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HQ: 150pts

Darkstrider
Ethereal

Troops: 410pts

Fire Warrior Team x11 - Pulse Rifle, EMP Grenades
Devilfish - Disruption pod, 2x Gun Drones

Fire Warrior Team x6 - Pulse Rifle

Kroot Carnivore Squad x20 - Sniper Rounds, Kroot Hound

Fast Attack: 624pts

Pathfinder Team x10 - Pulse Carbine/Markerlight, Pulse Accelerator Drone
Devilfish - Disruption Pod, 2x Gun Drones

Pathfinder Team x10 - Pulse Carbine/Markerlight, Pulse Accelerator Drone
Devilfish - Disruption Pod, 2x Gun Drones

Pathfinder Team x4 - 1x Pulse Carbine/Markerlight, 3x Rail Rifle
Devilfish - Disruption Pod, 2x Gun Drones

Heavy Support: 450pts

Hammerhead Gunship - Longstrike, Railgun with submunitions, Twin-linked Smart Missile System, Disruption Pod

Sky Ray Missile Defense Gunship - Disruption Pod, Twin-linked Smart Missile System

Sky Ray Missile Defense Gunship - Disruption Pod, Twin-linked Smart Missile System

Aegis Defense Line - Quad Gun

Total: 1739

I would deploy the ADL at the far end of my reach so after scout and move I can deploy my troops behind it.

Kroot would be kept in Reserve to come on later or if my opponent was going to use scout units of their own I would infiltrate the Kroot wall to slow them down and guarantee my scout moves. The small Fire Warrior Team would camp my home objective.

Darkstrider joins the big Fire Warrior Team and gives scout to the transport, while the Ethereal joins 1 of the Pathfinder teams in their Devilfish. After deployment I use scout to jump up 12" then on my turn give Invocation of Fire as my buff for that turn then move and disembark my troops leaving the Ethereal in 1 of the Devilfish to extend his buff range and give a little protection. At the same time I would move my armour up from behind and use the seekers to soften or destroy any of the harder targets.

Once all my guys are deployed behind the line I would put as much fire into the enemy as possible (Roughly 30 S5 AP5 Pinning shots from each squad @ 12") using a couple Markerlights as needed.

Next turn I would move Darkstrider to the Rail Rifle team to take advantage of his ability and keep him on the Quad gun to give BS5 skyfire if needed or at the very least BS5 S7 AP4 TL shots plus the Rail Rifles into whatever unit was unlucky enough to be in front of that.

Drones would disembark at the same time my troops do to provide an assault screen and over watch bait or just to draw a round of fire off my units that should be roughly 8" away from the front edge of their deployment zone on H&A deployment. As I understand it since IoF lasts till the beginning of my next movement phase I should still have it for any over watch I'm bound to incur and if I space out right it could be a truly withering hail of pulse coming at anyone foolish enough to assault.

now I realize the whole thing completely hinges on my going first and catching my opponent off guard and putting him on his heels right at the beginning. I also realize there is next to zero in the way of anti AV14. but I still think it would be a fun list

Thoughts? Glaring oversights? ways to do it better?

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The 6 man warrior team is not really doing much, better to max them out and have them behind the line, or give them a fish(if you drop a pathfinder squad)

A couple of suicide piranha would be good for more AV14, and would also provide a better gun drone screen. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/588655/6702025.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/588655/6702025.page GMT
I wanted to keep Darkstrider with the Rail Rifles for the insta-gib goodness on MEQ (my usual meta) plus being HQ he can use it for precision shots to pick out some of the more dangerous models.

Think I should change it?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/588655/6702065.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/588655/6702065.page GMT
Darkstrider can always jump back if you need, but how many 2 wound models do you see in power armor? Do you play a lot of iron hands with a 6+ FNP? and even then, is it worth it? Rifles wounding on a 2+ will drop most marines with ease. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/588655/6702142.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/588655/6702142.page GMT
do you think only having 2 fish (1 Pathfinder one and the Fire Warrior one with Darkstrider) will be able to hold out on the front of the enemy deployment zone? I was doing 4 to keep from feeding my opponent my army piecemeal but if you think a reinforcement of 2 fish the next turn would work just as well ill give it a try.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/588655/6702239.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/588655/6702239.page GMT