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I've had a lot of Guard stuff lying around for a year or so but never built/painted it due to other projects. With the recent release of Codex: AM I want to build a strong army. I've been reading through the codex and different doctrines and this is what I've come up with. I'm looking to make this list as competitive as possible so any critique, advice, recommendations are welcome.

Battalion Detachment
Cadian

HQ
Company Commander - Kurov's Aquila
Lord Castellan Creed
Tempestor Prime - Command Rod

Troops

30 x Conscripts
30 x Conscripts
Infantry Squad - Mortar Team
Scions x 2 - each with PP, 2 x Plasma Gun

Elites

Commissars x 2
Tempestus Command Squad - 4 x Plasma

Heavy Support
Heavy Weapons Squad - 3 Mortars

Spearhead Detachment
Cadian

HQ
Company Commander
Tempestor Prime - Command Rod

Elites
Tempestus Command Squad - 4 x Plasma
Astropath

Heavy Support
Earthshaker Battery - 2 x Earthshaker Platform
Earthshaker Battery - 2 x Earthshaker Platform
3 x Heavy Weapon Teams - 9 mortars

Supreme Command Detachment
Tallarn

HQ
Tank Commander - Punisher, HB
Tank Commander - Executioner, Plasma Spondson, HB
Tank Commander - Executioner, Plasma Sponsons, HB
Primaris Psyker

Elites
Astropath

9 - CP with a chance to get some back.

Plan is to castle all the infantry and infantry commanders in my deployment zone. Conscripts and infantry squad provide a bubble wrap for the mortars and earthshakers. I'm going with Cadian on these right now but I'm really thinking about making them Catachan. Would getting to reroll 1's be better than getting to reroll 1 dice every time the earthshakers shoot?

The Tanks go in reserve to use the Tallarn Ambush Strategy and will come in turn 1 to do damage. They can all issue orders to themselves to reroll 1's, their turrets will get to fire twice, and IIRC they won't take the -1 to hit for moving. The Scions will come in the same turn as them for support or maybe turn two depending on bubble wrap, etc.

Any advice, critiques, etc. is very much welcome and appreciated. Thanks everyone.

I think command squad is 3 special weapons only.

 skchsan wrote:
I think command squad is 3 special weapons only.

It should be 4
also I would recommend putting all the tempestus scion units into a single separate detachment (patrol). You wouldn't loose any CP but it grants all your scions their own doctrines which is extremely helpful for that extra shot.

gungo wrote:

 skchsan wrote:
I think command squad is 3 special weapons only.

It should be 4
also I would recommend putting all the tempestus scion units into a single separate detachment (patrol). You wouldn't loose any CP but it grants all your scions their own doctrines which is extremely helpful for that extra shot.

I've thought about doing this and tried my damndest but I'm not sure how to do it and keep just 3 detachments. I'm trying to keep it to the 3 detachment rules a lot of tournaments have. Any thoughts on how to shuffle things around?