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Hey there. I'm contemplating an army list for Space Marines with Iron Hands tactics, and I have a Land Raider bought so I won't let go off that one. The army is 1500 in size so Centurions are a bit pricey, and Terminators are bad apparently.

What builds have you been running with Land Raiders ( can be Crusader or normal, aslong as its something competitive for the current meta. ) Thanks beforehand for the tips.

I always used to pack a Land Raider Crusader with TH/SS terminators and Lysander (as I play Imperial Fists) and they always seemed to do quite well!!

Hmm. You could put in Jumpack-less Vanguard Vets with a Chaplain. Expensive and not that good either but hey. It might accomplish something. Or you could put in a MoTF/Techmarine and keep that thing running if you just want the Land Raider.

I run a stock LR with a 5 man assault terminator squad in it. 2xLC, 3xTH/SS. It still works. The LR keeps the fire off of the termis until they hit combat, so you don’t need to worry about them getting pie plated off the table before doing anything.

Command squads, vanguard vets, or honor guard should also be viable. The big flaw of a lot of CC units is getting shot up on the way to their target. AV14 with an assault ramp helps with that.

It might not be the most competitive thing out there, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t work.

Assault termies are the normal choice.

I suppose if you want to be cheap on points 9 assault marines without packs and a Chaplain could cause some problems.

Vanguard Veterans give a better attack-per-point value than assault marines, as well as the option to tuck a few power weapons or meltabombs among them. That is, if you're not pinching points too hard.

If you are pinching, then Assault Marines.

imo if you need volume of attacks take VV's, if you need armor-crunching take Honor Guard, if you need to bust 2+ take Hammernators.

With Iron Warriors, it seems like a good spot to stick a Smashmaster and his Honour Guard retinue in. Should make a mean combat unit.

techmarine for the lols.

Crusader squad all with CCW and an emperors champion!

Want Fluff-Awesome?

Inquisitor ally, power armor, rad grenades
Henchmen group, 12 Servators.
Attach Forge Father and 0-2 more techmarines.

34 AP1 attacks on the charge, while the opponent is -1 T. 2+ tech marines and a 2+/3++ forge father can tank the hits.
Inquisitor + servators is only 168 points.

At the start of 7th I ran a land raider redeemer with 5 th/as terminators and a ordo xenos inquisitor psyker with grenades and it worked out great. Land raiders are alot more durable now and scoring.

For a pure SM army I wouldn't recommend it. Terminators/ centurions are the only squads to need the land raider to perform optimally.

If you were looking at different chapters, then bloodclaws or Death company could make decent use for them, owing to the large transport capacity.

Thank you for the replies Battle Brothers. This gives me many ideas to pick from.

I would recommend Honor Guard or VV with a Chaplain.

If I wanted cheap and cheerful I'd take DCA. 10 points a model for 3 AP 3 I 5 attacks is damn cheap.

Obviously this has drawbacks, since they'd suck against any vehicle or MC or 2+ so I'd never actually take that. I'd probably pack TH/SS terminators with an attached chaplain. They can handle most things and they're damn durable.

The only answer is honor guard, accept no substitutes.
This list is all you need.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/554792.page

Fill it with scouts, they will never see it coming...

lol

-9 Death cult assassins with 3 priests and an inquisitor with rad granades.
-10/12/16 death company.
-65pt BA assault squad.
-Meph-star
-C:SM honour guard
-Loth (for endurance - relentless) with multimelta devs
-12pts of henchmen.