Adeptus Mechanicus War Convocation List (~2000 points)

Recently I was asked to post the upgrades to the theoretical Adeptus Mechanicus War Convocation list I summarized last month. The War Convocation list is pretty big, so I figured I'd give it it's own post it rather than put it my comments section.

Remember that all weapon and wargear options taken by units in this Formation are free. While this doesn't mean too much for the Cult Mechanicus or Knight units, it benefits the Skitarii units immensely. I haven't listed any default wargear.

Cult Mechanicus Battle Congregation

• Tech-priest Dominus: Phosphor serpenta and Uncreator Guantlet
• Kataphron Destroyer Squad (3 servitors): 1 Servitor with heavy grav cannon and cognis flamer
• Kataphron Breacher Squad (4 servitors): 2 Servitors with torsion cannons and hydraulic claws
• Kastelan Robot Maniple (1 Datasmith, 2 Robots): Anzion's Pseudogenetor (Datasmith); both Robots have TL phosphor blasters, one has a carapace phosphor blaster

Skitarii Battle Maniple

• Vanguard Squad (10 men): Omniscient Mask, radium pistol, taser goad (Vanguard Alpha); 3 plasma calivers, enhanced data tether
• Ranger Squad (10 men): Arc maul, arc pistol (Ranger Alpha); 3 arc rifles, omnispex
• Ruststalker Squad (5 men): Prehensile dataspike (Ruststalker Princeps)
• Infiltrator Squad (5 men): Infoslave skull (Infiltrator Princeps)
• Ironstrider Squadron (1 Ballistarii): TL cognis lascannon
• Onager Dunecrawler Squadron (2 Onagers): 2 neutron lasers, 2 cognis manipulators

Imperial Knight Oathsworn Detachment

• Knight Crusader: Rapid fire battlecannon, Ironstorm missile pod

Onagers are definitely better in trios

I wasn't entirely happy with this original list. First, it didn't quite make it to 2000 points (that's a minor complaint when you're getting hundreds of points worth of free wargear). Unfortunately, the list is hard to tailor to a specific points value since the only way to change the size of the list is to add or subtract units or models. Second, I didn't feel like it took advantage of certain abilities, the most obvious of which being the fact that two Onagers in a squadron only generate a 5++ protective field, whereas three Onagers would generate a 4++ field.

My final issue was that several units or wargear options required me to buy more models than I planned to field. For example, the Vanguard/Ranger box only provides one of each special weapon; to take three I would have to buy three squads while only being able to field two. The list also had me buying three boxes of Kataphrons (nine models total) just so I could field seven.

Here's a revised list:

Cult Mechanicus Battle Congregation

• Tech-priest Dominus: Phosphor serpenta and Uncreator Guantlet
• Kataphron Destroyer Squad (3 servitors): 1 Servitor with heavy grav cannon and cognis flamer
• Kataphron Breacher Squad (3 servitors): 1 Servitor with torsion cannon and hydraulic claw
• Kastelan Robot Maniple (1 Datasmith, 2 Robots): Anzion's Pseudogenetor (Datasmith); both Robots have TL phosphor blasters, one has a carapace phosphor blaster

Skitarii Battle Maniple

• Vanguard Squad (10 men): Omniscient Mask, radium pistol, taser goad (Vanguard Alpha); 2 plasma calivers, enhanced data tether
• Ranger Squad (8 men): Arc maul, arc pistol (Ranger Alpha); 2 arc rifles, omnispex
• Ruststalker Squad (5 men): Prehensile dataspike (Ruststalker Princeps)
• Infiltrator Squad (5 men): Infoslave skull (Infiltrator Princeps)
• Ironstrider Squadron (1 Ballistarii): TL cognis lascannon
• Onager Dunecrawler Squadron (3 Onagers): 3 neutron lasers, 3 cognis manipulators

Imperial Knight Oathsworn Detachment

• Knight Crusader: Rapid fire battlecannon, Ironstorm missile pod

By cutting out one Kataphron Breacher and two Rangers, I was able to fit in a third Onager. The list comes in at 2003 points.