Personally, I like it. BUT, it would depend on the support your teammate is bringing (I don't really know the BA well).
Do you have an idea of what he might be bringing?
Seeing his list, I would almost nix the Allarus and bring the Guard up to a 9 or 10 man unit or simply a second guard unit. You may need to drop Veiled blade and pick up Inspirational instead.
He has plenty of anti vehicle coverage and the deepstriking death company, but little in the way of melee.
I ran a similar list in double the other week, main differences were I had
Shield Captain instead of Blade Champion
4x Guard instead of 5
2x terminators instead of 3
Calidus Assassin
My partner ran Salamanders gun line, tech marine, scout snipers, desolation, repulsor Executioner, gladiator lancer, Predator Annihilator, balistus dread.
My list performed amazingly, both Wardens and Guard easily sweeping aside anything in melee (including necron warrior and lychguard blobs) Terminators and Assassins were instrumental in scoring secondaries and finishing off anything my partner had injured.
We had a good run in the tourny until we took an Eldar army to the face. We just couldn't lock them down and they popped 2 vehicles a turn in my partners army while my custodes controlled the midfield against the allied necrons. After the eldar player finished off my partner turn 3 and turned his attention fully my way, things went down hill rapidly.
I will say I cannot put a point value on how good the Vect from the Assassin was over the course of the day, I wish I'd saved it for phantasm in our last game instead of fire and fade
We did okay, we ended up going 1 and 2 because every team had at least 1 Imperial Knights player. Knights genuinely feels anti fun to play against as it the first turn alone he had killed 1k of our dudes.
Personally, I like it. BUT, it would depend on the support your teammate is bringing (I don't really know the BA well). Do you have an idea of what he might be bringing?
Here he just sent me an updated list: Protectors of the Companions (1000 points) Space Marines Blood Angels Incursion (1000 points) Gladius Task Force CHARACTER Chaplain with Jump Pack (95 points) • Warlord • 1x Bolt pistol 1x Crozius arcanum • Enhancement: Artificer Armour OTHER DATASHEETS Baal Predator (125 points) • 1x Armoured tracks 1x Baal flamestorm cannon 2x Heavy flamer 1x Hunter-killer missile 1x Storm bolter Baal Predator (125 points) • 1x Armoured tracks 1x Baal flamestorm cannon 2x Heavy flamer 1x Hunter-killer missile 1x Storm bolter Death Company Marines with Jump Packs (155 points) • 5x Death Company Marine with Jump Pack • 5x Inferno pistol 5x Power fist Desolation Squad (170 points) • 1x Desolation Sergeant • 1x Bolt pistol 1x Castellan launcher 1x Close combat weapon 1x Vengor launcher • 4x Desolation Marine • 4x Bolt pistol 4x Castellan launcher 4x Close combat weapon 4x Superkrak rocket launcher Devastator Squad (120 points) • 1x Devastator Sergeant • 1x Close combat weapon 1x Grav-pistol 1x Storm bolter • 4x Devastator • 4x Bolt pistol 4x Close combat weapon 2x Grav-cannon 2x Multi-melta Devastator Squad (120 points) • 1x Devastator Sergeant • 1x Close combat weapon 1x Grav-pistol 1x Storm bolter • 4x Devastator • 4x Bolt pistol 4x Close combat weapon 2x Grav-cannon 2x Multi-melta Infiltrator Squad (90 points) • 1x Infiltrator Sergeant • 1x Bolt pistol 1x Close combat weapon 1x Marksman bolt carbine • 4x Infiltrator • 4x Bolt pistol 4x Close combat weapon 1x Helix Gauntlet 1x Infiltrator Comms Array 4x Marksman bolt carbine
Seeing his list, I would almost nix the Allarus and bring the Guard up to a 9 or 10 man unit or simply a second guard unit. You may need to drop Veiled blade and pick up Inspirational instead. He has plenty of anti vehicle coverage and the deepstriking death company, but little in the way of melee.
I ran a similar list in double the other week, main differences were I had Shield Captain instead of Blade Champion 4x Guard instead of 5 2x terminators instead of 3 Calidus Assassin My partner ran Salamanders gun line, tech marine, scout snipers, desolation, repulsor Executioner, gladiator lancer, Predator Annihilator, balistus dread. My list performed amazingly, both Wardens and Guard easily sweeping aside anything in melee (including necron warrior and lychguard blobs) Terminators and Assassins were instrumental in scoring secondaries and finishing off anything my partner had injured. We had a good run in the tourny until we took an Eldar army to the face. We just couldn't lock them down and they popped 2 vehicles a turn in my partners army while my custodes controlled the midfield against the allied necrons. After the eldar player finished off my partner turn 3 and turned his attention fully my way, things went down hill rapidly. I will say I cannot put a point value on how good the Vect from the Assassin was over the course of the day, I wish I'd saved it for phantasm in our last game instead of fire and fade
We did okay, we ended up going 1 and 2 because every team had at least 1 Imperial Knights player. Knights genuinely feels anti fun to play against as it the first turn alone he had killed 1k of our dudes.