Pure wych cult army 1750

This is a pure wych cult army I'm taking to a tournament in October. (This is a way of forcing me to get all my hellions and reaver jet bikes finally painted! ) Some of the choices are for that reason (getting them painted) others are for coolness reasons - ie 36 reaver jetbikes, cool but probably not that practical. I'm not a huge fan of mixing cults but I'm gonna give this ago this time around. Any advice, tweeks etc. appreciated.

Cult of Strife Battalion detachment
HQ
Lilith Hesperax
Total 80


Succubus
Adrenalight,(+1 Att) (WL)
Triptych Whip (Relic)
Agonizer
Total 54

TROOPS
5 wyches (+ 2 Mov)
net and impaler
Total 45

5 wyches (+ 1 WS)
net and impaler
Total 45

5 wyches (+ 2 Mov)
net and impaler
Total 45

FAST
20 hellions (+ 1 Str)
Agonizer
Phantasm grenade launcher
Total 287

10 hellions (+ 1 Str)
Agonizer
Phantasm grenade launcher
Total 147

8 Khymerae
Total 80

Elite
1 Beastmaster (+ 2 LD)
Agoniser
Total 40

Total for detachment 823

Cult of The red grief outrider detachment
HQ
Succubus (+1 Att)
(extra Relic – Blood glaive)
Splinter pistol
Total 50
FAST
12 reaver jetbikes (+1T)
4 heat lances
4 gravtalons
Agonizer
Total 292

12 reaver jetbikes (+1T)
4 heat lances
4 gravtalons
Agonizer
Total 292

12 reaver jetbikes (+1T)
4 heat lances
4 gravtalons
Agonizer
Total 292

Total for detachment 926

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Overall Total 1749
9 Command points

I think this list is really going to struggle in a tournament. I love reavers and hellions, but I don't really think they can be the focus of a list. Reavers tie things up well, but don't do enough damage, while hellions can do some reasonable damage especially to multiple wound models, but die the first time a lasgun guardsmen squad looks their way. I think wyches are what really make cult lists work, you need a solid amount of wyches to get stuck in melee and actually hold units there, gives units like hellions more of a chance to survive and go for the weaker targets without getting shot right off the board.

The list as is will also really struggle with anti-vehicle. That many heat lances will do some damage, but it's not terribly efficient. Some razorwing fire support would go a long way to change that.

I think you can run with this theme, but I'd ton down the number of reavers and hellions. Half the reavers, maybe go down to 2 units of 10 hellions, and take a bunch more wyches. Raiders for the wyches might be tough to fit in, so you could try deep striking 2 units, which isn't terribly reliable but it does save pts. It would be a very hit or miss list, the wyches will get into melee, tie a lot of units up and the list will work, or they all fail their charges and you're in a tough spot. If you really want to run tons of reavers and hellions though, I think that's the way to go.

thanks again for the suggestions, I was having great difficulty squeezing in everything I wanted to play into this list. the good news is the points for the tournament went up to 2000 from 1750 which give some more leeway in the army list. I take your point about anti vehicle, need to fix that in the list, off to tweek this list,,,,,,,

I think you can take 3 Raiders (with D canon) to put inside a 9 witch unit and one HQ

And you can add Razorwing jetfighter or Voidraven bomber.
They're Wych cult unit too.
With the good stratagem, you can have a -2 against hit rolls in shooting phase.

Pure wych cults is a lot of fun, but it's definetly the hardest of the pure sub-faction lists to make it work right. You have lots of speed but limited staying power and strength.

I'd definetly second adding a razorwing to the list. 2x razorwings comes in at 290pts with dark lances, which I'd recommend over dissie cannons in a pure cult list when you have limit anti-vehicle. With the extra 250pts you got from the pts going up for the tournament, that's a lot more doable.

updated list - I think it will have alot more bite. I'll get practice games in next weekend. once again thanks for all the suggestions and advice. I'll let you know how I get on at the tournament.


Cult of Strife Battalion detachment
HQ
Succubus
Adrenalight,(+1 Att)
Warlord – Precision blows
Relic - Triptych Whip
Agonizer
Total 54

Succubus,(+1 Att)
Splinter pistol
Total 50

TROOPS
5 wyches (+ 2 Mov)
net and impaler
Total 45

5 wyches (+ 1 WS)
net and impaler
Total 45

5 wyches (+ 2 Mov)
net and impaler
Total 45

FAST
18 hellions (+ 1 Str)
Agoniser
Phantasm grenade launcher
Total 259

6 Khymerae
Total 60

Elite
1 Beastmaster (+ 2 LD)
Agoniser
Total 40

Total for detachment 598

Cult of strife Airwing Detachment

‘Venomblade’
Razorwing jet fighter
2 Disintegrator cannons
1 Splinter cannon
Total 145

Razorwing jet fighter
2 Disintegrator cannons
Total 135

Razorwing jet fighter
2 Disintegrator cannons
Total 135

Total for detachment 415


Cult of The red grief outrider detachment
HQ
Succubus (+1 Att)
Splinter pistol
Total 50

FAST
‘Crimson Killers’
12 reaver jetbikes (+1T)
Blasters
4 gravtalons
Agoniser
Total 312

‘The Eviscerators’
12 reaver jetbikes (+1T)
Blasters
4 gravtalons
Agoniser
Total 312

‘The Impalers’
12 reaver jetbikes (+1T)
Blasters
4 gravtalons
Agoniser
Total 312

Total for detachment 986


Overall Total 1999
10 Command points

Looks great. Small nitpick, but I'd swap the +2 move on the wyches with the +1A on the succubi (the two without the relic), as wyches get more of a benefit from +1A.