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Using Pedro Kantor, what's the best list for 1850? Want this to be competitive and still maintain the fluff as well. He's my favorite character in the game. Can he be competitive at the "top level?"

thanks.

Drop Pod Sternguard are always a decent choice in the competitive scene. Making them able to hold objectives a little better is always nice.

Ultimately it depends on the retinue you want to put Pedro in, and what allies you might have.

the allies don't matter. Can field almost anything...

Most of the games, events I play have adopted the ITC format so
I was thinking either 3 drop pod sterns, some storm speeder scouts, allied coteaz, little inq with skulls, and then not sure on the last part.....OR something like 3 razorback sterns, some rhino tac squads, CC-scouts with Pedro in a LRR... Both fit the fluff but and seem like they'd be fun to play and do pretty well.

don't bother with tacs in a Pedro list, stern are barely a few points more and don't have to buy heavy or special weapons except for dealing with vehicles which your tank hunting devs are much better for anyway

Get some scouts for backfield, grab some devs with any sort of AT weapons and maybe even a techmarine for the +1 cover. then use as many sternguard as you could possibly want, either in pods or rhinos it's personal preference

if you wan't a strong melee unit you can stick him in an honour guard unit with banner and they'll shread most things though you'll be needing transport then and cost adds up etc

honestly i think a good 30 sternguard will utterly wreck most things you need killed

here's a question, is the Sentinels of Terra book still valid? Work with the new dex? I believe I have seen some clan rokugan lists still using the gorgon chain since the new book dropped....? I'm going to work up a list and post it.

just2fierce wrote:
here's a question, is the Sentinels of Terra book still valid? Work with the new dex? I believe I have seen some clan rokugan lists still using the gorgon chain since the new book dropped....? I'm going to work up a list and post it.

Yes it still works. I'm not sure if they updated Close Range Bolter Drill to include special ammunition though.

yeah, that's the part I was wondering about.... if it does twin link em ALL.....?? Should be really really good, maybe even a sort of hidden gem.

There is no fac and it's made pretty clear in sentinels that it doesn't twin link sternguard ammo so i'd sadly say that doesn't work

what about something like this.....

Pedro Kantor
185 points
Libby Lvl 2
95 points

3x 7 Stern and Serg with 2 meltaguns, m bomb, rhino
236 each

3x 4 Scouts(bolters) and Serg with m bomb, Storm with H Flamer
100 each

2x 4 Devs with LC and Serg
150 each

TFC
100 points


Coteaz
100 points
Inq with 3 skulls, ML 1 and power armour
72 points



1850 points

It's a pretty good list, personally though i'd drop the Inquisitor and one of the scouts squads for more sternguard and possibly some combi weapons

I get you want the guy for the skulls but that's your fourth independent character

Honestly though i could be very wrong

yeah, the plan was for Pedro with one, libby with one, coteaz with last s-guard squad, little inq with devs to throw prescience on one of them and he can hopefully take a wound or 2 for them... Could drop coteaz but he's soo good...

I thought about taking 4 combi-melta in each squad(same points) but that's kind of a toss up.... I will try it both ways and see...probably better to use the combi- cause it's more shots when you need em at that target.


Will playtest and see how it performs.

Sternguard tend to function better with Drop Pods rather than Rhinos. Rhinos aren't the end of the world though. Otherwise, I think you have a pretty good list.