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Hey,
I've noticed a lot of interesting lists on your site but they all tend towards the 1500 - 2000 point end of the spectrum.
Was wondering what kind of guard list you'd put together for the lower end of the scale (say 1000 or 1200 points)?
Also do you think an imperial guard combined arms force (with some infantry, some mechanised, some artillery and some tanks) can be effective under fifth? Most of the lists I see seem to be either completely mechanised or mechanised with some tanks.
Thanks heaps,
Josh
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Yes, semi-mech is perfectly viable. I run it myself. I wouldn't call it combined arms, as there is no recon, air support, aa, space bombardments, really all the things you'd expect from true combined arms in the 40th Millenium. Not sure where Carnifexes and Bloodthirsters fit into combined arms, either. ;) "Big fucking thing coming to kick my ass" isn't really military parlance. I did know a guy called Marcus when I was younger, he'd qualify. Anyone who looks normal next to NFL linemen certainly should, anyway. lol
So, a quick and easy off the top of my head list:
Hydra x 2.
HW teams with lascannons or Vendettas x2.
CCS w/Meltas.
PCS w/Meltas.
Sprinkle liberally with vets or IG platoons, with as many Chimeras as you feel like buying.
Don't forget to include some flamers somewhere...and then you can:
Call it a day. You've run out of points.
Most armies do not scale well at 1k points. Take a HQ and 2 troops, and in many armies--that's 1/3 to 1/2 of your total points. Makes for a fun quick game, and the shine on that apple wore off for me a long time ago, sorry to say. That's why I don't do it. No more, no less.
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my 1k Guard list:
CCS w/ 4x melta, Chimera, HF
Vet Squad, 3x melta, Chimera, HF
Vet Squad, 3x melta, Chimera, HF
Vendetta w/ HB
Vendetta w/HB
Devil Dog
Manticore
Perhaps I'm missing soemthing but I would be inclined to think that a much more powerfull guard list is possible at 1k than what you mention above.
I'd think something that included along the lines of:
CCS w/ meltas in Chimera
PCS w/ meltas in Chimera
Autocannon platoon squads in Chimeras
1 Vet squad w/ flamers
2 x medusas or manticores
would be much more likely to give opponents nightmares. In a 1k environment a pair of S10 ap2 templates combined with a flamervet squad provide a reasonable amount of anti-horde, the autocannons and medusas cover anti-light-vehicle fairly thoroughly with the meltas as as backup/MC/2+ killing power.
My 1k Guard:
2x CCS (3x melta, HF)
2x Vets (3x Flamer or Grenade launcher) in 2x Chimera (HF/Multilaser)
2x Vendetta
3x Hydra (HB & Pintle stubber)
Shannon - that's a lot of AT firepower for 1k, but otherwise fairly similar to one I'm working towards. How does it do against hordes?
have not faced a true horde with it yet but between the manticore and 5 heavy flamers I would not expect to many problems, especialy at this point value.
All the AT also works against MC's and as a nice bonus kills marines dead too. THis list really based killing mech, and then kill the aquishy stuff that came out. It just so happens the Guard books lets you get anti-tank, anti-horde, and ap in some really convenient multi-role/use places.
Swap the devil dog for a bane wolf imo. kills squishy stuff dead. you've got stacks of melta
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