The results are in and we have our top 8. Who will win the coveted Belt of Russ?
Top 8 Players
Here is your top 8. Lists will be at the bottom of this article. If you would like to make your bracket predictions follow this link. https://challonge.com/qp3m3fe4. Players will be paired based off of their seedings. So Seed 1 will play Seed 8, and so on.
Player 1
Jim Vesal – Chaos
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Chaos – Daemons) [34 PL, 654pts] ++
Chaos Allegiance: Nurgle+ HQ +
Poxbringer [4 PL, 70pts]
Sloppity Bilepiper [3 PL, 60pts]
+ Troops +
Nurglings [3 PL, 54pts]: 3x Nurgling Swarms
Plaguebearers [12 PL, 235pts]: Daemonic Icon, Instrument of Chaos, 29x Plaguebearer, Plagueridden
Plaguebearers [12 PL, 235pts]: Daemonic Icon, Instrument of Chaos, 29x Plaguebearer, Plagueridden
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Chaos – Daemons) [37 PL, 580pts] ++
Chaos Allegiance: Chaos Undivided
+ HQ +
Changecaster [4 PL, 65pts]
Daemon Prince of Chaos [9 PL, 180pts]: Daemonic axe, Khorne, Wings
+ Troops +
Bloodletters [8 PL, 130pts]: 14x Bloodletter, Bloodreaper, Daemonic Icon, Instrument of Chaos
Horrors [12 PL, 175pts] 25x Pink Horror
Horrors [4 PL, 30pts]: 10x Pair of Brimstone Horrors
++ Supreme Command Detachment +1CP (Chaos – Thousand Sons) [43 PL, 761pts] ++
+ HQ +
Ahriman [7 PL, 131pts]
Daemon Prince of Tzeentch [9 PL, 180pts]: 6. High Magister, Malefic talon, Warlord, Wings
Daemon Prince of Tzeentch [9 PL, 180pts]: Malefic talon, Warptime, Wings
Sorcerer in Terminator Armour [8 PL, 122pts]: Familiar, Force sword, Inferno Combi-bolter
+ Elites +
Hellforged Contemptor Dreadnought [10 PL, 148pts]: 2x C-beam cannon
++ Total: [114 PL, 1,995pts] ++
2nd Player
Jack Harpster – Asuryani
Battalion Detachment +5CP (Aeldari – Craftworlds) [44 PL, 920pts, 6CP]
Alaitoc: Fieldcraft
* **Specialist Detachment [-1CP]**
Windrider Host [-1CP]
HQ [35 PL, 740pts, -1CP]
* **Farseer Skyrunner [7 PL, 137pts, -1CP]**
Shuriken Pistol, Singing Spear [5pts], Stratagem: Field Commander [-1CP], Twin Shuriken Catapult [2pts], Wild Rider
* **Warlock Skyrunner Conclave [28 PL, 603pts]**
* **Warlock Skyrunner [3 PL, 67pts]** Singing Spear [5pts], Twin Shuriken Catapult [2pts]
* **Warlock Skyrunner [3 PL, 67pts]** Singing Spear [5pts], Twin Shuriken Catapult [2pts]
* **Warlock Skyrunner [3 PL, 67pts]** Singing Spear [5pts], Twin Shuriken Catapult [2pts]
* **Warlock Skyrunner [3 PL, 67pts]** Singing Spear [5pts], Twin Shuriken Catapult [2pts]
* **Warlock Skyrunner [3 PL, 67pts]** Singing Spear [5pts], Twin Shuriken Catapult [2pts]
* **Warlock Skyrunner [3 PL, 67pts]** Singing Spear [5pts], Twin Shuriken Catapult [2pts]
* **Warlock Skyrunner [3 PL, 67pts]** Singing Spear [5pts], Twin Shuriken Catapult [2pts]
* **Warlock Skyrunner [3 PL, 67pts]** Singing Spear [5pts], Twin Shuriken Catapult [2pts]
