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Hi Dakka,

I am about to play an 800pts Emperor's Will, Vanguard Strike deployment league game this week.
My opponent can bring either SM, SW, BA, Knights, Inquisition or Assassins (mix and match).

I came up with:

HQ:

Belakor - 350pts
Good vs Knights, Invisibility offers a lot of utility, has no armour so Grav Centurions cannot hurt him and his AP2 fleshbane attacks destroy command squad bikers and terminators. Seriously this guy is overpowered.

Lord - Khorne, Juggernaut, Axe of Blind Fury, Plasma Pistol, Melta Bombs, Sigil of Corruption, Gift of Mutation. - 200pts
Goes with the spawns. I can drop GoM to get VotLW for Hatred v. Space Marines. The plasma pistol is a points filler, I can replace it with 3 cultists.

Troop

10 cultists - 50pts
10 cultists - 50pts

Fast Attack

5 spawns - 150pts.

This is 800 points exactly.
I am totally lacking in the ranged department but the main elements of the list are quite fast.
The plan is to place the objective near my table edge. Reserve both cultist squads and hope they come in late.
Run as fast as possible towards the enemy's objective with Be'lakor and the spawns+lord, slaughter anything that gets in your way.

Feedback is appreciated.

Its a bit intense for 800 pts but should do ok.. holding objectives wins games, so drop any junk for more cultists.

That's a lot of points to the HQs. At 800 points I'd say take either belakor or The Lord.

Captyn_Bob wrote:Its a bit intense for 800 pts but should do ok.. holding objectives wins games, so drop any junk for more cultists.

Intense is good . Yeah, I will drop the plasma pistol and get those +3 cultists. I wanna keep GoM and get VotLW though.

luky7dayz wrote:That's a lot of points to the HQs. At 800 points I'd say take either belakor or The Lord.

I thought that too, at first. Then I realised in 800pts, my CSM Squads cannot match his ATSKNF, Combat Squad Drop-pod mounted SM Tactcals, so I scrapped the idea.
Fielding both Be'lakor and the Lord runs the advantage of making your opponent deal with two extremely dangerous threats, and I can decide to let Be'lakor fly and serve as a force multiplier if there is no need for him to join combat.