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So I'm building my new vanguard primaris and want to throw a test game with the new models. I was thinking blood angels as chapter, but for test game it could be any faction. What faction you think works best? Feel free to comment on WT & psychic powers..

List

Batallion

Captain in phobos WT target priority
Librarian in phobos w/ tenebrous curse & mind raid
Lieutenant in phobos

5man intercessors w/ PF & AGL
5man intercessors w PF & AGL
6man infiltrators w/ Adept

9man reivers w/ grav chutes & combat knife

3man supressors

3man eliminators

1000p

We need more information sadly to help how do you want to play the list why would BA be your first choice what way would you deploy the units and what would be the major roles?

What's PF in the Intercessor squads?

Also, you can't take the Adept for infiltrators until you reach the full 10man. Atm, you either run 5man or 10man with Adept. Two options. Need a new book or another datasheet before we start getting more options.

You are the first I hear to interpret that adept must be only the 10th member in the infiltrators squad.

This list was made to test the new rules on reivers and vanguard primaris. PF is power fist.

The reason I thought BA is that reiver squad has the best chapter rule for melee. Although I tested this list and reivers are not for melee, way too crappy weapons.. If thry don't give combat knives -1 ap base stat an pre-game stratagem like forge masters of Mars 1cp, all your chainswords and combat knives are master-crafted and give you -1ap. CC has always been in such a crappy place that, so that wouldn't change much, maybe nothing.

The way I played was, eliminators and cpt, ltn was a mini character killer wannabe fire base and librarian and reivers were aggressive. I played against non-primaris BA and didn't have much chance. 1k pure primaris is in such a hard place, even harder than SM which is limbing already.

I shared this idea in another thread, but that WT to redeploy 3 units after deployment after seize roll feels to be a great way to align a mini-gunline if you go first or Lure the opponent to deploy more in your favor to counter your units which you move out of harm.. as for BA I'll try in my next game to combo redeploy and forlon's fury, DC/Smash cpt and suppressors to outflank and get a T1 charge in.

Why I asked for chapter ideas is that I want to have a 2nd chapter along with BA.

I would suggest either Raven guard for the -1 to hit or the reroll buff of the salamanders could really help the vanguard units.

I vote for Raven Guard.

For me I'd suggest Raven Guard (+1 to hit for your opponent if you're beyond 12" from the unit firing)


or Salamanders (reroll one failed roll to hit and one failed roll to wound in each squad each turn)


At the end of the day it depends on what your tactics are and what your personal pref is.