4k Iron Hands Head of the Gorgon

[Dagoth Ur]

So I've been cleaning out my collection, refurbishing things and slowly building new stuff - and I noticed that as I usually play Company of Bitter Iron, I never actually get to use Ferrus. So I threw together a 4k list themed around Ferrus and Nullificators. For background information: my usual play partner and I are not power-gamers in any sense of the word. We're usually fairly decent at moderating ourselves when it comes to powerful options and are planning an escalation campaign between the two of us themed around the war of Colchis. So I will be primarily facing WB forces with heaps of corrupted units, daemons and a general tilt towards melee with some land raiders. One thing to keep in mind is that we slightly modified how objectives work in our games. In our games all Troop units can take an objective, but precedence is given to Line units (i.e. if I have a non-line Troop unit on an objective then it belongs to me but if my enemy moves a Line unit close enough to it, then it belongs to them).

 

So here's the list:

 

Iron Hands; Row: The Head of the Gorgon; 3995p

 

LoW:

Ferrus Manus (775p)

>Retinue: Morlock Terminator Squad

>4x Power Fists, Legion Standard, 3x Volkite Chargers

>Augmentor: Power Fist, Volkite Culverin, Cyber Familiar

 

HQ:

Centurion Cataphracti (165p)

>Consul: Nullificator Primus

>Aether Shock Maul, Toxiferran Flamer, Cyber Familiar, Grenade Harness

 

Centurion Cataphracti (165p)

>Consul: Nullificator Primus

>Aether Shock Maul, Toxiferran Flamer, Cyber Familiar, Grenade Harness

 

Centurion Cataphracti (155p)

>Consul: Chaplain

>Thunder Hammer, Combi Bolter, Cyber Familiar, Grenade Harness

 

Elites:

Contemptor Dreadnought Talon (585p)

>Contemptor Dreadnought

>Gravis Power Fist with in-built Graviton Gun

>Gravis Melta Cannon

>Contemptor Dreadnought

>Gravis Power Fist with in-built Graviton Gun

>Gravis Melta Cannon

>Contemptor Dreadnought

>Gravis Power Fist with in-built Graviton Gun

>Gravis Melta Cannon

 

Troops:

Tactical Squad (100p)

 

Tactical Squad (100p)

 

Nullificator Squad (550p)

>Sergeant

>Aether Shock Maul, Toxiferran Flamer, Cyber Familiar, Grenade Harness

>4x Nullificators

>Aether Shock Maul, Toxiferran Flamer

>Dedicated Transport: Land Raider Proteus

>Hull Mounted Twin-Linked Lascannon

>2x Gravis Las Cannons

 

Nullificator Squad (550p)

>Sergeant

>Aether Shock Maul, Toxiferran Flamer, Cyber Familiar, Grenade Harness

>4x Nullificators

>Aether Shock Maul, Toxiferran Flamer

>Dedicated Transport: Land Raider Proteus

>Hull Mounted Twin-Linked Lascannon

>2x Gravis Las Cannons

 

Tactical Support Squad (195p)

>5 Legionaries

>Grav Shredders

>Dedicated Transport: Rhino

 

Heavy Support:

Heavy Support Squad (225p)

>10 Legionaries

>Volkite Culverins

 

Land Raider Spartan (425p)

>Flare Shield

>2x Lascannon Destroyers

>Hull Mounted Twin-Linked Lascannon

 

Deployment is as follows: Ferrus and his squad of goons ride in the Spartan with the chaplain for that Hatred bonus. Nullificator Primuses (Primes? Primi?) ride with the Nullificators. Dreadnoughts do dreadnought things. Support Legionaries cruise around and rip into vehicles and dreads with their shredders. The Heavy Support Squad thins out infantry and can dish out some serious hurt via the legion unique reaction too. As most units have a transport I can also lean into the Outflank portion of the RoW. The tacticals will mostly sit in the backfield to enjoy the Stubborn in my deployment zone. I was thinking about leaning into some Castellax via the RoW but I just find them way too expensive given that I have no access to Cybertheurgy as a legion player. I know Nullificators are fairly expensive, but I figured I'd want some Land Raiders anyways and the Toxiferran flamers as well as Mauls might help with Gal Vorbak, Daemon Brutes as well as big squads of troopers and tacticals. The Nullificators are mostly for flavor, but I've had some success with their special ability against corrupted and daemon units as well. Right now I worry that I am a bit thin on Line units. I was thinking that, given all the land raiders and lascannons, I might shave off the Tactical support squad and bump the tacticals to 15 man each with some Apothecaries.

 

Curious to hear what people think/what their experiences are with this RoW and any other suggestions :)