* **Warlock Skyrunner [3 PL, 67pts]** Singing Spear [5pts], Twin Shuriken Catapult [2pts]
Troops [9 PL, 180pts]
**Rangers [3 PL, 60pts]**
5x Ranger [60pts]
* **Rangers [3 PL, 60pts]**
5x Ranger [60pts]
* **Rangers [3 PL, 60pts]**
5x Ranger [60pts]
Air Wing Detachment +1CP (Aeldari – Craftworlds) [27 PL, 483pts, 1CP]
* **Craftworld Attribute**
Alaitoc: Fieldcraft
Flyer [27 PL, 483pts]
* **Crimson Hunter Exarch [9 PL, 161pts]**
Two Starcannons [26pts]
* **Crimson Hunter Exarch [9 PL, 161pts]**
Two Starcannons [26pts]
* **Crimson Hunter Exarch [9 PL, 161pts]**
Two Starcannons [26pts]
Battalion Detachment +5CP (Aeldari – Craftworlds) [32 PL, 596pts, 5CP]
Mixed detachment – Rangers are Alaitoc, the rest is Biel-Tan
HQ [11 PL, 209pts]
* **Farseer Skyrunner [7 PL, 137pts]**
Craftworlds Warlord, Shuriken Pistol, Singing Spear [5pts], Twin Shuriken Catapult [2pts]
* **Warlock Skyrunner [4 PL, 72pts]** Shuriken Pistol, Singing Spear [5pts], Twin Shuriken Catapult [2pts]
Troops [9 PL, 180pts]
* **Rangers [3 PL, 60pts]**
5x Ranger [60pts]
* **Rangers [3 PL, 60pts]**
5x Ranger [60pts]
* **Rangers [3 PL, 60pts]**
5x Ranger [60pts]
Fast Attack [12 PL, 207pts]
* **Windriders [12 PL, 207pts]**
* **9x Windrider – Scatter Laser [207pts]**
9x Scatter Laser [63pts]
3rd Player
Geoff Robinson – Imperium
Custodes Spearhead: +1 cp
Hq: Constantin Valdor (happens to be exactly same stats and cost as Trajann) 185
Elite: 1×3 Aquilon Terminators (solarite gsuntlet, fire pike, 3x mis ) 276
Elite: Vex (magnifica, axe) 124
Heavy: Calladius (accelerator) 210
Heavy: Calladius (accelerator) 210
Heavy: Telemon 272
Catachan battalion: +5 cp (emperor’s wrath) -1 cp
Hq: Company Commander (grand strategist) 30 Hq: company commander (relic: kurov’s)
30 Troops: 3×8 (3x mortars) 135
Heavy: wyvern (heavy Bolter) 103 Heavy: basilisk (heavy Bolter) 108
Graia Battalion: +5 cp
Hq: enginseer 30
Hq: enginseer 30
Troops: 3×5 rangers (3x arquebus, 3x omnispex) 171
Assassin stratagem: -2 cp (assassin) 85
Total:1999
Drops: 18
Cp: 14 cp but -2 for assassin and -1 for emperors wrath(usually victor of blood games on Valdor, extra relic on vex and maybe WL or relic for vigilus detach)
4th Player
Richard Siegler – T’au Empire
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (T’au Empire) [24 PL, 8CP, 410pts] ++
T’au Empire Sept Choice: T’au Sept
+ HQ +
Cadre Fireblade [3 PL, 62pts]: Markerlight 2x MV4 Shield Drone
Commander Shadowsun [10 PL, 138pts]: 2x MV52 Shield Drone, MV62 Command-link Drone
Ethereal [3 PL, 65pts]: Honour blade 2x MV4 Shield Drone
+ Troops +
Strike Team [3 PL, 55pts]
Fire Warrior Shas’ui: Pulse rifle 4x Fire Warrior w/ Pulse Rifle 2x MV4 Shield Drone
Strike Team [3 PL, 55pts]
Fire Warrior Shas’ui: Pulse rifle 4x Fire Warrior w/ Pulse Rifle 2x MV4 Shield Drone
Strike Team [2 PL, 35pts]
Fire Warrior Shas’ui: Pulse rifle 4x Fire Warrior w/ Pulse Rifle
