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I could do with a few to mix into my foot guard. I usually use Elysians, but a tournament I'm playing at doesn't allow forge world.

My thoughts:
- Scions - good damage, but will get blown away after 1 turn. Possibly the best option. I'd strongly consider the volley guns or plasma guns, but then they get a bit pricey at 78pts
- Assassins - very flexible, but only one-model units and don't really want to sit around on an objective.
- Assault marines - want to be in CC really so not idea.
- Seraphim - don't know much about these, including if they can even deep strike
- Inceptors - good damage output but very squishy

Basically I'm looking for anything that is imperial, deep strikes, is tough and has decent damage output if possible. Or 'what is the thing that is most like Elysian drop troops if I can't use them...'

BA assault marines get take plasma.

A 10man GK Strike squad, with Psibolt stratagem. 40 str 5 shots on the drop isn’t bad.

SJ

Reivers with carbines?

Seraphim or GK strike squads if your looking for reasonable cheap.

Custodes if you don't mind the points or possible command point cost.

Yeah, this is one place that the GKs actually look pretty good. Even a 5 man unit with Psilencer only costs about 100 points and puts out 20 odd dice and has some solid melee capability.

Plasma Scions are still the best first turn punch unit for the points if mass plasma is what you're looking for.

In either case, if you leave them out in the open and aren't providing enough target saturation they'll get hosed first turn, pretty much any infantry will. Adding an Assassin to either help that out, especially the Eversor.

I’d probably also recommend the GKs. Maybe just a patrol with a GMDK and a strike squad or two.

Reivers are pretty durable for their cost, but their damage output is very weak. I don’t know if it’s worth adding a marine detachment for them.

It’s very hard to go wrong with a Culexus assassin, of course.

If you're just capping an objective you put in cover, a 10 man Scion squad with no upgrades gets a tasty 2+ save with the use of take cover, at only 100 points, and can toss out a vicious amount of AP - 2 dice at anything that comes close to it.

I'd agree with AdmiralHalsey on Scions, although GK may have staying power too. Seraphim do deep strike, but don't deep strike WELL... both flamers and Inferno pistols are out of range for a turn.

Seraphim are not what you are looking for. They’re fast, durable, and shooty, but only in a proper Sisters detachment with St. Celestine so they get all their juicy rules.

It’s gonna be tough to do better than Scions, especially since you’re already running IG.

I would go with GKs too. If you only need shooting, maybe a Purgation Squad with Psilencers could be good: on the turn they arrive, it's 24 S4 AP0 shots, on 4+ (because heavy weapon). It's useful against troops, but not so much against monsters/vehicles. In that case, Scions will be a better fit.

Rough riders could probably do quite well

If you don't want the unit to get destroyed after deployment you could look at legion of the damned. 3++ save, ignore cover with their guns, and deep strike w/ a multi melta if you want for tank busting. Down side is they are really expensive.

Sternguard in a drop pod if points aren’t an issue. The GK Strike squad sounds best for points.

Inceptors are squishy ? Show me an imperial infantry unit that can deepstrike, shoot 18 HB shots, is better than T5 and W2 per model with a 3+ armor sv. BA inceptors can be improvied with a company ancient with the banner of sacrifice, which gives a 6" bubble with 5+++.

Inceptors are over 20 pts/W. They are incredibly vulnerable to multiwound weapons. That said, they are truly devastating and force target priority challenges.

Barebones scouts are by far the best imperial unit for objective camping. Scions are decent, but they are really too offensively oriented to sit on an objective.

Inceptors and Terminators are awful suggestions. Those are hard-hitting units that you want to drop within rapid-fire range of the enemy, not something you want to grab objectives with.

There is no imperial unit which is hard to kill, can deepstrike, and have good damage output. Inceptors are probably the closest match. Pick two out of three requirements, thats possible, but not all three in one unit.

Inceptors don't have a rapid fire range. That's why they are a viable candidate. They project 18" at full power.

Inceptors, at least for me, have been invaluable in the job of deepstriking behind enemy lines and kill those weak squads people lets behind camping objetives.

If you are facing armies like Orks or IG that can 100% negate deepstriking in their half of the table, they have less uses but still they can help clear chaff in Turn 2/3. But when you face other armies, yeah.

I can't count the number of Scouts Units, Skitarii Units, Cultists, etc... I have obliterated with a unit of Inceptors to steal their points in the mid-late game. And if you put them in cover (Something easy in squads of 3), T5 with 2+ is nothing that your enemy can kill without proper firepower. And thats forces him to retreat units from the main engagement in the table.

Inceptors are still great vs IG if you can keep the heat off them. They clear guardsmen proficiently, and can redeploy via upon wings of fire. They just have to live.

GK strike squads that have been mentioned have the benifit of being troops and thus if you also snag a GK HQ you can spin em into a patrol detachment and get Objective secured on them. Another army worth talking about from a deep strike POV are custodes, they're pretty beefy BUT expensive so I'm not sure I'd want to use them as a deep strike throw away. still, a squad of allarus custodes could be intreasting, deep strike em in, hammer a target and then maybe unleash the Lions to spread the squad out to cause havok among the lines?

Ravenguard hellblasters.

kingleir wrote:
Ravenguard hellblasters.

How do you deepstrike them later in the game ?

Martel732 wrote:
Inceptors don't have a rapid fire range. That's why they are a viable candidate. They project 18" at full power.

Yeah, that is true. But inceptors are still an expensive option for a objective camping unit, and so are strike squads. They are fine units when you want to deal damage, but that is not really what this thread is about, is it?

pismakron wrote:

Martel732 wrote:
Inceptors don't have a rapid fire range. That's why they are a viable candidate. They project 18" at full power.

Yeah, that is true. But inceptors are still an expensive option for a objective camping unit, and so are strike squads. They are fine units when you want to deal damage, but that is not really what this thread is about, is it?

This thread is about finding a unit which is imperium, can deep strike, is tough and has decent damage output. Your suggestion of scouts is very bad, because they only fulfill 25%, they are imperium, thats it.

 p5freak wrote:

pismakron wrote:

Martel732 wrote:
Inceptors don't have a rapid fire range. That's why they are a viable candidate. They project 18" at full power.

Yeah, that is true. But inceptors are still an expensive option for a objective camping unit, and so are strike squads. They are fine units when you want to deal damage, but that is not really what this thread is about, is it?

This thread is about finding a unit which is imperium, can deep strike, is tough and has decent damage output. Your suggestion of scouts is very bad, because they only fulfill 25%, they are imperium, thats it.

Scouts are the best imperial unit for standing on objectives, though. And that is what the title says. And scouts are what what people use. They are also tougher than inceptors most of the time.