1000 pt army (its hard to stay under 1000...)

Hi all,

I made some revisions and this is what I came up with for a 1000 point army.

Detatchment Battalion Kabal of the Black Heart
Subtotal 999

HQ
Archon 74 Agoniser In Venom
Archon 72 Venom Blade, Writ of the Living Muse, Lab Cunning With Ravagers

Troops
Kabalites 30 In Raider 1
Kabalites 30 In Raider 1
Kabalites 38 Shredder In Raider 2
Kabalites 38 Shredder In Raider 2

Transports
Raider 1 90 Dissi, Racks
Raider 2 80 Dissi
Venom 70 Dissi

Fast Attack
Scourge 92 4xHaywire

Flyer
Razorwing 135 2xDissi

Heavy
Ravager 125 3xDissi
Ravager 125 3xDissi

The idea is to uses the Scourges and Dissis for anti-vehicle, with one raider as a rapid fire fly by thing, and the other to go with the venom and get the archon and the 2 other units of kabalites into combat ASAP.

As you can see, I am VERY tight on points, so I cant get blasters.

I need to include scourge, the razorwing, and 20 kabalite models because thats what I have.

Its for friendly play, VS usually Tau, Chaos Marines, or Chaos Deamons. 1000 is the max they could go to atm. There may well be a time for a 1250 point, for which I will ditch the shredders, go blasters for all Kabalite units, and add a patrol of 2 5 man wych squads and a succubus and a raider, and then THEY will be my melee.

Please advise.

First off, Venom don't have dissi, they are stocked with splinter cannon and twin splinter rifles which give you extra 5 points.

I would drop one raider and change into a venom stock. Reason being, more value for less points and allows you to cap objectives by spreading out.
Drop some Kabilte warriors to 5-8 and stick Archon for the murder boat. Give an Archon a Huskblade and then go murder city with him. Your warlord will be snug back with the ravagers.

This should open up some points for you to put blaster into the 2 5 man groups and maybe a blaster in the raider as well. Also would drop the splinter racks, as from my previous expereince it not worth the 10 points to gain additional hits, when you have dissi just raining justice.

Also Side note, never put kabalite warriors in combat. They will die.

I have the same list (ish) my current list looks like this and does really well against MEQ and GEQ armies:

Obessesion: Kabal of the Flayed Skull

HQ
Archon 79 Huskblade, PGL (INDEX), Obesidian Veil, Hatred Eternal
Archon 77 Agoniser, PGL (INDEX)

Troops
Kabalites x5: 47 Blaster
Kabalites x5: 47 Blaster
Kabalites x8: 65 Blaster

Transports
Raider: 80 Dissi
Venom: 65
Venom: 65

Elites
Mandrakes x5: 80

Flyer
Razorwing: 135 2x Dissi

Heavy
Ravager: 125 1x Dark Lance, 2x Dissi
Ravager: 125 1x Dark Lance, 2x Dissi

Ah ok. Thanks. I dont know why I thought Dissi for the Venom. I think I read it wrong.

You think try and avoid ALL melee for the 1000 pt army then? And only engage once I have my wych patrol? That would be my instinct too but I wasnt sure if swooping round in a bunch of boats would upset people.

So Raider with 8 Kabalites and the archon?
2 Venoms with 5 Kabalites, blaster in each?

No problem

Try and avoid it with kabalite as long as you can. They have strength 3 and WS 3 (2) so your hitting on 4 or 5 plus 1 attack from each kabalite, your just waiting for the squash. However, with venoms or raiders, i like to tie up a unit if they aren't so great at combat eg Tau. But check your targets, Chaos daemons can be easily kitted with your firepower and speed.

Also when charging with your archon with huskblade, remember to charge your raider in first then your archon.

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So Raider with 8 Kabalites and the archon?
2 Venoms with 5 Kabalites, blaster in each?

yes and try include a shredder or blaster in the raider.