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So this is exactly what I used today and thrashed a friend of mines Eldar.

Pask - punisher, three heavy bolters and camo netting
Punisher - three heavy bolters and camo netting
Vanquisher - three heavy bolters and camo netting

Company command squad - autocannon
Chimera

Sanctioned psyker, level 2


Infantry platoon -
Platoon command, autocannon
3 X ten men, grenade launcher, auto cannon
Heavy weapons squad, three autocannons
Heavy weapons squad, three lascannons.
Heavy weapons squad, three missile launchers
50 conscripts

Veterans, three grenade launchers, lascannon team, grenadiers


5 ratlings

5 tempestus scions - two hotshot volley guns, power fist, plasma pistol


leman russ - three heavy bolters

Manticore






I'm just curious about what people think of this list. By the end of my first turn his wraithknight was gone and I'd taken out most of his war walkers and farseer jetbike squad.

By my math your list is ~50 points over, but I could be wrong.

The tank command squad is well kitted, consider putting a hull lascannon on the vanquisher to better hunt armor.

Sniper rifles are fantastic if you have spare points, hand them out to veteran teams or other heavy weapon babysitters like your company command squad and veterans.

A priest would be a nice upgrade for the blob of conscripts, and the other blob.

I would also drop the grenade launchers from the blob. Either snipers for long range plinking or flamers to help if anything gets close.

Either go autocannons for dakka, or lascannons for damage. Missile launchers just suck for the price, and if you want blast templates you can get them elsewhere.

Again, drop grenade launchers for snipers on the vets if they are camping and shooting.

You don't need ratlings, and they are pretty terrible now that snipers are dirt cheap.They will die the moment any gun is pointed their way. If you really want a dedicated sniper squad,a special weapon squad is cheap and scores.

Don't bolter boat the LRBT, as it can only snap shoot the bolters.

If you got the first shot, it is not surprising you focused down the knight with the tank command and heavy weapons, while autocannons lay waste to walkers.

 Dr. Serling wrote:
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I think you, sir, missed the point

Vanquisher should not be in that squad tank squad. drop it to a HS choice. give it a lascannon and maybe MM bolters are useless for a tank hunter.

grenade launchers are not awful considering you knew you were fighting eldar they wound much easier than a sniper on eldar troops and can glance tanks.

a priest is a must for that conscript squad. drop your psykers down to lvl 1 and just take div, its all you really want anyway.

I agree about the missles. autocannons are a better investment, unless you must have flakk, which becomes really expensive.

The powerfist is just a waste of points. you dont want any of your units in CC.

Ratlings arent as awful as everyone says. a SWS is only 36 points but they are still bs 3. plus stealth and infl. and can shoot on the run without an order.

 LazzurusMan wrote:
So this is exactly what I used today and thrashed a friend of mines Eldar.

I'm just curious about what people think of this list. By the end of my first turn his wraithknight was gone and I'd taken out most of his war walkers and farseer jetbike squad.

Am I the only one who reads these parts of an army list post?

I would give a proper reply, but I'm just starting IG, so I have no idea.

The pf was to make up points, and the conscripts had the psyker giving them prescience, hence why they were so effective against the jetbikes. The bolters on the vanquisher was to save points. The ratlings actually took 3 wounds of the knight. Because my conscripts weren't in range turn one I cast prescience, then gave them the order which gave them monster hunter. The missile launchers were my friends choice, I went for a cig while he finished off the list. Most of the list was written by him, we originally did a doubles 1000pt shared force org, but he decided to read while I had a game afterwards.

the PF is the same points a priest ide use the priest to make the scripts fearless and buff their Ld a bit.

by switching missles to autocannons you can save points.

Ratlings are great for MCs, especially when you prescience and fire on my target them.

I would also recommend either making the TC the vanquisher or move it into a new slot because Since pask is the TC he fires at one target with his punisher, now the other punisher and vanquisher are required to both fire at another target meaning one of the vehicles main guns is wasted. If you insist on the vanq being there make it the TC and give it a lascannon on the hull (cheaper than bolter sponsons and adds to its antitank) then when you give the order for the TC to fire at one target and the other tanks to fire at another then the two punishers having the same weapons can just lay waste to enemy infantry. Mixing heavy anti tank with heavy infantry means at some point one of the tanks weapons will be wasted firing at a target it isnt meant for, dont forget you also could fail the test to give the orders as well.