Marines dominated the top placings at tournaments this weekend. Check out the top 3 Warhammer 40k army lists from Coastal Assault.
The Armageddon Series: Coastal Assault GT brought in a bunch of different lists over the weekend to have three more Astartes lists climb their way to the top three placings. Looking at what each player brought, Space Marines are still in a fantastic spot.
3rd Place: Iron Hands- Paul Murphy
Bringing up the rear, Iron Hands came in with two detachments. The first, being a bigger Battalion with the minimal Troops selection met. Two Scout Squads infiltrated up the board with two Warsuits while the 5-man Stalker Intercessor Squad hung back, held objectives, and popped Elite units.
As for the rest of the list, all the Thunderfires, the C-Beam Contemptor, and Impulsors also formed a far-back gunline and shot at anything that was getting too close. The Stormtalons and Stormhawks were the most aggressive portion of this list. Flying ahead with assault cannons, these things could rip apart screens and dig out annoying units trying to stay out of LOS from the rest of the list. This is a fairly standard-issue Iron Hands list we’ve come to see aside from the Contempor and regular Impulsors.
2nd Place: Space Marine Soup- John Lennon
Moving into 2nd place, John brought a cheap Battalion of Scouts for a CP battery. Next, he brought another Battalion of White Scars with the majority of the detachment’s points getting sunk into Assault Centurions. White Scars, like Raven Guard, also have a few tricks to get the slower Centurions into threat range- just by different means. White Scars have to foot-slog it up the board, but they’re able to do it faster than anyone else thanks to their Chapter Tactic. Potentially he also played Encirclement on one of the squads to outflank them as well.
After applying up-close pressure with Centurions, an Iron Hands Successor Spearhead was brought with the McPick Two Chapter Tactics making them reroll a hit/wound and being counted as in cover.
This was the gunline of the list. Eliminators kept characters’ heads down while the Lascannon Contemptor hunted armor and T-fire cannons slowed down the enemy’s advance all together. Great job!
1st Place: Iron Hands- Daniel Smith
Moving into a similar Spearhead as the list above, Eliminators and Thunderfire Cannons formed a strong gunline for the army to build off of.
Three Stormhawks raced ahead and applied pressure turn one. The enemy had to swat these away before dealing with the rest of the heat that was laying down some serious firepower.
A Biker Smash Captain was also brought and teamed up with Feirros for the rerolls and protection. Obligatory Troops were taken with the last little bit of points being thrown into a Lascannon Contemptor and Repulsor Executioner.
All in all, these lists were fairly similar. They all had the Thunderfire/Eliminator gunline, had Stormhawks, or operated some kind of Impulsor/Repulsor chassis and Contemptor armor column.
With these lists covered, which one was your favorite? How do you run your White Scars? Is there a “hard counter” list to Iron Hands? Let us know in the comments of our Facebook Hobby Group, and sign up to get your free hobby updates newsletter (with discount coupon codes) each morning as well!
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