++ Outrider Detachment +1CP (T’au Empire) [35 PL, 1CP, 555pts] ++
T’au Empire Sept Choice: T’au Sept
+ HQ +
Cadre Fireblade [3 PL, 62pts]: Markerlight
2x MV4 Shield Drone
Commander in XV85 Enforcer Battlesuit [8 PL, 156pts]: Advanced targeting system, 3x Cyclic ion blaster, Warlord
2x MV4 Shield Drone
+ Fast Attack +
Pathfinder Team [6 PL, 89pts]:
MV31 Pulse Accelerator Drone
MV33 Grav-inhibitor Drone
MB3 Recon Drone
2x MV4 Shield Drone
4x Pathfinder: 4x Markerlight
Pathfinder Shas’ui: Markerlight, Pulse pistol
Pathfinder Team [6 PL, 88pts]:
MV31 Pulse Accelerator Drone
MV33 Grav-inhibitor Drone MB3 Recon Drone
2x MV4 Shield Drone
4x Pathfinder: 4x Markerlight
Pathfinder Shas’ui: Markerlight
Tactical Drones [4 PL, 50pts] 5x MV4 Shield Drone
Tactical Drones [4 PL, 50pts] 5x MV4 Shield Drone
Tactical Drones [4 PL, 60pts] 6x MV4 Shield Drone
++ Vanguard Detachment +1CP (T’au Empire) [53 PL, 1CP, 1,035pts] ++
T’au Empire Sept Choice: T’au Sept
+ HQ +
Commander in XV85 Enforcer Battlesuit [8 PL, 156pts]: Advanced targeting system, 3x Cyclic ion blaster
2x MV4 Shield Drone
Darkstrider [3 PL, 45pts] + Elites +
XV104 Riptide Battlesuit [14 PL, 278pts]: 2x Smart missile system, Advanced targeting system, Heavy burst cannon, Velocity tracker
XV104 Riptide Battlesuit [14 PL, 278pts]: 2x Smart missile system, Advanced targeting system, Heavy burst cannon, Velocity tracker
XV104 Riptide Battlesuit [14 PL, 278pts]: 2x Smart missile system, Advanced targeting system, Heavy burst cannon, Velocity tracker
5th Player
Junior Aflleje – Imperium
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Imperium – Astra Militarum) [13 PL, 212pts, 8CP] ++
Regimental Doctrine: Regiment: Cadian
+ HQ +
Primaris Psyker [2 PL, 46pts]: Force Stave, Nightshroud, Psychic Maelstrom
Primaris Psyker [2 PL, 46pts]: Force Stave, Psychic Barrier, Terrifying Visions
+ Troops +
Infantry Squad [3 PL, 40pts]
. 9x Guardsman
. Sergeant: Chainsword, Laspistol
Infantry Squad [3 PL, 40pts]
. 9x Guardsman
. Sergeant: Chainsword, Laspistol
Infantry Squad [3 PL, 40pts]
. 9x Guardsman
. Sergeant: Chainsword, Laspistol
++ Super-Heavy Detachment +6CP (Imperium – Imperial Knights) [73 PL, 1,352pts, 5CP] ++
Questor Imperialis
. House Hawkshroud
+ Lord of War +
Knight Gallant [20 PL, 352pts]: Heavy Stubber, Reaper Chainsword, Thunderstrike gauntlet
Knight Valiant [30 PL, 594pts]: Character (Knight Lance), Heirloom: Traitor’s Pyre, Warlord
. Two Siegebreaker Cannons and Two Shieldbreaker Missiles
Knight Warden [23 PL, 406pts]: Character (Heirloom of the House), Heavy Stubber, Heirloom: Endless Fury, Reaper Chainsword
. Avenger Gatling Cannon w/ Heavy Flamer
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Imperium – Astra Militarum) [28 PL, 436pts, 4CP] ++
Regimental Doctrine: Regiment: Cadian
