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My local club has started a escalation league starting at 400pts going to 1500pts. 400 pts has been done looking for help for what i should add to make 750pts.
here's the 400:

Vulkan

scouts
4 snipers
missile launcher

tac squad
4 man
sargent
rhino

my thoughts for 750

+5 SM
melta
multi melta

tac squad
4 man
sargent
rhino

x2 landspeeder
H flamer
multi melta

OR

+5 SM
melta
multi melta

landraider redeemer
multi melta

I have plans on how to add on to both lists, but any help would be nice kinda new to salamander but NOT to 40k

A landraider would be harsh at that points level but it may be fun to use

thats the plan as there are two ork players 3 MEQ players (BA,SW,vanilla sm) one tau, one DE and a deamons, ATM.

Power Armor is rough at low points, so, go cheap HQs, libbies almost always best. Think about Null Void for screwing wyches' Invulns. Daemons? All they got is Invulns (mostly). You'll want the Psy-hood for anti-BA Mephy issues.

munkeey wrote:Vulkan

Vulkan's buff doesn't play out with so few flamers and such.

munkeey wrote:
scouts
4 snipers
missile launcher

Good.

munkeey wrote:tac squad
4 man
sargent
rhino

Meh.

munkeey wrote:my thoughts for 750

+5 SM
melta
multi melta

tac squad
4 man
sargent
rhino

I like the MG in the mobile squad, not the static one sitting back.

munkeey wrote:x2 landspeeder
H flamer
multi melta

Consider dual HBs and not a squadron. That's 12 HB shots, 8 hitting ~6.5 wounds. 2 dead MEqs per salvo. Closer to 7 GEqs.

munkeey wrote:landraider redeemer
multi melta

EA on LRs every time.

For the next 500, I'd go a full tactical with rhino/razorback, and then a fun toy, Elite or HS. Dread in DP or Termies, etc. Tactical and then a fun toy. Lather, Rinse Repeat.



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And add Vulkan after 1250.

I'm more scared of your landspeeders than i am your landraider if i'm honest. (I'm the BA player he is refering too in his post!) Save the landy for the bigger point rounds.

In our test game yesterday, once i killed the landy and vulkan the rest of your army got mullered by my Assualt Marines with priest backup.
Your tac squads don't really have anything anti infantry apart from killing one at a time with melta... but you'll only get to kill one as i'll be furious charging with with my priest or Red Thirsted squads!

Granted i had lucky rolls in that game, but the orks with their powerkaws will eat the landy for breakfast and you know he'll be getting FnP from his painboys that will help negate the scary flamestorms on the Landy. The Tau will railgun the living hell out of your landy as well leaving Vulkan exposed in the open and easy prey.

The speeders would have been able to get around behind me more easier and picked me off with re-rollable flamers and multimelta. You'll be able to pop my razorbacks easier as you'll be in range quicker and my fast tanks mean nothing to your speeders. That's just my two P worth!

In the final 1500 points i'm not looking forward to playing you!!

@Brothererekose i think you may have missed the point mate. We've already played the first 400 point round of the escalation league (Myself and Munkkeey came joint first!) so what Munkeey wrote for his 400 points he already has and can't change.
He was after advice on what to add, to bring his 400 points up to 750 which is the next round. So he can't drop Vulkan as you pointed out i'm afraid mate.

Your duel Heavy bolters on the speeders is an interesting tactic tho.... something i've not considered before as we don't tend to see many HB's in our local meta could be a good longer range anti horde setup because if he's in flamer range he's in assualt range.

The most common speeder config is the HF/MM one which munkeey will use to take advantage of Vulkans rule i'm guessing.