Having seen some of the other armies around I think I was pretty lucky with some of my matchups as I could have come across much tougher lists. I learnt a lot from all the games and there were plenty of things I did wrong or forgot about. I was pretty happy with my list, but below is a breakdown of how I thought each unit performed and what I might change.

Shadowsword: Originally I was thinking of taking a Baneblade but i’m so glad I took the Shadowsword as it did most of the heavy lifting for my army, taking out vehicle a turn with the Volcano Cannon then usually charging into combat using the Crush Them stratagem to take out another. Not to mention the 6 heavy bolters and 2 lascannons helped give it an extra punch. I also used the Take Cover stratagem to keep it alive as long as possible as it drew a lot of firepower, this was before the FAQ which restricted the stratagem to infantry, without that though it probably would have died much sooner in each game. Adding in a Tech Priest would keep it alive longer, and while expensive a Trojan would turn it into a beast and minimise the use of the reroll stratagem.

Tank Commander: The Punisher was also a great unit though it fills a similar roll to the Thudd gun, it’s more reliable due to its fixed number of shots but suffers from the same drawback being ineffective against heavy units in cover (e.g. 2+ save). As my Warlord it also drew a lot of firepower and often cost me Slay the Warlord in most of my games. In future I would make my warlord an infantry based character.

Leman Russ Battlecannon: A really good solid unit, giving me an extra bit of anti-tank firepower, often finishing off any unit left standing from the Shadowsword. It’s range usually means it can just hang back, but it might be best to move forward with the Punisher just to give the opponent an extra target to shoot at, rather than have them concentrate on the Punisher or Shadowsword.

Infantry: There were a few matches where my infantry sat back and didn’t do a lot and I could have been more aggressive with them, I might have been better off taking out a few units and swapping them out for something else though. They do make for great screens/speed bumps and can soak up a lot of the opponents firepower. Marshal Venner is great for dishing out multiple orders and is pretty much an auto-include for any Krieg player though it does limit the range your units can move away from him without using Voxs, which is why the two extra Field Officers are really handy.

Avenger Strike Fighter: This is usually a star in my army but because I had to drop off the Missile Launchers to save on points at the last minute it lacked the extra punch it usually has. I often tried to use it to gain Slay the Warlord, moving the flyer next to an enemy character and shooting at it with everything, while I managed to wound them I never once managed to kill a character in this way.

Cyclops Demolition Tanks: The cyclopses were very hit and miss, it was hard to cross the ground without them being exposed in the open and shot at, though they did give my opponents something to think about. I would probably have been better investing the points in another Thudd gun which would be consistently putting out shots every turn.

Thudd Guns: They are absolutely deadly when you can catch a unit out in the open, the sheer number of shots forces your opponent to make lots of saves that they will eventually fail. It’s weakness, like the Punisher is units in cover. For this a Colossus would be better. The fact they can hide out of line of sight at the back of the board means they were rarely ever taken out.

Death Riders: My riders also underperformed, they draw a lot of firepower and it’s hard to get them across the board into combat, but when they do make a charge they can be devastating, the only problem is they rarely survive the following turn or they can get bogged down in a combat thats a statemate. In future I’d probably take the Death Rider Command Squad so they can gain the Outflank special rule.

For the GT final I might tweak the list or take a vastly different Krieg army, I do have some heavy artillery and more death riders I can paint up along with a Gorgon transport, so stay tuned! You’ll be able to see regular updates on my painting projects over on instragram.com/beyondthetabletop/ and youtube.com/beyondthetabletop/. If you’ve any tweaks or suggestions about improving my list let me know in the comments below.