Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Iron Hands Venerable Dreads

Haven't seen any anyone post about this.  Land Raiders seems to be the mainstream first choice for abusing It Will Not Die, but I think Venerable Dreads may be the better option.  

The core of the list would be two Master of the Forges, two basic Techmarines, and 4 or 5 venerable dreads. The venerable upgrade will make it difficult to one-shot the dreads.  Then on your turn you have a 5+ and a 4+(3+ with harness) from a Techmarine to restore hull points.  Throw in all those Bolster Defenses and maybe a Skyshield and those Dreads become pretty survivable.

Another bonus to using all those Techmarines and MotF is they can tank for Tactical squads with their 2+ armor saves.

Iron Hands Marines w Allied Ultramarines - 1850 
Master of the Forge w/Conversion beamer
Master of the Forge w/Conversion beamer
Tigurius
Techmarine
Techmarine
Dreadnought w/ 2x TL-Autocannons, Venerable 
Dreadnought w/ 2x TL-Autocannons, Venerable 
Dreadnought w/ Plasma Cannon, TL-Autocannons, Venerable 
Dreadnought w/ Plasma Cannon, TL-Autocannons, Venerable 
10x Tactical Squad w/ Flamer, Lascannon
10x Tactical Squad w/ Flamer, Lascannon
10x Ultramarines Tactical Squad w/ Flamer, Plasma Cannon, Verteran Sergeant
Thunderfire Cannon
Thunderfire Cannon
Skyshield Landing Platform


4 comments:

  1. If only most of my Dreads weren't furioso/ironclad.
    I do like the list a lot. Would give my Nids a fit, they hate dreads.

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    1. You could use a few of these:

      http://www.thewarstore.com/product74976.html

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  2. It's light on high str shooting for my taste, but I think that it looks fun.

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    1. I think that can be mostly solved by re-configuring the ranged load-out on the dreads.

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