Sloan 25pt to 35pt

[Thyrshol]

I normally play eNemo but after some recent acquisitions Iam gooing to give Kara Sloan a shot.

I tend to play either in a 3v3 with 2 control points, 2v2/3v3 kill the caster or 2v2/3v3 moshpit. My opponents can field anything from Cryx, Khador, Trolls, Menoth, Scyrah & Circle. This means I see a variety of lists and thanks to random team assign its hard to predict what Ill face.

I was thinking for Kara @ 25pts;
Kara (+6)
Defender - 9
Hunter - 6
ATGM + UA - 8
Sentinel - 4
eEiryss - 3
Reinholdt - 1

To take the list to 35 pts Im a little more puzzled, was thinking remove eEiryss (+3)
and add either
Murdoch+Boomhowlers (Max) -11 / GMCA -2 (I just really like the GMCA mini *shrug).
or
Murdoch+Cylena and Nyss Hunters / Stormsmith (cause what else can you get for a point).
or
Stormguard (Max) - 9 / 2xGMCA -4

Ive read alot of the forum posts about the Boomhowlers/Nyss as a good unit, but money doesnt grow on trees and I was planning on getting the Stormguard for eNemo. Would I be shooting myself in the foot taking them?

Any critic on the 25pt list would be great.

[Varius]

Sentinel doesnt get the gun mage bullets if he does his multifire thing (is it called strafe?), just an FYI. You may want to look at replacing him.

[Iceman8352]

I don't think the Stormguard are a bad idea with Sloan. She can benefit from a unit that can clog up the board, and the Stormguard also have Ranked Attack, which lets Kara and her gun line shoot through them. If you took that max Stormguard you could use that last 4 points to get the Black 13th instead of the GMCA, you'd have 3 bodies (4 guns) and some awesome abilities to go with them.

[tankrandall]

The Sentinel isn't very good and cannot use its * attack and runeshots. Drop it for Gorman and Arlan.

I don't have boomhowlers (+Murdoch) or even used them but theory says they would be a great (best?) choice!
What you are looking for is a tarpit something that gets charged instead of your shooty stuff and can sit on a objective without falling to a stiff breeze.

Stormguard eleaps and ranked attacks are nice but Kara does nothing for them and you will need JR if you want them to have a shot at living, Rhupert would also be very useful for pathfinder and tough.

Stormblades can fill the role (I use them until I buy boomies) with similar stats to the guard they die a little easier to charges (no set defense) but they hit a LOT harder add Kara's feat and deadeye and their assault shots start hitting a lot more often and the damage goes up even more. Remember you can make assault shots even if you don't make it into melee range and the gunners have a 12" range on their guns. JR is needed and Rhupert would be very welcome.

Boomhowlers are a lot more survivable than the stormguard with 1 more base armor, 4 more wounds (murdoch's 5 vs a trooper with 1), dug in once a game, 4+ tough or 5+ and they can standup and charge. Like the stormblades they have assault which is great but they have lower POW than the blades.

Survivability Boomhowlers>>>Stormguard>Stormblades
Damage Stormblades>>Boomhowlers>Stormguard
Remember survivability is more important if your playing scenarios, if your playing caster kill and you can alpha strike I would go with the blades.

If $ is an issue and you want them for another caster get the guard the will work fine. You don't need to play with the best possible models...just having fun with what you got that is much more important.

[Thyrshol]

Thanks for the advise guys, really appreciate it. I put in the sent as I wanted a cheap light jack for the dude to Marshall. If I drop the sent for Arlan and Gorman should I move the Hunter over to the dude, or just forget he is a jack Marshall for the 25pt list?

[tankrandall]

Forget he is a marshal at 25pts Kara likes jacks in her BG for her feat. I would think about giving him a cyclone (or avenger??) at 50+