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Grinding Stone and Templar Blades


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I have two lists at 2500 I am looking at running Im looking for a bit of feedback 

The First Is pretty  Heavy on the Dreadnoughts  and low on the bodycount 
 

+++ Iron Clad Crusaders 2500 +++
 
++ Legiones Astartes: Crusade Army List (Age of Darkness) (2500pts) ++
 
+ HQ (230pts) +
 
Sigismund (230pts) [Master of the Legion]
 
+ Troops (780pts) +
 
Legion Tactical Squad (230pts) [Legion Rhino Armoured Carrier, 9x Legion Tactical Space Marines, Legion Vexilla, Nuncio-Vox]
Legion Tactical Sergeant [Artificer Armour, Melta Bombs, Power Weapon]
 
Templar Brethren (550pts) [5x Combat Shield, Melta Bombs, Nuncio-vox, 5x Templar Brethren]
Chapter Champion [Combat Shield, Solarite Power Gauntlet]
Land Raider Phobos [Armoured Ceramite, Dozer Blade]
 
+ Elites (800pts) +
 
Contemptor Dreadnought Talon (620pts)
Legion Contemptor Dreadnought [Graviton Gun, Kheres Pattern Assault Cannon]
Legion Contemptor Dreadnought [Dreadnought Close Combat Weapon with inbuilt twin-linked Bolter, Graviton Gun, Plasma Blaster]
Legion Contemptor Dreadnought [Graviton Gun, Kheres Pattern Assault Cannon]
 
Legion Rapier Weapons Battery (180pts)
Legion Rapier Weapons Battery [Quad Mortar ('Thud Gun')]
Legion Rapier Weapons Battery [Quad Mortar ('Thud Gun')]
Legion Rapier Weapons Battery [Quad Mortar ('Thud Gun')]
 
+ Heavy Support (690pts) +
 
Deredeo Pattern Dreadnought (240pts) [Aiolos Missile Launcher, Armoured Ceramite]
 
Legion Heavy Support Squad (250pts) [Lascannons, 4x Legion Space Marines]
Legion Sergeant [Artificer Armour, Augury Scanner]
 
Legion Sicaran Battle Tank (200pts) [Armoured Ceramite, Dozer Blade, Lascannons]
 
+ Legion +
 
Legion Astartes [VII: Imperial Fists]
 




The Second is Higher on the body Count 

+++ Boots on Ground 2500 +++
 
++ Legiones Astartes: Crusade Army List (Age of Darkness) (2500pts) ++
 
+ HQ (230pts) +
 
Sigismund (230pts) [Master of the Legion]
 
+ Troops (970pts) +
 
Legion Tactical Squad (230pts) [Legion Rhino Armoured Carrier, 9x Legion Tactical Space Marines, Legion Vexilla, Nuncio-Vox]
Legion Tactical Sergeant [Artificer Armour, Melta Bombs, Power Weapon]
 
Legion Tactical Squad (230pts) [Legion Rhino Armoured Carrier, 9x Legion Tactical Space Marines, Legion Vexilla, Nuncio-Vox]
Legion Tactical Sergeant [Artificer Armour, Melta Bombs, Power Weapon]
 
Templar Brethren (510pts) [4x Combat Shield, Melta Bombs, 4x Templar Brethren]
Chapter Champion [Combat Shield, Solarite Power Gauntlet]
Land Raider Phobos [Armoured Ceramite, Dozer Blade]
 
+ Elites (455pts) +
 
Contemptor Dreadnought Talon (275pts)
Legion Contemptor Dreadnought [Dreadnought Close Combat Weapon with inbuilt twin-linked Bolter, Graviton Gun, Legion Dreadnought Drop Pod, Plasma Blaster]
 
Legion Rapier Weapons Battery (180pts)
Legion Rapier Weapons Battery [Quad Mortar ('Thud Gun')]
Legion Rapier Weapons Battery [Quad Mortar ('Thud Gun')]
Legion Rapier Weapons Battery [Quad Mortar ('Thud Gun')]
 
+ Fast Attack (160pts) +
 
Legion Jetbike Sky Hunter Squadron (160pts) [Melta Bombs, 3x Space Marine Sky Hunters, Volkite Culverin]
 
+ Heavy Support (685pts) +
 
Deredeo Pattern Dreadnought (240pts) [Aiolos Missile Launcher, Armoured Ceramite]
 
Legion Heavy Support Squad (250pts) [Lascannons, 4x Legion Space Marines]
Legion Sergeant [Artificer Armour, Augury Scanner]
 
Legion Sicaran Battle Tank (195pts) [Armoured Ceramite, Lascannons]
 
+ Legion +
 
Legion Astartes [VII: Imperial Fists]
 

 

Feedback would be much appreciated 

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1st list - nothing wrong with lots of Dreads! You may as well split up the Contemptors as you have the slots (and it will give you more flexibility when deploying). I'd go dual Graviton guns on the dual claw Contemptor and plasma blasters on the other 2.

