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Astra Militarum

HQ

Knight Commander Pask
Leman-Russ Vanquisher
Lascannon
Multi Melta
Camo Netting
250

Leman-Russ Executioner
Plasma Sponsons
185

Leman-Russ Executioner
Plasma Sponsons
185

Total620

Troops

Veterans
Autocannon
Melta x3
Grenadiers
Chimera
180

Veterans
Autocannon
Melta x3
Grenadiers
Chimera
180

Total 360

Grand Total 980

20 spare points.

Please comment, give advice (no flier for now in our games).

Plasma sponsons are risky don't want your tanks blowing up due to bad dice. Id much prefer to have bolters on there for the extra dakka that also means you can have points left over too stick on a heavy stubber . Also for your 20 points extra armour for either both Chimeras

Pretty classic. keep the plasma sponsors you have pask for PE

Generic as generic gets. i would remove the auto cannon. no point.

better off putting those into some vehicle upgrades or melta bombs or somthing.

The executioners should work great because Pask's warlord trait allows you to reroll 1s for your Gets Hot! roll. I haven't used a Vanquisher with Pask before-- I'm sure that his few shots are almost sure to hit, so just make sure to use the split fire tank order when running this anti-vehicle tank with 2 tanks that are more anti-TEQ/MEQ.

Personally, I would only run one of those squads of vets + chimera, and without the autocannon. The extra 210 points (-180 vets, -10 autocannon, 20 extra) would probably best be used getting more bodies on the table IMHO. I'd say run a platoon with 2 inf squads and a HWS with autocannons. That should give you 5 points to give an extra weapon or two to the infantry, whether bolters on the officer and sergeants, a GL or flamer, perhaps.

Hope this is of any use to you.

My buddy who's always beaten me has done Pask and friends squadron 3 executioners with multi melta sponsons and Lascannon front. he also takes a psyker with divination to give the unit prescience. So yeah hate that unit but it's always done well when I see it

 Desubot wrote:
Pretty classic. keep the plasma sponsors you have pask for PE

Generic as generic gets. i would remove the auto cannon. no point.

better off putting those into some vehicle upgrades or melta bombs or somthing.

Thanks a lot for the feedback, would you replace the autocannon for lascannon for example ? or sink the points into something else ?

Just drop the autocannons. Use the points for upgrades to the tanks/chimeras. Basically anything that tickles your pickle. This mech-AM list has been one of the only lists that has endured 5th-7th edition and still remained viable.

Alright thanks a lot.

Drop. You are going to be moving them forward which means they snap which is a waste of points.

If anything remove those and get a psyker. always nice having one if only just to get some extra dispel dice.

A psyker ? Like in one of the vet squads you mean ?

Sure why not. -2 auto cannons and the 20 point you already have, kill the camo net on the pask and possibly return him a relic plate gives you enough for a lv1 prime psyker.

Divination can net you twinlinked which is good on any of your units, or im sure there are other fun ones.

If you want to get fancy there is also the enginseer which is fluffy but silly in most competitive games

put pask in a punisher.

20 str 5 shots with rending are far more likely to pop anything over a 1 shot vanquisher cannon.

I'd split the pask's squadron.

One is pask + executioner, another is a single eradicator with HB. The reason is you've got too many eggs in one basket and are limiting yourself both with deployment and firing possibilities. 2 Executioners firing at a single target in a 1k game is usually an overkill. Eradicator cause you don't have enough point-effective anti-light infantry. How are you gona deal with an ork horde or, say, pathfinders in a ruin? Besides, it's cheaper and will allow you to dield something more.

Pasknisher is great. It can't deal with av14 from afar as reliably as a vanquisher, however, it's a universal tank that will work in every situation. Be it shooting infantry, elite infantry, vehicles or even flyers. But you got no bauble wrap in your list to protect it properly. So, 24 range might be a problem. I find him working with footguard much better.

 koooaei wrote:
I'd split the pask's squadron.

One is pask + executioner, another is a single eradicator with HB. The reason is you've got too many eggs in one basket and are limiting yourself both with deployment and firing possibilities. 2 Executioners firing at a single target in a 1k game is usually an overkill. Eradicator cause you don't have enough point-effective anti-light infantry. How are you gona deal with an ork horde or, say, pathfinders in a ruin? Besides, it's cheaper and will allow you to dield something more.

Pretty good point, I'll think about it, or I might remove an exec and put 2 wyverns in, something like that.

Pasknisher is great. It can't deal with av14 from afar as reliably as a vanquisher, however, it's a universal tank that will work in every situation. Be it shooting infantry, elite infantry, vehicles or even flyers. But you got no bauble wrap in your list to protect it properly. So, 24 range might be a problem. I find him working with footguard much better.

Yeah using Paskquisher instead to deal with AV 13-14 more reliably, like pesky land raiders / vindicators before they get too close.

Myliel wrote:

 koooaei wrote:
I'd split the pask's squadron.

One is pask + executioner, another is a single eradicator with HB. The reason is you've got too many eggs in one basket and are limiting yourself both with deployment and firing possibilities. 2 Executioners firing at a single target in a 1k game is usually an overkill. Eradicator cause you don't have enough point-effective anti-light infantry. How are you gona deal with an ork horde or, say, pathfinders in a ruin? Besides, it's cheaper and will allow you to dield something more.

Pretty good point, I'll think about it, or I might remove an exec and put 2 wyverns in, something like that.

Pasknisher is great. It can't deal with av14 from afar as reliably as a vanquisher, however, it's a universal tank that will work in every situation. Be it shooting infantry, elite infantry, vehicles or even flyers. But you got no bauble wrap in your list to protect it properly. So, 24 range might be a problem. I find him working with footguard much better.

Yeah using Paskquisher instead to deal with AV 13-14 more reliably, like pesky land raiders / vindicators before they get too close.

They will be too close if you are using paskquisher to deal with them (24" guns ya know?)

Nah that's precisely the point of the paskquisher (vanquisher) over pasknisher (punisher), range.

And yeah the punisher is too short-ranged for that, it's great for popping infantry / light vehicles (including TEQ through weight of fire) but def. not good at dealing with high AV.

Ah those names get confusing

Actually You could also kill some points off the multi melta since your plan is to skirt them outside of 24". they will be kinda wasted points for a while.

 Desubot wrote:
Ah those names get confusing

Actually You could also kill some points off the multi melta since your plan is to skirt them outside of 24". they will be kinda wasted points for a while.

Yeah the nicknames for Pask get confusing. Maybe I could put another set of plasma sponsons instead of MM for the "lulz".

I think you should keep it simple and cheap. no sponsons.

even perhaps pick up a commissar/priests or two by the time you cut the fat.

Nothing like disembarking 1 model to go hold an objective behind a wall and the opponent going wtf?! and scrambling to deal with it.

 Desubot wrote:
I think you should keep it simple and cheap. no sponsons.

even perhaps pick up a commissar/priests or two by the time you cut the fat.

Nothing like disembarking 1 model to go hold an objective behind a wall and the opponent going wtf?! and scrambling to deal with it.

That or priests, pretty good idea actually, thanks