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They always seem to be bolted onto other armies

I was just thinking it wouldn't be that hard to do with a couple of techpriests, few decent sized kataphron units and a few kastellen maniples you could easily get 1500-2000 points and while there'd be a low model count i doubt there's another army that could put out that volume of firepower (think 6 man squads of destroyers putting out 36 heavy grav cannon shots a turn). Against elite armies like grey knights it seems like you should be able to shoot them off the board in a few turns.

Anyone know why it isn't done occasionally?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/695979/8762437.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/695979/8762437.page GMT
But I would as well be interested to see a pure cult mech list. I'd assume it would be fun to use ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/695979/8762505.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/695979/8762505.page GMT
I'll give you one thing, Kastellans sound like a very good unit but get ignored most of the game. They're not fast enough to really do much in melee and their shooting, while certainly decent, doesn't really compare to the points you're paying for them. They're durable, sure, but also tend to be ignored.
Kataphrons are where it's realy at.

As to why people don't run pure Cult mech lists? There're better armies out there than a pure Cult list. For example, War convocation is just so much better than just pure cult mech.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/695979/8762894.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/695979/8762894.page GMT
I think deep striking bleachers with lumigenspam from the destroyer/Kastellan formation and a mini death star of kastellans could be fun but 8 units at 1850 isn't that competitive.

I'm just messing around with battlescribe because it was a list I was actually thinking of running.

Cohort Cybernetica
4x Kastellan with 3X Phosphor
Dominus with Autodeuces

Elimination Maniple
2x Kastellan with 3x Phosphor
2x 3 Grav Destroyers

Holy Requisitioner
2x3 Arc Cannon Breachers
Dominus

You would still have 20 points left over at 1850. Would look awesome on the table but it's low model counts, a lot of toughness 5/6 multiwounds. Your mobile unit you would have to be careful with is the Holy Requistioners. 36 shots of Phosphor is nothing to scough at plus standing still is another 12 so 48 shots from your deathstar. Plus another 18 shots with 6 more standing still 24 more shots to take lumigenspam teamed with the Grav destroyers.

I'm just doing some of the math and everything off the top of my head but could be a lot of fun. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/695979/8763550.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/695979/8763550.page GMT
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