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Hey, I am relatively new to dakkadakka and I am building an Imperial Guard/Astra Militarum list. Overall, I think this list is pretty solid, but any constructive criticism is welcome. Also, not really sure if I should give a chimera to all of my veterans squads. Let me know what you guys think. Thanks

HQ
Company command squad with carapace armour, 4 plasma guns, and a company commander with carapace armour
- 130 points

Primaris pysker master level 2
- 75 points

Troops
Veterans squad with carapace armour and 2 melta guns
- 95 points

Veterans squad with carapace armour and 2 melta guns
- 95 points

Veterans squad with carapace armour and 3 melta guns
- 105 points

Veterans squad with carapace armour and 2 plasma guns
- 105 points

Dedicated transport
5 chimeras
- 325 points

Fast attack
Vendetta
- 170 points

Heavy support
Leman russ battle tank with lascannon, multi melta sponsons, camo netting, and smoke launchers
- 200 points

Leman russ battle tank with lascannon, multi melta sponsons, camo netting, and smoke launchers
- 200 points

Total: 1500 points

I like it a lot, I ran something like this a few months ago it ran pretty well.


I had only three vet squads and I added a Platoon, put the LT in the vendetta, gave him plasma rifles and dropped him on a point, while my two guard squads hid in the back field on objectives. My vets and MOO did all the work. lost but it was a close game. having a Primaris would have helped buffing my tanks.

It's a solid list. You might consder dropping some toys and adding more boyz. If you dropped carapace off of everyone (my stormtroopers are rarely kept alive by carapace armor) and all of the Russ' upgrades (you can only snapfire the heavy eeapons anyway), that would free up 170-ish points for more units.

Ok, thanks for the response guys. So if I get rid of carapace armour, camo netting, and smoke launchers, I get an extra 110 points. What do you recommend I do with them? Should I add another veterans squad? I could also lose some of the sponson weapons on the tanks and take another russ. I like having the multi meltas and lascannons as they provide anti-vehicle support. What do you guys think?

HQ
Company command squad with 4 plasma guns
- 120 points

Primaris pysker master level 2
- 75 points

Troops
Veterans squad with 2 melta guns
- 80 points

Veterans squad with 2 melta guns
- 80 points

Veterans squad with 3 melta guns
- 90 points

Veterans squad with 2 plasma guns
- 90 points

Dedicated transport
5 chimeras
- 325 points

Fast attack
Vendetta
- 170 points

Heavy support
Leman russ battle tank with lascannon and multi melta sponsons
- 180 points

Leman russ battle tank with lascannon and multi melta sponsons
- 180 points

Total: 1390 points

I mean, you've already got plenty of anti vehicle power between a vendetta, melta vets, and the battle cannons on the Russ' themselves. I don't really know how much more the multimeltas will contribute considering they'll be snapfiring anytime you also want to shoot the battlecannon. I'd say drop them and either add another Russ, or maybe even look into a pair of wyverns. 130pts for 8 TL, shred, barrage, small blasts is hardly a bad take.

I would most definitely drop the sponson weapons and add a pair of wyverns, probably the best unit in the book, it'll be a very well rounded list with the LR and Wyverns blowing infantry off the table and the vets popping any vehicles or putting some pain on MCs. I find sponsons on LRBTs look good on the model but are hardly ever worth their points and multi meltas only have a 24" range, I never want them that close to my opponent.

Either make the russes non-ordnance ones, or keep the ordnance Russes bare.

Ok, thanks for the input. So hows this:

HQ
Company command squad with 4 plasma guns
- 120 points

Primaris pysker master level 2
- 75 points

Troops
Veterans squad with 2 melta guns
- 80 points

Veterans squad with 2 melta guns
- 80 points

Veterans squad with 3 melta guns
- 90 points

Veterans squad with 2 plasma guns
- 90 points

Dedicated transport
5 chimeras
- 325 points

Fast attack
Vendetta
- 170 points

Heavy support
Leman russ battle tank
- 150 points

Leman russ battle tank
- 150 points

Leman russ demolisher
- 170 points

P.S I can't take a Wyvern because I don't have one...