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So the idea behind this is to force the opponent to unbalance themselves by coming to me to destroy the deathstrikes hidden behind the bastion. This will achieve 2 things. 1, it will help out the short range of pasks punisher cannon and the multimeltas without having to move myself and 2, it will combat the issue of slow ponderous blobs trying to advance across the table. The bastion and deathstikes will be placed centrally and a little further back to prevent outflanking melta doing the dirty, and bubblewrapped with blobs if deepstriking is a threat. This means only units in vehicles (and jetbikes and warpspiders) will stand a chance of even reaching the deathstrikes to shoot them before they get their first roll. Vehicles which will then be in range of Pask and all the mms.
The vet squad will sit in the bunker with a psyker and be prescienced thus putting out potentially, 9 heavy bolter, 6 plasma and 2 autocannon shots at bs4 twinlinked. The platoon command squad will man the quad gun.
The usual rad granade inquisitors with hammerhand combined with priests buffs make the blobs their usual deadly selves.
AA consists of a vendetta, pask and the quad gun.
AT consists of pask and 2 vanquishers.
Deathstrikes just f up the opponent if they manage to go off.
Another psyker will prescience pasks squadron or a deathstrike.

HQ
Pask punisher with multimeltas, vanquisher with lascannon and multimeltas.

Regimental advisors
Priest (in guard blob)
Priest (in conscript blob)
Psyker (in guard blob)
Psyker (in veteran squad)

Troops
Platoon command squad
Infantry squad with poweraxe x4 (blobbed)
40 conscripts
Veteran squad with autocannon and 3 plasma guns

Fast attack
Vendetta with 3 tl lascannons

Heavy support
Vanquisher with lascannon and multimelta
Deathstrike
Deathstrike

Allies
Inquisitor with hammerhand, rad granades and force sword (in guard blob)
Inquisitor with hammerhand, rad granades and force sword (in conscript blob)

Fortification
Bastion with quad gun

2k

So what do you think? Especially concerning the tactics.

What is a manticore pops both of your deathstrikes first turn?

Yeh a high strength barrage blast is a problem. Such things would be targeted straight away by the vanquishers. Indirect fire and ap4 means low chance of the deathstrikes dying though, especially both of them.


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If they manage to hit both, pen both and then roll double 6's for destroyed result, hats off to the dice rolling.

It wouldnt be that outlandish. It was just a worse case scinario though, or a flyer spam list would be a problem.

Maybe im just not sold on the deathstrikes.

But there is a a high chance on a D3 barrage str 10 one would be hit at least once, and a 3+ to pen is scary.


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Im also not sold on pask, and especially when paired with a vanquisher.

Punishers force alot of wounds, so what does it matter if it becomes rending. its still forcing a ton of wounds. Seems redundant to me.

Don't forget 2 dice picking the highest for that 3+ pen. Yeh it is definitely an issue but no benefit on the pen chart would settle my nerves somewhat. Plus the opponent couldn't be guaranteed to destroy the deathstrikes in that way so would still have to advance to make sure or else they run a massive gamble.
The deathstrikes are mainly there to force my opponents to advance into the range I want them in. If they manage to go off - bonus!

Huge bonus lol even if only one goes off. I was just playing devils advocate.

Are rad grenades the same as the Grey knight codex?
all opponents are -1T in cc?

Pasks rending is for AT more than anti troop.


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Yeh they are the same - frikkin awesome for 15pts lol :-)!