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I am building a 1500pt army. It currently includes 2 waveserpents, one with guardians and warlock, the other with wraithguard(d-scythes) and a spiritseer, a wraithknight and a 3 man unit of jetbikes led by a warlock.
The total is 1071pts and so I have 429 points left over.

It is for a game tonight against space marines. What should I add to this army?

Available units:
striking scorpion squad (I have 8 + exarch) to threaten devastators/ enemy objective
dark reapers (I have 8 + exarch) to threaten anyone in their los
wraithlord (dual brightlance) dunno about adding this guy in this game, I feel like their isn't going to be much armor to chew up, and I have the wraithknight already
avatar - same as wraithlord
another spiritseer or farseer - extra psychic goodness? probably want to add a farseer if I add dark reapers, but not necessarily, I'd really like as much chance to get renew, horrify and invisibility
crimson hunter - their a chance of being up against a flyer, not sure what it is but it's kind of small?
fire prism - a third tank?

I want to preface this by saying this list is not that great, but you are obviously limited by units. With that said, id probably go with the reapers a fire prism and a farseer..

If you need extra points drop the warlock from the jetbikes first. its the least useful in ur list.

What is it about the list that isn't that great? I guess the jetbikes won't be doing much. So what about dropping the jetbike entirely? Then I can get the fire prism with holofields, 7 dark reapers with starshot and the exarch has fast shot and flakk, a farseer on a jetbike? Farseer could join the dark reapers depending on what powers he rolls he can zoom around and do other stuff if he needs to

its not bad, its just not a default net list which is basically all the advise anybody ever gets on this forum.

stopcallingmechief wrote:
its not bad, its just not a default net list which is basically all the advise anybody ever gets on this forum.

I've started to notice that. There seems to be like no room for units that aren't min da in a ws, wraithknights or mass jetbikes. I like using the other units in the codex like striking scorpions, wraithguard and vypers

Crimson hunters are fantastic.

Crimson Hunter an excellent flier. Fire Prisms are also great when you have wave serpents too (your opponent is forced to choose what tank to go after) and they have variable firepower. Defo keep jetbikes! Does your farseer have a Jetbike?

When I give advice it is to use the general theme of someones list, the options they give and make it as competitive as possible while keeping the general theme.

The army doesnt synergize well, it doesnt have anything to do with not being a netlist. Its just an amalgamation of units that are all alright in their own right, but when put together are not optimal.

Having no dire avengers only 2 serpents, no spiders, no walkers, no seer council, etc etc etc really limits what you can do.

You also have a lot of what i call filler points, which are points that are really not doing much of anything in the army, the 2 warlocks are an example of that, the spirit seer is damn close but he makes the WG troops so i let him slide!

Striking scorpions, wraith lords, crimson hunter, reapers, and the avatar are all mediocre units to begin with, then you put them in randomly to fill points and it just doesnt work.. List building is a lot more than just finding a netlist, it is about understanding synergies, and balance between a large number of units. I dont copy the netlists, I make them.

Well at 1500 I have a friend who wins consistently with a lot of the models you have:

2x Spiritseer
2x 3 D-cannons

3x 5 DA Waveserpent shuri/scatter

Crirmson Hunter Exarch, Marksmen Eye

WK Suncannon, Scattrlaser