 

2nd list - same deal with the dual claw Contemptor. The Drop Pod will get him in position better than footslogging across the board. The Jetbikes are a great little anti-tank unit!

 

Both lists - you could really use a Wall of Martyrs Bunker for the lascannon team, with an Ammo Dump. Will help keep them alive a lot longer and re-rolling 1's to hit is great (especially when they also have Tank Hunters). Both lists have a fair bit of anti-tank, so you should be ok. Super-heavies will be present at 2500 points I assume?

In list 2, the main Cut you can make for ~30pts would be the nuncio-voxes on the Tac Squads. You're not deepstriking and you have no barrage and thus no use for them.

 

Next would be downgrading the Plasma Blaster on the Dread to Graviton to bring the total freed up to 35.

 

Melta Bombs on the Templar is iffy but, could potentially be cut bringing you up to 60pts.

 

Armored Ceramite on the Deredeo would be another one since hes very unlikely to be in Melta Range and if he is and survives, it means hes going to get locked in CC and with his pathetic CC Stats, essentially dead at that point :p

 

Total is 80 pts now.

 

Now it gets a bit harder: Dozer Blade on the LR or Melta Bombs on 1 tac squad?

So I  tried to listen to both sets of advice and these are the lists revised 


Dreadnought Heavy 

+++ Grinding Stone (2425pts) +++
 
++ Legiones Astartes: Crusade Army List (Age of Darkness) (2425pts) ++
 
+ HQ (230pts) +
 
Sigismund (230pts) [Master of the Legion]
 
+ Troops (735pts) +
 
Legion Tactical Squad (220pts) [Legion Rhino Armoured Carrier, 9x Legion Tactical Space Marines, Legion Vexilla]
Legion Tactical Sergeant [Artificer Armour, Melta Bombs, Power Weapon]
 
Templar Brethren (515pts) [5x Combat Shield, 5x Templar Brethren]
Chapter Champion [Combat Shield, Solarite Power Gauntlet]
Land Raider Phobos [Armoured Ceramite, Dozer Blade]
 
+ Elites (800pts) +
 
Contemptor Dreadnought Talon (210pts)
Legion Contemptor Dreadnought [Dreadnought Close Combat Weapon with inbuilt twin-linked Bolter, Graviton Gun, Plasma Blaster]
 
Contemptor Dreadnought Talon (205pts)
Legion Contemptor Dreadnought [Graviton Gun, Kheres Pattern Assault Cannon]
 
Contemptor Dreadnought Talon (205pts)
Legion Contemptor Dreadnought [Graviton Gun, Kheres Pattern Assault Cannon]
 
Legion Rapier Weapons Battery (180pts)
Legion Rapier Weapons Battery [Quad Mortar ('Thud Gun')]
Legion Rapier Weapons Battery [Quad Mortar ('Thud Gun')]
Legion Rapier Weapons Battery [Quad Mortar ('Thud Gun')]
 
+ Heavy Support (660pts) +
 
Deredeo Pattern Dreadnought (220pts) [Aiolos Missile Launcher]
 
Legion Heavy Support Squad (240pts) [Lascannons, 4x Legion Space Marines]
Legion Sergeant [Augury Scanner]
 
Legion Sicaran Battle Tank (200pts) [Armoured Ceramite, Dozer Blade, Lascannons]
 
+ Legion +
 
Legion Astartes [VII: Imperial Fists]
 
+++ Bunkerino (75pts) +++
 
++ Fortifications and Stronghold Assault (2013) (Fortification Detachment) (75pts) ++
 
+ Fortification (75pts) +
 
Imperial Bunker (75pts) [Ammunition Dump]
 

 


Marine Heavy 
( I  feel like i sacrifice quite a bit in this list to get  the bunker like a lot more than the  other )


+++ Grinding Stone (2425pts) +++
 
++ Legiones Astartes: Crusade Army List (Age of Darkness) (2425pts) ++
 
+ HQ (230pts) +
 
Sigismund (230pts) [Master of the Legion]
 
+ Troops (930pts) +
 
Legion Tactical Squad (205pts) [Legion Rhino Armoured Carrier, 9x Legion Tactical Space Marines, Legion Vexilla]
Legion Tactical Sergeant [Artificer Armour]
 
Legion Tactical Squad (210pts) [Legion Rhino Armoured Carrier, 9x Legion Tactical Space Marines, Legion Vexilla]
Legion Tactical Sergeant [Artificer Armour, Melta Bombs]
 
Templar Brethren (515pts) [5x Combat Shield, 5x Templar Brethren]
Chapter Champion [Combat Shield, Solarite Power Gauntlet]
Land Raider Phobos [Armoured Ceramite, Dozer Blade]
 
