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Shadowsun
Command Link 2 x shield drones
Bodyguard:
Xv8 2 x Fusion
Xv8 2 x Fusion
Xv8 CCN, MSS, Flamer, Neuroweb

Riptide Ion, EWO
Riptide HBC, EWO

12 FW
11 FW
10 Kroot (sniper, hound)
10 Kroot (sniper, hound)

Skyray

Firebase Support Cadre

Riptide Ion, EWO

3 Broadsides HYMP, SMS
3 Broadsides HYMP, SMS

This the best with this kind of list and single CAD?

First of all you can only have 2 bodyguards. You can make them a XV8 elite choices and upgrade one to a shas'vre and he will have access to sig system. Now you will be limited to 3 items I would suggest CCN, MSS, and PENchip if you go that route.

Also you are a little light on AA. Maybe put a velocity tracker on one of the Riptide. Maybe put the FW count to 9 for both since it is basically the same in regards of taking morale checks (3 dead).

Can't really go wrong with 3 riptides but you need more Marker Light beside the skyray. I say 7-9 ML hits on average with 3 riptides.

You're not limited to 3 signature systems.

I think youd be better infiltrating shadowsun with a pack of broadsides, max out missile drones and use the xv8s for marker support.

Try a commander with marker light drones and drone controller, not too expensive, and they hit with BS 5.

djn wrote:
You're not limited to 3 signature systems.

I think youd be better infiltrating shadowsun with a pack of broadsides, max out missile drones and use the xv8s for marker support.

I'm all for giving advice, but only advice that works. By the time infiltrators come around, non-infiltrators have been deployed or placed in reserves. There is no allowance for infiltrate to be given to squads by IC's.

What you could do instead is either deep strike the squad (risky) or take a positional relay on a riptide or two and keep those near the board edge you want your outflankers to arrive from. Would be a quick, easy, and non-scattering way to get shadowsun and that ball up the field. Also, you are paying points for her command drone, but include the signature system that allows them to be twin-linked. That is overpaying pretty bad, as re-rolling all > re-roll ones.

 Mulletdude wrote:

djn wrote:
You're not limited to 3 signature systems.

I think youd be better infiltrating shadowsun with a pack of broadsides, max out missile drones and use the xv8s for marker support.

I'm all for giving advice, but only advice that works. By the time infiltrators come around, non-infiltrators have been deployed or placed in reserves. There is no allowance for infiltrate to be given to squads by IC's.

What you could do instead is either deep strike the squad (risky) or take a positional relay on a riptide or two and keep those near the board edge you want your outflankers to arrive from. Would be a quick, easy, and non-scattering way to get shadowsun and that ball up the field. Also, you are paying points for her command drone, but include the signature system that allows them to be twin-linked. That is overpaying pretty bad, as re-rolling all > re-roll ones.

Agree^

Right you are just read that characters are deployed in coherency with the unit. Thanks for the heads up.

Think I'm okay for anti air with all the Missilesides and the Skyray

My plan was not to use Shadowsun's buff on her own unit, but rather to generally try to keep the HBC riptide within 12" of her and use it on that, with the MSS and CCN for her fusion team, but based on advice I have reworked the list a bit:

Shadowsun (command link and both shield drones)
Bodyguards:
XV8 Fusion Fusion
XV8 Fusion Fusion Flamer Neuroweb

Riptide (Ion EWO)
Riptide (HBC EWO)

9 Firewarriors
9 Firewarriors
10 Kroot (hound, sniper)
10 Kroot (hound, sniper)

5 Pathfinders
5 Pathfinders

Skyray

Firebase Support Cadre

Riptide (ion EWO)

3 Missilesides (EWO)
3 Missilesides (EWO)

Maybe change the flamer on one of the bodyguard to a target lock so you can potentially target 3 different units. 5-6 FB shots on a tank would be overkill. Now 3 FB on 2 different tank/unit will be better imo. Overall it looks good. Lots of dakka with those 6 missilesides!

good thinking with the Traget Lock! Well spotted. They were five of the 6 points that I didnt quite know what to do with! (the list is sitting at 1849 I believe.