2000 pts IG Air Cav

[SilentJester]

Hey guys...Just curious as to which list you feel is the better choice...if either.
The goal of this list is to hit hard and fast. Deploying Melta Assets to High Threat High Armor Targets. Other than that...Use the maneuverability of the Valkyries/Vendettas to avoid the nasty things on the board while laying down as much fire as possible.



1 Elysian Drop Infantry Platoon Command Squad
1 Platoon Commander
4 Elysian Infantry
1 Valkrie - 2 Heavy Bolter Sponsons

2 Elysian Drop Infantry Squad
1 Sergent
9 Elysian Infantry - Grenade Launcher
1 Valkrie - 2 Heavy Bolter Sponsons

3 Elysian Drop Infantry Special Weapons Squad
6 Elysian Infantry - 3 Flamers


3 Elysian Veteran Squad - Demolitions
1 Veteran Sergeant
9 Veteran Infantry - 3 Melta Guns

3 Vendetta Gunship Squadron
2 Vendettas - 2 Heavy Boltor Sponsons


The Special Weapons Squads and the Vetran Squads mount up in the Vendettas.
The Lord commissar Joins the Platoon Commanders squad

Total Roster Cost: 2000


List 2

1 Elysian Company Command Squad
1 Company Commander
1 Officer of the Fleet
2 Body guards
4 Company Command Infantry - 3 Melta guns
1 Valkrie - 2 Heavy Bolter Sponsons

1 Elysian Drop Infantry Platoon Command Squad
1 Platoon Commander
4 Elysian Infantry
1 Valkrie - 2 Heavy Bolter Sponsons

2 Elysian Drop Infantry Squad
1 Sergent
9 Elysian Infantry - Grenade Launcher
1 Valkrie - 2 Heavy Bolter Sponsons

3 Elysian Drop Infantry Special Weapons Squad
6 Elysian Infantry - 3 Flamers
1 Valkrie - 2 Heavy Bolter Sponsons

3 Elysian Veteran Squad - Demolitions
1 Veteran Sergeant
9 Veteran Infantry - 3 Melta Guns
1 Valkrie - 2 Heavy Bolter Sponsons

Total Roster Count: 2000

[artfcllyflvrd]

I've never thought air cav to be a very good army. Fun maybe, but not good.

But I have a couple thoughts.

Grenade launchers in infantry squads = bad. I know it's cheap but it's dang near useless. A flamer is just as cheap and useful in many situations.

You really want a CCS, and you really want an astropath. There are going to be a lot of armies that will just plain be better than yours. In those situations you can go into reserves and outflank, come on where you want and hopefully get points out of the mission instead of directly fighting the guy.

I don't know if others would agree but it makes lists easier to read if you write them in the order they appear in the FOC. Even if an HQ goes into a fast it's easier for most people to understand if you list them seperately in their own slot.

[Flammenwerfer13]

From someone who has played air cav for two years, expect your Vendettas and Valkyries to all be shot down fast.

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Carapace Armour + Shotguns > Demolitions + Lasguns

As strange as it sounds it's always better to assault then be assaulted if you think you can survive the assault for a round or two.

One Squad with camo cloaks and plasma guns in cover as a base of fire is nasty. You're effectively a 12 inch army as the birds will all get shot down fast.