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2 Battalions
Total CP [13]

Mars Faction

++Battalion 1++
HQ: Big Daddy Cawl (240)
HQ: ?

Troop: Skitarii Rangers
3 Arc Rifles, 7 Galvanic Rifles (87)

Troop: Skitarii Rangers
4 Galvanic Rifles, 1 Transuranic Arcubus (60)

Troop: Kataphron Destroyers
3 Plasma, 3 Phosphor (189)

Heavy: Dakkastelan
3 Heavy Phospor Blaster each (220) - (330)

Heavy: Neutronager

++Battalion 2++
HQ: Tech-Priest Dominus (127)
Eradication Ray, Macrostubber, Axe

HQ: ?

Troop: Skitarii Vanguard
2 Plasma, 7 Radium Carbine, Data Tether (113)

Troop: Skitarii Vanguard
5 Radium Carbine (40)


Transport: Termite Drill (134)
2 Storm Bolter, Malta Cutter, Drill

Inside the drill:
- Elite: Corpuscarii Electropriests
5 Electrostatic Gauntlets (70)

- Troop: Skitarii Vanguard
2 Plasma, 2 Radium Carbine, 1 Power Sword, 1 Radium Pistol (72)

Drill also carries TPD and other HQ.



Given this list I have the quandary of do I add cheap HQ's such as engineers and run a Questoris knight alongside them?
Or do I add an addition Dakkastelan and Tech-Priest Dominus' to maximize even more on the mars aspect and grab a singular Armiger?

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Overall AdMech is somewhere between the second-to-top tier and the worst-armies-in-game tier.

If you have 240 points of Cawl, you want more than 3 robots and a single Onager to be benefiting.
Ok technically there are also the Kataphrons but they will explode immediately if the enemy shoots them.

For a 2000 point list, it kinda has a lot of random troops running around, and not a lot of Big Guns.

You really don't need a Dominus if you have Cawl.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/763446/10143818.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/763446/10143818.page GMT [2000] - Adeptus Mechanicus - A converter's nightmare. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/763446/10143960.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/763446/10143960.page GMT [2000] - Adeptus Mechanicus - A converter's nightmare.
 Valkyrie wrote:
Yeah this is just a mish-mash of various things that won't achieve much. Drop the Kataphrons, take an Onager instead. You don't need Power Swords on your Skitarii squads. either so remove those, and unfortunately, Electropriests are as crap as they've always been.


Priests in a drill can be quite effective, but 5 priests is pretty bad even at 1k games let alone 2k. It’s not enough to get the most out of them.

Better to fill the drill with Hoplites for 20 points more and shoot then try to charge, or 10 Fulgurites and plop the drill near to some crap or injured units they can charge and finish off for the boost to a 3++.
10 fulgurites (or 12 if you feel like buying another box for two more bodies) with 3++ and 5+++ doing mortal wounds on charges and 20 (or 24) WS3+, ST5, AP-2, D3dmg (D3 mortal wounds on a wound roll of 6) are some of the best bodies Ad Mech can put on the ground up in their enemy’s face and they’ll either draw fire or will start wrecking any infantry (especially terminators and the like) they’re near to - which with smart drill placement should be most of the enemies’.

Similarly once they get that 3++ boost they can handily camp objectives and be tough to remove with or without Acquisition At Any Cost giving them a 2++ and 30 (or 36) attacks. There’s also the strategem to have them fight twice but at 3CP it’s a little too situational and costly to be worth the investment most of the time I think.

Still, a very solid 160 points once your Heavy Support slots are full of 2x Onagers and a bunch of Kastelans, and you’ll need stuff that actually moves down the field or else your army falls apart once anyone gets into charge distance. Works especially well if you aren’t wanting to break the bank buying a ton of Dragoons. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/763446/10166192.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/763446/10166192.page GMT [2000] - Adeptus Mechanicus - A converter's nightmare. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/763446/10167079.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/763446/10167079.page GMT