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having primarily played mechanized veterans for a while i am wanting a new competive 500 point AM list

ccs 60


pcs 140

infantry squad
mortar
infantry squad
mortar


pcs 140

infantry-
mortar
infantry-
mortar


lemun russ exterminator -160 pts
plasma cannon sponson

this comes in at exactly 500 points.

The idea is not only have a large amount troops but also have a game winner, with the exterminator russ with the plasma sponson being the obvious key

so what do you guys think?

I don't play IG, but I have faced them a lot, and know a fair bit about them, so take what you wish from this:

I'd say exchange the Leman Russ Exterminator with the standard cannon (may be demolisher if you know you're facing infantry) with HB sponsons for a 500 point list, gives you some anti-tank plus a whole bunch of shots for heavy infantry. If that frees up points (not sure if it's cheaper, but if it is) use that to get a plasma gun or a vox or two.

The two platoons are great because they just give you a whole bunch bodies for your opponent to chew through.

That's just my opinion, take it or leave it.

yeah i debated pretty heavily between the russes.

2 problems with the battle cannon for me, its 20 points more expensive (its 10 more points to get a vanilla Russ with hb sponsons than an exterminaor with plasma) then than the exterminator and if you use it you can only snap shot your sponsons. Also, if you move at cruising speed you can only snap shot your cannon.

I almost took the demolisher due to the sheer strength of the weapon and the difficulty anyone would have in taking it out at 500 points. it has the same problems as the regular leman russ but worse. its 40 more points than the exterminatior (meaning its 10 points cheaper to get an extermintor with plasma sponsons that a naked demolisher) the range isn't great so it will have to move meaning same deal with the snap shots.

I did debate between the mortars and say grenade launcher or flamers. as you can see i went with mortars, but what do you think/

I also considered taking a sniper rifle in every squad including the ccs, pcs and the infantry squads instead of the 4 mortars.

I had one more thought, exterminator gives you some anti-air capablity that otherwise this army would have none of. blast can't be used against air.

I'd go with the eradicator personally. Ignores cover and costs a bit less. An LC on the front would complement the sponsons and let him swap between targeting vehicles and infantry at will.

I don't like mortars, I'd take an auto cannon and/or flamers with the guardsmen. A flamer is a great insurance policy for cheap. Auto cannons can target anything that isn't AV14 for only 10 points. If you like snipers and grenade launchers, consider taking special weapons squads, they can sit on objectives or hunt down enemy armor for super cheap.

I like the eradicator in theory but for the cost, I think two wyverns would do that job better. obviouly you would have to put some anti-armor elsewhere.

to take sws in the list I would have to get rid of a platoon and take a vet squad and then put sws on the remaining platoon. I could see that potentially being better as taking more stuff in a platoon has always been more efficient than adding another platoon.

I will do some testing and see what i like better.

thanks for the thoughts

the other problem with the eradicator is that if you take that instead of the exterminator it leaves you nothing that can hurt flyers.