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Looking for tips on raven guard units that are good in supporting a gunline and good gunline units.

SM scouts, to keep DS away!

Aggressors.

Vanguard Veterans, Devastator squads and Scouts.

All solid choices.

Lias Issodon.

Helblasters? Primaris are pretty solid in general with RG.

Aggressors are pure filth in an RG list.

Dreads love that -1 to hit: Mortis and Leviathans are great in RG lists and should take precedence over Preds and the like for their increased toughness from the Chapter Tactic. Inceptors have the 18" range and 12" movement to manage their -1/engagement pretty well. Aggressors are the stand out benefactor of the RG strat, but a squad of intercessors dropped into cover on an objective can be a disproportionate pain to deal with too. Lias Issodon if you Fear No Cheese.

 Thrst77 wrote:
Looking for tips on raven guard units that are good in supporting a gunline and good gunline units.

Scout Bikers, one of the most under valued units in the SM armory. 25pts, T5, 2W, fast, they come with combat shotguns, pistols AND chainsword on top of the twin bolter on the bike, meaning within 12" they get 6 shots, and 3 attacks in close combat including their pistol fire. Slap a stormbolter on the Sgt for 10 shots within 12" or 4 outside that, Raven Guard will be tougher to hit, and they get to use the cluster mine Strat when falling back to inflict mortal wounds, great when you've got that enemey Character unit tied up in CC and it's only got 1 or 2 left.


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Also, I like Vanguard Vets with as many Plasma Pistols on them as you can afford, 2 per man, with a few just having standard chainsword/bolt pistol to eat a few wounds without degrading the unit. Not much wants to get too close to that. Fielded a RG with a friend allowing me substitutions to see how it would work, dropped 2x10 man Van Vets with 9 Plas Pistols in unit total, Kayvann dropped with them, worked insanely good, but I'll need more testing.

Agressors. Spend the strategem to get them in range and unload the pewpew.