BA take 4th at SA Nationals.

[Morticon]

aah man, youre in a small bit of a pickle here.

See, i believe that the DC are a better choice in general, and will do more for you generally speaking, but in terms of this list, Id possibly consider the RAS more.

 

In the list I had, I had additional fighty support in the form of the van vets. This took the load off the other squads.

 

In your case, the only infantry you have are the 3 scoring units, and then the DC.

 

If you have one of the 5man RAS squads back, it means you have the DC, a 5man support squad (shooting usually) and then the 10 man up front. Thats it.

 

I think the RAS would maybe be the smarter choice. HOWEVER,

 

if you wanted the DC, i would potentially consider throwing them in, but, swapping out the Baal, for a TLHF razor, with PW/MG squad instead. Same points!

 

Then i would also consider moving 1 of the 3 bikers to its own slot!

 

This will make you lose a little bit on the shooting, but with the additional fighty support, and additional options i think you may be in a better position.

Maybe ask the board their opinions there.

 

See, with your style as is, youre going much more of a shooty/counter role than I was.

 

I think play test it with the DC. Its scary, and it has potential. Personally, id be soooorely tempted to drop the one MM biker to a HB for wounds shenanigans, and then get the extra fist in the DC! But play with the DC first, then with the RAS and see what you like more.

[Israfel]

Oh well, there I am between a rock and a hard place B)

 

Well the big question remains and I`m left undecided... Exchanging the DC with a RAS means that I will mainly be exchanging scoring power with raw killing power. At 1850 3 (possibly 4) scoring units are already pushing it, but the shear terror factor of the DC is very tempting. Also I will be leaving two melta`s at the armory as well. The rhino is also prone to be out of the game and costing the mobility of the DC. Quite a conundrum... The gaming environment seems to be mainly consisted of MEQ (Grey knights - Space Wolves - Dark Angels - Nurgle marines and Pedro wing with a splash of tyranids and IG). I like your idea to drop a Baal for a Rback, however this might negatively affect my 13 armor saturation. Furthermore having 2 baals that might and most probably will make an 18" scout move to go behind enemy lines to hunt support squads also seems like a good idea to put the pressure up! I have really liked how your army works together, in my case I feel like I would be more comfortable to put pressure on my opponents with DC + Mephiston and an assault squad while the Baals and AB`s harass the enemy flanks under the fire support of the preds and rbacks.

 

Dropping a further melta from the AB`s seem a little risky reducing my melta count further... If I need a piece of armor dead 3 meltas will be very helpful instead on 2. The wound allocation sheninagans are really tempting though...

 

I can hear the cries of the DC already, it seems that I will opt for the DC and make a 7 man squad with 2 PW 1 PF Rhino and EA would you think that two PW`s are not as good as two PF?

 

Any other comments are also welcome :tu: