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I know this technically counts as come the apocalypse allies, but renegade guard seem like they'd fit quite well alongside genestealer cults. On the tabletop, I think this would be quite effective. The renegades can fire into CC thanks to the ordnance tyrant, so would hopefully leave the enemy in a bad situation between their squishy units being in CC and the renegades throwing down blast weapons everywhere. The culexus would be used to counter psychic deathstars. Wouldn't want all those blasts to be foiled by invisibility, would we?

This is also quite a horde-y army with 190 models on the table and 8 AV12 tanks. Do you reckon it'd be tough to deal with?

Purge 755pts
• Ordnance tyrant MoN command squad with AC 95pts
• 2 Griffons 70pts
• 2 Griffons 70pts
• Wyvern 55pts
• Wyvern 55pts
• Medusa platform 80pts
• Medusa platform 80pts
• Earthshaker platform 55pts
• Earthshaker platform 55pts
• Hydra 70pts
• Hydra 70pts

CAD 628pts
• Command squad with AC 55pts
• 20 Zombies 60pts
• 20 Zombies 60pts
• 20 Zombies 60pts
• Infantry squad x 15 with Icon + vox 55pts
• Infantry squad x 15 with Icon + vox 55pts
• Infantry squad x 15 with Icon + vox 55pts
• RLDs x 3 with 2 crew + training 76pts
• RLDs x 3 with 2 crew + training 76pts
• RLDs x 3 with 2 crew + training 76pts

Subterranean Uprising 325pts
• Acolytes 40pts
• Acolytes 40pts
• Acolytes 40pts
• Acolytes 40pts
• Metamorphs with claws 55pts
• Metamorphs with claws 55pts
• Metamorphs with claws 55pts

Culexus 140pts (modelled as a magus perhaps?)

Well, from a fluff standpoint, they seem a little too well equipped for a genestealer cult army. Then again, Come the Apocalypse doesn't really matter when the entire ally army operates on the other half of the board. Seems like this list is tailor made to eat up the opposition.

From a tactics standpoint, this would be very hard to defend against. Cult Ambush to place troops that soften up the enemy, followed by Earthsharker rounds and other artillery.

I would hate to fight this list.

Glad to hear it, it's supposed to be as competitive as I can make it (just in case there's ever a tournament that accepts this kind of mix haha). I agree, it seems like a pretty brutal combo on paper - murderous backfield units with one of the strongest static firebases 40k has to offer. The ordnance tyrant only improves the synergy!

Hopefully they won't hit too many of their genestealer allies with all those BS2 large blasts