1850 World eaters

[depthcharge12]

hey brothers i made up an 1850 list of World Eaters and was looking for your input and advice as i am still building this army. I plan on facing MEQs and hope that my local store will have some HH players soon.

The adepticon 1500 HH tourny caught my eye and was wondering how i should cut (i want to say tailor but its a "fun" tourny) my list to 1500 against prospective lists. here it is:

 

1849 points

 

Praetor (160)

*plasma pistol, paragon blade, digi lasers, combat shield

 

Master of Signal (85)

*chainaxe

 

Elites

 

5 cataphractii termies (241)

*reaper ac +lc, twin lc, chainfist+combiplas, combiplas+power maul, combiplas+power sword

 

contemptor dread (205)

 

troops

 

15 tactical marines (225) #1

*sarge with PF and artificer, replace bolters with chainaxes(14)

 

10 tactical marines (175) #2

*melta bombs, 10 extra chainaxes

 

10 tactical marines (173) #3

*9 extra chainaxes

 

heavy support

 

5 hs marines (160)

* 5 autocannons

 

predator tank (135)

*executioner plasma destroyer, sponson hb

 

spartan tank (295)

 

i was thinking of running tac squad 1 with the praetor in the spartan towards an enemy held objective, tac squad 2 as more of a midfield position to block any enemy or used as an objective holder, tac squad 3 to hold my objective closer on the table, the ac squad to shoot fliers or suppress rhinos and dreads, predator to punish large tac squads, and the termies + comtemptor to distract my opponent with the possibility to score with them as well

 

feedback is appreciated as i am still collecting and have yet to play a game with this list

thanks

[Haranin]

Ditch the AC and one HQ for 1500; Does the spartan have the flare shield?

[depthcharge12]

@haranin

 

thanks that sounds like a good idea but i like the idea of a master of signal who can drop a d3 ordnance barrage on a 20 man squad. should i reconfigure my praetor? i didnt take any rites so maybe a chaplain would be better with the 15 man squad?

 

i was thinking of dropping the extra ccws on the 3rd squad to get the flare shield... its between that and armored cerimite. what do you suggest?

[depthcharge12]

I just realized in one of my posts the crazy goodness of a SoH assault squad with 10 HoW attacks to begin with, power weapons, and merciless fighter they can more easily destroy those large 20 man blobs with an apothecary.

Heres my plan:

 

*replace squad #1 and extra chainaxes and from squad 3 to make a 10 man SoH assault squad detachment

*and for the HQ replace my praetor with a chaplain for the SoH for that extra zealot punch and an extra power weapon

* this will leave me with 22 points so i plan to give 2 power swords to the SoH

 

Question: should i take my melta bombs off my 2nd tac squad which will be in the spartan and give them to the assault squad instead?

 

Most lists that the brothers post on here consist usually of a contemptor, a medusa, and two large infantry blobs with apothecaries. would this detachment seem a logical choice?

 

One last question does anyone know if the adepticon 2013 HH tourny allows for allied detachments?

[depthcharge12]

Any more suggestions for a 1500 point force?

 

Im seeing alot of apothecary backed up squads and usually a medusa and/or ac squads.

 

I think my plasma predator should be able to eradicate some tac squads and at least provide an annoyance to any termies (4+ saves make a huge difference) and my master of signal should be able to drop a d3 ordanance on a large squad or a hidden medusa

 

my other question is should i keep my ac squad with the MoS? he gives them bs5 but their main use is to destroy any fliers that might pop up, but the cognis signum cant help alter snap shots against them iirc