750 pts team tournament.

[nutty]

Hey everyone,

I'll be taking part in a team tournament this weekend. It's a semi-competitive event so I wanted to build a list that is though, but not completly min-maxed & cheesy. Every player gets to take a 750 point patrol detachment (to limit CP's a bit) and I figured I would post mine:


+ HQ +

Company Commander [31pts, 3 PL]: Boltgun, Chainsword

Lord Commissar [4 PL, 55pts]: Bolt pistol, Power sword

+ Troops +

Infantry Squad [3 PL, 67pts]
. 6x Guardsman
. Guardsman W/ Special Weapon: Plasma gun
. Heavy Weapon Team: Lascannon
. Sergeant: Chainsword, Laspistol

Infantry Squad [3 PL, 67pts]
. 6x Guardsman
. Guardsman W/ Special Weapon: Plasma gun
. Heavy Weapon Team: Lascannon
. Sergeant: Chainsword, Laspistol

Infantry Squad [3 PL, 53pts]
. 6x Guardsman
. Guardsman W/ Special Weapon: Grenade Launcher
. Heavy Weapon Team: Heavy bolter
. Sergeant: Chainsword, Laspistol

+ Elites +

Platoon Commander [20pts, 2 PL]: Chainsword, Laspistol

Veterans [113pts, 6 PL]
. Veteran Sergeant: Chainsword, Laspistol
. Veteran W/ Heavy Flamer: Heavy flamer
. 5x Veteran w/ Shotgun
. Veteran w/ Special Weapon: Meltagun
. Veteran w/ Special Weapon: Meltagun
. Veteran w/ Special Weapon: Meltagun

+ Heavy Support +

Manticore [142pts, 7 PL]: Heavy Flamer

Wyverns [102pts, 5 PL]
. Wyvern: Heavy Flamer

+ Dedicated Transport +

Chimera [5 PL, 100pts]: Heavy Bolter, Heavy Flamer

++ Total: 750

I'll be playing alongside my buddy's Orks (Heresy I know). Who will be bringing some bikes and Orks un Trukks. The idea is pretty simple; I provide long range support and defend our objectives, whilst he races forward to bring the hurt to the opposition.

If I actually think about it I will try and take some pictures of the battles

[RedsandRoyals]

Why not skip the GL on the HB squad (I think it's a bit dubious in value, to be frank), and use the points to buy boltguns for your Sgts? That'll boost your dakka a little bit. Is the Chimera just going to be a poor man's hellhound?

[nutty]

I ended up having to shift the list around a little.. I was still using codex values for the meltas which apperantly got a price increase, I also couldn't find my heavy flamer guy anywhere.. so the veterans ended up with a pair of plasma guns my sergeants and officers all got boltguns/pistols and I had 2-3 to spare.

The grenade launcher did some good work today; it killed a Grey Hunter and a pair of Firewarriors. They may not be super exciting, but 8th has made them atleast somewhat usefull IMHO.

The Chimera (and vets to some extent) are mainly there because I had to fit everything in a patrol(?) detachment and had already maxed out my troop, heavy, and HQ slots. I could've added a second wyvern in the squadron but that would've probably cost me in sportsmanship points. The Semi-comp aspect means people tend to get a bit pissy about squezing in extra tanks/artillery/etc. And I don't have that many Elite/FA units to choose from; Sentinels would've been an alternative, but they haven't done much for me this edition. In the end it proved to be more of distraction unit, so it was a poor man's hellhound in a way. It drove around the battlefield and shot things with the heavy bolter, I think it ended up killing less than then Grenade Launcher...

I did manage to take a single picture before my battery died:



In the top right you can barely make out a furball of greenskins (both Friendly and Hostile) about to Hit my artillery position whilst my infantry squads try and hold our objective. This was by far the least enjoyable game as our opponents were... unpleasant.

The rest of the day was much more fun and we played a very close match vs Tau/Deathwatch, and ended with a decisve victory vs Space Wolves/Ultra Marines