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1.5k D.Cult vs Khornates; Sibling Rivalry.
Topic Started: Feb 22 2018, 01:34 AM (65 Views)
Syramis
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So, I will be laying against my brother next week, whom plays World Eaters, with an extra helping of double-chain berzerkers, and we will not be using objectives, just a sheer, brutal smackdown. To this end I plan on trying out something unorthodox, I will be running two outrider formations intended to co-op in mobility and ripping power, please read and review.

[Outrider Detachment]
CCB w/staff+tesla+orb+Enduring Will
CCB w/staff+tesla+orb+VoD
Destroyers x3
Destroyers x3
Destroyers x3

[Outrider Detachment]
CCB w/staff+tesla+orb
Scarabs x8
Scarabs x8
Scarabs x8

My plan is to keep one barge by each destroyer group, buffing them as they shoot, and basically trying to play the best game of keep-away that I can, using the veil-lord and his unit as a spearhead for priority targets he may be hiding backfield. As it stands the scarabs will each act as a screen for their respective group, or be spread out to deny deepstrike(he has termies and warptalons, not sure if he is bringing them though). In the event he chooses to field his Daemon prince with wings, and if absolutely required, I will be pressing melee with the warlord, using quantum shielding and enduring will to tank hits. The main reason I am choosing a largely destroyer based force is to see how well their new rules and guns will do against MEQs, which I hope they do very well. The tesla is there incase he brings cultists.

I am debating if I should remove a group of scarabs or two for deathmarks, to punish any summoning or deepstrike shenanigans. The reason I only use 3 groups of 3 destros is because that is all I own... Army option #2 will be a vanguard with anrakyr(in a nightscythe) and triarch preds/stalkers.

So, thoughts?
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miek
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Why don't you make units of 4 scarabs and get a third outrider detachment, considering that you already have 3 HQs?

What table size are you going to use? 4x6 or 4x8? My feeling is that you don't have a lot of firepower for 1500 pts. But, as you said, you'd put more Destroyers if you owned more.. But could you proxy HDs since you're playing againts your brother? ATM you only have 24" and 12" weapons.

Do you own a Triarch Stalker? That'd give you a 36" weapon plus another nice bonus if you need it. I'd personally drop a CCB for it. If not, there's an awesome 3D model on thingiverse :) (as well as awesome FW models).

Are 3 destroyers hard to kill in one turn in a 1500 pts game? I haven't played them much in 8th, but the new reanimation protocol didn't seem to favor them. And it's probably unlikely that you'll get to use all 3 res orbs.

So if it were me, and note that I don't have much experience so apologies in advance for potentially silly advices, but I'd make the scarabs units 3 models each, make either 1x 9 models destroyer unit, or 1x 4 / 1x 5 models units, drop to 2 CCB's (1 if I'd go with a single destroyer unit), keep the res orb(s), add a triarch stalker with gauss. If you go with 1x destroyer unit / 1x CCB, that'd free up more points for some other stuff, maybe an AB to compensate for the loss of tesla weapons?

Plus, if you have a single destroyer unit, you can all veil in case his CC units get unconfortably close!
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