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I dakka, helping my brother prepare for his first tournament.
He plans to run Grey Knights but does not have a lot of models

he has the grey knight box set, set of terminators, Draigo, and Crowe


We were thinking

Hq
Crowe

Elites
purifier squad

Troops
terminator squad X 5
terminator squad X 5

strike squad maybe 2 squads of 5 instead of a squad of 10

Heavy Support
Dreadknight

LoW
Draigo


he also has a land raider, though im unsure if it really is needed here as without wargear, we at like 1200ish points.

im haven't played with or against grey knights, so I have no idea what is good/bad, un optimal.

he's willing to grab one more kit as well if need be

If he goes with Crowe as his HQ, let me know how he does. My experience is that you get more for the points if you take a Librarian as your HQ, as he can be ML3, and take the DLD for less than Crowe, and he can generate 4 powers from Sanctic, giving around 90% chance of getting Gate of Infinity, so you can have both Terminator Squads jumping around the table at will.

I would make your Strike Squad(s) into Purifiers and put them in the Land Raider if you don't have access to a Storm Raven, so they can get into the fight quickly.

With the other squad of Purifiers, if you have the points I'd stick them in a Dedicated Transport, or give them as many Incinerators as you can and stick them behind Promethium Relay Pipes on an objective.

If he can put his hands on a dreadknight all the better I guess... I second bill.

Is this a CAD or Nemesis Strike Force?

I'd make sure he's running a Nemesis Strike Force because the turn 1 Deep Strike is worth it. It'll also allow you to combine those terminators into 1 squad. They can combat squad later depending on the mission. Then remove the Strike Squad to either get Interceptors or more purifiers.

I used to use Crowe a lot in the last codex but since he no longer makes Purifiers Troops, I stopped using him outside of fun lists. But since that's what you have to work with... Crowe and Draigo should attach themselves to the Purifiers and start the game on the board. Then on turn one, use Draigo's Gate of Infinity to teleport them right in the middle of the enemy units, to allow double Cleansing Flame (one from the Purifiers and one from Crowe) to do as much damage as possible. Try to place Draigo in the front facing whatever target would have the highest ranged damage output so he can tank the wounds for the squad.