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Figured I would get back into my DA ravenwing army so here's what I came up with

HQ
Sammael

5 Ravenwing Command Squad
RGL
Apothecary
Dakka Banner

TROOPS
6 Bikes
2 Plasma

6 Bikes
2 Plasma

6 Bikes
2 Melta
MM Attack Bike

6 Bikes
MM Attack Bike

FAST ATTACK
5 Black Knights
RGL

5 Black Knights
RGL

Darkshroud
Heavy Bolter

With IG getting updated soon and the the rumours of russes making a comeback I figured tossing in some nelta squads was a good idea and the dakka banner would help to deal with those pesky guard blobs protecting them. Everything here is pretty self explanatory, the dakka banner kills infantry, the plasma kills heavy infantry and tmc, the melta does the same but also works on vehicles. The darkshroud turbo boosts every turn for a 2+ cover and gives my knights and command squad a safe cover save while the rest of the bikes are more forward sonce they need double tap range for plasma or melta range for the meltas.

Thoughts? AA seems to be a problem aside from mass plasma talon shots

Hmm dotn wanna make room for a Lib with PFG?

olataro wrote:
Hmm dotn wanna make room for a Lib with PFG?

Dont really see the point since most of my army already has a decent cover save but I could see where your coming from since heldrakes and tau exist these days, should I just drop the attack bikes and go from there with him?

I would prefer leaving the darkhsroud at home than the attack bikes! Attack bikes score and being the only Land Speeder your darkshroud won't live too long. And too many enemys just ignore your bikes jink saves - eldar, tau, flamers, etc. What are your plans considering enemys flyers?

Flurl wrote:
I would prefer leaving the darkhsroud at home than the attack bikes! Attack bikes score and being the only Land Speeder your darkshroud won't live too long. And too many enemys just ignore your bikes jink saves - eldar, tau, flamers, etc. What are your plans considering enemys flyers?

Alright, I'll still need to drop at least one attack bike to get the points for the PFG libby.

Concerning fliers I already mentioned I'm pretty helpless apart from pot shots from plasma talons.

I've reworked the list to better show the changes I decided to make and will post the updated list when I get the chance


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HQ
Sammael

5 Command Squad
RGL
Apothecary
Dakka Banner

Libby
PFG
Auspex
Meltabombs
Bike

TROOPS
6 Bikes
2 Plasma

6 Bikes
2 Plasma

6 Bikes
2 Melta

6 Bikes
2 Melta

FAST ATTACK
5 Black Knights
RGL

5 Black Knights
RGL

HEAVY SUPPORT
Whirlwind


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Just a quick question, couldnt the enemy snipe out the pfg libby if he's in the command squad (to protect the dakka banner) since he lacks skilled rider and would thus have a weaker cover save?

One thing to consider is dropping an entire bike blob for some speeders. I'm thinking a vengeance and then a typhoon or a pair if typhoons. Help give your army an extra bit of kick right out of the gate

If you wanted you could even run double plasma storm and use the spare points to give libby a power field generator. That would make your command squad a lot tougher to axe

 ionusx wrote:
One thing to consider is dropping an entire bike blob for some speeders. I'm thinking a vengeance and then a typhoon or a pair if typhoons. Help give your army an extra bit of kick right out of the gate

If you wanted you could even run double plasma storm and use the spare points to give libby a power field generator. That would make your command squad a lot tougher to axe

Well incase you didnt see my libby already has a pfg you must have missed it. I wouldn't bother dropping my bikes for speeders since they are incredibly squishy and wont survive long enough to do anything but take a few pot shots then die due to the long range firepower everyone is packing these days, hell pretty much anything can kill them with relative ease and for the high cost to arm them I would rather just not bother