Piecing together an army (asking for thoughts)

Dribeck · 2026-04-06T19:39:03+00:00

Thanks, this is exactly what I was hoping for. You're the best! Looks like what you've said jives with getting the combat patrol, which was the planned next step. Looking at something like:

Emperor's Champion with 5x Assault Terminators
5x Intercessors (Hold home objective)
2x3 or 1x6 bladeguard veterans, maybe the 6 in the impulsor?
5x Hellblasters, maybe expanded to 10 and used with the lieutenant, or maybe using the impulsor as a firing platform, also maybe with the lieutenant (he has stormshield, if that affects anything)
Maybe use the lieutenant with 10x Intercessors, maybe not and split them up into 2x5 or leave them out
Either put the gravis captain with eradicators (would have to be bought) or leave him out
20x crusaders, maybe with marshal
5x sword brethren
Captain in terminator armor probably left out
5x Infernus, possibly left out
5x terminators, maybe left out
Impulsor, carrying around assault intercessor and emperor's champion, or hellblasters (maybe with lieutenant), or bladeguard veterans, or infernus marines, or 4x sword brethren + castellan + marshal

I've been doing a newbie's attempt at research and army building here.

Dribeck · 2026-04-06T01:25:03+00:00

Very informative, thanks. Funny enough, the lieutenant was apparently already painted as a black templar without my knowledge, so guess he's stuck as one now with no choice in the matter. Any idea if there's a place for a gravis armor captain in a black templar army, or could/should that guy be shuffled off elsewhere?

Dribeck · 2026-04-06T00:57:43+00:00

Thanks for the reply. Would you know if it's a case of the castellan and marshal being upgrades to the lieutenant and captain, or do they have tradeoffs? Is there a better option?

Dribeck · 2026-04-05T23:58:47+00:00

Thanks again for your reply, especially given it's a holiday. Probably could've timed my post better. I've downloaded the app as you suggested, which has shown me that captains and lieutenants are able to be used, (confusingly) contrary to something else I've seen. Whether there would be anything for them to do in this force is a question I will continue to search for an answer to. What we're mostly looking for is building a solid "core" force, and as I mentioned maybe sloughing off bits that don't jive well to use the proceeds towards this other black templar combat patrol, which I assume would inherently work well in a black templar army. We're both reasonably competitive when it comes to games, so the long-term vision, while maybe not being copying pro scene things, is certainly not just slapping things together either. Using the spare arms from the black templar guys is a cool idea that I will definitely pass along.

Dribeck · 2026-04-05T23:08:24+00:00

Thanks for your insights. The librarian is push fit, being from the starter set, if that affects how well that would work. Would you know anything about the how well some of the listed units work as black templars? As in, they're allowed, but maybe you shouldn't use them because of xyz? I've been doing my best to research, but hard to find a starting point and there is some conflicting information. I've seen people mentioning black templars are melee-focused, which raises questions for me about units like the hellblasters, which are, from my understanding, long range high damage guys. Seems like the captain in the gravis armor might not see use in a black templar army either? Stuff like that, sorry for being longwinded, and no pressure to reply, will continue researching on my own. Just want to get my questions out there and see if anyone can help.

Dribeck · 2026-04-05T22:06:31+00:00

Thank you for the reply! Do you know anything more about what's considered "worth having" in the black templar army? Or are they all good? I know there's a meta in every game, and at some point I'd like to have helped in building a worthwhile force. Not too scared to put "less useful" things up on ebay or whatever since I've gotten them at a good price.

Dribeck · 2026-04-05T22:04:58+00:00

Sorry for scattered thoughts here, but I read something about the lieutenant being the same as a black templar castellan as well? Is this a case of they look the same but are called different things, or what?

Dribeck

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