2000 Points of Scourgy Coven Goodness

Since the new book has come out, my loyalties to which special unit type (as in non-Warrior) have changed. What was once my love of the the Drakes of Man, has become a shared fawning over things the fly or zip by as fast as you can imagine. Reavers and Scourges. Scourges and Reavers. Ahhh... so nice.

So I've spent the last few weeks toying with ideas of how to get as many Reavers into a list, or as many Scourges into a list as possible. This list is one of the Scourge lists I came up with, and centers around Coven units.

I present to you, the...

Coven of the Cursed Flock

HQ

Haemonculus, Liquifier Gun..... 60 pts

Haemonculus, Liquifier Gun..... 60 pts

Haemonculus, Liquifier Gun..... 60 pts


Troops

Wracks x 4
----Venom, Extra Splinter cannon ....... 105

Wracks x 4
----Venom, Extra Splinter cannon ....... 105

Wracks x 4
----Venom, Extra Splinter cannon ....... 105

Wracks x 5, Liquifier Gun
----Venom, Extra Splinter cannon ....... 125

Wracks x 5, Liquifier Gun
----Venom, Extra Splinter cannon ....... 125

Wracks x 5, Liquifier Gun
----Venom, Extra Splinter cannon ....... 125


Fast Attack

Scourges x10, Haywire Blasters x4.... 260

Scourges x10, Haywire Blasters x4.... 260

Scourges x10, Haywire Blasters x4.... 260

Heavy Support

Talos Pain Engine, Twin-Linked Haywire Blaster, Twin-Linked Liquifier Gun..... 110

Talos Pain Engine, Twin-Linked Haywire Blaster, Twin-Linked Liquifier Gun..... 110

Talos Pain Engine, Twin-Linked Haywire Blaster, Twin-Linked Liquifier Gun..... 110

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Total = 1980

So there you have it!!

My idea is that each Haem starts with a Scourge unit. They will then leave the unit, giving the token to the Scourges, and hop into the open spaces in the Three 4-man Venoms. The Scourges fly off to blast things with their HWB with the Talosi chugging up behind them to land a few more HWB shots if need be.

I know I am hurting for darklights, but I wanted to keep it kind of solely Coven-y.

Some of the ideas I was toying with, though, are swap out the 3 5-Wrack Venoms for 3 Venoms with 5 Warriors and a Blaster. They cost exactly the same, but would pull the All coven side of things out.

Another thought would be change the last Talos to either a Razorwing/Voidraven or a Ravager. I would say maybe change out two Talosi for 2 Ravagers and leave on Talos, but I feel having two would make sure at least one was around scaring my opponent.

Like I said before, this is only one of the few lists, I came up with that involves 3 maxed out squads of Scourges. I may post my Scourge-ridden Kabal list in the future, but wanted your take on this.


And just for the record, you can tear my list up with your suggestions, but the only thing that will not change is the number of Scourges. 3x10 will stay the same. But you can suggest any weapon swaps or equipment changes as you see fit.

Thank you very much for all your assistance.

I am not a very good one to talk to in regards with tactics, but I really like the originality, name and theme of the army. Are you planning any conversions for your army? Just reading the whole army I picture there being a Haemonculi with wings that are all broken and filled with tubes.

Aegis Defense Line + Quad gun could go a long way for this army.
I believe the Tallos can actually fire it, combined with the twin haywire it could be a very nasty good ranged AT (not to mention the AI the quad gun provides naturally). Possibly cutting a tallos to pay for it.

And if the Fortifications are going to fit any of our themes it's going to be coven.
I would also consider adding some Solarites (yes i know they aren't the best) adding that 1 leadership and getting some occasional percision shots with the carbine (imo switching to the pistol and cc weapons isn't a good idea) can be very beneficial.

i know you're planning on giving each scourge unit a pain token but with that much dakka shouldn't it be easy to take down at least 1 enemy squad of troops or something, which you could then the 60 pts to get 3 more wracks and 3 more liquis. but eh, it's up to you