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So my LFGS is having a tournament soon. Rules are:

40K 2000 point Single FoC 4/26 11:00 AM - 3 Rounds Altar of War with secondary objectives - forge world, allies and formations allowed. Maximum of 25%(500) points allowed for allies + Lord of War + Formations, no named characters outside of Primary FoC.

Here's my list:

HQ/LoW:
Buzzgob with Big Mek Stompa with Belly Mounted Deff Kannon - 500 points

Elite:
5 Burna boys and a Mekboy in Stompa - 90

Troops:
3 Deff Dreads with big shootas and Scorchas - 255
3 Deff Dreads with 2 big shootas, 2 CCW, and a scorcha - 280
3 Deff Dreads with 1 big shoota, 1 CCW, 2 kustom mega blastas, and 2 rokkit launchas - 295
20 Spanna Boys with shootas - 120
20 Spanna Boys with shootas - 120

Fast Attack:
Dakkajet with additional supa shoota and flyboss - 130

Heavy Support:
14 Lootas - 210

For a grand total of 2000 points exactly. What do you all think?

Mhm spanna boyz would do better innside the stompa for max repairs. i would also skip the kustom mega blastas on the deffdreads. rest of the points..... meh maybe more lootas

 phatonic wrote:
Mhm spanna boyz would do better innside the stompa for max repairs. i would also skip the kustom mega blastas on the deffdreads. rest of the points..... meh maybe more lootas

I can't skip the kustom mega blasts on the deff dread. It's how I built it And I was thinking the burna boys inside the Stompa to try and deter anyone getting close to it. The spanna boys are there to help with objectives.

What do you mean by rest of the points? I'm already at max? Also, I don't own any more lootas, otherwise I'd be fielding as many as I could.

I am liking your list, particularly the 3 units of 3 dreads (best way to run a dread mob really).

I can also see the main focus is on your stompa (what with the burnas inside protecting it and all), if anything it is very fitting with buzzgob in the list. Also due to the update on the Dread Mob list any DeffDreads within 6" of him (or his stompa if he is inside it) will become scoring/denial units so a little something to consider.

The list itself is balanced and fit for any kind of situation (as long as the dice are being nice them games ) My only suggestion is to split the lootas into two units of 7 to spread out the shooting options. shame you couldn't get more in but oh well. Overall I really enjoy this list and hope it does well

Ive been running a Dreadmob list for the past few months with a fair amount of success against mid tier armys.

That being said your list will get murdered by Tau and or TauDar and Dark Eldar variants.But like I say ya cant expect much using whats still a very old Codex from an assault army in the new 6th edition shoot fest.

Anyhow I would definitely try to get at least 3 meks into your Burna group inside the Stompa,take oilers with all meks that are repairing too.Rem even in CC you can still do repair rolls.WIth the Bigmek Stompa you can have 10 models shoot out as well so maybe try and put two groups of burnas or even maybe some Lootas and do 3 meks each..

Now probably the most reliable unit that ive found in the entire DM list is the full group of 20 spannas(shootas of course) with a Painboss and paying the 3 pts per model to give them Cybork.Even the shooty lists have problems dealing with them.

I got used to running a Dread or Two along side the Stompa and in some instances it helped to spread the incoming shooting out amongst them but really I wouldn't take more than two ..possibly do just one and a couple of Kans.

As for your Lootas I usually ran them in the Stompa with the Meks but they do have to snap if the big guy moves.Another thing I started doing was placing six inside a Firestorm that usually made for a good base of supporting fire and of course they aren't so easily ran of the board,heh.

I've been giving it some thought, and I was wondering if perhaps I should replace the Big Mek Stompa with a Kill Bursta with a Bursta Kannon. A Kill Bursta witha Bursta Kannon, Grot Gunners, 2 Grot Sponsons, and a Twin Big Shoota is only 450 points; in comparison to the Stompa's 500. The Stompa has a lot more HP and it has D6 power fields, while the Kill Bursta only has 9 HP. However, the Kill Bursta's Bursta Kannon is a D weapon with a 7" blast radius. That alone could turn the tide. What do you all think?

 crazyfoxdemon wrote:
I've been giving it some thought, and I was wondering if perhaps I should replace the Big Mek Stompa with a Kill Bursta with a Bursta Kannon. A Kill Bursta witha Bursta Kannon, Grot Gunners, 2 Grot Sponsons, and a Twin Big Shoota is only 450 points; in comparison to the Stompa's 500. The Stompa has a lot more HP and it has D6 power fields, while the Kill Bursta only has 9 HP. However, the Kill Bursta's Bursta Kannon is a D weapon with a 7" blast radius. That alone could turn the tide. What do you all think?

D shooting is pretty nice. I agree with the above statements about packing multiple burna mobs in any Stompa.

Max out on Mek's and hope for some lucky shots.