Bob821
09-06-2013, 01:51 AM
Morning,
I will be playing against two army’s in the near future. One a Tau army that normally includes 2 Riptides, 3 Broad sides, a big blob of fire warriors, 2 squads of path finders and some kroot snipers. He will also some time include a sun shark, just to keep me on my toes and punish me for not bringing my quad gun!
The second army is an Eldar list. Normally including a Wraith Knight, 2 squads of dire avengers, 2 path finders, Farseer, One of the new Phoenix Lords or the Avatar, Crimson Hunter, Dark Reapers and a big squad of Guardians with heavy weapons. He has been swapping and changing in to his list squads of different aspects to see how they perform...
So here is what I was thinking... My pure blood angels lists seem to be struggling in 6th. Gone are the days of my Assault squad backed up with a priest and librarian.... I'm just getting shot to bits no matter what I bring to the table. The only unit that really seems to shine is the Land Raider due to its 14 armour and 4 HP. This lead to me thinking about a Land Raider assault supported by a pair on Leman Russ tanks! What do you think of this....
Blood Angels;
Librarian,
Terminator Armour with Storm Shield,
Divination.
Terminator Assault squad,
THSS.
Land Raider Redeemer,
Multi Melta.
Assault Squad X10,
2 X melta,
Power fist.
Assault Squad X10
2 X melta,
Power fist.
Stern Guard Vets X6
X5 combi melta,
Drop Pod.
Agies Defence line,
Quad gun.
Imperial Guard,
Primus Psyker,
Divination,
Veteran squad,
Grenadiers
Veteran Squad,
Grenadiers.
Leman Russ Demolisher X2
2000pts!
So... The plan is the librarian and the terminators jump in the land Raider and move up the board to kill the MC's of doom, supported by the Leman Russ Tanks. Followed by the assault squads hiding away safety behind. The guard vets hide behind the defence line and man the quad gun hopefully keeping a objective warm and supported by the Primus Psykers Divination magic!
The Stern Guard vets are there to kill or wound a high value target. The Tau can and does somtimes just flip his list totally and run Crisis suits and Hammer heads.
So what do you think? I know I'm going to get my arse kicked. But I'm hoping with the slow movement of the Tau and the speed of my Assault squads and already having my home objectives covered by the guard I may be able to sneak a win. Against the Eldar... Not so sure. They are new to me still and the guy I'm playing against.
Many Thanks.
I will be playing against two army’s in the near future. One a Tau army that normally includes 2 Riptides, 3 Broad sides, a big blob of fire warriors, 2 squads of path finders and some kroot snipers. He will also some time include a sun shark, just to keep me on my toes and punish me for not bringing my quad gun!
The second army is an Eldar list. Normally including a Wraith Knight, 2 squads of dire avengers, 2 path finders, Farseer, One of the new Phoenix Lords or the Avatar, Crimson Hunter, Dark Reapers and a big squad of Guardians with heavy weapons. He has been swapping and changing in to his list squads of different aspects to see how they perform...
So here is what I was thinking... My pure blood angels lists seem to be struggling in 6th. Gone are the days of my Assault squad backed up with a priest and librarian.... I'm just getting shot to bits no matter what I bring to the table. The only unit that really seems to shine is the Land Raider due to its 14 armour and 4 HP. This lead to me thinking about a Land Raider assault supported by a pair on Leman Russ tanks! What do you think of this....
Blood Angels;
Librarian,
Terminator Armour with Storm Shield,
Divination.
Terminator Assault squad,
THSS.
Land Raider Redeemer,
Multi Melta.
Assault Squad X10,
2 X melta,
Power fist.
Assault Squad X10
2 X melta,
Power fist.
Stern Guard Vets X6
X5 combi melta,
Drop Pod.
Agies Defence line,
Quad gun.
Imperial Guard,
Primus Psyker,
Divination,
Veteran squad,
Grenadiers
Veteran Squad,
Grenadiers.
Leman Russ Demolisher X2
2000pts!
So... The plan is the librarian and the terminators jump in the land Raider and move up the board to kill the MC's of doom, supported by the Leman Russ Tanks. Followed by the assault squads hiding away safety behind. The guard vets hide behind the defence line and man the quad gun hopefully keeping a objective warm and supported by the Primus Psykers Divination magic!
The Stern Guard vets are there to kill or wound a high value target. The Tau can and does somtimes just flip his list totally and run Crisis suits and Hammer heads.
So what do you think? I know I'm going to get my arse kicked. But I'm hoping with the slow movement of the Tau and the speed of my Assault squads and already having my home objectives covered by the guard I may be able to sneak a win. Against the Eldar... Not so sure. They are new to me still and the guy I'm playing against.
Many Thanks.