Army Lists: Heavy Armour v1.0

184th Cadian Regiment

Army List

HQ

Company Command Squad (vox, Autocannon, regimental standard)

Troops

Infantry Platoon 1

Platoon command squad (4x flamers)
Infantry squad (Lascannon, vox)
Infantry squad (Lascannon)
Infantry squad (Lascannon, vox)
Infantry squad (Lascannon)

Infantry Platoon 2

Platoon command squad (4x flamers)
Infantry squad (Autocannon)
Infantry squad (Autocannon)
Infantry squad (Autocannon)
Infantry squad (Autocannon)

Fast Attack

Vendetta (Heavy Bolters)
Vendetta (Heavy Bolters)

Heavy Support

Leman Russ Squadron 1

Leman Russ Exterminator (Exterminator Autocannon, Sponson Heavy Bolters)
Leman Russ Exterminator (Exterminator Autocannon, Sponson Heavy Bolters)

Leman Russ Squadron 2

Leman Russ Executioner (Executioner plasma cannon)
Leman Russ Executioner (Executioner plasma cannon)

Manticore Rocket Launcher (Camo Netting)

Fortifications

Aegis Defense line (Quad gun)

2000 points

Strategy

Straight to the point. Unless I have extensive Chimera transports and/or Al Raheem, I'll never have enough mobility. Therefore, I'd better accept this and instead play the missions following my rules: I don't care if you can go anywhere, zooming around me and grabbing every objective while i cant, my mission is to kill your troops!

With this focus in mind, here comes the AV14 wall of steel. As you can see, the strength is designed to destroy light transports and to slaughter infantry. Every kind of infantry, even marines. Yeah, i've dropped the s8ap3 standard Russes, but if you think about it for a second, an expert player isn't going to clump up his marines so it would be VERY hard to get more than 6-8 hits below 2 blasts (and how many times your russes scattered into nothing?), while 2 Exterminators with sponson heavy bolters throw out 8 twinlinked Autocannon shots plus 18 heavy bolter shots which averages 4 dead marines with a very, very reliability but high potential (and if the enemy is a xeno with 4+ armour, it's pratically blown away with 11 UNSAVED wounds.

To summarize, use the Leman Russes to destroy enemy transports, then let them unleash hell into enemy scoring units. Use the Manticore to pry open tougher targets, using fire support from the Vendettas and LasCannon infantry. Keep the autocannon squads separate and use them as meatshield for enemy shooting and buffer for enemy assaulters.

PLAY TO THE MISSION! (also known as: KILL ENEMY TROOPS)

Another small tip about objectives placement. Do not clump your objectives INSIDE your lines. Instead, place them 6"-12" in front of your units. The enemy usually is going to charge you as fast as he can. Be sure that you don't give him another reason to smash your guardsmen to death: hopefully he'll split a little forces to get to the objectives instead throwing everything plus the kitchen sink at your lines.