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Hi,

I want to post my first new codex 2000 points list. Since there is no more Renegades Codex I use the Astra Militarum Codex for my games.
I´m starting with 3 CPs. What are you thinking?









++ Arks of Omen Detachment (Imperium - Astra Militarum) ++

+ Configuration +

Arks of Omen Compulsory Type: Fast Attack

Battle Size [6CP]: 3. Strike Force (101-200 Total PL / 1001-2000 Points)

Detachment Command Cost

Game Type: 5. Chapter Approved: Arks of Omen

Regimental Doctrine: Born Soldiers

+ HQ +

Cadian Command Squad: Relic: Finial of the Nemrodesh 1st, Stratagem: Relic
. Cadian Commander: Chainsword, Laspistol
. Cadian Veterans
. . Cadian Veteran w/ chainsword: Chainsword, Laspistol
. . Cadian Veteran w/ Master-Vox: Laspistol
. . Cadian Veteran w/ Regimental Standard
. . . Lasgun and Regimental Standard

Lord Solar Leontus: Warlord

Tank Commander: Lascannon, Leman Russ Battle Cannon, Relic: Gatekeeper, Stratagem: Relic
. 2 Heavy Bolters: 2x Heavy bolter

+ Troops +

Cadian Shock Troops
. 7x Shock Trooper: 7x Lasgun
. Shock Trooper Sergeant: Drum-fed Autogun
. Shock Trooper w/ Special Weapon: Plasma gun
. Shock Trooper w/ Special Weapon: Plasma gun

Cadian Shock Troops
. 7x Shock Trooper: 7x Lasgun
. Shock Trooper Sergeant: Drum-fed Autogun
. Shock Trooper w/ Special Weapon: Plasma gun
. Shock Trooper w/ Special Weapon: Plasma gun

Cadian Shock Troops
. 7x Shock Trooper: 7x Lasgun
. Shock Trooper Sergeant: Drum-fed Autogun
. Shock Trooper w/ Special Weapon: Plasma gun
. Shock Trooper w/ Special Weapon: Plasma gun

Cadian Shock Troops
. 7x Shock Trooper: 7x Lasgun
. Shock Trooper Sergeant: Drum-fed Autogun
. Shock Trooper w/ Special Weapon: Plasma gun
. Shock Trooper w/ Special Weapon: Plasma gun

Cadian Shock Troops
. 7x Shock Trooper: 7x Lasgun
. Shock Trooper Sergeant: Drum-fed Autogun
. Shock Trooper w/ Special Weapon: Plasma gun
. Shock Trooper w/ Special Weapon: Plasma gun

+ Elites +

Kasrkin
. Kasrkin Sargeant: Hot-shot Laspistol & Chainsword, Relic: The Barbicant's Key, Stratagem: Battlefield Bequest
. 5x Kasrkin w/ Hot-shot Lasgun: 5x Frag & Krak grenades, 5x Hot-shot Lasgun
. Kasrkin w/ Special Weapon: Plasma gun
. Kasrkin w/ Special Weapon: Plasma gun
. Kasrkin w/ Special Weapon: Hot-shot Volley Gun
. Kasrkin w/ Special Weapon: Hot-shot Volley Gun

Kasrkin
. Kasrkin Sargeant: Hot-shot Laspistol & Chainsword
. 5x Kasrkin w/ Hot-shot Lasgun: 5x Frag & Krak grenades, 5x Hot-shot Lasgun
. Kasrkin w/ Special Weapon: Plasma gun
. Kasrkin w/ Special Weapon: Plasma gun
. Kasrkin w/ Special Weapon: Hot-shot Volley Gun
. Kasrkin w/ Special Weapon: Hot-shot Volley Gun

+ Fast Attack +

Armoured Sentinels
. Armoured Sentinel: Hunter-killer missile, Militarum Plasma Cannon, Sentinel Chainsaw

Armoured Sentinels
. Armoured Sentinel: Hunter-killer missile, Militarum Plasma Cannon, Sentinel Chainsaw

Armoured Sentinels
. Armoured Sentinel: Hunter-killer missile, Militarum Plasma Cannon, Sentinel Chainsaw

Scout Sentinels
. Scout Sentinel: Heavy Flamer, Sentinel Chainsaw

Scout Sentinels
. Scout Sentinel: Lascannon

+ Heavy +

Hydra
. Heavy Bolter

Leman Russ Battle Tanks
. Leman Russ Battle Tank: Lascannon, Vanquisher Battle Cannon, Veteran Commandeer
. . 2 Heavy Bolters: 2x Heavy bolter
. Leman Russ Battle Tank: Executioner Plasma Cannon, Lascannon
. . 2 Heavy Bolters: 2x Heavy bolter

Rogal Dorn Battle Tank : Castigator Gatling Cannon
. 2 Heavy Bolters: 2x Heavy bolter
. Oppressor Cannon and Co-axial Autocannon

+ Dedicated Transport +

Chimera : Chimera Heavy Bolter
. Heavy Flamer

Dual plasma guns on the troops will need to become plasma/melta once the first FAQ fixes that typo but other than that it looks pretty standard. The only thing I'd consider changing is grouping up the armored Sentinels into a single unit of three. You want the scouts as single-model units to maximize their screening value but the armored Sentinels are a great choice for buff stacking. Give them Lord Solar's re-roll, take aim, and the relic flag for a very strong shooting alpha strike and then charge for even more damage if something is in range. It's a very good second threat once the Kasrkin bomb is used.

Thanks for your response. I have plenty of meltas in my bitbox but for now I use plasma/plasma.
I think the three stand-alone armored sentinels are (in this army) better than a single unit. I will have more flexibility in the late- or endgame, I think. Spliting my sentinels to grab objectives, to stuck troops in melee ...
Also players tend to split their fire against small/weak units like sentinels, what often ends in not killing a unit.
If I would buff a unit of three armored sentinels with my lord solar they can reroll all hit- an woundrolls, but they already reroll all 1s to hit and wound near the lord solar, and they will get buffed with take aim (+1 to hit, 1 AP).
I think sometimes it´s better you have one big unit, sometimes it´s better to have more single units. If I would have an enginseer or psyker, the choice would be easier.