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I have an escalation league coming up at my local, and I was looking for a little assistance. I put this here because it didn't fit the format for the army lists forum.

Here are the rules:


Escalation Rules:


Before I present my lists, whenever I've presented lists in the past I've always had people advocating the addition of units I don't own. To prevent that, here's a list of the models at my disposal.

My available models:


Week One:


Week Two:


Week Three:


Week Four:


Week Five:


Week Six:


Any suggestions or alterations are more than welcome! The large number of restrictions here have kind of stymied me. My normal Freakshow lists won't be possible with the composition restrictions. The de facto ban on Haemonculus Covens and Harlequins also limits my ability to run the army I have the most experience with under the new Codex. (Covens.) So any kind of aid is most appreciated.

I feel you have the best possible build for week 1 and 2 but on 3 and 4 I have a burning hatred of Blasterborn. They just never work for me and they are so expensive, so on the chance they don't kill what you want (1/2 the time they fail) they simply melt to return fire.

Instead of Blasterborn i suggest a Dark Lance Ravager, and use the remaining points to boost up the Reaver unit. For the next increment I would suggest the other Ravager and the Reaper (Remember it can buy Flickerfields for 10pts!).

Ravagers don't have to get as close as Blasterborn, meaning they are shooting from turn 1 and have more then 1 turn of life to pop what they want. And Reavers are just amazing, no questions really.

Then at 5 i would add another Grotesque unit lead by a Succubus (Use Hekatrix or Lilith model) and at 6 another 2 Warrior in Venom units.

Your end list would be

Archon
Succubus

Grotesques
Grotesques

4xWarriors in Venoms

2 units of Scourges, special weaponed to the brim.
Large unit of Reavers

2xDL Ravager
Reaper.

Seems to have all the bases covered and also has a very strong assault element. Only did rough point work in my head, so it might be a few points in or out in some places.

Hmm. Food for thought.

I've had almost the opposite, with my Ravagers critically underperforming. The Blasterborn seem like they'd be more durable (even once the vehicle is destroyed they remain effective), and they suffer no fire penalties for their transport Jinking.

Hadn't thought about another unit of grots. Interesting notion, I'll have to take a look at that too.

Thanks for the advice!