Raven Guard 1500pts (C: BA)

[The Mystic]

Ok, Here's the list:

HQ: Astorath or Dante?= 220-225pts

ELITES: Furioso+ Blood talons, Drop pod= 160pts

TROOPS: Assault squad(10)+ PF, 2x Meltagun, Rhino= 250pts
Assault squad(10)+ PF, 2x Meltagun, Rhino= 250pts
Assault squad(10)+ PF, 2x Meltagun= 235pts
Scout squad(5)+ PW, Combi-melta= 100pts

FAST: 2x Landspeeder+ MM, HF= 140
2x Landspeeder+ MM, HF= 140

TOTAL= 1495- 1500pts
TOTAL KP's= 11

Anygood?

All C&C is appreciated!

[Sir Biscuit]

Astorath provides more of an army buff, I don't think Dante is usually worth it over him unless you are taking him with Sanguinary Guard.

Scouts are not close combat units. For that same 100 points, you are much better off giving them 4x sniper rifles, camo cloaks and a rocket launcher. There, now you have a unit that can claim your home objective, without any loss in combat effectiveness.

The Furioso, unfortunitly, is out of place with the rest of the army. It won't survive the 1-2 turns alone until the rest of your forces show up. You are actually better off walking him than dropping him, but really he just doesn't fit that well into this list. I'd drop him entirely and use the points to pick up 2x sanguinary priests with powerfists, one for your assault squad, and lose a guy from a rhino for the other. (You'll also lose a meltagun, but that's not a huge deal.) As a side note, are you not taking priests because you are ostensibly "raven guard"?

With the 33 points you have left over after all of this, I would buy 3 hunter killer missiles and dozer blades for the Rhinos. That way you have some long range transport busting, and you don't have to worry about 1/4 of your army falling behind due to immobilization.

[The Mystic]

Thanks for the comments Sir Biscuit.

I had also thought abot dropping the scouts completely for priests instead and using Drop pods instead of Rhinos. Somrthing like this:

HQ: Astorath or Dante?= 220-225pts

ELITES: Furioso+ Blood talons, Drop pod= 160pts
2x Sanguinary priest+ LC= 130

TROOPS: Assault squad(10)+ PF, 2x Meltagun, Drop pod= 235pts
Assault squad(10)+ PF, 2x Meltagun, Drop pod= 235pts
Assault squad(10)+ PF, 2x Meltagun= 235pts

FAST: 2x Landspeeder+ MM, HF= 140
2x Landspeeder+ MM, HF= 140

TOTAL= 1495- 1500pts
TOTAL KP's= 12

What do you think? Better? Worse?