Secret Santa - DUMPSTER BOYS

[dapperswain]

Since I'm a glutton for punishment - it's time for AdMech again.

Dumpster Boys (990 points)
Adeptus Mechanicus
Incursion (1000 points)
Rad-Cohort (Reserving the right to change detachments if the codex update comes out a week before the event)


CHARACTERS

Tech-Priest Manipulus (90 points)
• Warlord
• 1x Magnarail lance
• 1x Omnissian staff
• Enhancement: Master Annihilator

Tech-Priest Manipulus (75 points)
• 1x Omnissian staff
• 1x Transonic cannon
• Enhancement: Omni-Steriliser



BATTLELINE

Skitarii Rangers (90 points)
• 1x Skitarii Ranger Alpha
• 1x Alpha combat weapon
• 1x Close combat weapon
• 1x Galvanic rifle
• 9x Skitarii Ranger
• 9x Close combat weapon
• 6x Galvanic rifle
• 1x Arc rifle
• 1x Omnispex
• 1x Plasma caliver
• 1x Transuranic arquebus

Skitarii Rangers (90 points)
• 1x Skitarii Ranger Alpha
• 1x Alpha combat weapon
• 1x Close combat weapon
• 1x Galvanic rifle
• 9x Skitarii Ranger
• 9x Close combat weapon
• 6x Galvanic rifle
• 1x Arc rifle
• 1x Omnispex
• 1x Plasma caliver
• 1x Transuranic arquebus



OTHER DATASHEETS

Kataphron Breachers (290 points)
• 6x Kataphron Breacher
• 6x Heavy arc rifle
• 6x Hydraulic claw

Kataphron Breachers (290 points)
• 6x Kataphron Breacher
• 6x Heavy arc rifle
• 6x Hydraulic claw

Pteraxii Skystalkers (65 points)
• 1x Pteraxii Skystalker Alpha
• 1x Flechette blaster
• 1x Taser goad
• 4x Pteraxii Skystalker
• 4x Close combat weapon
• 4x Flechette carbine

Also, I'm using these models as proxies for Kataphron Breachers.  The base size is the same.  If there's any problem with this specific proxy, let me know. 

[distractedcarnifex]

Your list will certainly dumpster many opponents! Two big units of Breachers are very powerful - they will vaporize almost anything with those Heavy Arc Rifles. My teammate had one unit at Teams and they were stars.

[raceygaming]

Hey I don't want to step on any toes here but I would double check your list with the T.O Shannon ( Jack shrapnel on the Forums). I've only played admech once so correct me if I'm wrong but the core of your list at 18" is going for:

48x [4+ anti vehicles] S8 -2 D3 with full re-rolls to hit ( being near troops) and a retailation shot from "vengeful fallout" for another 16-24 shots a turn?

As a Tau player I can say for the same 290 pts I can bring 3x crisis with 3xCIBs and a cold star 4x cib - which gives 39 S8 -2 D2 shots. The unit is a competitive staple, that at 1000 pts bring 2 of them would be rough for a competitive game, not just friendly secret sanata.

the shooting output you are looking at is similar to a marine player bring 20 hellblasters at 1000 pts. (which I would also advice against for a friendly tournament.)

I love your models and the kataphron units are super cool but maybe look at 2x3 man and find something else to fill some of the points with. Again I would just want to make sure you triple check with Shannon.

[Jack Shrapnel]

oof... that is.... alot man... like alot

a dozen breachers are going to really be rough for a lot of people to face at a friendly tournament at 1k

the proxies are absolutely fine, I have no issue with that part.

It just seems that 12 breachers would be a bit much for this tourney.

Sorry, I should have caught this when you posted the list originally, but I honestly didn't notice there were 12 of them when I first looked!

[mrmanstory]

I don’t want to beat a dead horse with what other people have been saying about the 12 breachers at 1 k being a bit much.

So on another note I really like those models as counts as breachers. What models are those?

[dapperswain]

OK, fair enough. I've been out of the game for a while. I accept the review of people who know the game and balance better than me. I don't want to be like TWELVE BREACHERS LIST OR GET FUCKED, but I'll have to think on what I can bring now. I literally do not own enough functional AdMech units to plug a 300 point hole in this list.  


I think a big part of this list (beyond my own ignorance of balance) was my emotional reaction to AdMech being sent to the trash bin this edition. Dear James Workshop: You want to make Breachers and Omnipulus the only functional parts of my army? HERE YOU FUCKING GO JIMMY, THIS IS ON YOU NOW.



Also, on how I stop having a 2000 point army every time there's balance by point drops.  I haven't been able to get to Nexus and actually play the game because I keep getting sent back to the model building and painting step.  

The Kataphron proxy models are Grimnauts from The Makers Cult.  I never liked the tank track model Kataphrons and a new 3D printer was basically the cost of four boxes of Kataphrons.