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I am trying my hand for the first time with the magical war convocation! I wasnt going to originally and was simply going to play Skitarii as is but everyone seems to always bring something nasty like super heavies or that awful new infernal tetrad ( I LOATHE YOU WITH THE FURY OF A 1000 SUNS!) so I decided to engage in a little nuclear proliferation. Plus the free dominus in the Get Started! box was the tipping point. Let me know if it seems solid or if there are better choices to be had! I know its a rather restrictive list so choices are limited. It seems the hardest part is figuring out where to put those relics!

Cult Mechanicus-

HQ- Tech Priest Dominus- Eradication Ray, Phsopor, Digital weapons, infoslave, Conversion field, Uncreator Gauntlet (I figure he can hang out with the knight surrounded by vanguard and keep him topped off)

Kataphron Destroyer x 3 w/ Heavy Grav Cannon and Phosphor blaster (i dont know why everyone always uses cognis flamers, I'd rather shoot first and hope for a reduction in cover)

Kataphron Destroyer x 3 w/ Plasma Culverin and Phosphor blaster (take advantage of that free no gets hot!)

Kastelan Maniple (robots x 2) w/ Heavy Phosphor x2 and Datasmith w/ Raiment of the Technomartyr

Skitarii Maniple-

Vanguard x9 w/ Plasma Caliver, omnispex and Alpha w/ Arc Maul, conversion field, digital weapons and Pater Radium

Ranger x4 w/Arc Rifle x2, omnispex and Alpha w/ Arc Maul, conversion field, digital weapons, and Skull of Elder Nikolai

Sicarian Infiltrators x4 w/Taser and Princeps w/ Conversion Field, digital weapons, infoslave skull, Phase Taser

Sicarian Rustalker x4 w/ chordclaws and Princeps w/ Prehensile Dataspike, conversion field, digital weapons, Omniscient Mask

Ironstrider Ballistarii w TL Lascannon ( I was also considering a dragoon w/ phosphor serpenta and Radium Jezzail)

Onager Dunecrawler x2 w/ Neutron Blaster, Cognis Stubber x2, Cognis Manipulator, Mindscanner Probe, smoke launcher

Knight-

Knight Paladin w/ Icarus Autocannon and meltagun (also considering using a knight warden, But I do not have a lot of experience with them in general)

I would recommend the knight crusader for the dakka he brings, or the warden. Warden is good cuz his gun is so versitile.

People bring the flamers for the automatic 3 wall of flame hits when they get charged so the opponent is less likely to charge them or risk taking that many auto hits.

I like having the Icarus array on my dune crawler just to have some skyfire if needed. Destroyers with plasma seem to be a waste. Why take 6 plasma blast (hitting one or two models per template) when you can take 18 grav cannon shots for free (twinlinked for a turn). Max out your plasma calvs in your vengaurd.
Dragoons are great but you need multiples to make them work well. 3 is ideal. Maybe only take one onager and then swap out for 3 dragoons.

I personally found space for an inquisitor with 3 servo skulls and rad and psychotrope grenades to help me fight Death Stars and scouts. I also am taking an allied SM detachment for a drop pod and Tigurius (for some psychic shenanigans). Overall do the switch for another grav unit and you should do fine with your current list.