Brighton Warlords - Grey Knights?

Whilst most guys in the UK are off at the first annual Indy UK GT at the Maelstrom in the Midlands, I am stuck at home not being able to afford the travel and accommodation due to unexpected car bills that landed on me when I got back from Africa.

Not cool.

But I’m not too high and dry with regards to tournaments. I have my second ever singles tournament at the Brighton Warlords club next weekend. There are quite a few competitive dudes heading down, names I recognise from results reports and a few I have met before now.. including our very own Killswitch (good luck Alex btw for today and tomorrow!).

It’s a 1500 tournament and so gimps my ImmoBAlizer list…it doesn’t scale brilliantly down to 1500 and with the new Grey Knights out now, I think I’ll try them out.

Before we go any further.. I want to play them because they are:

a)      New and I suffer bad with shiny toy syndrome!

b)      Have great, competitive options

Not because I have a desperate longing to play my long forgotten GK’s and I am so, like, joygasm, happy they have a new codex… this is sarcasm btw.

No delusions here at SoS – I like competitive, new toys.

Nids for next tournament, GK for this one.

I have been doing as much research and reading from across the blogosphere. Kirby’s codex review and the boys over at 3++ have been putting out some interesting thoughts. Stelek at YTTH has brought to light some exceptionally cheap options in the form of Ordo Malleus, Psycannon Inquisitors and there is a general consensus across the internet that the Bolterback is OK with Psybolt ammo. This gives a great, cheap, accurate suppression vehicle whilst we get our GK bitches into midfield.

Spagurytine (sp?) over at the Back40k has highlighted some list building options, primarily revolving around the flying shoe box aka Storm Raven. I am still not a fan, Killswitch has also been throwing some options around with Purifiers and a GM in a Raven with a stock Venerable Dreadnaught in tow too for some much needed MM goodness.

So where does that leave me? Well my original ideas I am still keeping to, to an extent.

I am going to try and use the cheap Psy-OMI as HQ (Psycannon Ordo Malleus Inquisitor) giving me a relentless psycannon to plod upfield and support.

He will also have servo-skulls to mess up infiltration and scout moves.

He is in tactical dreadnaught armour so will have to have an accompanying squad. No chimera BS here…play IG for that. But he will need something or his T3 ass will get punk’d quick.

We want troops too as, well – it’s 5^th ed guys. Scoring is pretty important. So Terminators will do. Give them all halberds for free? OK. Psycannon as they are relentless and that’s a whopping 4 S7 rending at 30” effective range. With good deployment that is great board coverage from the word go.

We can stick the PsyOMI with them and get 8 S7 shots at a target…or if there will not be a very real threat to ID the Inquisitor then leave him in cover behind the squad and split their fire.

With PsykOUts, Deamon Hammer and Halberds, plus Hammerhand…the GKT’s are a good little combat unit.

To support these boys and provide cover we will go for Grey Knight troops with a Psycannon and Justicar with a Master Crafted NDHammer. 6 man squads.

The boys will ride in a PsyBolterBack as it is only 50 points and provide a 42” effective range  vehicle suppression and MC shooter.

We’ll take 4 of these, giving us 24 scoring MEQ bodies and 5 scoring TEQ bodies.

The idea will be to get the boys in an aggressive deployment and get into the midfield and hold out from there, using the Heavy profile of the psycannon to achieve some nasty results.

To support all this whilst they get there? Yup, you guessed it.

Psyfleman Dreads. Times 3.

List is now 1499 out of 1500 so that’ll do I suppose…

Ordo Malleus Inquisitor with Daemon Hammer, Psycannon, Psykout grenades, 3 x servo skulls.

5 GK Terminators with Halberds, Psycannon, Psykout’s

Grey Knight Strike Squad x 6, Psycannon, Justicar – MCNDH, Razorback – Psybolt ammo

Grey Knight Strike Squad x 6, Psycannon, Justicar – MCNDH, Razorback – Psybolt ammo

Grey Knight Strike Squad x 6, Psycannon, Justicar – MCNDH, Razorback – Psybolt ammo

Grey Knight Strike Squad x 6, Psycannon, Justicar – MCNDH, Razorback – Psybolt ammo

Psyfleman Dread – 2 x TL Autocannon – psybolts.

Psyfleman Dread – 2 x TL Autocannon – psybolts.

Psyfleman Dread – 2 x TL Autocannon – psybolts.

This gives us 5 scoring units.

30 bodies

7 vehicles, all ‘unshakeable’

3 sets of Enhanced Aegis from the Dreads

Good CC from each unit.

Reasonable counter-hammer from the Termies, PsykOuts, Halberds etc.

So what do you think guys?

Enough for 1500?

Is this a good way to start Gk’s off? Relatively idiot proof and pretty tough. Good shooty and alright CC. Not too good in the movement phase though…quite slow for what I like, but should at least always be able to move…

Considering dropping 2 of the MC’d NDH from Justicars in order to get Psychic Communion on the PsyOMI so that I can play Reserves manipulation/denial if I need to?

Thoughts on that idea?