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HQ
CCS astropath 80pts

Troops
10 vets plasma gun carapace 115pts
10 vets plasma gun carapace 115pts

Fast
Vendetta ('cause I'm a dick like that) 130pts

Heavy
Medusa enclosed crew 150pts

What do you think?

I wouldn't worry about astropath so much with just 1 reserve unit. Maybe take that out and find another couple points to stick the other vet squad in a chimera.

 Chaos Rising wrote:
HQ
CCS astropath 80pts

Troops
10 vets plasma gun carapace 115pts
10 vets plasma gun carapace 115pts

Fast
Vendetta ('cause I'm a dick like that) 130pts

Heavy
Medusa enclosed crew 150pts

What do you think?

I would switch out astropath for master of ordinance for even more squishy goodness.

I find the master of ordinance to be very unreliable with his barrage. Although I do remember being tabled 1st turn by it in my first days of 40k.

I personally don't see the Medusa as being necessary. You won't see most of the things this guy wants to shoot at (AV 14, T 5 multi wound stuff) and is just asking to have a warp spider unit deep strike and shove some strength 7 up his butt. I would recommend dropping him for 2 chimeras (If your meta is ok with forge world, get the auto cannon turret) which presents much less squishy targets. Then I would drop the CCS for a Primaras psyker for a lot of fire power in a little man, but that's a preference choice. I don't think you can order units embarked on transports? So the extra fire power would be welcome.

My £0.02

 ALEXisAWESOME wrote:
I personally don't see the Medusa as being necessary. You won't see most of the things this guy wants to shoot at (AV 14, T 5 multi wound stuff) and is just asking to have a warp spider unit deep strike and shove some strength 7 up his butt. I would recommend dropping him for 2 chimeras (If your meta is ok with forge world, get the auto cannon turret) which presents much less squishy targets. Then I would drop the CCS for a Primaras psyker for a lot of fire power in a little man, but that's a preference choice. I don't think you can order units embarked on transports? So the extra fire power would be welcome.

My £0.02

his 2 plasma guns won't be able to handle meq nor will 2 chimeras really. the medusa is for anti-vech and anit meq as well as teq



I just like master of ordinance 30 points for an unlimited barrage of that power per turn is really really cheap. if he has line of sight you reduce the spread by his BS and since most people tend to play on very terrain free boards he almost always has los. and 30 points for astropath when you aren't outflanking and you have 1 reserve unit just seems like a massive waste of points to me.

Pretty sure astropath is 20pts

unless it got changed as part of 6th edition my codex says its 30

Majsharan wrote:

 Chaos Rising wrote:
HQ
CCS astropath 80pts

Troops
10 vets plasma gun carapace 115pts
10 vets plasma gun carapace 115pts

Fast
Vendetta ('cause I'm a dick like that) 130pts

Heavy
Medusa enclosed crew 150pts

What do you think?

I would switch out astropath for master of ordinance for even more squishy goodness.

Yes, this, and swap the Medusa for a LRBT.

2 vendettas would see the potential of 6 dead marines a turn by lascannon fire while carrying the vets inside, not to mention the AT out the ears. (instead of medusa)

Use the spare 20 points to upgrade stuff. With the vets in the vendetta, you could just as well have 6 meltaguns amongst your vets if you take off 5 or so points from somewhere. This, coupled with shotguns, could provide 6 Anti-TEQ shots that can also wreck any vehicle it touches.