2000 pt Guard list - Highly mobile

[walrusman999]

2000pt Imperial Guard

+ HQ + (102pts)
* Company Command Squad (102pts)
Officer of the Fleet (30pts), 4x Sniper Rifle (20pts)
* Company Commander (2pts)
Boltgun (2pts), Close Combat Weapon


+ Elites + (490pts)
* Ratling Squad (100pts)
10x Ratling (100pts)


* Storm Trooper Squad (195pts)
2x Plasma Gun (30pts), 9x Storm Trooper (144pts)
* Storm Trooper Sergeant (21pts)
Hotshot Lasgun, Hotshot Laspistol


* Storm Trooper Squad (195pts)
2x Plasma Gun (30pts), 9x Storm Trooper (144pts)
* Storm Trooper Sergeant (21pts)
Hotshot Lasgun, Hotshot Laspistol


+ Troops + (800pts)
* Veteran Squad (200pts)
Grenadiers (30pts), 6x Lasgun, 3x Plasma Gun (45pts)
* Chimera (55pts)
Heavy Bolter, Heavy Flamer
* Veteran Sergeant
Close Combat Weapon, Shotgun


* Veteran Squad (200pts)
Grenadiers (30pts), 6x Lasgun, 3x Plasma Gun (45pts)
* Chimera (55pts)
Heavy Bolter, Heavy Flamer
* Veteran Sergeant
Close Combat Weapon, Shotgun


* Veteran Squad (200pts)
Grenadiers (30pts), 6x Lasgun, 3x Plasma Gun (45pts)
* Chimera (55pts)
Heavy Bolter, Heavy Flamer
* Veteran Sergeant
Close Combat Weapon, Shotgun


* Veteran Squad (200pts)
Grenadiers (30pts), 6x Lasgun, 3x Plasma Gun (45pts)
* Chimera (55pts)
Heavy Bolter, Heavy Flamer
* Veteran Sergeant
Close Combat Weapon, Shotgun


+ Fast Attack + (420pts)
* Vendetta Gunship Squadron (140pts)
* Vendetta (140pts)
2 Twin-linked Lascannons, Sponson Heavy Bolters (10pts)


* Vendetta Gunship Squadron (140pts)
* Vendetta (140pts)
2 Twin-linked Lascannons, Sponson Heavy Bolters (10pts)


* Vendetta Gunship Squadron (140pts)
* Vendetta (140pts)
2 Twin-linked Lascannons, Sponson Heavy Bolters (10pts)


+ Heavy Support + (184pts)
* Rapier Carrier Battery (92pts)
* Rapier Laser Destroyer (46pts)
Additional Crewman (6pts)
* Rapier Laser Destroyer (46pts)
Additional Crewman (6pts)


* Rapier Carrier Battery (92pts)
* Rapier Laser Destroyer (46pts)
Additional Crewman (6pts)
* Rapier Laser Destroyer (46pts)
Additional Crewman (6pts)

Pretty simple, the Rapiers kill anything thats a significant threat to my vendettas first turn. The troops get deployed in their chimeras and move around grinding down squads of space marines with plasma fire and heavy flamers. The vendettas come in to mop up tanks and subsequently hover to unload everything into squads of spacemarines and terminators. Ratlings pin stuff down, and Stormtroopers help clear out objectives with the Airborne assault rule thingy (Reroll scatter) by dropping on objectives and suddenly plasma and lasguns to the face at close range. Vendettas and chimeras will move the troops around to control objectives late game.

[Firecrest]

You say the list is highly mobile, so surely if the chimeras are moving alot, all the vets will be snap firing, so why not bung a heavy weapon in there also?

[walrusman999]

Highly mobile mostly because the chimeras will flank opposing squads of men, disembark, use rapid fire a super close range (Chimeras are the guaranteed minimum 12 in" for 2 shots) and thoroughly destroy squads of infantry. Otherwise they will be capturing objectives and focusing on weak points. I cant justify having heavy weapons because 1) extra points i dont exactly have. I would have to move some stuff around take crewman from the artillery, or take points out of my HQ somehow. 2) The squad counts as having moved after disembarking from the chimera, if i plan to roll them within 12" range for rapid fire, having a heavy weapon in the squad would mean that two individuals would need to snapfire (or use lasguns for a turn[still working on a ruling] which wouldn't justify having a heavy weapon in the squad which adds more points to the squad for minimal use).

[Firecrest]

Or you could drop grenadiers upgrades and use those points.

[FortheEmperor!]

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[walrusman999]

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The F***?

[walrusman999]

So I need to move 60 points around. dropped the additional crewmen and the vendettas sponsons since they aren't that useful. And I'm contemplating dropping a Vendetta for either a valkyrie or vulture gunship. Leaning towards a vulture, and either equipping it with twin linked autocannon and Multiple missile pods, 2 hellfury missiles and the TL autocannon, or 4 multiple missile pods. Thoughts?