I am soon going to try what I hope will be a good little tactic, one which has probably been done somewhere, but that I haven't seen. This Biel-Tan will be used against SMurfs , but if it works well, I may try it against others. I plan on taking the FULL 20 model squad of Guardian Defenders, and adding a Starcannon platform for kicks. I will then toss my Avatar into their midsts, and have him join them as an Independant Character can. I will also toss in the fully pimped out Warlock (he's got a Witchblade) with Conceal. With 22 models in this unit, it gains some interesting properties. It becomes the ultimate shield. I plan to have a whole squad of Wraithguard clumped in the middle, protected by the enveloping Guardians, and led by a Warlock w/ Enhance and a Singing Spear. Closely following this formation will be my expensive Farseer, who has pretty much every toy available to him: Runes of Witnessing, Singing Spear, spirit stones... and Fortune and Guide. I use Fortune on the guardians, so now they have a twin-linked invulnerable save, and Guide on whoever needs it (the Wraithguard, my 2 trailing War Walkers w/Starcannons, or the 2 Vypers w/Brightlances). The Waveserpent full of Banshees (and an exarch w/executioner) wont need guide for it's Brightlance, because it has the twin-action going on there. Written out, the list looks like this:
HQ: Avatar +80
HQ:Farseer w/Guide, Fortune, Spirit Stones, Singing Spear +137
Bodyguard: 2 Warlocks w/ cc Weapon, Pistol, Enhance, Embolden +51
Elites: 5 Wraithguard +175
1 Warlock w/Singing Spear and Enhance +44
Troops: 9 Howling Banshees +144
Exarch w/ Executioner +37
Troops: 20 Guardians w/Starcannon platform +210
1 Warlock w/ Witchblade, Conceal +46
Transport: Waveserpent w/Brightlance +125
Heavy Support: 5 Dark Reapers +181
Heavy Support: 2 Vypers w/Brightlance +130
Heavy Support: 2 Walkers w/Starcannons +130
Total: 1508 pts.
I figured I would just trund upfield, slowly, trying to utilize cover as best as I can with close to 30 models clumped together. I did the math, and the Guardians will last quite a while. against the average SMurf gun, the Bolter, it takes a little more than 5 shots to kill one Guardian. The actual number comes out to 16/81 shots. The Vypers and Serpent destroy any enemy tanks, (or whirlwinds, which would be devastating) and the protected Starcannons will decimate any CC unit the comes close. so? Defensive and Offensive? Eh?
What do you think?