+ Elites (450pts) +
 
Contemptor Dreadnought Talon (270pts)
Legion Contemptor Dreadnought [Dreadnought Close Combat Weapon with inbuilt twin-linked Bolter, 2x Graviton Gun, Legion Dreadnought Drop Pod]
 
Legion Rapier Weapons Battery (180pts)
Legion Rapier Weapons Battery [Quad Mortar ('Thud Gun')]
Legion Rapier Weapons Battery [Quad Mortar ('Thud Gun')]
Legion Rapier Weapons Battery [Quad Mortar ('Thud Gun')]
 
+ Fast Attack (160pts) +
 
Legion Jetbike Sky Hunter Squadron (160pts) [Melta Bombs, Multi-Melta, 3x Space Marine Sky Hunters]
 
+ Heavy Support (655pts) +
 
Deredeo Pattern Dreadnought (220pts) [Aiolos Missile Launcher]
 
Legion Heavy Support Squad (235pts) [Lascannons, Legion Sergeant, 4x Legion Space Marines]
 
Legion Sicaran Battle Tank (200pts) [Armoured Ceramite, Dozer Blade, Lascannons]
 
+ Legion +
 
Legion Astartes [VII: Imperial Fists]
 
 
+++ Bunkerino (75pts) +++
 
++ Fortifications and Stronghold Assault (2013) (Fortification Detachment) (75pts) ++
 
+ Fortification (75pts) +
 
Imperial Bunker (75pts) [Ammunition Dump]
 

Also I  did get to play this list  this weekend and It was quite fun  though the imperial fists were only allied here. 
 

+++ Knights and Knights and Knights (2500pts) +++
 
++ Questoris Knight Crusade Army (Questoris Knight Crusade Army) (1195pts) ++
 
+ HQ (445pts) +
 
Seneschal (445pts)
Questoris Knight Paladin [2x Bio-corrosive rounds for its heavy stubbers]
 
+ Troops (750pts) +
 
Scion Martial (375pts)
Questoris Knight Errant [bio-corrosive rounds for its heavy stubbers]
 
Scion Martial (375pts)
Questoris Knight Errant [bio-corrosive rounds for its heavy stubbers]
 
++ Legiones Astartes: Crusade Army List (Allied Detachment) (1305pts) ++
 
+ HQ (230pts) +
 
Sigismund (230pts) [Master of the Legion]
 
+ Elites (180pts) +
 
Legion Rapier Weapons Battery (180pts)
Legion Rapier Weapons Battery [Quad Mortar ('Thud Gun')]
Legion Rapier Weapons Battery [Quad Mortar ('Thud Gun')]
Legion Rapier Weapons Battery [Quad Mortar ('Thud Gun')]
 
+ Troops (510pts) +
 
Templar Brethren (510pts) [4x Combat Shield, Melta Bombs, 4x Templar Brethren]
Chapter Champion [Combat Shield, Solarite Power Gauntlet]
Land Raider Phobos [Armoured Ceramite, Dozer Blade]
 
+ Fast Attack (185pts) +
 
Legion Jetbike Sky Hunter Squadron (185pts) [Melta Bombs, Multi-Melta, 3x Space Marine Sky Hunters]
Sky Hunter Sergeant [Power Weapon]
 
+ Heavy Support (200pts) +
 
Legion Sicaran Battle Tank (200pts) [Armoured Ceramite, Dozer Blade, Lascannons]
 
+ Legion +
 
Legion Astartes [VII: Imperial Fists]
 
 

Funnily Enough two of the three imperial knights died but my warlord ( Who got IWND )  and The Templar Beatdown Bus  worked pretty well , The Sicarian  continues to prove its worth its weight in gold.  The jetbikes were ... meh ,   I think maybe im playing them wrong  or something because outside of killing a tank and inflicting some okay casualties they didint seem terribly effective compared to everything else like its fair to say they got out performed by the Thudd Guns quite handily.  This was a very fun list >.>  my opponent even had fun  or so he said It was also a fairly close game XD  

Thats the thing with Jetbikes. They're low model count with limited Special Weapons unlike outriders meaning you want to make the most out of your special weapon.

 

A Multi-Meltas Single Shot per turn isn't likely to do that. A Culverins 4 Shots are more likely to but, they are easier to mitigate than a MM's S8 Ap1. And when you have melta bombs, a Single MM shot might not be worth all that much.

 

Also 3 Models, 2 Heavy Bolters (6 Shots) 1 MM (1 shot) isnt much in comparative Pew Pew Power when you could take a barebones 5 man HSS Squad with HB for roughly the same cost.

 

You mainly have to use their mobility to your advantage such as cutting off people or herding them in. 

Thats the thing with Jetbikes. They're low model count with limited Special Weapons unlike outriders meaning you want to make the most out of your special weapon.

