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I'm attempting to build a TAC Grey Knights list around 2000pts ish. However as will come as no surprise to anyone familiar with the codex I always seem to be missing any real anti-armour.

I regularly play against multiple Land Raiders and so the AA needs to be quite substantial.

I don't particularly like the storm raven model but if anyone can convince me of it use I may reconsider.

My first thought for other options where.

sisters allies with immolators, a truck load of melta and exorcists.

IG melta vets.

SM Grav Cents (I quite like the models actually and could paint them up to look grey knightish) it's gonna be pricey though.

I tend to not play unbound so some options may require a HQ/troop tax which is something else to be considered.

I'd prefer to keep the army somewhat fluffy. Also I really don't want to field any inquisition space monkeys (unless someone can suggest a decent alternate model).

so what are peoples thoughts? thanks for reading.

Imperial knights.

simple and to the point.

Otherwise possibly drop pod combi melta Sternguard (BA is currently the gak) just paint them black and call them deathwatch.

Sisters isnt too bad ether.

I think the storm raven isnt a bad way to get it in ether

Melta and las cannons with a dread in the back for ST10 attacks will kill a lot of things.

Also why not dreadknights? St10 ap2 wtih various rerolls will kill vehicles no problem.

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Seriously, Imperial Knights fill the hole in our army, they give you a solid melee complement to your already melee strong army.

I still don't want to buy one though...

More specifically...Knight Errant.

Done.

Storm Raven with MM dread in tote I've found to be super effective. You can run a IK but I find them seriously lacking in the competitive meta as drop pod suicide squads tend to kill them or second turn. IMO it really is best to start nothing but DK on the board in the safest location you can then overload shunt when the storm raven shows up with your venerable.

On a further note - a 5 man purfier inside with a few daemon hammers adds an even larger threat. If a land raider is lucky enough to survive 2 multi meltas that hit pretty consistantly you've got a dread a purifier squad that can assault out of hover next turn - it's not suriving the insuing assault phase on the next turn with 6 str 10 hammers coming from the purifiers.

I'd never really considered a knight... I guess they just make me feel dirty.

It's definitely an option though. You'd consider it over the grav cents?

I'd also thought of running some Eldar fire dragons with an autarch to help buff reserve rolls any thoughts?

or should I just load up on Storm Ravens and Knights?

Grav Cents arn't really AT (edit bleh forgot about the amps) and at that you generally want tiggy for near guaranteed GOI to make it work well which means you need way more models to make legal.

imperial knight is a 1 model roflstomp that easily into any army.

As far as access goes the stormraven is the easiest and very effective for its cost. It also doubles as AA and is very durable too most forces but suffers against hard counters like tau intercepts.

The Knight errant is next and fits very well in the army. It is susceptible to alpha strike and doesn't remove armour as effectively at range though.

Centurions are the most difficult to access due to mandatory support elements (draigo + 2 libbys minimum, upgrade to tigurius/loth). Thus the unit dictates heavily your list composition and strategy. However the unit will seriously cripple or erase 2 units per turn including armour. They also mesh well with gk aggressive overload play style as well as fitting the aesthetic of the army.

At 2000pts, you can have 2 NSF with 4 Stormravens and 4 NDKs, and quite a lot of Psycannons. Anti-Armor is something we got in spades!

Although, I normally take a Knight Errant at 2k, and that Knight is Grenaticus.

SJ

Knight Errants and Dreadknights are usually more than enough anti-tank.

Also, consider the Sanctic psychic powers. Roll on that to get GoI and VoD. Vortex of Doom is awesome, especially since it is also impassable terrain(meaning a model on top of it can't move, and those not on it must move around it). I love deep striking in a terminator squad with characters, lobbing VoD, and then GoI away. Its rather comical and effective.

Stormravens are also good anti-tank. a TL-MM, TL-lascannon/assault cannon, and 4 str8 AP2 missiles is awesome for only 200 points.