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Hey all - excited about the new Space Marine codex, as I'm sure everyone else is. Here's a list I'm looking at running: the environment is fairly competitive, with plenty of vendettas for IG, helldrakes, Necron flyer spam and other pretty rough combinations.

HQ- Tigurius (Warlord)
HQ- Captain (Bike, Artificer Armor, Relic Blade, Storm Shield, White Scars Tactic)

3x10 Tactical Squads w/Multi-melta + Plasma Gun

1x7 Bike Squad w/2 Grav Guns

2x Stormtalons w/TW LCs

2x Thunderfire Cannons

1x3 Centurion Devastators w/Grav Cannons and Amps + Omniscope

Works out to be about 1750 on the nose. Figure can form a pretty shooty gunline, with plenty of troop units, anti-air, flexible reserve force(bike squadron that counts as a troop choice), etc etc. Thoughts?

your tacticals and centurions have 24'' range, and 2 thunder fire cannons want force enemy to come to you. Most army's will just stay at range and shoot crap out of you because you don't have firepower to compete with eldar/tau spam you see on table these days.

I agree whit smurf you ether need more long range firepower or get your peeps closer to the enemy i would suggest drop the centurions and get a white scar command squad whit grav rifles (same amount of shots but faster) so you have 50 points spare to flesh out your tactical squads whit lascannons/ml's

I agree - after thinking about it, especially if I play another Space Marine army who has the Centurion Devastators, can get the 12" move and then the 18" shot with the grav guns - beat them at the range game. Went with the LC for the tac squads as who can't complain about those. Forgot to mention Tigurius would be the warlord, with the SM Captain and White Scars as the secondary detachment. New list would look like

HQ- Tigurius
HQ (Ally) - SM Captain, Bike, Artificer Armor, Relic Blade, Storm Shield
Command Squad - (5) with bikes, 5 grav guns

Troop- 3 x 10 Tactical Squads, LC, Plasma Gun
Troop- 8 Bikes, 2 Grav Guns

FA- 2 x Stormtalons w/LCs

HS- 2 x Thunderfire Cannons

Takes it to 1748 on the nose - any other thoughts?