Hello Brothers, I have returned to the hobby after a while. I played Black Templars from 2003 till 2009, and this time around I decided I wanted to go shooty, and paint something with a bit more color and a little less black.
Currently, I have Indomitus, Tigurius, and a Relic Contemptor Dreadnought. I'm wondering what competitive units could be added to build upon that. I've been considering Guilliman, and plasma inceptors.
One thing left over from playing the first time around is my love for dreadnoughts, so I want to field the Relic Contemptor, and probably a plasma redemptor. The Primaris Techmarine model looks great. Do you guys think its worth fielding him with only 2 dreadnoughts in the army? It looks like the current meta has eradicator spam, or hordes. My guess would be, simply having a huge amount of bolters would accomplish killing the hordes, and also not be as vulnerable to the eradicator spam.
So, I'm trying to figure out what a strong core of the list could be based off starting with Indomitus.
Guilliman
Tigurius
Chaplain, MoS
5x Assault Intercessor
5x Assault Intercessor
5x Intercessor
5x Intercessor 3x Blade Guard Veteran
Bladeguard Ancient
Relic Contemptor, MM, CML, DCCW
Redemptor, Plasma, OGC, Icarus Rocket Pod
3x Inceptor, Plasma
3x Outriders
3x Eradicators
Total: Roughly 1,983 points
I'm not a huge fan of the outriders. I think I'd rather run 2 incursor squads to get up the field quick. I know the assault intercessors aren't very strong for Ultramarines. I imagine swapping them in over the assault intercessors would likely be an immediate improvement? Only thing of note, I don't want to spam eradicators like "everyone" else, so I'll need to account for Anti Tank elsewhere.
I don't have a huge love for chaplains, so I'd be willing to use a different HQ, either Techmarine or one of the Indomitus HQ's?