2500 IG

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Doctrines:
Drop Troops
Heavy Weapon Platoon
Special Weapon Squads
Veterans

Command Platoon
Command Squad
Junior Officer Bolter
4 Guardsmans Plasma gun
2 Anti-Tank Squads
6 Heavy Weapon Platforms Lascannon
12 Guardsmans
2 Special Weapons Squads
6 Guardsmans Close combat weapon, Laspistol
2 Guardsmans Demolition Charge
4 Guardsmans Meltagun
Sentinel Squadron
Sentinel Lascannon
Sentinel Lascannon Improved Comms Searchlight

Last Chancers
5 Sub Units
Colonel Schaeffer
Kage
2 Last Chancer Specialists Meltagun
5 Last Chancer Specialists Demolition Charge

Hardened Veterans X 3
Veteran Sergeant Bolter
3 Veterans Plasma gun
Veteran Lasgun

Infantry Platoon
Command Squad
Junior Officer Bolter
4 Guardsmans Plasma gun
2 Infantry Squads
2 Sergeants Lasgun
2 Guardsmans Plasma gun
16 Guardsmans Lasgun
2 Heavy Weapon Platforms Lascannon

Hellhound X 2
Heavy Bolter, Inferno Cannon, Improved Comms Pintle heavy stubber

Sentinel Squadron
Sentinel Lascannon Improved Comms Searchlight
Sentinel Lascannon

Heavy Weapon Platoon
Command Squad
Junior Officer Bolter
4 Guardsmans Plasma gun
3 Anti-Tank Squads
9 Heavy Weapon Platforms Lascannon
18 Guardsmans Lasgun

Basilisk X 2
Earthshaker Artillery Gun, Heavy Bolter, Indirect Fire, Improved Comms


What do you all think?

[knight (M.I.A)]

Looks good, but you only have one troop choice. Not sure if you just forgot to add one other platoon or if you didn't include one in the beginning.

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Last Chancers count as an HQ and troop choice at 8+ models

[knight (M.I.A)]

More than 8 including Schaeffer and Kage. So 9 Last Chancers
But you're right. Didn't see the 2 Meltagunners. So I only counted them as HQ.
But that won't change my oppinion on the LCs at all. I still think that they're cheesy if used in such a way
(has nothing to do with you, I dislike special chars in general and if players "abuse" them in such a way I especially dislike those units)

[Deleted]

I've had this debate before, and you're not abusing them if you're using them as the rules state you can... it's actually a points sink to use them as sacrifices that way... an effective points sink, true, but most of them survived most of the games I've played with this set up. They're no cheesier than a min/max terminator comand squad with a librian.

IG is all about the number of lowcost scoring units you can field with heavy/special weapons, and the more AP2 and 3 weapons you can deliver the better... It's thier greatest strength in game play... not the tanks...

[knight (M.I.A)]

There is a difference between abusing (by violating the rules) and abusing (making the unit so cheesy that cheese starts dripping out of my display just because of reading the list).
I also think that a 5man stormie squad with 2 Meltas/Plasmas is cheesy. And there are also many units in other armies that can be exploited that way.

I play IG for several years now and I never really cared about tanks. My favourites are the weaker heavy weapons like Heavy Bolters and Mortars, and loads of troops, preferably even conscripts. My only AT weapons are normally just MLs and Meltabombs.

And I personally hate using special chars unless its an Apoc game. No hero of any army would really join small forces. Or do you really think that Creed would join a small force send on a routine scout mission or that Abaddon would join a 2 squads of CSM raiding a small outpost? The heroes/villains want to earn honor and write history which is clearly something for huge and apocalyptic battles

[Deleted]

No, Creed wouldn't, but the very definition of the Colonel is smaller units and armies, low key important operations with suicide potential. You can hate using Spec. Char. all you want, but this isn't cheesy, it's actually keeping in the spirit of the Last Chancers.

Weak heavy weapons are a waste of points, I'd rather have a basilisk and some lascannons. Smaller scoring units and AP 2-3 weapons at range win games.