It's been a couple of years since Chroma posted his Cadian list, and I'm not aware that anyone's picked it up to play it regularly.
However, I'm looking at making a Cadian army some time soonish (After I've finished painting up my Tau and Elysian armies), and I've poked at Chroma's list a bit.

I think it's a good base to work from, but undesirable as a list to play currently, for me, anyway.

So, changes I've proposed:


- Deleted most of the fotification options and just left one option in - so as to generate a list that's about attacking with infantry waves, rather than sitting in trench lines and banging away with artillery.

- Deleted Warhound class Titans - so as to emphasise the "stodgy" attack style of the Cadians as being slower than the mechanized style Steel Legion.

- Deleted Sappers and Special Weapons squads - As I felt there were a few too many infantry unit types

- Changed "Sanctioned Psyker" character to a paid-for upgrade - So as to allow more Psykers in the army, because Psykers are one of the Cadian hallmarks, and also are pretty cool!

- Moved the AV type upgrades over to support formations - so as to put more emphasis on the infantry core.

- Changed the Sentinel to be the "Cadian Armoured Sentinel", which loses scout but gains an autocannon and armour 5+ - so as to be more Cadian-ish!

- Changed the Leviathan from being a support formation to being part of the Reg HQ formation - so as to give the Reg HQ a distinctive character.

- Added "Ordinatus Cadia" - because I think perhaps the world could do with having more availablility for Ordinatus class vehicles?


So, any good?

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You have Battle Psykers listed with a (15cm) assault weapons, should be small arms.

Named Ordinatii are by definition unique.

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They have initiative 3+

I'm pretty sure E&C meant that epic would be better off with more ordinatii in it, i.e. other than in the skitari list.

All named ordinatus are indeed unique, and ordinatii in general are so hugely rare that it's unthinkable that any army outside the personal forces of a forgeworld would have more than one.

The three previous named Ordinatus Majorii (Armageddon, Golgotha, Mars) were one-off designs created in response to the needs of a specific campaign. The Cadians certainly have a reason to need one; but naming it for the planet implies that it is the Cadian Ordinatus Majorus. THere may be other Ordinatii, but they are likely more run of the mill.

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Yup. :-)

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Yep, it does. See answers above as to why.


As noted above, they have initiative 3+ because they're newbies.


Could do demolishers in the Platoon, too.


Nope, am trying to put the emphasis on infantry for the core formations. Also, with cheaper core, it's good to put a little extra pressure on the support slots.


What would their role be? The same as that performed by Storm Troopers?


Ooops.


I don't really see a need for other aircraft types.

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*smirk*

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