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Not sure how well this list will work. It's basically trying to exploit the value of mortal wounds in the psychic phase, the list can put out 16 total psychic powers a turn, 14 total smites; it also goes without say that with 16 total deny the witches, other psyker friendly armies will not be happy. You achieve smite spam with msu spam, which is basically what the list is, I've tried to keep it flavorful with two named HQ's (who happen to be great psykers), and competitive with three dreadknights. All the striker squads will know gate, so they'll achieve mobility that way.


Battalion Detachment

HQ – Lord Kaldor Draigo
HQ – Grand Master Voldus

Elites – Apothecary
Elites – Apothecary

Troops – 5x Striker Squad w/ Psilencer
Troops – 5x Striker Squad w/ Psilencer
Troops – 5x Striker Squad w/ Psilencer
Troops – 5x Striker Squad w/ Psilencer
Troops – 5x Striker Squad w/ Psilencer
Troops – 5x Striker Squad w/ Psilencer

Heavy Support – Nemesis Dreadknight w/ Heavy Incinerator, Heavy Psycannon, Nemesis Greatsword, Dreadfist & Dreadknight Teleporter
Heavy Support – Nemesis Dreadknight w/ Heavy Incinerator, Heavy Psycannon, Nemesis Greatsword, Dreadfist & Dreadknight Teleporter
Heavy Support – Nemesis Dreadknight w/ Heavy Incinerator, Heavy Psycannon, Nemesis Greatsword, Dreadfist & Dreadknight Teleporter

I count 13 smites. Still, the smites aren't all that impressive, being only 12" range and dealing a max of 1 mortal wound each. However, the amount of stormbolter fire this list can put out is nice.

The main problem I see with this list is deployment. You can only put 6 of your units into reserve, and only 1 can use gate. The Dreadknights are the obvious choice for starting on the board but what about the rest? Are you going to have 3 units of Strikers and an Apothecary just hoofing it across the board? Maybe you should try to fit in razorbacks.

I don't think you need both Draigo and Voldus. If you want to keep your 'smite' theme going, I'd suggest picking up a Librarian (who's smite is the normal 18" d3 or d6 mortal wounds) and a Brother-Captain to double the range of your smites. That'll give you some points to go towards transports. I think if you drop a dreadknight, you'll have enough points for 3 cheap heavy bolter razorbacks? I'm not sure on the points.

dreadknights dont put out that much damage if you play with them vs there point cost.

razorbacks are better.

if you really want to smite spam i would go with purifiers and a borther captain. that would make it 6" D6 mortal wounds instead of 3".

put them in razorbacks and run them down the field. back them up wit a stormraven or dreadnaughts for that extra fire support

Thanks for the feedback, I'll incorporate some of the ideas for sure.

NDKs have lost out in this warscroll. Maybe the codex will update them a bit, but otherwise Dreadnoughts are a lot better. The degrade chart on NDKs really hurt, especially the loss of movement.

For the cost of those 3 NDKs, you could get SEVEN AssCan Razors and give your GKSS boxes to cart around in.

Compare the shooting between those two options. 84 S6 -1 D1 shots, or 18 S7 -1 D2 + 10 S6 -1 D2. I'd much rather have the Razorbacks for the overwhelming shooting as well as the protection for the GKSS.

Watch this for GK goodness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIOc_HulB8g