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So with a brief look at the Space Marine codex and the Sentinels of Terra supplement I have made this list of 1000pts of Imperial Fists, I have already got Lysander and Squad Nidon as shown but i want to see other peoples impressions on this before i start buying more models...

Hq:
Captain Lysander-230pts

Troops:
Squad Nidon
10-man Tactical Squad
Grav-gun
Heavy Bolter
Veteran Sergeant Nidon with a Chainsword, Boltgun and Melta-bombs
190pts

Squad Garadon
10-man tactical squad
Heavy Bolter
Flamer
Sergeant Garadon
230pts

Heavy support:
Hunter-70pts

Centurion Devastator squad
-2 grav-cannons+amps
-Sergeant with TLLC and omniscope
260pts

980pts total

Lysander acts as 3+ invuln Eternal Warrior cover for the Centurions while the hunter is my designated anti-air support and the tactical squads claim objectives etc.etc. I expect to have a lot of trouble with horde armies with this list though which is something i definitely need to address...any suggestions?

I don't see a problem with Hordes for this list... You've got two heavy bolters a flamer and Imperial Fists CT.

I'm not quite sure why you're taking Lysander in this list. I'm not sure what special rules he has over a normal chapter master because I don't have the new codex but you can get the regular CM (or even a captain if you want to save even more points) with Termie Armor, power weapon (since he'll never be in CC) and Shield Eternal for 10 points less. And he can take an Auspex which makes your Dev Centurions even better (3 and 4+ cover saves are awesome, 5+ saves are mediocre, 6+ saves are a fething joke) and if you really really really gotta take a Pfist, Chainfist or Thunder Hammer, he has those options. He can also get digital weapons to reroll that pesky auto fail 1. And if you wanna go all in, you can even give him a better gun so he can pretend he was a Devestator at one point and that's why he hangs out with them and he can play point defence against all those funny orkses. (5 boltgun shots per turn up to 24" + rerolling 1s + overwatch fire is nothing to sniff at)

 bocatt wrote:
I don't see a problem with Hordes for this list... You've got two heavy bolters a flamer and Imperial Fists CT.

I'm not quite sure why you're taking Lysander in this list. I'm not sure what special rules he has over a normal chapter master because I don't have the new codex but you can get the regular CM (or even a captain if you want to save even more points) with Termie Armor, power weapon (since he'll never be in CC) and Shield Eternal for 10 points less. And he can take an Auspex which makes your Dev Centurions even better (3 and 4+ cover saves are awesome, 5+ saves are mediocre, 6+ saves are a fething joke) and if you really really really gotta take a Pfist, Chainfist or Thunder Hammer, he has those options. He can also get digital weapons to reroll that pesky auto fail 1. And if you wanna go all in, you can even give him a better gun so he can pretend he was a Devestator at one point and that's why he hangs out with them and he can play point defence against all those funny orkses. (5 boltgun shots per turn up to 24" + rerolling 1s + overwatch fire is nothing to sniff at)

I'm taking Lysander simply because I got him and he just looks awesome. Anyway i should tell you that because of the new rule in the terra supplement, any bolt weapons that are shooting at half their range can re-roll any misses to hit, making them more dangerous close up. Is there anything else to add...?

I may be mistaken, but I think you need another troops choice. If you upgrade a sergeant to sergeant Garadon, he and his unit change to an HQ choice.