2K Iron Warriors idea

[LordPathos]

What's that? Pathos is posting a list?!

ikr?

This is just an idea of a list I'm throwing together. Wanted opinions. I am not going super detailed with a full battlescribe list and I have no idea what relics/warlord traits I'd bring yet. (Unfortunate the ones I want to use on the Disco Lord are infantry only...)

Anyways, to the list:

1 Battalion and 1 Patrol, with this I can have -
HQ: Disco Lord, 2 Warpsmiths, Master of Possession
Troops: Four 5-man squads of bolter or chainsword Legionaries
FA: 2 Venomcrawlers
HS: 2 Forgefiends, a Maulerfiend, 3 Obliterators

Puts me at a decent 1750 points. I like the idea of the list here. It just feels IW. And with 250 points I could add a Heldrake, some rhinos, that new Heresy Leviathan Dreadnought? Or I can make the Legionaries a bit bulkier size-wise.

What do we think?

[Jbizzy]

Cultist mob, rhino and a helbrute

[LordPathos]

Jul 19, 2022 11:04:02 GMT Jbizzy said:

Cultist mob, rhino and a helbrute

But cultists are stinky, nasty, gross...

Do you suggest them just for cheap additional bodies? Or is there something I'm missing?

[Jbizzy]

Jul 19, 2022 17:04:46 GMT LordPathos said:

Jul 19, 2022 11:04:02 GMT Jbizzy said:

Cultist mob, rhino and a helbrute

But cultists are stinky, nasty, gross...

Do you suggest them just for cheap additional bodies? Or is there something I'm missing?

Cultist for screen only.

[piersonsmuppet]

Iron Warriors can have the ultimate terminator brick with the following:

MoP (Delightful Agonies)
Apostle (Illusory Supplication)
Black Rune on Sgt

Gives you a unit that hit rolls of 1-3 fail, no rr hits, -1 to-wound, no rr wounds, 2+/5++/5+++ which you can heal a model and rez another with Pact from MoP. Might be worth fitting in unless you want more offense in the current list (a brick doesn't do much for that).

[LordPathos]

That's pretty crazy.

[LordPathos]

I keep forgetting to add to this as I have some additional questions for a more mechanized IW list:

2 Warpsmiths, necessary or is 1 probably enough?

I realize my list doesn't have dedicated tank/monster hunting, shooting-wise. Are the Forgefiends and Obliterators enough? Not sure if I want to add dedicated Havocs or even a new Soulshattering Las Pred.

I'm not trying to make the most optimized, meta defining build, but I do want it to be good at what it does. DAEMON ENGINES! That's why I'm tempted to add another Disco Lord and Venomcrawler. Or just the Disco Lord and just add a few more bodies to the Legionaries.

[piersonsmuppet]

I think the improved Land Raider would slot into the list well and add some solid anti-tank. Prob just drop to 1 Warpsmith as well and have it just babysit the LR. The +1 to-hit is great for those D6+2 shots and T9/2+ is a great frame to heal.

[LordPathos]

The only issue I have with the LR is you don't bring it just to do damage. It's a transport above all else. Might has well bring the new Chaos Pred if I want the dedicated Lascannon platform. At least that's my opinion.

[Jbizzy]

Transport some troops and the warpsmith to an objective and set up camp? If you could get two las-predators in the list to tank/monster hunt it could work.

I do love tanks but I feel like the need something else on top of AoC to be back on the board full time. T9 or the orks Ramshackle to shrug off weaker shots would be great.

[LordPathos]

I agree. But I love a Daemon Engine list. My Iron Warriors list is literally just a Chaos Nidzilla.

*Addition* I could remove the Obliterators and add a new Chaos LR with havoc launcher for the same points. Dedicated anti tank/monster and could carry 2 Legionnaire squads up the field fast or just one and all my characters for safety. (Though the MoP probably wants to hoof it as best he can with Cursed Earth popped.