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Looking for a last looksee over my army list before I start filling in the gaps of models I don't own yet. I plan to stay pure Metalica, as it's just my favorite for fluff reasons, maybe soup a knight sometimes. Goal is to make the Metalica Forgeworld as competitive as possible, primarily using board control through big units and movement restricting stratagems. Rusties start game with Dominus in transport. Allowing Electro shocked (fight last) Strategem when needed and access to a data tether. Callidus to burn through opponents CP for potentially two battle rounds and refund CP by finishing off enemy characters from Ranger and Raider sniper fire.

++ Battalion Detachment 0CP (Imperium - Adeptus Mechanicus) [100 PL, 5CP, 2,000pts] ++

+ Configuration +

Battle Size [12CP]: 3. Strike Force (101-200 Total PL / 1001-2000 Points)

Detachment Command Cost

Forge World Choice: Forge World: Metalica

Gametype: Matched

+ Stratagems +

Stratagem: Archeotech Specialist [-2CP]: 2x Archeotech Specialist

Stratagem: Artefactorum [-1CP]: Artefactorum

Stratagem: Host of the Intermediary [-2CP]: 2x Host of the Intermediary

Stratagem: Mechanicus Locum [-2CP]: 2x Mechanicus Locum

+ Agents of the Imperium +

Callidus Assassin [5 PL, 100pts]

+ HQ +

Skitarii Marshal [3 PL, 45pts]: Mechanicus Locum, Relic: Exemplar's Eternity, Warlord Trait (Codex 3): Programmed Retreat

Tech-Priest Dominus [5 PL, 105pts]: Artisans, Eradication Ray, Macrostubber, Mechanicus Locum, Relic (Metalica): Metalican Lung, Warlord Trait (Metalica): Tribute of Emphatic Veneration

Tech-Priest Manipulus [6 PL, 110pts]: Logi, Relic: Anzion's Pseudogenetor, Transonic cannon, Warlord, Warlord Trait (Metalica 2): Ashrunner

+ Troops +

Skitarii Rangers [4 PL, 100pts]: Omnispex
. Ranger Alpha: Galvanic Rifle, Host of the Intermediary, Warlord Trait (Codex 5): Firepoint Telemetry Cache
. 8x Skitarii Ranger: 8x Galvanic Rifle
. Skitarii Ranger (Transuranic Arquebus): Transuranic Arquebus

Skitarii Rangers [4 PL, 100pts]: Omnispex
. Ranger Alpha: Galvanic Rifle, Host of the Intermediary, Warlord Trait (Codex 1): Multitasking Cortex
. 8x Skitarii Ranger: 8x Galvanic Rifle
. Skitarii Ranger (Transuranic Arquebus): Transuranic Arquebus

Skitarii Vanguards [8 PL, 170pts]: Enhanced Data-Tether, Omnispex
. 19x Skitarii Vanguard: 19x Radium Carbine
. Vanguard Alpha: Radium Carbine

+ Elites +

Sicarian Infiltrators [4 PL, 85pts]
. Infiltrator Princeps (Flechette/Taser)
. 4x Sicarian Infiltrator (Flechette/Taser): 4x Flechette Blaster, 4x Taser Goad

Sicarian Ruststalkers [8 PL, 170pts]
. Ruststalker Princeps (Blades): Artefactorum, Relic: The Omniscient Mask
. 9x Sicarian Ruststalker (Blades): 9x Transonic Blades

+ Fast Attack +

Ironstrider Ballistarii [20 PL, 375pts]
. Ironstrider Ballistarius: Twin Cognis Lascannon
. Ironstrider Ballistarius: Twin Cognis Lascannon
. Ironstrider Ballistarius: Twin Cognis Lascannon
. Ironstrider Ballistarius: Twin Cognis Lascannon
. Ironstrider Ballistarius: Twin Cognis Lascannon

Pteraxii Sterylizors [8 PL, 152pts]: Pteraxii Sterylizor Alpha
. 7x Pteraxii Sterylizor: 7x Phosphor torch, 7x Pteraxii Talons

Serberys Raiders [6 PL, 133pts]: Enhanced Data-Tether, Serberys Raider Alpha
. 7x Serberys Raider: 7x Cavalry Sabre, 7x Clawed Limbs, 7x Galvanic Carbine

+ Flyer +

Archaeopter Fusilave [7 PL, 130pts]: Command Uplink

Archaeopter Fusilave [7 PL, 130pts]: Command Uplink

+ Dedicated Transport +

Skorpius Dunerider [5 PL, 95pts]

++ Total: [100 PL, 5CP, 2,000pts] ++

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Boi you went really hard on pregame strats.
I'd not recommend spending that hard.
Two things that come to mind for that - hit modifiers dont stack. So the Metalican Lung and tribute won't stack.
Also not sure if trying to buff a Manipulus to be viable in CC is worth another 2 CP.
Those are the first things I'd remove to get some CP back and have some stratagems to fire, like the +A and +S for the Sicarians.

Otherwise I still feel that aquebi are dead. 2 didn't do jack in 8th and in 9th 2 won't do jack either. You definately will not wound a character sufficiently with 2 shots, let alone kill one.

Running a single dunerider as the only "frintline" vehicle will get it shot down immediately. You will not get to drive up a turn and then disembark, basically killing 3 Vanguards via dunerider death and leaving them stranded in the open.List seems also very inflexible with those big units that provide big, juicy targets to morale, providing barely any screens and having not that much midboard presence. You could yeet and catch the pteraxi, but for that you need the CP in the first place, and 5 ain't enough for that even with twice a discount.