http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/69.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net CSM can’t do shooting well enough to deal with him from afar with his transhuman, and tough units. Can do ok if I make it into combat but getting into combat means I have to deal with his close range firepower. Any tips or tricks would be appreciated(such as good ways to practice solo, how to deal with his stronger units especially when he has multiple strong units bunched up together without walking into trap, how you memorize synergies/auras/stratagems, how to pre-move units on the board so that deepstriking units can be positioned the best to support, etc etc.)]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/806100/11401857.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/806100/11401857.page GMT Plan how you're going to take (and hold) the primary objectives.
Choose secondary Agendas that you can actually do. And take a few units who's primary job is doing them.

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"More Dudes With Stabby Things" on the other hand is always going to benefit you; even if it just means it takes longer to wipe out a unit. Plus, as noted, three squads of generic dudes can be in three seperate places, and even if one squad of elite murderdudes wipes out their opponents you're still winning 2-1 on objectives taken.

As you gain experience, both with the game in general and your army in particular, add in the specialist and complex stuff.

Agreed that the specific problem of salamanders and grey knights is "that last few inches" of ground - with a flamer and melta happy army, or a bajillion stormbolters, it's easy to take so many casualties that your generally superior (or at least superior for points if not necessarily model-for-model) melee punch doesn't get eroded.

Generally, if you need to pin down shooty stuff then fast stuff is the answer; even if it can't win it can pin it in place long enough for the heavy mob to arrive.

If you have teleporting stuff, that can work too. You might want to look at Emperor's Children - they have a stratagem called Honour The Prince which is great for making a teleport-in-and-charge without letting opponents get a shot off (beyond overwatch).

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