obsidiankatana wrote:
I suggested almost the exact same detachment to one of the local IG players.

/suspicious

Well, I'm bias towards it, but I like it. Mechplars live again, without having to move towards the enemy when they get shot!

 tankboy145 wrote:

Well thats ironic because I live in Ohio and I was suggested this list by someone else lol.

 obsidiankatana wrote:
6 Guard lascannons hit just as often as 4 SM ones, assuming rapid fire on all the special weapons marines will actually hit more (if you use the grav guns over plasma). So, yeah, you're right there.

Skabfang wrote:

 obsidiankatana wrote:
6 Guard lascannons hit just as often as 4 SM ones, assuming rapid fire on all the special weapons marines will actually hit more (if you use the grav guns over plasma). So, yeah, you're right there.

Until you use Chapter Tactics: Imperial Fists, and you get re-roll of all 1's with Bolter type weapons. Give the Tac squads Lascannons too, don't forget Plasma gun/Combi Plasma. Throw in IF Tank Hunters rule on a Devastator Squad with Lascannons and it's a mighty sweet tank busting deal.

Don't mean to diminish what everyone is mentioning here, but you're going to have a a sht tonne of bodies moving up the board by way of the IG, why not take advantage of it?

Librarian (65)
Tac squad x10 w/ Plasma, Combi Plasma, Lascannon (185)
Tac squad x10 w/ Plasma, Combi Plasma, Lascannon (185)
Dev squad x10 w/ 4x Lascannon (220)

Combat squad the 2x Tac squads (4x marines + Lascannon and 3x marines + Plasma + Combi) and the Devastator squad (2x Lascannons + sgt + 2x marines and 2x Lascannons + 3x marines). That's a lot of pseudo split firing that you can do. Screen the marines with the IG plebs, sit back and pick off vehicles with Lascannon goodness while the mobile elements of the Tac squads with Plasma advance and target heavy infantry and take advantage of Bolter Drill.

That's a potential 6x Lascannons from 2x Troops and a Dev squad, one of those would also be at BS5 every turn. Once the tanks are dead, that's also an instagibbed Broadside squad per turn (if you don't wiffle your shots). All for only 655 points for a very flexible and hard hitting firebase. Leaving 1355 points for some IG spam!

Want to be a real bastard to your opponents? Get yourself some Centurions and equip them with TLLC and Missile Launchers. Remember, those are relentless! March those suckers up behind the guard, and watch your opponent sweat because he needs to deal with that threat. All the while your back field Lascannons are picking him apart!

Doing that would still leave you over 1000 pts for IG, giving you enough for a CCS, 3-4 squad platoon, PCS, heavy weapons teams (if necessary), 2-3 Valk's (I wouldn't bother with Vendetta's because the Marines will be taking care of Lascannon duties, give them Rocket Pods and Heavy Bolters). Also.. as it's your primary detachment, you can still add a couple of heavy support IG choices. Russes? Manticore?

Could be a fun list

 tankboy145 wrote:
IF seem like a much better list for this type rather than the BT, what powers would you run with the libby, iirc he doesnt have divination still.

This is deffinetly a consideration and is cheap which also gives be a very solid fire base.

I would probably stick with 1 vendetta also just incase my opponent has anti air, I dont want to waste shots trying to snap fire lascannons at a hell drake or something.

But thanks for the list suggestion and break down of it, really helps look at other chapters. Also because If I ran the salamanders detachment of vulkan and command squad, 2 tac squads(all those 3 in pods), and a legion of the damned squad I would basically be making that my primary and Im pretty sure thats gunna run close to 1k points unless I make the tac squads 5 man.

Thanks again!