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With 8th Edition coming I thought it would be fun to make a theoretical monstrosity of a list with the current rules(Since templates are going away etc.) that I would never actually use,but everyone would hate. By all means let me know what you think and slander it as you see fit.

Riptide Wing

XV104 Riptide (1) - 184pts
1 XV104 Riptide: Heavy burst cannon,Twin-linked smart missile system,Advanced targeting system,Bonding Knife Ritual

XV104 Riptide (1) - 204pts
1 XV104 Riptide: Heavy burst cannon,Twin-linked smart missile system,Advanced targeting system,Velocity tracker,Bonding Knife Ritual

XV104 Riptide (1) - 204pts
1 XV104 Riptide: Heavy burst cannon,Twin-linked smart missile system,Advanced targeting system,Velocity tracker,Bonding Knife Ritual

Riptide Wing

XV104 Riptide (1) - 191pts
1 XV104 Riptide: Ion accelerator,Twin-linked smart missile system,Early warning override,Bonding Knife Ritual

XV104 Riptide (1) - 191pts
1 XV104 Riptide: Ion accelerator,Twin-linked smart missile system,Early warning override,Bonding Knife Ritual

XV104 Riptide (1) - 191pts
1 XV104 Riptide: Ion accelerator,Twin-linked smart missile system,Early warning override,Bonding Knife Ritual

Riptide Wing

XV104 Riptide (1) - 191pts
1 XV104 Riptide: Ion accelerator,Twin-linked smart missile system,Early warning override,Bonding Knife Ritual

XV104 Riptide (1) - 191pts
1 XV104 Riptide: Ion accelerator,Twin-linked smart missile system,Early warning override,Bonding Knife Ritual

XV104 Riptide (1) - 191pts
1 XV104 Riptide: Ion accelerator,Twin-linked smart missile system,Early warning override,Bonding Knife Ritual

Drone Network

Drones (4) - 56pts
4 MV7 Marker Drone: Markerlight

Drone Network

Drones (4) - 56pts
4 MV7 Marker Drone: Markerlight

Take a Cad and put an Rvarna and Yvarha and watch them oogle over your army then get stomped by it

I tried that while experimenting,but the CAD tax makes it so you have only 4 markerlight drones and the crisis are nearly bare bones useless due to point limitations which don't help since R'varnas and Y'vahras cost 50+ points compared to a Riptide. So ultimately it would replace the drones with 3 usefully equipped crisis suits no markerlights and 1 less riptide which I found weaker by comparison.

List is unbound since a single unit of drones is not a formation. 7 Riptides and a drone net would be better, would also let you pop FNP on most of your 'tides and would also let you intercept with marker support.

ATS on the Burst-tides is also pretty meh, especially when you've sprung for velocity trackers. Might as well put EWO on there to annihilate planes the turn they come in.

List is unbound since a single unit of drones is not a formation.

Not true, actually. There's a Drone Net formation in the codex that calls for one (and only 1) unit of drones and gives no bonuses. The FSE book has the more well-known Drone Net XV4901 or whatever which takes 4+ units.

In any event, this list would benefit greatly from condensing units. if nothing else, you should have all the HBC Riptides in 1 unit with target locks to benefit from Fire Team. You don't need the BKRs, and the HBC tides would probably be better with EWO than ATS. I'd probably drop an IA Tide to convert to a full "normal" Drone Network and add some Sisters of Silence. In other words, my list would look like this:

Riptide wing
3 Riptides - HBC, SMS, 3 EWO, 1 VT, 2 TL - 585
3 Riptides - IA, SMS, 3 EWO, 2 TL - 595
2 Riptides - IA, SMS, 2 EWO, 1 TL - 395

Drone Network
4x4 Marker Drones - 224

Null Maidens
5 Sisters of Silence - 75

Edit: It'd help if I could add. Looks like that list is 24 pts over. Maybe take out another IA Riptide for another SoS unit and Rhinos for both.

Yes, true actually, since that "formation" isn't a formation but an Aux choice and can't be used on its own outside a contingent.

Wait, you can't take auxiliary choices on their own outside of the meta-formation they're in? That's not my understanding, and it'd also prevent you from using the other Drone Net (and several other popular formations) independently.

Nothing precludes you from taking an army solely comprised of formations that sometimes function as auxiliaries in alternative force organization matrices.

Look at the army compositions from any major GT and you'll see a pupu platter of lists assembled like frankenstein across multiple codices using formations that can also be taken as auxiliaries.

The main drone net is a stand alone formation rather than an aux choice of an adaptive formation.
The Small one is just a choice in the larger formation.

MilkmanAl wrote:
Wait, you can't take auxiliary choices on their own outside of the meta-formation they're in? That's not my understanding, and it'd also prevent you from using the other Drone Net (and several other popular formations) independently.

You can take any formation you like, but not every Aux choice is a formation. Basically, any Aux choice that is a single unit is not a formation, so a single unit of drones, spawn, deathmarks etc are not able to be plugged into any list, but anything with multiple units (technically they'll have the 3 connected circles in the top corner to designate them as formations) such as a riptide wing, raptor talon, canoptek harvest, etc can be taken in any army.