Email in: 2500 Jumpy BA list

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Email in: 2500 Jumpy BA list

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"Hey Kirby,
So this is the list I've come up with for 2500, mostly as a fun very inyourface list.

HQ: Dante - 225
HQ: Sanguinor - 275
HQ: Honor Guard w/ 4x Meltagun, 4x Lightning Claws, 4x Meltabombs, Jump Packs - 285
HQ: Honor Guard w/ 4x Meltagun, 4x Lightning Claws, 4x Meltabombs, Jump Packs - 285
Troops: Sanguinary Guard w/ 2x Infernus Pistol - 220
Troops: Sanguinary Guard w/ 2x Infernus Pistol - 220
Troops: Sanguinary Guard w/ 2x Infernus Pistol - 220
Elites: 3x Sanguinary Priest w/ Jump Packs - 225
Elites: Terminator Assault Squad (6men) w/ 5x THammer + SShield - 265
Transport: Land Raider Redeemer w/ Multimelta - 250

TTL: 2470

One vehicle = bad. Very bad. Even if it is a Land Raider. The Sanguinor also jumps out as blargh but if you're looking for fun he's okay. But even for fun the single vehicle = nono.

So the usual plan is crack open transports with the Honor Guard and massacre the gooey innards with the furious charge angels. The nerf from dante usually makes any other independent character no real issue, and if anything gets bogged down by a dread then it's hammernators or honor guard to the rescue!
An idea im toying with is Swapping out the LR for a Stormraven which after a hurricane bolter upgrade would put me up another 20 points so i would then have 50 left to throw around, maybe power weapons on the Priests?"

Nono to the single Raven as well. If you want to go the Raven route that's cool. You need to take two though and then drop the Sanguinor and add in some Land Speeders for saturation. From there you can put double Terminators in them and take off most of the upgrades on the HG (i.e. only meltaguns). All spare points then buff your troops as 15 scoring SG at 2500 are going to get blasted off the table.

If you wanted to go for a pure Jumpy list however (which is still fun!) I'd simply drop the Terminators/Land Raider and get more Sanguinary Guard. I'd also run some Vanguard Vets with stormshields (dropping the SS form the Honor Guard in the process) but that's moving the list to a more competitively balanced standpoint.

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RobBA · 736 weeks ago

I understand the concept of saturation, but will adding speeders really help your stormravens? They will be number one priority regardless of how many speeders are flying around.
The speeders will be free to fulfill their roles, but if the list had other units for those same roles, then you may as well have them than the speeders.
Okay, if infantry is involved then speeders deny the use of anti-infantry weapons, but in a jumper army like this, there is an alternative form of denial.

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RobBA · 736 weeks ago

Actually come to think of it, speeders are probably not that good at anti-infantry denial either.

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Kirby 118p · 736 weeks ago

If you wanted Stormravens I'd prefer to see Speeders and RBacks rather than in a Jumper list. But if you had to have Stormravens in a Jumper list, go Speeders. If not going first reserve is an excellent way to help your defenses and once they start coming in you've got the chassis number to semi-protect yourself.

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Antebellum · 735 weeks ago

Maybe replacing the Honour Guard with MM Speeders.

As for the jumper list. I agree with Kirby. Drop the Terminators and Land Raider. Add a PF to at least some of the SG squads. Try adding in at least one more SG squad. Add in a VV squads with at least a few SS and a PF. Drop the SS and MB from the HG, its overkill in my opinion.

Something like ...
Dante - 225
Sanguinar - 275
HG w/ MG x3 - 195
HG w/ MG x3 - 195
SP x3 - 225
SG w/ IP x2, PF - 230
SG w/ IP x2, PF - 230
SG w/ IP x2, PF - 230
SG w/ IP x2, MB - 225
SG w/ IP x2 - 220
VV w/ SS x3, PF - 250

Replacing the Sanguinar with a Librarian would add psychic defense into the list and free up 150 pts ... which I have no idea where they could be spent.