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Hi all
i played a while with this list
The list was for 1750 points but i have a +50 for campaign rules
we made a re-match this thursday and i'm looking forward to made some little tweaking
he's using 4 waveserpent, 1 jetbike troop with farseer and warlock, and wraithknight

i thought about removing a razorback and put an inquisitor with multi-melta servitor and jokaero, inside Chimera
i can also change a little on asm squad on pod, like using a sternguard with combi-melta or bolter using DC (i don't really love DC, to be honest...)
and swap one or two baal for vindicator

what do you think?

Nice looking mech list. I would drop the magnagrapples, the scouts, and the Baals for Annihilator pattern Preds. The more Lascannons, the better.

Lucarikx

d'oh i just realised i wrote "18750+50"... i was willing to say "1750+50" :p

 Lucarikx wrote:
Nice looking mech list. I would drop the magnagrapples, the scouts, and the Baals for Annihilator pattern Preds. The more Lascannons, the better.

Lucarikx

Second this but I don't like the Annihilator pattern. I like to keep em cheap keep em mobile. If you keep the Autocannon instead of the TLd Las you can move 12, fire both LC sponsons and get two snapshot AC shells for 65 points less. You could almost buy a third one for the points you save on two Predators without the TL LC. Sure it's not very fluffy and if you sit predator still/move six inches the Lascannon is better but the cost is simply outrageous and the other version performs admirably in my experience

Lascannon predator is very expensive for BA...
i use baal for alpha strike or vindicator to move slow (well, slower than scouting baal ) and fire large pizza dish around the field...

btw, predator too are fast so they can shoot with lascannon even if moving at 12" (and with lascannon range probably you can move 6" and still being on range)

i played this game, swapping a razorback unit with an inquisitory chimera w 2 gimp and 3 servitor. However, it did'nt gone well 'cause some strategical error (like using mephiston to chase down waveserpent in lieu of protecting relics eradicating everythin who would come close...)

next week first turn campaign will end and probably i will lose some territories so i could have more point; btw, i'm still thinking about how to tweak the 1750 base list...

based on my experience, 4 razorback are cool but they will explode very quickly and 5 asm squad are not really useful to hold objective and killing things; so i'm planning on removing one of them and use the spare 170 point to put something else on the field... ok... whatelse?
a good idea could be to make drop-pod asm squad a 10 men squad, so i can use them to capture/contest/hold objective very quickly, flame and assalt thing everywher on the field, or split them for a tactical move.
This will leave me with 60-70 point... what can i do with them?

a) buy a priest. i can use it on a razorback to keep asm alive when rb will eventyally explode. Also, if i try to keep him close to mephiston i can also increase his potential to an unstoppable machine of doom. Or i can also put him on jp and put him close to the tank wall to help whoever need his FNP aura
b) buy deathwind launcher on every/some pod. i think a 20 point large blast anti infantry pod weapon is a waste of point but could be useful against tau or IG, or just to make drop pod a target priority (and let RB live a turn more)
c) buy a priest and put him on pod assault squad (making them a 9 man squad) and use it like a spearhead to penetrate assault
d) remove also the drop-pod asm and put on a 8 man DC w pw and bolter, or a melta+combi-melta sternguard. I will lose 10 scoring marine for a strong deep striking unit (the former anti-infantry, the latter anti-tank). If i put the DC i can squeeze in a chaplain (based on point bonus i will have in campaign, swapping fragioso with standard melta dread, or removing some pw from dc)
e) leave the drop pod squad a 5 man squad, and squeeze in a stormraven (again, with point bonus i would have in campaign, or swapping fragioso with standard melta dread)