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Had the idea yesterday to write up a list of mostly scouts, no tactical squads for iron hands

Hq- Libby

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10 scouts (5 sniper, 5 ccw) land speeder storm

10 scouts (5 sniper, 5 ccw) land speeder storm

10 scouts (5 sniper, 5 ccw) land speeder storm

10 scouts (5 sniper, 5 ccw) land speeder storm

10 scouts (5 sniper, 5 ccw) land speeder storm

10 scouts, all ccw, land speeder storm

Fast attack

Land speeder with 2x MM

Land speeder with HB, typhoon

Heavy

Predator autocannon with lascannon sponsons

Stormraven with TLMM, TL assault cannon

What about dropping a Storm, putting 10-man squad into a Storm Raven, and using the extra points to make your HQ not vanilla-face?

Sounds like a fun concept.

Ditch the pred. I love me some marine armor, but he’s woefully out of place here. You have a list centered around sneaky, stealthy, fast moving units, and then plop down a big, lumbering chunk or armor.

If you need a HQ to lead an Iron Hands force, take the MotF. Stick him with a squad of scouts in the belly of the raven. As long as it is still in the air, he can try to fix it. He can also bolster a ruins for some snipers.

I like scouts, but they have no teeth. You need to bring more firepower to the table. You can have a scout centered list without maxing the FOC with them. I’d restrict yourself to 1-2 sniper squads, and then 2-3 LSS assault teams. And I might mix up the loads of the LSSs, some bolters, some CC/shotgun mixes.

Take some of those points saved and double up your normal speeder squadrons, I’d take a 2xTML/HB squadron, and a 2xMM/HF one. Use the third FA slot for either a stormtalon (effectiveness) or a squad of scout bikers (fluffy)

Adding a second raven would help bring more firepower to the table.

Well, I'd add a 2nd Stormraven and a Stormtalon. The Pred is not a must have. You have already enough Scouts on the board. Its better to add some units that can do some damage.