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I've got a single day event lined up for next month and will be taking my marines, it'll be decently competitive so I want to knock something up to do reasonably well.

From the new marine book I like the firestorm and the Ironstorm but think the later may struggle to do well on the dense tables I am expecting.

So below is my first look at a Salamader Ironstorm.

The basics are two landraiders packed with Aggressors+captain, Bladeguard+Adrax and CHeroes+vulkan, then a droppod with Infernus and some Eradicators to come in from reserve.
I have the scouts, Combi Lt and Inceptors for mission play.
Lastly I have a Ballistus dread because they are good and I needed more antitank.

I have 15pts left that I can't use, any suggestions of what I could swap around - I feel the mission playing units and Ballistus could be dropped if there are better options I haven't seen.



CHARACTERS

Adrax Agatone (85 points)
• 1x Drakkis
1x Malleus Noctum

Captain in Gravis Armour (95 points)
• 1x Master-crafted heavy bolt rifle
1x Master-crafted power weapon
• Enhancement: Forged in Battle

Lieutenant with Combi-weapon (70 points)
• 1x Combi-weapon
1x Paired combat blades

Vulkan He’stan (100 points)
• 1x Bolt Pistol
1x Gauntlet of the Forge
1x Spear of Vulkan



OTHER DATASHEETS

Aggressor Squad (220 points)
• 1x Aggressor Sergeant
• 1x Flamestorm gauntlets
1x Twin power fists
• 5x Aggressor
• 2x Flamestorm gauntlets
2x Twin power fists

Ballistus Dreadnought (140 points)
• 1x Armoured feet
1x Ballistus lascannon
1x Ballistus missile launcher
1x Twin storm bolter

Bladeguard Veteran Squad (180 points)
• 1x Bladeguard Veteran Sergeant
• 1x Master-crafted power weapon
1x Neo-volkite pistol
• 5x Bladeguard Veteran
• 2x Heavy bolt pistol
2x Master-crafted power weapon

Company Heroes (95 points)
• 1x Ancient
• 1x Bolt pistol
1x Bolt rifle
1x Close combat weapon
• 1x Company Champion
• 1x Bolt pistol
1x Master-crafted power weapon
• 2x Company Veteran
• 2x Bolt pistol
2x Close combat weapon
1x Master-crafted bolt rifle
1x Master-crafted heavy bolter

Drop Pod (70 points)
• 1x Storm bolter

Eradicator Squad (95 points)
• 1x Eradicator Sergeant
• 1x Bolt pistol
1x Close combat weapon
1x Melta rifle
• 2x Eradicator
• 2x Bolt pistol
2x Close combat weapon
1x Melta rifle
1x Multi-melta

Inceptor Squad (110 points)
• 1x Inceptor Sergeant
• 1x Close combat weapon
1x Plasma exterminators
• 2x Inceptor
• 2x Close combat weapon
2x Plasma exterminators

Infernus Squad (170 points)
• 1x Infernus Sergeant
• 1x Bolt pistol
1x Close combat weapon
1x Pyreblaster
• 9x Infernus Marine
• 4x Bolt pistol
4x Close combat weapon
4x Pyreblaster

Land Raider (240 points)
• 1x Armoured tracks
2x Godhammer lascannon
1x Hunter-killer missile
1x Multi-melta
1x Storm bolter
1x Twin heavy bolter

Land Raider Redeemer (260 points)
• 1x Armoured tracks
2x Flamestorm cannon
1x Hunter-killer missile
1x Multi-melta
1x Storm bolter
1x Twin assault cannon

Scout Squad (55 points)
• 1x Scout Sergeant
• 1x Astartes chainsword
1x Bolt pistol
1x Close combat weapon
• 4x Scout
• 1x Astartes shotgun
4x Bolt pistol
1x Boltgun
4x Close combat weapon
1x Missile launcher
1x Scout sniper rifle

Out of curiosity, why the CoH with Vulkan?

The company of heroes work nicely with vulkan for a few reasons.

Firstly they are excellent points per wound and ok ranged firepower and decent combat punch packed into 4 models which fit nicely into the landraider with the bladeguard.

Usually one of the drawbacks of the CoH is that they need a captain but the captains free strat buff isn't much good on them - on the other hand Vulkans buffs effect other units instead of his own so he works well sitting in them helping others.

Main reason is the cheap extra wounds with small footprint.

 WisdomLS wrote:
The company of heroes work nicely with vulkan for a few reasons.

Firstly they are excellent points per wound and ok ranged firepower and decent combat punch packed into 4 models which fit nicely into the landraider with the bladeguard.

Usually one of the drawbacks of the CoH is that they need a captain but the captains free strat buff isn't much good on them - on the other hand Vulkans buffs effect other units instead of his own so he works well sitting in them helping others.

Main reason is the cheap extra wounds with small footprint.

Oh! That is all very good reasoning. I kinda dismissed the CoH at first but they really are looking like a solid include, especially for this style of list.