Hey guys, here is my first try for an Varuna list. basically an allcomer list for a broad variety of missions. The generall idea is to secure my deployment zone with the Militiamen and the flsh pulses. The core link will overview the progress of the harris link and cover it from DZ. The harris will be the working horse of the list, with the hmg-Kamau for killing while pattsy and the engineer do the button pushing. The EchoBravo will add more pressure on the opponents DZ, using gaps opend by the HMG-Kamau. For more resilience, I could replace the ML Fusi and the EB with an Feuerbach-Orc in the core link. Taste1 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 8 KAMAU (Multispectral Visor L2) MULTI Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 32) FUSILIER Missile Launcher / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 15) FUSILIER Paramedic (MediKit) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 12) FUSILIER Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 10) FUSILIER (Forward Observer, Deployable Repeater) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 12) PATSY GARNETT Submachine Gun, Nimbus Plus Grenades, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 37) MACHINIST (Varuna Div.) (CH: Mimetism, Stealth, Aquatic Terrain) Combi Rifle, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 17) KAMAU HMG / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 28) GROUP 2 5 4 FUGAZI DRONBOT Flash Pulse, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 8) ZULU-COBRA Hacker (Killer Hacking Device) Breaker Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 28) ZULU-COBRA Lieutenant (Sensor) Combi Rifle, Jammer / Assault Pistol, Knife. (0 | 29) FUGAZI DRONBOT Flash Pulse, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 8) HELOT MILITIAMAN Submachine Gun, Light Rocket Launcher / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 9) HELOT MILITIAMAN Submachine Gun, Light Rocket Launcher / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 9) HELOT MILITIAMAN Shock Marksman Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 13) TECH-BEE (Remote Assistant Level 1, Specialist Operative) Flash Pulse / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 5) ECHO-BRAVO Paramedic (MediKit) Combi Rifle + Light Shotgun, WildParrot / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 27) 5.5 SWC | 299 Points Open in Infinity Army I really appreciate any suggestions/comments/ideas.
In general, I like your list. What I don't like are only 8 orders in the main pool. If you go first, the remaining 6 Orders will hurt a lot and the 4 Orders in the second group aren't that valuable.
The unit selection is good. It's pretty similar to lists I use. I'd probably lose one Helot and trade it in for another Regular Order... Helots are great, but they suffer diminishing returns since there's not much they can do in the active turn. I think this is especially true when you only have 8 orders in your primary pool. If you drop one Helot for another Fusilier and add it to group 1, then add the Echo Bravo to Group 1, I think you distribute your Combat Groups a bit more evenly. I think the 2 empty spots in Group 1 are an asset that you can potentially make use of.
Oh, I see. Additionally, with the 6th Fusi, I can reform the link and preserve the 5man-lin bonus after one loss (ML most likely). Gaining a little bit more resilence. I changed one fugazi to a mulebot to have the possibility of reloading the EB Now the list looks like this: Taste1 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 10 KAMAU (Multispectral Visor L2) MULTI Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 32) FUSILIER Paramedic (MediKit) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 12) FUSILIER Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 10) FUSILIER (Forward Observer, Deployable Repeater) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 12) FUSILIER Missile Launcher / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 15) FUSILIER Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 10) PATSY GARNETT Submachine Gun, Nimbus Plus Grenades, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 37) MACHINIST (Varuna Div.) (CH: Mimetism, Stealth, Aquatic Terrain) Combi Rifle, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 17) KAMAU HMG / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 28) ECHO-BRAVO Paramedic (MediKit) Combi Rifle + Light Shotgun, WildParrot / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 27) GROUP 2 4 4 ZULU-COBRA Hacker (Killer Hacking Device) Breaker Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 28) ZULU-COBRA Lieutenant (Sensor) Combi Rifle, Jammer / Assault Pistol, Knife. (0 | 29) HELOT MILITIAMAN Submachine Gun, Light Rocket Launcher / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 9) HELOT MILITIAMAN Submachine Gun, Light Rocket Launcher / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 9) TECH-BEE (Remote Assistant Level 1, Specialist Operative) Flash Pulse / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 5) WARCOR (Aerocam) Flash Pulse / Stun Pistol, Knife. (0 | 3) MULEBOT (Minesweeper, Repeater) Electric Pulse. (0 | 8) FUGAZI DRONBOT Flash Pulse, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 8) 5.5 SWC | 299 Points Open in Infinity Army
I would change the ML Fusilier to HMG (maybe second HMG Kamau) and change one Helot to 0 SWC Marksman Rifle to drop the Machinist and get the HRL Kamau for the Patsy Haris
The Patsy Haris is the button-pusher team (with guns), though. I do like that second list with 10 orders in Group 1. It's really too bad that the Fusilier LGL is 1SWC, makes it hard to include in the Core link.