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Hey all! After some unfortunate and less than fun matchups with my Chaos Marines at the last RTT I am switching to my only other army at the moment: Imperial Guard. They have their own issues but I always seem to have fun with them. I have two lists here and I would like help deciding between them and perhaps getting some feedback on either. Thanks in advance!

First up: Vostroyans. I have two tank commanders to leverage Firstborn Pride. General strategy is to move everything up onto objectives in several screens. This list performed fairly well (5/20) at a recent RTT but I got ridiculously lucky in two games.

Vostroyan Brigade
2,000 pts, 11 CP

Tank Commander in Leman Russ
-Demolisher cannon, hull-mounted heavy bolter, multi-melta side sponsons
-Warlord Tank Ace: Master Mechanic

Tank Commander in Leman Russ
-Demolisher cannon, hull-mounted heavy bolter, multi-melta side sponsons
-Bonus Tank Ace: Master Mechanic

Company Commander
-Relic: Kurov’s Aquila

Company Commander

Company Commander

x3 Infantry Squad
-Heavy bolter

x3 Infantry Squad

5 Bullgryn
-Bullgryn mauls and brute shields

x2 Command Squad.
-4 plasma guns

Astropath
-Psychic powers: Psychic Barrier, Smite

Techpriest Enginseer

x2 Armored Sentinel
-Missile launcher, hunter-killer missile

Scout Sentinel
-Heavy flamer

Leman Russ
-Battle cannon, hull-mounted lascannon, plasma cannon sponsons

Wyvern
-Heavy bolter

Basilisk
-Heavy Flamer

Heavy Weapons Team
-Mortars


Second option: playing Vostroyans as Valhallans and trying out some toys. I give up some infantry and the Heavy slot LR to add two large conscript squads, which can be kept in line and ordered about by a Pietrov Lord Commissar. This I think has better play with the GW Open terrain my FLGS uses.

Valhallan Battalion
2,000 pts, 8 CP

Tank Commander in Leman Russ
-Demolisher cannon, hull-mounted lascannon, multi-melta side sponsons

Tank Commander in Leman Russ
-Demolisher cannon, hull-mounted lascannon, multi-melta side sponsons

Lord Commissar
-Power sword, bolt pistol
-Warlord: Master of Command
-Relic: Pietrov’s Mk 45

x2 30 Conscripts

x3 Infantry Squad

Scions
-2 plasma guns, tempestor with plasma pistol

5 Bullgryn
-Bullgryn mauls and brute shields

Master of Ordnance

Wyvern
-Heavy bolter

Basilisk
-Tank Ace: Full Payload
-Heavy flamer

Valhallan Patrol

Company Commander

Company Commander
-Relic: Kurov’s Aquila

x2 Infantry Squad

x2 Command Squad
-4 plasma guns

x2 Heavy Weapons Team
-Mortars