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This is my idea of a good alphastrike army with loads of potential 1st turn assault.

With scouts either running bikes with locater beacon or helping plasmacannons with ignore cover. plus outflanking tacticals. I see this a versatile army with lots of options in deployment, pregame decisions and first strikes. What are your thoughts on this?

+++ New Roster (1848pts) +++

++ Space Marines: Codex (2015) (SM RG Talon Strike Force) (1268pts) ++

+ (No Category) +

Chapter Tactics [Raven Guard]

+ Core (928pts) +

'Pinion Battle Demi-Company * (928pts) [Shadow Captain Shrike]
····Assault Squad [Jump Packs, Replace Bolt Pistol and Chainsword with an Eviscerator, 4x Space Marines]
········Space Marine Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Chainsword]
····Devastator Squad [4x Plasma Cannon, 4x Space Marines]
········Space Marine Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Boltgun]
····Scout Bike Squad [Scout Biker, Scout Biker]
········Scout Biker Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Locater Beacon]
····Scout Bike Squad [Scout Biker, Scout Biker]
········Scout Biker Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Locater Beacon]
····Scout Squad [4x Boltgun, 4x Scouts]
········Scout Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Boltgun]
····Scout Squad [4x Boltgun, 4x Scouts]
········Scout Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Boltgun]
····Scout Squad [4x Boltgun, 4x Scouts]
········Scout Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Boltgun]
····Tactical Squad [4x Space Marines]
········Space Marine Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Boltgun]
····Tactical Squad [4x Space Marines]
········Space Marine Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Boltgun]
····Tactical Squad [4x Space Marines]
········Space Marine Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Boltgun]

+ Auxiliary (340pts) +

'Shadowstrike Kill Team * (340pts)
····Scout Squad [4x Boltgun, 4x Scouts]
········Land Speeder Storm [Heavy Bolter]
········Scout Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Boltgun]
····Scout Squad [4x Boltgun, 4x Scouts]
········Land Speeder Storm [Heavy Bolter]
········Scout Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Boltgun]
····Vanguard Veteran Squad
········Veteran [Lightning Claw, Lightning Claw]
········Veteran [Lightning Claw, Lightning Claw]
········Veteran [Lightning Claw, Lightning Claw]
········Veteran [Lightning Claw, Lightning Claw]
········Veteran Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Power Fist]

++ Space Marines: Codex (2015) (Formation Detachment) (580pts) ++

+ (No Category) +

Chapter Tactics [Raven Guard]

+ Formation (580pts) +

'Skyhammer Annihilation Force (580pts)
····Assault Squad [Jump Packs, Replace Bolt Pistol and Chainsword with an Eviscerator, 4x Space Marines]
········Space Marine Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Combat Shield, Thunder Hammer]
····Assault Squad [Jump Packs, Replace Bolt Pistol and Chainsword with an Eviscerator, 4x Space Marines]
········Space Marine Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Combat Shield, Thunder Hammer]
····Devastator Squad [4x Heavy Bolter, 4x Space Marines]
········Drop Pod [Storm Bolter]
········Space Marine Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Boltgun]
····Devastator Squad [4x Multi-melta, 4x Space Marines]
········Drop Pod [Storm Bolter]
········Space Marine Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Boltgun]

Spending way too much on gear of your assault squads - Personally I'd just run them as 10 mans with no gear. You reroll your hammer of wrath with raven guard and can combat squad. IMO it's a much more useful unit.

5 scout bikes is too many IMO - take 2 or 3.
Shriek is also not really helpful here. Just take a chaplain with a the relic jump pack and call it a day.

Then you can fit more vangards and give them good weapons. Powerfist/ LC combo is their best setup - followed by power weapon/lc and a strom shield.

Plasma cannons with ignore cover are awesome - but you really don't need help with anti infantry - you need anti tank. Las cannons will probably work better.

Stripped the assaultsquads and removed the land speeder storms to get more points for more assaultmodels

Couldnt fit so much specialweapons to vanguards. But shrike to shifted with a chaplain and devastators now have lascannons. Better?

Oh btw the scout bikes have 3 models each.


+++ New Roster (1848pts) +++

++ Space Marines: Codex (2015) (SM RG Talon Strike Force) (1213pts) ++

+ (No Category) +

Chapter Tactics [Raven Guard]

+ Core (943pts) +

'Pinion Battle Demi-Company * (943pts)
····Assault Squad [Jump Packs, 9x Space Marines]
········Space Marine Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Chainsword]
····Chaplain
········Power Armour [Bolt Pistol, Crozius Arcanum, Raven's Fury]
····Devastator Squad [4x Lascannon, 4x Space Marines]
········Space Marine Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Boltgun]
····Scout Bike Squad [Scout Biker, Scout Biker]
········Scout Biker Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Locater Beacon]
····Scout Bike Squad [Scout Biker, Scout Biker]
········Scout Biker Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Locater Beacon]
····Scout Squad [4x Boltgun, 4x Scouts]
········Scout Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Boltgun]
····Scout Squad [4x Boltgun, 4x Scouts]
········Scout Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Boltgun]
····Scout Squad [Camo Cloaks, 4x Scouts, 4x Sniper Rifle]
········Scout Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Sniper Rifle]
····Tactical Squad [4x Space Marines]
········Space Marine Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Boltgun]
····Tactical Squad [4x Space Marines]
········Space Marine Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Boltgun]
····Tactical Squad [4x Space Marines]
········Space Marine Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Boltgun]

+ Auxiliary (270pts) +

'Shadowstrike Kill Team * (270pts)
····Scout Squad [4x Boltgun, 4x Scouts]
········Scout Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Boltgun]
····Scout Squad [4x Boltgun, 4x Scouts]
········Scout Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Boltgun]
····Vanguard Veteran Squad
········Veteran [Lightning Claw, Lightning Claw]
········Veteran [Lightning Claw, Lightning Claw]
········Veteran [Lightning Claw, Lightning Claw]
········Veteran [Power Sword, Storm Shield]
········Veteran Sergeant [Lightning Claw, Power Fist]

++ Space Marines: Codex (2015) (Formation Detachment) (635pts) ++

+ (No Category) +

Chapter Tactics [Raven Guard]

+ Formation (635pts) +

'Skyhammer Annihilation Force (635pts)
····Assault Squad [Jump Packs, 9x Space Marines]
········Space Marine Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Chainsword, Combat Shield]
····Assault Squad [Jump Packs, 9x Space Marines]
········Space Marine Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Chainsword]
····Devastator Squad [4x Heavy Bolter, 4x Space Marines]
········Drop Pod [Storm Bolter]
········Space Marine Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Boltgun]
····Devastator Squad [4x Multi-melta, 4x Space Marines]
········Drop Pod [Storm Bolter]
········Space Marine Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Boltgun]