Quote Originally Posted by DandyPandy View Post
So maybe one blob and two vet squads for a little more obsec?
It can all work. But you will need 50 fearless dudes against almost any army.


From my epxerience with Guard I can say the following are amazing and are a staple in all my IG lists.
-50 man blobs with priests. (krak grenades + melta if its guardsmen. conscripts are also amazing just due to the cheapness of it)
-platoon squad with 4 flamers in a Vendetta. (backfield ObSec scoring unit which is EXTREMELY hard to do with guard. and it gets your 5 man kill point off the ground!)
-Wyverns... avoid if you are going purely for casual fun. If you play against anything remotely competitive these things can level the playing field extremely well. Easily one of the most broken units in the game.


Useful allies
-Knight Crusader. This dude solves almost everything guard can't deal with. Murders battle companies. Guard provide it with awesome bubble wrap from melta. It also doubles as a solid counter charge unit. Guard and Crusaders perfectly compliment each other. Knight Paladins aren't a half bad second option though.
-Librarius conclave with divination. Divination is extremely powerful discipline for gaurd. Forewarning on a 50 man squad is amazing. Misfortune giving 150+ 'ignores cover' lasgun shots rending solves almost everything. Scriers gaze is AMAZING for such a slow army playing maelstrom. Foreboding is actually good on 50 gaurdmens. and perfect timing is always nice. so 5/6 powers are great for guard. Also if the conclave is white scars that 50 man blob gets hit and run... which is hilarious against parking lots of vehicles and monstrous creatures with 50 krak grenades...
-Inquistor with Servo Skulls + grenades. Servo skulls really ****-block alot of fast biker armies which gaurd are afraid of. They also work very well with all the blasts IG can throw down on turn 1. Rad/Psykotroke grenades in a 50 man blob is also extremely useful. Also makes his unit LD10 for orders I believe.

I haven't tried the whole Pask Punisher thing yet but it sounds great on paper as long as you can keep it bubble wrapped against Melta/Assault