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Another take on Air Cav

HQ:
CCS with 4x meltaguns
Astro path

mounted in Valk with mrps

Troop
2x veteran squads
both with 3x meltaguns and demolitions
( both squads mounted in Vendettas)

Elites:
2x stormtrooper squads
both with 2x meltaguns and plasma pistols for the sargeants

Fast Attack
Vendetta
Vendetta

Valk with mrp



Critique would be nice

It's a little bit light on troops and Anti-infantry. Depending on your meta, I would change one of the Vendetta to another Valk with MRP.

Appart from that, you've got a nice little army, quite specialized and manoeuvrable. Make sure you concentrate your effort on small parts of the ennemy army at a time and you should be able to blow it off the board bits by bits.

I might get burned alive by the other Dakkaites for saying that but: I think you could break the rule of 3 of the same special weapon in a Vet squad and switch one melta to a flamer. This might help you with hordes and balance your ratio of AT vs AI.

I like this army, might consider it for a future project.

jpwyrm wrote:It's a little bit light on troops and Anti-infantry. Depending on your meta, I would change one of the Vendetta to another Valk with MRP.

Appart from that, you've got a nice little army, quite specialized and manoeuvrable. Make sure you concentrate your effort on small parts of the ennemy army at a time and you should be able to blow it off the board bits by bits.

I might get burned alive by the other Dakkaites for saying that but: I think you could break the rule of 3 of the same special weapon in a Vet squad and switch one melta to a flamer. This might help you with hordes and balance your ratio of AT vs AI.

I like this army, might consider it for a future project.

for anti hordes, I'm using the det packs from the doctrine, but once I use those up, I may be in a bit of trouble if they don't do much damage

on the other hand, I might switch out melta squad for a plasma squad for anti infantry, and take out a plasma pistol from a stormtrooper squad

PresidentOfAsia wrote:

for anti hordes, I'm using the det packs from the doctrine, but once I use those up, I may be in a bit of trouble if they don't do much damage

on the other hand, I might switch out melta squad for a plasma squad for anti infantry, and take out a plasma pistol from a stormtrooper squad

Dependingthey will die before even using it. Plasma is great until you kill yourself. The list is a bit light and very short range.

Only 40 infantry and two fast attack at 1000 points.

I suggested flamers because they don't allow cover save - same cannot be said of Demo charge. Plasma Stormtroopers are pretty good (used those when I played IG) and you can target light AV too.

Might be a good idea to consider HB on the Valks/Vendetta. They add some dakka to your small army and might help you delay the time when your infantry has to get out of the birds...