team sizes and multiple tables with multiple fronts. I have been playing 3k Orks and have been the heaviest hitter at my table consistently. Now I want to upgrade that damage.

HQ:
CCS - 4 plasma guns
MoO
Chimera

Troops:
Vets - 3 PG
Chimera

Fast:
2 Vendettas

Heavy:
2 LRBT
1 Punisher - HBS, stubber, Pask
3 Exterminator - MMS, LC

3 Basilisk - camo

Shadowsword - 4 sponsons, command tank, HB

I never tend to supply troops (I prefer a lower model count and it lets my team take the hits) My other apoc army is Orks and that has a model count of just 17 models. So this in my book is splurging.

Wow, not what I expected from an apoc IG army. 1 super heavy, no apoc formations, and 16 infantry models.

Obviously it will depend on what your allies have, but this army packs plenty of fire at the penalty of troops. If you have the models, I would recommend you add 3 more tanks for the tank formation of 9 LR and 1 chimera. But that's just my personal preference. I try to build apoc armies around formations because of all the free benefits and rules.

I have two more tanks but the pure reason i chose all independent tanks is due to freedom to fire at what I want. I have a friend that brings about 9 vendettas for Apoc so I could easily drop either my vendettas or that one piddly chimera and a vendetta to squeeze another pair of tanks in. The sad part is I can field a formation of 37 LC that pushes this army into the 6k range.

I was also goiing to sugggest trying to get the remaining russes to get the armored fist tank company, 10 russes puts out a lot of firepower and the command tank gives all russes within 12"(I believe) +1bs which can be pretty nice. Also the tank company treats each of the squadrons as spear heads which means the squad leader russ can fire at a separate target than the other 2 russes. Not as great as all 3 russes firing at separate targets but its better than all 3 firing at 1 target.

Ive used this formation everytime I play apoc and its usually the anchor in all my games just because the armor 14 is so hard to deal with.