Hi all,
This is my first take on the new codex.
I grew tired of the serpent spam/wraith Ynnari, so I would like to build something more fun. The new codex is great, it offers so many new possibilities due to stratagems, relics, psychic powers...
Biel Tan Battalion
20 Guardians
20 Guardians
10 Dire Avengers; Exarch w/shimmershield/powerglaive
Farseer w/doom/fortune
Warlock w/protect/jinx
Wave serpent w/vectored engines
Alaitoc Outrider Detachment
5 Shining Spears; Exarch w/star lance
5 Swooping Hawks
5 Swooping Hawks
Autarch Skyrunner w/Laserlance
Alaitoc Spearhead Detachment
3x Fire Prism
Farseer w/doom/will of asuryan w/shiftshroud of alanssair
Saim Hann Vanguard Detachment
5 Striking Scorpions
5 Striking Scorpions
5 Striking Scorpions
Warlock Skyrunner w/quicken
9 command points; 2006 pts (i need to tweak something to reach 2000)
The idea is to try to engage my opponent from all sides.
First thing, the guardians will use 3 combat points to use the webway (question: can the autarch try to recover those points already?) and the Alaitoc Farseer will use the shiftshroud to give them support.
80 shuriken shots that reroll 1s, with the help of doom, should make my opponent worry. One squad then will use Fire and Fade while the other will be protected by the will of asuryan.
Around those guys I can deliver three squads of scorpions and two hawks. Their job will be to harass the enemy, finish enemy squads and force him to worry about his back because those guys can force a lot of mortal wounds. The scorpions mandiblaster works well in MSU I feel, since 3 small squads will force 3x mortal wounds than a single large squad. Saim Hann helps my scorpions get in combat thanks to charge reroll.
All this should keep the enemy occupied fighting in his deployment zone.
The prisms will stay far away and unleash all the hell they can. They can use the stratagem to link their fire (i still have 5 cp free) or not, but even if they don’t they are able to take down anything they want in a single turn.
This should make the enemy worry about MY deployment zone.
Meanwhile, my hammer is represented by the spears, who are supported by the autarch, making them a powerful killing machine. Alaitoc adds durability. The warlock skyrunner can fling them almost anywhere on the table if they need to.
The serpent should move anywhere it is needed, and will deploy a squad of avengers that has
numerous offensive and defensive buff, thanks to psychic powers. With a 5+ overwatch they become a nice threat.
What do you people think?
I am still wondering about what powers to dive to my psykers, if you have suggestions I am more than happy to hear.
P.S. of course I am going MSU mostly to load up on command points. Those things are incredibly valuable. And, as I said, the mandiblaster mechanics make scorpions very useful in MSU
Edited for stats and rules in accordance with forum rule 1 - Iris.