Using Straken In Heroic Battles

When it comes to HQ versus HQ most armies expect imperial guard to fold in like paper. Well not if we use our good friend Colonel Straken. And especially not if you kit him right. How does one kit him properly? well, depends. There are a few builds you can run with.

Anti-Space Marine Captain: A priest, the charge and a medic are all you need here. No matter what you're gettin hit first, but thats alright, you got enough lads. But when you hit, just pierce their WS with the priests reroll to hits. and take him down with your str 7 power weapon. Easy peasy.

Anti-warboss: Don't expect to just run straken up and beat a warboss. Actually, straken would just get flattened if he and his men didn't take him out in the shooting phase. The one thing you have here is initiative. The warboss most likely will have a powerclaw. If so, straken could possibly take one wound from the warboss in CC reliably. But any more than that, you're asking too much. SO if you wanna live, take Nork Deddog, or spam meltaguns. No point in a medic in CC here. Ranged combat is your best bet here.

Anti-IG: the only real guy you have to look out for (other than another straken) is yarrick. But you should be able to take him out pretty easily just with strakens statline alone, so a priest for good measure, just incase you come across another straken.

Anti-Demon: Nork is a must here. Against the higher strengths, his toughness, and ability to take wounds for the Colonel, combined with the Colonels own close combat strengths, you got a winning duo. But if you don't wanna fork out the points for nork, just invest in a few more lascannons throughout the army.

Anti-tyrant: well, the key here with straken, is to get the charge. Do that, and with the additions of str and initiative, you might stand a chance. Cant do that? then pray you got the right guns, or a priest by your side.

At the end of the day Straken is still hard as nails, and its only through his prowess, and unexpected strengths that he can win the day. Not to mention he makes your average guardsmen pretty decent in CC