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USAriadna Ranger Force
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Group 1 8 2 2
GRUNT Paramedic (MediKit) Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (12)
GRUNT Paramedic (MediKit) Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (12)
GRUNT Paramedic (MediKit) Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (12)
GRUNT HMG / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 21)
GRUNT (Marksmanship LX) Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 18)
MINUTEMAN (Marksmanship L1, X-Visor) AP Rifle, 2 Light Flamethrowers / Pistol, CCW. (29)
MINUTEMAN (Marksmanship L1, X-Visor) AP Rifle, 2 Light Flamethrowers / Pistol, CCW. (29)
MARAUDER Lieutenant Rifle, Heavy Flamethrower / Heavy Pistol, Knife. (21)
DESPERADO Chain Rifle, Smoke Grenades / 2 Assault Pistols, CC Weapon. (13)
DESPERADO Chain Rifle, Smoke Grenades / 2 Assault Pistols, CC Weapon. (13)

Group 2 6 2 0
FOXTROT (Forward Observer) Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (18)
FOXTROT (Forward Observer) Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (18)
112 Light Shotgun / Pistol, CCW. (12)
GRUNT (Marksmanship LX) Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 18)
GRUNT Rifle, Light Grenade Launcher / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 14)
GRUNT Rifle, Light Grenade Launcher / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 14)
HARDCASE FRONTIERSMAN Tactical Bow, Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (12)
HARDCASE FRONTIERSMAN Tactical Bow, Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (12)

4 SWC | 298 Points

Open with Army 5


The basic idea is to use the Desperados to get out smoke to cover the link team's advance up the board, and then use them as suicidal first turn rambos.

Minutemen provide some long range and backfield cover, and late game heavy hitting if necessary.

Hardcases and Foxtrots gum up the center of the field.

Update. Had one game with this list against Pan-o.

I found out that the Desperado option for boarding shotgun is actually a T2 boarding shotgun. It doesn't show that on the front, but when it prints the weapon profiles on the list it shows T2 ammo. That option might be worth it next time.

Things I learned:

TO Tags don't like X-visor AP rifles(and taking multiple flamethrower blasts to the face from a Marauder who refuses to die )

The dual assault pistols are gold. My first turn I zipped a Desperado up field and he killed a Father Knight(who turned out to be the Lt) turn 1, then on reactive turn 2 he chain-rifle'd a bot who attempted(and failed) a heal on the Father Knight. Then he got rid of another flamethrower bot before finally dying.

I like the desperadoes but I'm thinking that T2 shotgun is an error on the army's part. That wasn't mentionned anywhere else that I've seen and they tend to mention that
I too love assault pistols
My X-visor minutemen are always a pain too

What mini's do you usse as minutemen?

I'm using the Minuteman that come in the starter box. I also ordered a Tank Hunter with HMG that I will be using as a Minuteman too.

I can tell you from experience with Kum that shotguns of any kind on a bike are fething amazing. Bikes just make it so easy to get into that +6 band.

While it's tempting to just throw a chain rifle in there, call it a day, and use it as a throwaway unit against a cluster of enemies, I personally think a super fast moving shotgun has just as much value. He's got different targets however so don't just throw him at clusters and be annoyed when it dies.

Pick off stragglers, lone specialists making a run for objectives, get into deployment zones and hit cheerleaders, etc. That +6 band will mean that outside of bad luck, you'll be winning face to face rolls, dropping single targets, and just keep on riding. I actually really like the maligned Rifle/LSG Kum due to the range bands it can fight at in addition to its smoke utility.

The new Army no longer lists the Boarding Shotgun as having T2 ammo, so I probably was right with my guess of it being an error , a shame though