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Hey all,

So, I'm in the midst of a campaign against a Chaos player and after playing one battle against him and being roasted by his Helldrake, I'm looking to make some changes to my list and tactics.

1000 TLF List

Inquisition

Inquisitor Xenos
Skulls x3
Power armor
42

Inquisitor Hereticus
Combi-plasma
Psybolt
40

HQ

CCS
Reg Standard
Lascannon
85

Troops

PCS 1
Melta x2
GL
In Chimera
110

Infantry Squad 1
GL
HB
Infantry Squad 2
GL
ML
135

Heavy Weapons Squad
2 AC
1 LC
85

Conscripts
80

Heavy Support

Basilisk - 125

Hydra Squad (2 Hydras) - 150

Leman Russ BT - 150

Basically, my thinking is that I will have two clumps of heavy weapons in the corners of my deployment zone regardless of the type (hoping I don't get Vanguard Strike). If I put the Hydras and some sort of escort and one corner and the CCS with the heavy weapons in the other, then he will only be able to face his front armor at one or the other, giving me at least the chance to hurt it with fire from the other side. I don't expect the Hydras to be too effective, but if nothing else, they make for a great distracting target for a player that relies on the Helldrake for a lot of destruction (i.e. distraction trolling the distraction Helldrake).

Even with all those Autocannons blamming away at the helldrake, I'll still have a reasonable amount of firepower to direct towards his troops with the LRBT and the Basilisk, while the infantry and conscripts can cling to some objectives. I thought about using a Veteran Squad rather than the Conscripts, but I think I'm going to need more bodies than a single torrent template can wipe out. The Inquisitors will essentially serve as cheaper, better Commissars, and the PCS as a poor-man's MeltaVet team.

Few suggestions drop the CCS their just Kp and warlord freebies to the enemy 4-5 guard equiv can't stand under any torrent of fire

Maybe make those inquisitors psykers? Get some divination goodness going for those poor guardsmen facing humanities greatest threat

Thanks for the input.

Well, I still need an HQ, so it's a CCS or a Lord Commissar and CCS gives you a lot more with orders and the ability to take heavy weapons. It can twin-link the weapons team and its own LC with orders, giving them a much better chance of putting some hits on the Helldrake, or anything else for that matter. BS3 sux.

I'd really like to make the Inquisitors psykers, but I couldn't find 60 points I wanted to take from somewhere else to make it work.

Keep the CCS also but an agies defense line with quad gun, gives you a good chance to kill the helldrake as it comes in also gives everything behind it 4+ cover.

Also take only auto cannons for this point limet, very rare for someone to take a bunch of LRs.