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So this list is a bit gimicky, and truth be told I'm three crimson hunters short of being able to field it, NEVERTHELESS! I think it's actually pretty cool, despite not being a big crimson hunter fan at the moment. Basically you're looking to combine wings of khaine, alaitoc, and exarch rules to create six strafing crimson hunter exarchs at the very back of your deployment zone, -2 to hit because of hard to hit plus alaitoc, all naturally re rolling 1's because of marksman's eye special rule, and re rolling all wounds against FLY keyword because of skyhunters special rule. You can park them at the back edge of your deployment zone, three on the far right, three on the far left, and because of double 90 degree pivots, just have them strafing passed one another all game never leaving that back edge so as to maintain the -2 to hit them. The two 10-man guardian squads are used to screen the two crimson hunter table quarters to deny deep strikers from landing within 12" of them. The other two blobs of 20 guardians both webway strike in. The full size 9-bike strong shining spears roll with the autarch skyrunner and warlock for natural leader buff each turn, re roll all hits in the shooting phase, re roll 1's in the fight phase, and 3++ against shooting attacks thanks to protect from the warlock. Because the backbone of the list are all these bright lances / pulse lasers I wanted every other unit to be able to spam shuriken fire to shore up the anti-horde. All the other units sport shuriken shots and all are biel-tan for natural re roll 1's to hit. I'm not really sure how most lists would over come the six flyers all at -2 to hit and all with 12 wounds, it's just so much to chew through being so nerfed to hit, target priority becomes very difficult too. Not to mention that if either of the 20-man blobs of guardians, or the shining spears are ignored, they'll wreak havoc. So with the exception of the two 10-man squads of guardians, everything is kinda must-deal-with. The threat density is sky high basically (pun intended).


Battalion & Double Air Wing Detachments 8 CP

<Battalion – Biel-Tan>

HQ – Autarch Skyrunner w/ Twin Shuriken Catapult & Laser Lance (Warlord: Natural Leader)
HQ – Warlock w/ Witch Blade, Shuriken Pistol & Faolchu’s Wing (Protect)

Troops – 20x Guardian Defenders w/ 2x Shuriken Cannon Platforms
Troops – 20x Guardian Defenders w/ Shuriken Cannons Platform
Troops – 10x Guardian Defenders
Troops – 10x Guardian Defenders

Fast Attack – 9x Shining Spears w/ Star Lance

<Air Wing Detachment – Alaitoc>

Flyer – Crimson Hunter Exarch w/ 2x Bright Lances & Pulse Laser
Flyer – Crimson Hunter Exarch w/ 2x Bright Lances & Pulse Laser
Flyer – Crimson Hunter Exarch w/ 2x Bright Lances & Pulse Laser

<Air Wing Detachment – Alaitoc>

Flyer – Crimson Hunter Exarch w/ 2x Bright Lances & Pulse Laser
Flyer – Crimson Hunter Exarch w/ 2x Bright Lances & Pulse Laser
Flyer – Crimson Hunter Exarch w/ 2x Bright Lances & Pulse Laser

I like this a lot. I really really want to like Crimson hunters and in such numbers I feel like they just might be valid especially with the minus 2 to hit for the brunt of the time. My only complaints are the 2 10 man guardian units. In my experience they just die to quickly. But it sounds like they are intentionally expendable so that could work to.

I Dig this list like a lot. It's goofy in an a way that just might be viable but your target priority is gonna have to be top notch to make it work but again this is great two big thumbs up.

Thanks! The idea randomly came to me a few hours ago, and as I was thinking it through I was like, "yeah...this could work." LOL. And yeah, the two 10-man guardian squads are mainly there to maintain that 12" alaitoc -1 to hit bubble, they are pretty expendable beyond turns 1/2. At least for how I conceive it in my head!