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I had a game yesterday where my Crusader blob, led by a Uber-Master, Canoness and Priest, held up the Swarmlord + Tyrant Guard retinue AND a Barbed Hyerodule for 4 turns (with the CM still alive!). The re-roll for the saves are pretty insane. SO with that line of thought in mind I came up with this (keep in mind, I don't always play against nids), Templar CAD and Adepta Sororitas allies:

HEADQUARTERS:

Templar Chapter Master, AA, BB, SE. 255pts
Honour Guard Squad (x7), champ, 3x swords, 3x axes, chapter banner. 210pts

Canoness, bolt pistol, power maul, rosarius, melta bombs. 100pts
Ministorum Priest, laspistol, power maul, Litanies of Faith. 55pts

FAST-ATTACK:

Stormtalon, skyhammer ML. 125pts

TROOPS:

Crusader squad (x5), sword-brother, combi-flamer, flamer, rhino. 130pts
Crusader squad (x5), sword-brother, combi-flamer, flamer, rhino. 130pts

Battle Sister Squad (x5), vet Sister, storm-bolter, 2x MGs, immolator, TLMM. 155pts
Battle Sister Squad (x5), vet Sister, storm-bolter, 2x MGs, immolator, TLMM. 155pts

HEAVY-SUPPORT:

Devastator squad (x5), vet srgt, 4x LCs. 160pts
LR, MM, SB, EA. 275pts
TFC. 100pts
Avenger Strike Fighter. 150pts

TOTAL: 2000pts

The key to this list is to make sure the LR survives the 1st turn (if going second); the amount of TL attacks this deathstar pumps out on the charge is pretty sick, potentially reroll to wound or reroll saves (armour AND invulnerable). Their main weakness is getting hung out to dry in the open and getting shot with AP2 weaponry, but that can be mitigated by careful placing. The rest of the list is rather light on troops and the crusader squads and battle sister squads will have to support each other. The Stormtalon and Avenger Strike Fighter will deal with flying targets and also ground support thanks to strafing run. The Devs and TFC round out the army with long range anti-tank and anti-blob respectively.

Thoughts? I like the extra high strength guns of the Phobos LR but what about a Redeemer? Would that complete the list better?

Thanks

With the Redeemer I'd add MBs and an auspex to the CM.


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Thoughts?