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This is the beginning of a Skitarii army I want to build over the summer.

Troops

Ranger Squad Arquerix - 135 pts
Alpha with conversion field, 4 Rangers, ominispex, 2 transuranic arquebuses

Vanguard Squad Vorak - 230 pts
Alpha with Power Sword, Arc pistol, and conversion field, 9 Vanguards, Enhanced Data-Tether, 3 Plasma Calivers

Fast Attack

Sydonian Dragoons - 135 pts
3 Dragoons

This is just my first draft. I am still debating taking Dragoons, but I think the Vanguards and Rangers are solid

Honestly I can see this being tough to beat at 500. Can't come up with anything from IG that I would depend on to win aside from a huge infantry blob. And even then it would be sketchy. I guess I could take a Manticore and two min squads of vets, a lord commissar, and hope for a direct hit?

If you're taking three ironstriders, use their cavalier formation.

Strength 3 power sword may not do much more than a Taser. With the Taser's extra hits and strength, they're very similar against MEQ. (plus it looks awesome)

I would agree with that, give the alpha a Tazer goad as it would do better than the power sword.

I'd actually drop all the ironstriders all together. Take an Onager with neutron laser for those heavy units.

axisofentropy wrote:
If you're taking three ironstriders, use their cavalier formation.

Strength 3 power sword may not do much more than a Taser. With the Taser's extra hits and strength, they're very similar against MEQ. (plus it looks awesome)

I just realized I did not include the -1 T Radiation aura. 3 power sword attacks yields 0.75 dead marines, while the taser is harder to calculate but around 0.6?

Thanks for all of your help
Second Draft:

Troops

Ranger Squad Arquerix - 135 pts
Alpha with conversion field, 4 Rangers, ominispex, 2 transuranic arquebuses

Vanguard Squad Vorak - 225 pts
Alpha(Warlord) with Taser Goad, Arc pistol, Digital Weapons, and conversion field, 9 Vanguards, Enhanced Data-Tether, 3 Plasma Calivers

Heavy Support

Dunecrawler Jerax - 115 pts
Onager Dunecrawler with Neutron laser and cognis heavy stubber


Total: 485 pts

I added the digital weapons because I want the Alpha to hold his own in CC. I still have 15 points (25 if i drop the DW), so any recommendations?

I'm gonna latch on to this thread.

I'm thinking about getting some Skitarii with two purposes in mind:

1) Play 500p Combat Patrol
2) Compliment my Blood Angels in bigger games.

I don't have any minis yet and I'm unsure about what I should get.

For a first purchase I'm thinking that two boxes of Rangers/Vanguards seems like an auto-include. But I'm torn between getting 1 Dunecrawler or 2 Iron Striders.

I think I'd prefer the added resilience and heavier weapons of the Dunecrawler.

@Main Thread: What about giving the plasma squad leader the Phosphoenix instead of an Arc Pistol? It fits more with the other squad weapons.

Or the Dune Crawler Claw/IWND?

@Det Thyge: I would start with 2 troop boxes, that is a legal Maniple and will fit in Drop Pods or any of your Fast Vehicles. Arc Rifles and Plasma look like they will do serious work.

I feel like at this level the onager might be a little wasted. I definitely dont think its worth sinking the points into for IWND. I like the dragoons personally. I just feel they have a lot of flavor, plus three of them gives you 12 S8 attack on the charge at I8. couple that with a doctrina and it should be enough to deal with most heavy targets that you would be seeing at the 500 pt level. If you do tak them though, I wouldn't squad all of them. I would take two and then one which would give you a little added versatility as well as keeping them from being one big juicy AV11 target.

I might be able to run an Ironstrider Cavalier formation if I have each unit by itself. I would run 2 Dragoons with lances and a Ballistarii with cognis autocannons.

that would work. It increases your unit count from 3 to 5 which is good. The only downside to the formation though is that if they don't make it on early in the game then you are SOL, though thats always a worry. t least they have the possibility of coming in turn 1

Flanking turn 1 and I think they get accute sense which means you can choose the best side.

Squeezed in the Cavaliers by downgrading the conversion field to a refractor field on the Rangers. My initial battle plan is to hold the Rangers back, advance the Vanguard, and flank the enemy threats with the walkers. At 500 pts I think this list has great balance and potential to go onto 750 pts by July.



Troops

Ranger Squad Arquerix - 130 pts
Alpha with refractor field, 4 Rangers, ominispex, 2 transuranic arquebuses

Vanguard Squad Vorak - 225 pts
Alpha(Warlord) with Taser Goad, Arc pistol, Digital Weapons, and conversion field, 9 Vanguards, Enhanced Data-Tether, 3 Plasma Calivers

Ironstrider Cavaliers - 145 pts

Forge Fiend
Sydonian Dragoon with taser lance

Wrath of Mars
Sydonian Dragoon with taser lance

Spear of the Red Sands
Ballistarii with cognis autocannons

Total: 500 pts

That looks like it could hold it's own at 500 against some !