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This is my 1250 TAC casual list I have been working on for a fair while.

Opinions and ideas welcome, the Chaplain is the real 'doesn't fit' unit for me as I don't run an Assault Squad for him to run along with, he is basically there as he is cheap! -

HQ

Chaplain (105pts)
Bolt Pistol, Jump Pack

Elites

Dreadnought (135pts)
Multi-Melta, Dreadnaught Power Fist. Storm Bolter
Drop Pod

Troops

Scout Squad (4 scouts with sgt) (74pts)
Missile Launcher, snipers

Scout Squad (4 with sgt) (110pts)
Shotguns, combi flamer on sgt
Land Speeder Storm with Heavy Flamer

Tactical Squad (9 with sgt) (230pts)
Flamer, Combi Melta on sgt
Razorback with Twin-Linked Lascannons
Combat Squadded with 3 sgt and flamer going forward, 5 footslogging

Tactical Squad (9 with sgt) (180pts)
Plasma Cannon, Plasma Gun, Combi Plas on Sgt

Fast Attack

Bike Squad (2 bikes, sgt and Attack bike) (153pts)
2 x grav guns, grav pistol, heavy bolter on Attack Bike

Stormtalon Gunship (125pts)
Skyhammer Missile Launcher

Heavy Support

Vindicator (135pts)
Siege Shield

Have you thought of swapping the chaplain for a librarian on a bike? You could give him a storm shield as well for around the same points and have him ride with the bike squad, helping them out.

It may sound petty but I just plain dont like any of the libby minis.

I use a black paint scheme and the chaplain just fits.


Its a casual list so I'm happy not taking the creme de la creme but can't help think im missing something.

I feel like transports for both Tac Squads would be good.

 cobweb wrote:
You could give him a storm shield as well for around the same points and have him ride with the bike squad, helping them out.

Bike librarians cannot take storm shields, that's only an option if you give them terminator armor. Regardless, librarians are a good choice for a cheap "I don't know what else to take" HQ. Attach him in the bike squad and cast buffs or psychic shooting attacks. The Chaplain is not a great choice unless you use him to buff an assault squad or a melee-focused command squad. A captain has much better solo combat stats for the same price, and a librarian is much cheaper and more flexible.

The Dreadnought is fine, though an ironclad might be a better choice (if you have the model)

Scouts are a good troop choice for a TAC list, but I would drop the missile launcher in favor of camo cloaks. Scouts are sort of a bad platform for heavy weapons, since they're only BS3 and often have to move around to cap objectives. The storm scouts with shotguns are fun, though not terribly competitive. I'm not a fan of combi-flamers (again, I would use those points for camo cloaks). Your call.

I would drop one tac squad, or drop one scout squad - you have more scoring units than you need for a 1250 point game, and it's costing you dearly in firepower. I would also strip down your tactical squads, stripping them of heavy weapons and combiweapons. I don't think it's a good idea to footslog one of your tac squads - better that both have transports.

Gravbikes are good, of course, but it's better to run a multimelta attack bike. Stormtalon is good. Vindicator is an okay choice, though it's going to get popped easily when running against some lists. They need a lot of support to be effective, and I'm not sure your list is really geared around making good use of a vindicator.


Your list would probably be fun to play, but my main concern is that it lacks firepower. Thin out your troops a bit and focus on getting more guns to the board.

Thos scout snipers do have cloaks on for that price.

Libby on bike would free up some points perhaps a couple minor tweaks and my ither tac squad is rhinoed.

Ill play with the numbers tonight.

Chapter tactics?

If you want to keep the chaplain, there is a spare seat in the razor if you drop the jump pack. Or you could swap him for a MotF.