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How many points %-wise and which vehicles would you deploy 1st turn in a drop pod list? They would need be tough enough or in enough numbers to survive from being tabled 1st turn. Fortifications not included.

There are a lot of factors to this. What Legion? What RoW? Some armies benefit from going more like 80/20, while some might just want a single turn disruption unit allowing their forces to close in, so more like 30/70.

What are you running?

Why armored though? Why not hidden, small units out of los, in cover, representing scouting forces calling down the airstrike?

Well, I'm running a mostly reserve Sons of Horus Black Reaving army.

The only units I will have on the board on first turn are a Damocles Rhino and a Master of Signal (probably in the rhino). I will also have two Dreadclaws with Contemptors arriving first turn as per the drop assault rule.

From Second turn on I've got:

-Leviathan Dreadnought in a Dreadnought Drop Pod
-10 Reavers in a Dreadclaw
-10 Reavers with Jump Packs
-5 Justaerin Deep Striking with a Preator
-15 Tactical Marines in a Storm Eagle

All of these come in on a 2+ with a re-rollable 1 with no scatter as long as my Damocles is still alive. I just gotta make sure that thing is well hidden.

The reason I'm looking for vehicles only is the RoW I want to use requires all infantry units to deploy with drop pods or in flyers