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So I built this 1850 list of the top of my head to try out the new inquisitors with my IG. I wanted to post it up on dakka to see how it could be better built or shaped to do better.

IG Primary

CCS
x4 plasma
chimera

Vet squad
x3 plasma
Chimera

PCS
autocannon
x2 flamers

x4 PIS (inquisitor attached)
x4 autocannons

PCS
autocannon
x2 flamers

x4 PIS (inquisitor attached)
x4 lascannons

Vanquisher
LC/PC, Pask

Vanquisher
LC/PC

Manticore

Aegis Line with Quad

Inquisitorial detachment

x2 Inquisitors (79points a piece I believe)
psyker upgrade to take prescience
rad grenades
3 servo skulls each

Comments much appreciated!

I think my first suggestions will probably be to swap the CCS out to just have a lascannon and a standard and ditch the chimera. Then I would also ditch the vets in a chimera and add more gunline firepower.

Anybody? another suggestion I thought was to maybe get some psychotroke grenades.

Looks good to me, and would be fairly close to what I'd run if I was doing blob guard these days.

I wouldn't take psychotroke grenades on a unit you don't want getting into assault anyway, especially for 15 pts. They're not quite as useful as Rad grenades, I don't think

I truly dont like my IG getting into assault but my usual opponent is tyranids. When I play tested this list against the nids, after turn 2 my 2 blobs were constantly in assault with a different unit. Only having 2 giant blobs for scoring kinda hurts but they are pretty deadly. I think if I have the points left over I may add the psychotroke nades.

Surely you would need a commissar in each blob to stop them losing a combat and then all getting swept?

No, the inquisitor grants LD10 stubborn to the unit. He does not offer a re-roll, but the +1LD makes up for it.

I like the idea and am looking at something similar myself, but I am not sure you are using the blobs to their full potential. Plasma guns and/or power weapons would both benefit a lot from the inquisitors buffs. It is more eggs in the basket though. Perhaps 30 man blobs with special weapons would be killier and less unwieldy than 40 man blobs without?

 I-bounty-hunt-the-elderly wrote:
No, the inquisitor grants LD10 stubborn to the unit. He does not offer a re-roll, but the +1LD makes up for it.

I like the idea and am looking at something similar myself, but I am not sure you are using the blobs to their full potential. Plasma guns and/or power weapons would both benefit a lot from the inquisitors buffs. It is more eggs in the basket though. Perhaps 30 man blobs with special weapons would be killier and less unwieldy than 40 man blobs without?

That's what I was unsure about. I thought about 30 man blobs and having a couple smaller squads to screen around the sides or front to have my opponent shoot at them. But I am considering throwing plasma and melta bombs in the squads so that the blobs can take even do more damage to monstrous creatures if they jump in combat.

I will work on the list and re-type it up so I can see about getting some more comments

If you are getting into close combat all the time I would suggest the melta bombs in your blobs. I would also highly suggest throwing flamers on your chimeras. They will help you burn through any gaunt-varients they have running around and firing at snap shot with your multi laser when you need to use the heavy flamer/move.

So updated list.

CCS
Standard
Lascannon

Pcs (platoon 1)
X4 flamer

X3 PIS
X3 autocannons
X3 plasma guns
X3 melta bombs

x2 PIS
x2 autocannons

PCS (Platoon 2)

x3PIS
x3 lascannons
x3 plasma guns
x3melta bombs

x1 PIS
x1 autocannon


Vendetta

Vendetta

Vanquisher-pask/PC/LC


Manticore

Aegis line with quad

X2 inquisitors each with rad and paychatrope nades, lvl 1 psyker and 3 servo skulls

See if you can squeeze in a second Vendetta. Those PCS's are easy first blood and you will need something to take backfield objectives late game. I like to run mine with 4 flamers but each to his/her own.

With more and more infantry hitting the table some Heavy Bolter Sponsons could be useful as well. Sometimes 3x TL-Lascannons just aren't the right weapons.

Updated the list again!

Drop the second Vanquisher and added a second vendetta.

Swapped all the PCS's over to have x4 flamers each which they will be in the vendettas.

Added an autocannon to the naked infantry squad and then I also added 2 more infantry squads with autocannons as well. These 3 lone squads will probably be there to remain in the back field and hold my objectives because once the enemy comes close my 2 blobs will probably spring forward and go after the enemy.

I thought about dropping one of the lone infantry squads with an autocannon and putting marbo in as the list has like 6 points left over.

Any comments on second list being updated?