Practice makes perfect….
I am gearing up for gamenight this week and hope to get in a couple of games. I plan to test out my new updated Loyalist Death Guard list.
My old list was just not doing the trick, and either lost big or won big. It basicly came down to my huge expensive command squad in a LandRaider. Either it made it to the enemy and I won, or it died on the way and I lost.
As I strive to achive predictability above all, I’ve retooled the list a bit and will try out an updated list with some additional assault and firesupport elements to support my infantry core.
The list so far is:
2000pts
HQ
Captain
Bolt pistol, power weapon, auspex
Elite
Terminator squad (5) Deep Strike
Heavy Flamer
Venerable Dreadnought, Tank Hunter
Linked Las-cannon, Missile launcher, Extra armour, Smoke
Veteran Squad (7) Infiltrate
5x boltpistol/ccw, 1xboltpistol/powerfist
Vet. Serg: boltpistol/powerfist, teleport homer
Troops
Scouts (7) Infiltrate
6xsniper rifle, 1xheavy bolter
Tac Squad (7) TrueGrit/Countercharge
4xbolter/ccw, 2xplasma rifle
Vet. Serg: bolter/powerfist, auspex
Tac Squad (7) TrueGrit/Countercharge
4xbolter/ccw, 2xplasma rifle
Vet. Serg: bolter/powerfist, auspex
Heavy Support
Dev Squad (7)
4x multi-melta
3x bolter
Dev Squad (7)
4x multi-melta
3x bolter
Predator Destructor
Linked Autocannon, 2x Lascannon sponsons
Extra Armour, smoke
Fast Attack
Land Speeder
Multi-melta, Heavy flamer
Land Speeder
Multi-melta, Heavy flamer
Assault Squad (7) Deep Strike
4x boltpistol/ccw, 2x flamer
Vet. Serg: Boltpistol/powerfist, auspex, meltabombs, teleport homer
That gives me 59 models, 12 scoring units, a ton of infantry supported by decent support fire from the Predator and Dread, and a decent assault element to take some heat off the main body of the army in the form of the Assault squad (they move fast), Veteran squad (they infiltrate), and the Terminators (who teleport near one of the other 2 squads who both have homers). That should keep an enemy offbalance long enough for the main army to get in position to melta/flamer them into oblivion. The Captain sits back with the firebase and give them Ld:9, and can help in assault in a pinch.
I will find out how decent it is tomorrow.
-bigred
