Word Bearer 500 pt tactical strike

[robinoc]

Dipping my toes into 30K through the victory is Vengance rules from HH3. Rules are 150 to spend on heroes and 350 on troops.

 

Dark Martyr 60

AA PW

 

Iconoclast 50

AA Inferno pistol

 

Recon Sergeant 40

AA Sniper rifle

 

10x Veterans 150

 

2x Breachers 50

Melta bombs

 

2x Heavy Support 50

Missile launcher

 

3x Ashen Circle 60

 

2x Gal Vorbak 60

 

Unsure of meta, beginner event. Mostly playing on ZM boards.

 

Any help appreciated.

[ChainMachete]

I've been trying to put together a Word Bearers Tactical Strike list as well, but at 400 points. I even put a couple of lists up on the heresy30k forum, but didn't get much feedback, other than two Dark Martyrs is probably a bit too unfriendly.

 

I don't have any solid advice, just theorizing, since I haven't actually played any Tactical Strike games yet. My plan is to take a Dark Martyr with power fist and artificer armour, a command squad standard bearer and probably an Apothecary with artificer armour as leaders. Then round out with Gal Vorbak, Seekers and models from various other units, mixing & matching to get the special rules I want - vets give me fearless, command squad chosen give me more AA to tank wounds, recon marines with cameleoline give me scout, stealth and defensive grenades, etc. Not all special rules carry over to the unit, but those that do, can act as huge force multipliers.

 

I was going to take a few Breachers, since they are the same price as Tacticals, but I think Recon marines work better - 15 points base rather than 10, both give the squad defensive grenades, but the Breacher also gives the squad -1" charge, whereas the Recon marine gives the squad scout and the extra benefits of shroud grenades (plus the option of stealth).

 

I think Seekers are valuable because their special ammo gives you the flexibility to handle cultist hoards (rapid firing 3" blasts), shoot marines at 30" before they can shoot back or wound monstrous creatures or 2+ armour models with rending & shed.

 

With your Gal Vorbak, make sure there are more Gal Vorbak models than other models in any ad-hoc squads you put them in. Because you don't want to loose the benefits of majority toughness 5.

 

A Gal Vorbak Dark Martyr with artificer armour and power fist, 3 more Gal Vorbak, an Apothecary with artificer armour, a Recon marine with cameleoline, and Verteran marine make a really nasty mini-deathstar in this environment. 12 T5 (at least until you loose 2 of your Gal Vorbak) wounds (4 with a 2+ save, 9 with a 5+ invulnerable), with feal no pain, fearless, fear, defensive grenades, scout, stealth and lots of S5 or S10 rending.