Goatboy’s 40K: Iron Hands Dread Attack!
Goatboy here again my latest grimdark concoction. I said I would do an Iron Hand army last week so here it is. It’s dread-tastic!
I didn’t want to do a tank list as that isn’t my bag – so why not fit a ton of dreadnoughts into a list. Mix in some weird board control options and see what we can do. It is probably slow as heck but it’s Dreadnoughts what are ya gonna do about it? Throw in some Slam Captains to go grab stuff as needed is what you do.
Iron Hands Dreadnought Fest
Space Marines Battalion – +5CP
Chapter – Iron Hands
-HQ-
Iron Father Fierros – 110pts
Captain on Bike – Storm Shield, Thunder Hammer, Warlord – All Flesh is Weakness, Relic – The Ironstone – 140pts
Captain – Jump Pack, Storm Shield, Power Axe – 108pts
-Troops-
Scouts X 5 – 55pts
Scouts X 5 – 55pts
Scouts X 5 – 55pts
-Elites-
Redemptor Dreadnought – Storm Bolters X 2, Heavy Onslaught Cannon, Icarus Rocket Pod, Onslaught Gatling Cannon – 161pts
Redemptor Dreadnought – Storm Bolters X 2, Heavy Onslaught Cannon, Icarus Rocket Pod, Onslaught Gatling Cannon – 161pts
Redemptor Dreadnought – Storm Bolters X 2, Heavy Onslaught Cannon, Icarus Rocket Pod, Onslaught Gatling Cannon – 161pts
-Heavy-
Mortis Dreadnought – Twin Lascannons X 2 – 155pts
Space Marines Battalion – +5CP
Chapter – Iron Hands
-HQ-
Librarian – Jump Pack, Force Staff – 116pts
Captain – Jump Pack, Storm Shield, Thunder Hammer – 143pts
-Troops-
Scouts X 5 – 55pts
Scouts X 5 – 55pts
Scouts X 5 – 55pts
-Elites-
Invictor Tactical Warsuit – Incendium Cannon – 131pts
Invictor Tactical Warsuit – Incendium Cannon – 131pts
Invictor Tactical Warsuit – Incendium Cannon – 131pts
PTS: 1978 CP: +13 (I am sure it will go down a lot as you make a Dread a Character (Mortis), get extra relics, and then go from there)
Tactics?
Who knows if this will work – it is just a ton of “new” dreadnoughts mixed with Scouts. Which kind of makes me feel bad – but we need cheap troops. Using the scouts to go all over the board and hopefully keep GSC from getting into your business. The Iron Stone character on a bike helps increase the Aura and gives you a nice close combat option.
As I play versus more Marine armies I will figure out better ways to build them – it is just a bit foreign to me as each Supplement is creating a new “gotcha” marine army. Which of course was the goal for GW to make Marines relevant again, so far with the rules we have seen. Welcome to the new bouncers for the 40k Meta.
~ What do you think about the Iron Hands game balance so far?
