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Hello! Upcoming first 8th event. List ideas.

Battalion

Cawl 250
Dominus, erad ray, macro 141

Kataphron Des, grav, flamer 228
Kataphron Des, grav, flamer 228
Skitarri rangers (10), 3 arc, Omni, arc maul 127
Skitarri vanguard (1), 3 plasma, Omni, arch maul 154

datasmith 52

Kastelans (4), phospors! 440
Onager, icharus, stubber 138
Onager, neutron, stubber 151

Aux Detachment

Vindicare 90

(3 base +3 for battalion -1 for Aux) 5 CP

1999/2000

Some stuff to throw in:

1. Destroyers and breachers are widely considered to be over-costed right now. Why get 3 destroyers when you can get 2 kastellans with phosphor? I'd recommend removing at least one squad and saving 228 points. Honestly if you remove both, that's about a low-costed knight.

2. Skitarii leadership is shockingly low now. So large squads are actually inefficient since the new morale mechanic could cause you to lose extra models quickly. I'd recommend splitting up your large squads and using the vanguard as a screen for your heavy stuff.

3. I like your heavy stuff. If you're clever you can take a heavy-oriented detachment (I forget the name), so you can split up your kastellans so if one unit gets charged it doesn't stop all 4 from shooting.

4. Also if you take the heavy-detachment, you can split the TPD into a patrol with a vanguard so you can bring in the vindicare and not lose a CP. However, that TPD and vanguard squad will lose Canticles. Your call if a CP is worth that to you.

5. I like the cullexus more than the vindicare since the whole anti-psyker thing but that's just me. You do you.

You can pick and choose whatever advice from this you like, there's no "right" answer.

Jackal444 wrote:
Some stuff to throw in:

1. Destroyers and breachers are widely considered to be over-costed right now. Why get 3 destroyers when you can get 2 kastellans with phosphor? I'd recommend removing at least one squad and saving 228 points. Honestly if you remove both, that's about a low-costed knight.

2. Skitarii leadership is shockingly low now. So large squads are actually inefficient since the new morale mechanic could cause you to lose extra models quickly. I'd recommend splitting up your large squads and using the vanguard as a screen for your heavy stuff.

3. I like your heavy stuff. If you're clever you can take a heavy-oriented detachment (I forget the name), so you can split up your kastellans so if one unit gets charged it doesn't stop all 4 from shooting.

4. Also if you take the heavy-detachment, you can split the TPD into a patrol with a vanguard so you can bring in the vindicare and not lose a CP. However, that TPD and vanguard squad will lose Canticles. Your call if a CP is worth that to you.

5. I like the cullexus more than the vindicare since the whole anti-psyker thing but that's just me. You do you.

You can pick and choose whatever advice from this you like, there's no "right" answer.

If he goes for the Spearhead for the heavies and takes Vanguard for the Elite slots, might be a good idea to opt for Greyfax and take the Vindicare. Then you get the psychic protection and the assassin.

The other stuff is all spot on assessment based on what folks are discussing in the Tactica.

Thanks so much for the advice! I am reworking a list and will post it. Thanks!