The new Warhammer 40k Battleforce boxes are a great jumping on point for each faction. What’s the best way to get started after picking up a Battleforce? We’ve put together three great 1,000 point beginner lists for three of the new Battleforce boxes!
Imperial Knights
The Imperial Knights can field 1,000 points right out of their Battleforce box, and what an awesome 1,000 points it is! This list features a good mix of range and melee, using the alternate builds of the Armigers.
- 1x Knight Paladin (420 pts)
- Warlord
- Questoris heavy stubber, Rapid-fire battle cannon, Meltagun, Reaper chainsword
- Enhancement: Revered Knight
- 1x Armiger Helverin (140 pts)
- 2x Armiger autocannon, Armoured feet, Questoris heavy stubber
- 1x Armiger Helverin (140 pts)
- 2x Armiger autocannon, Armoured feet, Questoris heavy stubber
- 1x Armiger Warglaive (150 pts)
- Reaper chain-cleaver, Thermal spear, Questoris heavy stubber
- 1x Armiger Warglaive (150 pts)
- Reaper chain-cleaver, Thermal spear, Questoris heavy stubber
Necrons
Necrons use both the Battleforce and the Combat Patrol to get to 1,000 points. This list features a good mix of melee and ranged, with 2 squads of Lychguard for scoring objectives.
- 1x C’tan Shard of the Void Dragon (290 pts)
- Canoptek tail blades, Spear of the Void Dragon, Voltaic storm
- 1x Overlord with Translocation Shroud (105 pts)
- Resurrection orb, Warlord, Overlord’s blade
- Enhancement: Veil of Darkness (+20 pts)
- 20x Necron Warriors (200 pts)
- 20 with Close combat weapon, Gauss flayer
- 5x Lychguard (85 pts)
- 5 with Hyperphase sword and dispersion shield
- 5x Lychguard (85 pts)
- 5 with Hyperphase sword and dispersion shield
- 3x Skorpekh Destroyers (90 pts)
- 3 with Skorpekh hyperphase weapons
- 1x Canoptek Doomstalker (145 pts)
- Doomsday blaster, Doomstalker limbs, Twin gauss flayer
Adepta Sororitas
The Sisters of Battle can reach 1,000 points with the Battleforce box, the Combat Patrol, and a box of the fantastic Paragon Warsuits. This force also has a mix of melee and ranged, with some chaff units to screen and Rhinos to get the more important scoring units into position.
- 1x Canoness (70 pts)
- Blessed blade, Bolt Pistol
- Enhancement: Mantle of Ophelia (+20 pts)
- 1x Ministorum Priest (50 pts)
- Zealot’s vindictor
- 10x Battle Sisters Squad (105 pts)
- 1x Sister Superior
- Bolt pistol, Close combat weapon, Boltgun
- 9x Battle Sister
- 9 with Bolt pistol, Boltgun, Close combat weapon
- 1x Sister Superior
- 3x Arco-Flagellants (45 pts)
- 3 with Arco-flails
- 3x Arco-Flagellants (45 pts)
- 3 with Arco-flails
- 5x Celestian Sacresants (75 pts)
- 1x Sacresant Superior
- Hallowed Mace, Bolt pistol
- 4x Celestian Sacresant (Hallowed Mace)
- 4 with Bolt pistol, Hallowed Mace
- 1x Sacresant Superior
- 5x Repentia Squad (90 pts)
- 1x Repentia Superior
- Bolt pistol, Neural Whips
- 4x Sister Repentia
- 4 with Penitent Eviscerator
- 1x Repentia Superior
- 3x Paragon Warsuits (220 pts)
- 1x Paragon Superior:
- Bolt pistol, Paragon Storm Bolters, Paragon War Blade, Heavy Bolter
- 2x Paragon Warsuit:
- 2 with Bolt pistol, Paragon Storm Bolters, Paragon War Blade, Heavy Bolter
- 1x Paragon Superior:
- 1x Penitent Engines (75 pts)
- Penitent Flamers, Twin Penitent Buzz-Blades
- 1x Penitent Engines (75 pts)
- Penitent Flamers, Twin Penitent Buzz-Blades
- 1x Sororitas Rhino (75 pts)
- Armoured tracks, Storm bolter
- 1x Sororitas Rhino (75 pts)
- Armoured tracks, Storm bolter
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