‘Ard Boyz List: Imperial Guard
After a ton of agonizing army builds, I’ve settled on my list for tomorrow’s event. Although I don’t think that horde IG will be as much fun as my other lists, this will probably be my last opportunity to do well in a tournament with Guard! I just can’t pass it up! So here is my MIN-KP IG army:
DOCTRINES
Camoline, Drop Troops, Special Weapons Teams, Sharp Shooters, Close Order Drill
HQ
Command Platoon
— Junior Officer (Honorifica Imperialis, Close Combat Weapon, Power Fist)
— 3 x Plasmagun, Medic (Bolt Pistol)
— Chimera (HB/ML, Improved Comms)
— Anti-Tank Squad (Drop Troops, Sharpshooters, Lascannon)
— Anti-Tank Squad (Drop Troops, Sharpshooters, Missile Launcher)
— Sentinel Squadron (Drop Troops, Autocannon)
— Special Weapon Team (Drop Troops, Sharpshooters, 3 Meltaguns)
— Special Weapon Team (Drop Troops, Sharpshooters, 3 Meltaguns)
Colonel Schaeffer (and Kage and 5 last chancers)
— Autocannon, 2x Meltagun, Demo Charge
— Sub-unit 1: Schaeffer (attached to Company Command), Sub-unit 2: Kage (attached to an Platoon Command), Sub-unit 3: autocannon (infiltrate), Sub-unit 4: 2 Meltaguns (deep strike), and Sub-unit 5: demo charge (deep strike)
TROOPS
Infantry Platoon
— Junior Officer (Bolter), Flamer, Meltagun, Autocannon
— Chimera (HB/ML, Extra Armor, Smoke Launchers)
— Infantry Squad (Close Order Drill, Drop Troops, Sharpshooters, Plasma Gun, Lascannon)
— Infantry Squad (Close Order Drill, Drop Troops, Sharpshooters, Plasma Gun, Lascannon)
— Infantry Squad (Close Order Drill, Drop Troops, Sharpshooters, Plasma Gun, Lascannon)
Infantry Platoon
— Junior Officer (Bolter), Flamer, Glamer, Autocannon
— Chimera (HB/ML, Extra Armor, Smoke Launchers)
— Infantry Squad (Close Order Drill, Drop Troops, Sharpshooters, Plasma Gun, Lascannon)
— Infantry Squad (Close Order Drill, Drop Troops, Sharpshooters, Plasma Gun, Lascannon)
— Infantry Squad (Close Order Drill, Drop Troops, Plasma Gun, Lascannon)
— Infantry Squad (Close Order Drill, Drop Troops, Plasma Gun, Lascannon)
10-man Battle Sisters Squad (Meltagun, Heavy Flamer, Book of St Lucius)
10-man Battle Sisters Squad (Meltagun, Heavy Flamer, Book of St Lucius)
NOTES:
1. Kill Points: The army has 10 Kill Points, but good luck getting more than two. With independent deployment, Reserves, Deep Strike (and Infiltrate on my Last Chancers), I plan on spreading around the board.
2. Schaeffer: I decided on taking Schaeffer and some Last Chancers instead of more Infantry Squads so that I could have another special weapons team and a demo charge (and I think the infiltrating Autocannon will be fun). It’s probably a mistake, but there’s no way you can get those 3 kill points without killing my entire army. I’m taking advantage of Schaeffer’s (and Kage’s) independent character status to attach them to larger units.
3. Sisters of Battle: I love Books of St Lucius! They give me the option of holding in the most dire of circumstances (and I don’t have to use them, in case I want to lose a close combat). They are durable and have lots of tricks up their sleeve. These 2 KP are probably the only ones I’ll give up in any game (but they will be great help in Scenarios 1 and 3).
4. Doctrines: I’m taking Drop Troops on just about every unit (even though I doubt that I will drop more than one squad per platoon — just to spread them out more). But it gives me some options for tough fights like Scenario 3. I considered Light Infantry, but I don’t think in the long run it’s worth it with this army. We’ll see how tomorrow goes.
I probably could’ve done a nastier army if I borrowed some models (e.g., 10 more plasma guns would’ve done it), but I just couldn’t bring myself to it.
