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This is going to be my list built for a league. They have restricted it to no Super Heavies or Lords of War. From what I have heard there are going to be several newer players in this league, but I also know there will be plenty of veteran players. (some of them are very competitive) Now, I don't know if the lists will be fixed when it starts or if they allow for little changes from the main body of it. But as of right now, this is what I have.


++HQ++

The Emperor's Champion- 140

++Troops++

Crusader Squad- 520
x9 Initates w/ BP CCW, Meltagun, Power Axe
x5 Neophytes w/ BP CCW
x1 Sword Brother w/ x2 Lightning Claws, Melta Bombs
-Land Raider Crusader w/ Multi-Melta

Crusader Squad- 175
x5 Initiates w/ Bolters, Meltagun, Multi-Melta
x5 Neophytes w/ Bolters
-Drop Pod

Crusader Squad- 129
x6 Initiates w/ Bolters, Plasma gun, Lascannon
x1 Neophyte w/ Bolter

++Fast Attack++

Bike Squad- 150
x4 Bikes w/ x2 Grav-guns
x1 Sergeant w/ combi-grav and melta bombs

Drop Pod- 35

++Heavy Support++

Thunderfire Cannon- 100

Centurion Devastator Squad- 260
x2 Centurions w/ Grav-cannons
x1 Sergeant w/ Grav-cannon and Omniscope

1499 Points total

good list. love the hidden power axe in your LRC squad! one of the best perks that you can give to that squad!!

I have a few suggestions tho.

why put the MM and melta in the drop pod squad? i get that melta is huge in the meta right now but that squad is going to be focused right away like all drop squads that need to be that close to punch. For the exact same points you can swap for a 5 man stern guard squad with 3 combi meltas and they still all get the SIA. I understand that 10 guys > 5 guys but when half of the 10 cant take saves from bolters that squad looks like it likes to run away.

that last 7 man squad with the heavy weps seems a bit out of place, one good large blast and that squad is gimped. for their points and the lone drop pods points you can take a vindcator or a real 5 man dev squad with any weps you want. Take just reg missiles and you could add a man to your bike squad. Alternatively you could go with a dread in that drop pod with a MM and power fist with a Melta.

adding a little more specialized punch to this list or another Tank/dread could make this list a true contender for top 3.

 death_scythe wrote:
good list. love the hidden power axe in your LRC squad! one of the best perks that you can give to that squad!!

I have a few suggestions tho.

why put the MM and melta in the drop pod squad? i get that melta is huge in the meta right now but that squad is going to be focused right away like all drop squads that need to be that close to punch. For the exact same points you can swap for a 5 man stern guard squad with 3 combi meltas and they still all get the SIA. I understand that 10 guys > 5 guys but when half of the 10 cant take saves from bolters that squad looks like it likes to run away.

that last 7 man squad with the heavy weps seems a bit out of place, one good large blast and that squad is gimped. for their points and the lone drop pods points you can take a vindcator or a real 5 man dev squad with any weps you want. Take just reg missiles and you could add a man to your bike squad. Alternatively you could go with a dread in that drop pod with a MM and power fist with a Melta.

adding a little more specialized punch to this list or another Tank/dread could make this list a true contender for top 3.

First off, thanks for taking the time to look at my list.

Now that you bring it up, you are right about the odd 6 man crusader squad, I can't be just throwing a random unit in the list to fill points. 129 points can go a long way at 1.5k. But, I can't drop both small crusader squads as I still need 2 troop choices.

Options for dropping the 175 point drop pod crusader squad-

Command Squad- 175
x4 Marines w/ x3 combi-melta and or meltagun, 1 melta bomb
x1 Apothecary
- Drop Pod

Sternguard Veteran Squad- 175
x4 Marines w/ x3 combi-melta
x1 Sergeant
-Drop Pod


Now the 6 man Las/Plas crusader squad worth 129 points... (My list is sitting at 1499)

Vanguard Veteran Squad- 130 Points
x4 Veterans w/ x2 Power Swords
x1 Sergeant w/ Power Sword
Jump Packs

Dreadnought- 135
w/ MM, PF
-Drop Pod
(The only way I can squeeze this guy in is by dropping 5 points in the list which isn't very hard to do.)



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Also, I did some reworking on the 129 point squad and was able to get some more bodies out of it.

Crusader Squad- 130
x5 marines w/ Bolters, Missile Launcher, Flamer
x4 Neophytes w/ Bolters

Crusader Squad- 130
x5 Marines w/ Bolters, Flamer
-Razorback w/ TL Heavy Bolters

Though I think the top one would be better.

The command squad is the best option i think. 5 bodies with 3 meltas and FNP will put the hurt on any back field.

A quick Question tho, what is the lone Drop pod in your fast attack for? in my first set of rec's i took that out and used the points on the devs and vindcator. TBH i dont see a empty DP helping this list at all even if it had the missile upgrade.

I, for one, always run a Tankard in my army. Dread with AC and PF with a heavy Flamer in a DP, i feel like if your going to take the Comand squad in a DP a 2x melta Dread will really do nasty things along side your comand squad.

The drop pod is used for my centurions and I think I'm going to use the command squad option. Thanks for the tips!

This is what I have decided on.

++HQ++

The Emperor's Champion- 140

++Troops++

Crusader Squad- 520 x9 Initates w/ BP CCW, Meltagun, Power Axe x5 Neophytes w/ BP CCW x1 Sword Brother w/ x2 Lightning Claws, Melta Bombs -Land Raider Crusader w/ Multi-Melta

Crusader Squad- 135 x5 Initiates w/ Bolters, Meltagun -Razorback w/ TL HB

++Elites++

Command Squad- 200 x4 Bikes w/ x3 Grav-guns, x1 storm shield, x1 Meltabomb x1 Apothecary -Bikes

++Fast Attack++

Drop Pod- 35

++Heavy Support++

Thunderfire Cannon- 100

Centurion Devastator Squad- 260 x2 Centurions w/ Grav-cannons x1 Sergeant w/ Grav-cannon and Omniscope

Vindicator- 125

1500 Points total