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Hi
I'm gonna be playing one of my first games this week, with the Templars I've got painted up.
I'll be against an Imperial Guard list that'll probably be somewhat tank heavy - Chimeras and maybe a Russ or too.
What do you think of this as a list? I'm more than happy to move stuff about in terms of squad composition. Also probably worth noting, I've got a Land Raider Crusader that I could probably get finished in time.
I think my opponent is gonna be working with about 750 points, so if there's anywhere I could drop 100 points, lemme know.

HQ
140 – Emperor's Champion (p.127)
120 – Terminator Chaplain (p.134)

Troops
Squad 1
70+15 (plasma) +15 (missile launcher (potentially +10 for flakk, though not included in the total here)) Crusader Squad (p.137)
100
Squad 2
70+5 (flamer) Crusader Squad (p.137)
75
Squad 3
70+15 (grav-gun) +15 (power weapon) +10 (sword brother) +25 (power fist) +10 (combi-melta)
145

Elite
175 - Terminator Assault squad +2x th+ss=20
195

Fast Attack
55 – Razorback + 20 (twin-linked lascannon)
75

850

Thanks for your help!


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ignore page ref.s they're for me looking at my codex for special rules and stats

Please check out the stickied topic here, which explains about not including points costs for individual upgrades (both for legal reasons, and because it makes it easier to read).

I wouldn't bother with the flakk upgrade for squad 1 - with only a single shot it would take the entire game to bring down a Valk or Vendetta.

Depending on which unit is going in the Razor, swap the flamer and grav in squads 2 and 3 - squad 3 wants to be charging, so it can't fire a Salvo weapon, whilst squad 2 is bolters? You haven't shown any basic ccw swaps?

If you need to shed points to get to 750, I'd suggest dropping one of the HQs.

How are you going to move your dudes around the battlefield? The terminators are going to have a hard time after they deep strike (assuming you do that.)

Trying to footslog isn't gonna end well against guard, try and squeeze a rhino or 2 in, once you get in amongst the guard you should make short work of them tho, especially with the emperors champion. Drop the chaplain to achieve this, and invest in a melta or 2. Running your units in 10 man squads is also risky, combat squad them so it doesn't hurt as much when you get pie plated!
This should give you a reasonable chance of success, but using templars is much harder than it used to be, just remember cover is your friend!