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Hi guys,

I am soon going to play my first competitive tournament and as i am playing GK, am having quite a hard time on deciding on the list.
I had an idea of a list with SW allies to boost my alphastrike capacity and for psychic powers/denial

So here is the list

Coteaz
3 acolytes, razorback, psyamo
3 acolytes, razorback, psyamo
DK, teleporter, heavy incinerator
DK, teleporter, heavy incinerator
DK, teleporter, heavy incinerator
5 Interceptors, incinerator

2 Rune priest with Jaws (with minimum difference between the 2 using the last few points i will have)
10 GH, 2 melta, mark of the wulfen, standard, droppod
10 GH, 2 melta, mark of the wulfen, standard, droppod
7 Wolf Guards, combi melta, droppod

I would use the list by reserving Coteaz and the acolytes.
On first turn i would shunt the 3 DKs and the interceptors, and drop one GH squad as well as the WG.
I have 3 heavy incinerator and 1 classic for horde cleaning (and pathfinders....), 9 melta shots for MC/AT and 2 JAWS for MC

On turn 2 i can start my charges.

I will likely keep the acolytes as long as possible in reserve to keep them alive and use them for late game objective grabbing.

Any advice or comment or things to change (i am used to the GK part but not yet the SW part which i have to buy/paint before the tournament)

5 interceptors with a incinerator wont do much in this list in my opinion.

wy not exchange them for some more acolytes and a inquisitor lord with some servo skulls to deny infiltrators in your deployment zone?

the interceptors with incinerator will be in the enemy part on T1 with shunt and will burn any infantery unit with GEQ or equivalent (pathfinders)

For instance vs a TAU army i can :
- burn some pathfinders with the interceptors and 1-2 DK
- burn the drones from missilesides with the other DKs
- shoot the melta in the broadsides once drones are gone or the riptide with melta + JAWS

This list is really not TAC, more a focus army with as strong an alpha strike as possible.
Having 2 more acolytes units in razorbacks wont change anything if i havent done enough in my alpha strike i think...while the interceptors can charge on T2 if they havent been wiped out T1 (and if the ennemy focuses the interceptors, that is something less on the GH, DK and WG so not bad i feel.

But if the general consensus is that they are pointless in the list, i will take them out
If only i could bring 2 more pods (to ensure 3 pods T1), but i dont see how to do that without taking out something more usefull

do the interceptors have psyammo? otherwise they wont make much of a difference in your alpha strike. sure again low armoured troops. but against armoured foes...

i alway's run my dreadknights with greatsword and h inc. range thread and huge CC thread.

I dont ever pay for psyamo for only 4 guys (for 10 i would).
I agree they wont make a huge difference, but they can manage low armoured troops and can charge T2 with their force weapons if they are not dead.

For the DK i agree the sword is great, but i would need 75more points to have them and i dont know what to take out for this.
Taking out the interceptors for some swords is possible, but that is one less danger for the enemy.
What i could possibly do is take out the interceptors totally, take 3 swords for the DK, one other unit of henchmen in psyback and another WG in the pod.

Swords in DK are overkill IMO ..Don't get me wrong I think they are great but do you really need 75 points in re-rolls with a WS 5 , Str 10 unit? for 75 points I would add another unit of bolter warrior acolytes in a psybolt Razorback and give bolters to the other units that are the same as this one ... no syntax sorry

depending how you roll they can be overkill greatswords. otherwise they are a nice reliability for 25 points

I agree totally
Usually i dont need them but sometimes...... it just hurts not to have paid for it