Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

SSIA...

Been playing with the idea of bring an allied detachment from The Inquisition, Dark Angels or Space Wolves.

Mainly looking to add mobility and/or close combat prowess, but I'm open to any and all suggestions. Would love to hear everyone else's thoughts.

inquisition are a fun army, but dont really work well with guard, because theyre so similar. Wolves are the one most people use, but dark angels are a perfectly valid choice. personally i would use wolves, but thats just me

Taghmata Omnissiah :3

monte wrote:
inquisition are a fun army, but dont really work well with guard, because theyre so similar. Wolves are the one most people use, but dark angels are a perfectly valid choice. personally i would use wolves, but thats just me

Appreciate the input. Also looking pretty hard at Grey Knights since I'm fighting Chaos this weekend and should be seeing some Daemons.

I hear Necrons are pretty good. You should try them.

monte wrote:
inquisition are a fun army, but dont really work well with guard, because theyre so similar. Wolves are the one most people use, but dark angels are a perfectly valid choice. personally i would use wolves, but thats just me

Xeno inquisitor with a scout move book + nades and probably prescience is nothing to sniff at for the blob. Get a 50-strong squad, buy a few power axes, krak nades and someone like Azrael for 4++ and you've got a blob of death that can steamroll stuff in mellee like no tomorrow.

That's actually a whole new tactical direction for IG.

The Addy Lance. All the "elite" you'll ever need for your blobs of worthless mooks. IG brings the bodies and the AA, Knights stomp everything else on the board.

I think there's always room for an Inquisition detachment. Not only is an Inquisitor a good buffing unit with Psychic Power, Grenades and Stubborn on Ld10 (basically combining a slighty less reliable but better-statted Commissar, and a Primaris Psyker), but the Henchman slots can bring some nice plug-and-play counter-units.

A DCA/Crusader/Priest squad makes a nice CC deterrent for about 200 points, a Servitor/Monkey/Plasacolyte squad brings nice concentrated firepower (in an un-nerfed Chimera if that's your style), and for 10 points per squad you can be adding an extra Warp Charge/Psychic Shriek.

SM allies of any kind bring a lot to the table, SW for aggression, DA for buffs and line-holding, and SM for a Drop Pod Assault. GK bring psychic potential, lots of aggression and a great MC. BA, pending the new codex, brings assault potential and speed for Malestrom missions.

I think SoB also have quite a bit to offer, but model availability would be an issue there.

Knights are great, basically you can just plug them in and add some tremendous firepower and durability.

Drop Pod Marines. My psykers can still affect each other, and the Marines can drop in downfield while my IG artillery fires away unmolested, since the enemy has closer and more immediate concerns. If I go with MT, they can Deep Strike off my locator beacons as well.

 Paradigm wrote:
I think there's always room for an Inquisition detachment. Not only is an Inquisitor a good buffing unit with Psychic Power, Grenades and Stubborn on Ld10 (basically combining a slighty less reliable but better-statted Commissar, and a Primaris Psyker), but the Henchman slots can bring some nice plug-and-play counter-units.

A DCA/Crusader/Priest squad makes a nice CC deterrent for about 200 points, a Servitor/Monkey/Plasacolyte squad brings nice concentrated firepower (in an un-nerfed Chimera if that's your style), and for 10 points per squad you can be adding an extra Warp Charge/Psychic Shriek.

SM allies of any kind bring a lot to the table, SW for aggression, DA for buffs and line-holding, and SM for a Drop Pod Assault. GK bring psychic potential, lots of aggression and a great MC. BA, pending the new codex, brings assault potential and speed for Malestrom missions.

I think SoB also have quite a bit to offer, but model availability would be an issue there.

Knights are great, basically you can just plug them in and add some tremendous firepower and durability.

Thanks for the breakdown. Getting really excited about trying these out.

GK seem to make the most sense against CSM and Chaos Daemons.

DA would be ideal for any game where I'm looking to bubble wrap Pask and his squad to ensure I can rain death. That 50-man squad of Fearless conscripts sounds deadly.

I haven't had a chance to dig into the SW or BA codex but I'm liking what I'm hearing. SW appear to be the best solution for lack of mobility... Also heard that I should check out White Scars. I've been getting clobbered in CC so I'm really interested in the units that can bring the hurt in assault. The Inquisition combo you mention looks awesome and I've been pouring over the GK options (since I'm playing Chaos this weekend). Force weapons FTW.

Also if you take SW you can take a drop pod as a fast attack choice then put your own guys in it. Someone correct me if I'm wrong on that as I've not read the codex.