 

A Multi-Meltas Single Shot per turn isn't likely to do that. A Culverins 4 Shots are more likely to but, they are easier to mitigate than a MM's S8 Ap1. And when you have melta bombs, a Single MM shot might not be worth all that much.

 

Also 3 Models, 2 Heavy Bolters (6 Shots) 1 MM (1 shot) isnt much in comparative Pew Pew Power when you could take a barebones 5 man HSS Squad with HB for roughly the same cost.

 

You mainly have to use their mobility to your advantage such as cutting off people or herding them in. 

Youve got a point , It might be that I  should just shelve the unit for a bit until I can get it up to something like 6 bodies cause as it stands now It seems like I  coulda used the points elsewhere ( though thats not exactly true since  it was an allied detachment so only one slot for everything and I  dont own anything else in  fast attack XD ) 

 

So ive noticed that Knights while still  alot of fun  also suffer a bit from the sheer amount of haywire flying about but atleast I  dont have to feel bad about usin em 

 

Sigismund is really good  until people stop accepting challenges which is dumb  I wish there was a way to constantly force people to accept his challenges ( RITE OF WAR PLS ) 

 

the +1 Initative on the charge is just so insane  for him and his boys 

 

Im debating trying out some pride of the legion since ill be able to make some veteran tactical boys soon , though  it seems kinda pointless , the bodies rarely are the punch of the army its like ...everything else 

 

The Quad Mortars are probably the best thing  ever , they are just solid all  around  I  find myself firing the shatter shells a lot. 

 

 

I think im gonna grab a plasma Deredo XD Im working on  two variation of a 1500 list for Zone Mortalis ( thats gonna be played on like dense infinity terrain board ) one with sigismund one with polux 

Sigismund Variant 

+++ WITNESS ME  (1500pts) +++
 
++ Legiones Astartes: Crusade Army List ((Zone Mortalis) Attacker) (1500pts) ++
 
+ HQ (230pts) +
 
Sigismund (230pts)
Master of the Legion [Pride of the Legion]
 
+ Elites (600pts) +
 
Contemptor Dreadnought Talon (205pts)
Legion Contemptor Dreadnought [Graviton Gun, Kheres Pattern Assault Cannon]
 
Contemptor Dreadnought Talon (190pts)
Legion Contemptor Dreadnought [Dreadnought Close Combat Weapon with inbuilt twin-linked Bolter, Graviton Gun]
 
Contemptor Dreadnought Talon (205pts)
Legion Contemptor Dreadnought [Graviton Gun, Kheres Pattern Assault Cannon]
 
+ Troops (400pts) +
 
Legion Terminator Squad (400pts) [Cataphractii Terminator Armour with Combi-bolter and Power Weapon, Chainfist, Heavy Flamer, 9x Legion Terminators, 6x Power Fist, Reaper Autocannon]
Legion Terminator Sergeant [Chainfist]
 
+ Heavy Support (270pts) +
 
Deredeo Pattern Dreadnought (270pts) [Atomantic Pavaise, Single twin-linked Hellfire Plasma Cannonade, Twin-linked Heavy Flamer]
 
+ Legion +
 
Legion Astartes [VII: Imperial Fists]
 


Polux Variant 

+++ Not so Stone Gauntlet (1500pts) +++
 
++ Legiones Astartes: Crusade Army List ((Zone Mortalis) Attacker) (1500pts) ++
 
+ HQ (165pts) +
 
Alexis Polux (165pts) [Master of the Legion]
 
+ Elites (810pts) +
 
Contemptor Dreadnought Talon (205pts)
Legion Contemptor Dreadnought [Graviton Gun, Kheres Pattern Assault Cannon]
 
Contemptor Dreadnought Talon (205pts)
Legion Contemptor Dreadnought [Graviton Gun, Kheres Pattern Assault Cannon]
 
Legion Terminator Squad (400pts) [Cataphractii Terminator Armour with Combi-bolter and Power Weapon, Chainfist, Heavy Flamer, 9x Legion Terminators, 6x Power Fist, Reaper Autocannon]
Legion Terminator Sergeant [Chainfist]
 
+ Troops (255pts) +
 
Legion Breacher Siege Squad (255pts) [2x Graviton Gun, Legion Breacher Siege Sergeant, 9x Legion Breacher Siege Space Marines]
 
+ Heavy Support (270pts) +
 
Deredeo Pattern Dreadnought (270pts) [Atomantic Pavaise, Single twin-linked Hellfire Plasma Cannonade, Twin-linked Heavy Flamer]
 
+ Legion +
 
Legion Astartes [VII: Imperial Fists]
 

 

These probably arent the  hardest lists for ZM  but I really think it would be fun to walk around in a mini death star with the termis the character and the deredeo 

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