What does Night Lords Terror Assault actually need at 2.5k?

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**Nitro Zeus**

I'm confident with my 2k builds, and semi-confident with my 3k where I have a bit more flex, but 2.5k seems a bit more limiting because of the stuff am liable to go up against.

++ Crusade (Legiones Astartes: Age of Darkness Army List) [2,500pts] ++

+ HQ +

Praetor, Legion [210pts]: Artificer Armour, Bolt Pistol, Digital Lasers, Iron Halo, Master of the Legion, Paragon Blade
. Scimitar Jetbike with Heavy Bolter, Legion: Heavy Bolter, Legiones Astartes

+ Troops +

Terror Squad [305pts]: 9x Executioner, Legiones Astartes, 10x Volkite Charger
. Drop Pod, Legion: Twin-linked Bolter
. Headsman: Artificer Armour, Nostraman Chainglaive

Terror Squad [305pts]: 9x Executioner, Legiones Astartes, 10x Volkite Charger
. Drop Pod, Legion: Twin-linked Bolter
. Headsman: Artificer Armour, Nostraman Chainglaive

Terror Squad [305pts]: 9x Executioner, Legiones Astartes, 10x Volkite Charger
. Drop Pod, Legion: Twin-linked Bolter
. Headsman: Artificer Armour, Nostraman Chainglaive

Terror Squad [305pts]: 9x Executioner, Legiones Astartes, 10x Volkite Charger
. Drop Pod, Legion: Twin-linked Bolter
. Headsman: Artificer Armour, Nostraman Chainglaive

+ Fast Attack +

Javelin Attack Speeder Squadron, Legion [150pts]
. Javelin Attack Speeder, Legion: 2x Hunter-killer Missile, Multi-melta, Twin-linked Cyclone missile launcher
. Javelin Attack Speeder, Legion: 2x Hunter-killer Missile, Multi-melta, Twin-linked Cyclone missile launcher

Jetbike Sky Hunter Squadron, Legion [435pts]: 6x Heavy Bolter, Legiones Astartes, 3x Plasma Cannon, 9x Space Marine Sky Hunters
. Additional Wargear: Melta Bombs
. Standard Wargear: Bolt Pistols, Frag and Krak Grenades, Power Armour
. . Chainsword or Combat Blade: Chainswords/Combat Blades

Primaris-Lightning Strike Fighter [255pts]: 3x 2x Kraken Penetrator Heavy Missiles, Battle Servitor Control, Twin-linked Lascannon

+ Heavy Support +

Fire Raptor Gunship, Legion [230pts]
. Four wing-mounted:: Hellstrike Missiles
. Hull-mounted:: Twin-linked Avenger Bolt Cannon
. Two Independent Ball Turret-mounted:: Reaper Autocannon Battery

+ Allegiance +

Legion and Allegiance: VIII: Night Lords, Traitor

Rite of War: Terror Assault

+ Use Playtest Rules +

Use Playtest Rules: Playtest Rules On

++ Total: [2,500pts] ++

A couple of points on the choices:

I feel like a 4th troop choice is a good call at 2.5k. I know AT is the usual weakness of Terror Assault, but scoring Terror Squads with 35 pt drop pods just seems so head and shoulders above every other choice that I'd rather just go hard on trying to fill the AT role with the rest of the list.

The 10man Scimitar unit is a bit of an aesthetic choice, but is very resilient with 2+ and Stealth, very speedy and versatile unit that provides some coverage for 2+ infantry with the mobile Plasma Cannons, basically always triggers TFM, and gets the Praetor wherever.

The rest is just whatever. A Leviathan in a drop pod would be the 5th pod, meaning three could come down turn one, but I feel like the 2x Javelins + Fire Raptor + Melta bombs for the Scimitar Squad will probably do more for covering the AT hole. I dunno, both choices seem decent tho. I think I definitely want the Primaris Lightning though.

Thoughts?

**a fat guy**

I'm pretty new to 30K, I mainly just collected the 30K NL stuff for my 40K army, but I'm also trying to flesh out a terror assault list, so:

Since this rite is mostly about mobility, we only get one heavy support slot for it and it encourages short range anti-infantry assault, you could add a few C beam cannon rapier variants that everyone seems to hate (72 range should give you some much needed anti armour) to replace the fire raptor (or replace it with a contemptor, but you want those cannons firing as much as possible and they can't move and shoot I believe). This would free up the heavy support slot for something else, like the Leviathan in a deop pod that you mentioned before.

Could also replace the Praetors jetbike and artificier armour with terminator armour and the teleportation upgrade to get him right next to your terror squad as they land too. Also all that volkite could be spent on another terror squad if you really love them that much as well, or go towards a terminator squad with some anti-tank to free up some of your fast attack points for something else (like even more terminators!).

You could just go all out on the deep striking shenanigans and throw a bunch of terminators, terror squads and a leviathan into a bunch of drop pods and see how that goes. You could also add Curze in with some C beams too, depending on the table size.

**AnomanderRake**

If you're going to add one Rapier battery for anti-armour the laser destroyer or the grav-cannon do a lot better than the C-Beam. It only really helps you with anti-armour against gunlines on specific deployment type/mission combos.