Vigilus Defiant [-1CP]: Emperor’s Wrath Artillery Company
+ HQ +
Company Commander [2 PL, 31pts]: Boltgun, Chainsword, Emperor’s Wrath
Company Commander [2 PL, 31pts]: Boltgun, Chainsword, Emperor’s Wrath
+ Troops +
Infantry Squad [3 PL, 45pts]
. 7x Guardsman
. Heavy Weapon Team: Mortar
. Sergeant: Laspistol
Infantry Squad [3 PL, 45pts]
. 7x Guardsman
. Heavy Weapon Team: Mortar
. Sergeant: Laspistol
Infantry Squad [3 PL, 45pts]
. 7x Guardsman
. Heavy Weapon Team: Mortar
. Sergeant: Laspistol
Heavy Weapons Squad:
.Heavy Weapon Team: Mortar
.Heavy Weapon Team: Mortar
.Heavy Weapon Team: Mortar
Wyverns [12 PL, 206pts]: Emperor’s Wrath
. Wyvern: Heavy Bolter
. Wyvern: Heavy Bolter
++ Total: [114 PL, 2,000pts, 17CP] ++
6th Player
Carlos Kaiser – Imperium
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Imperium – Adeptus Mechanicus) [18 PL, 165pts, 8CP] ++
Forge World Choice . Forge World: Graia
+ HQ [6 PL, 60pts] +
Tech-Priest Enginseer [3 PL, 30pts]
Tech-Priest Enginseer [3 PL, 30pts]
+ Troops [12 PL, 105pts] +
Skitarii Rangers [4 PL, 35pts]
. Ranger Alpha [7pts]: Galvanic Rifle . 4x Skitarii Ranger [28pts]
Skitarii Rangers [4 PL, 35pts]
. Ranger Alpha [7pts]: Galvanic Rifle . 4x Skitarii Ranger [28pts]
Skitarii Rangers [4 PL, 35pts]
. Ranger Alpha [7pts]: Galvanic Rifle . 4x Skitarii Ranger [28pts]
++ Outrider Detachment +1CP (Imperium – Adeptus Custodes) [101 PL, 1,834pts, 1CP] ++
+ HQ [9 PL, 160pts] +
Shield-Captain on Dawneagle Jetbike [9 PL, 160pts]: Hurricane Bolter [10pts]
+ Elites [27 PL, 504pts] +
Aquilon Custodians (Beta) [21 PL, 390pts]
. Aquilon Custodian [4 PL, 78pts]: Lastrum Storm Bolter [5pts], Solarite power Gauntlet [13pts]
. Aquilon Custodian [4 PL, 78pts]: Lastrum Storm Bolter [5pts], Solarite power Gauntlet [13pts]
. Aquilon Custodian [4 PL, 78pts]: Lastrum Storm Bolter [5pts], Solarite power Gauntlet [13pts]
. Aquilon Custodian [4 PL, 78pts]: Lastrum Storm Bolter [5pts], Solarite power Gauntlet [13pts]
. Aquilon Custodian [4 PL, 78pts]: Lastrum Storm Bolter [5pts], Solarite power Gauntlet [13pts]
Vexillus Praetor [6 PL, 114pts]: Misericordia [4pts], Vexilla Magnifica [30pts], Warlord
+ Fast Attack [65 PL, 1,170pts] +
Vertus Praetors [25 PL, 450pts]
. Vertus Praetor [5 PL, 90pts]: Hurricane Bolter [10pts]
. Vertus Praetor [5 PL, 90pts]: Hurricane Bolter [10pts]
. Vertus Praetor [5 PL, 90pts]: Hurricane Bolter [10pts]
. Vertus Praetor [5 PL, 90pts]: Hurricane Bolter [10pts]
. Vertus Praetor [5 PL, 90pts]: Hurricane Bolter [10pts]
Vertus Praetors [25 PL, 450pts]
. Vertus Praetor [5 PL, 90pts]: Hurricane Bolter [10pts]
. Vertus Praetor [5 PL, 90pts]: Hurricane Bolter [10pts]
. Vertus Praetor [5 PL, 90pts]: Hurricane Bolter [10pts]
. Vertus Praetor [5 PL, 90pts]: Hurricane Bolter [10pts]
. Vertus Praetor [5 PL, 90pts]: Hurricane Bolter [10pts]
Vertus Praetors [15 PL, 270pts]
. Vertus Praetor [5 PL, 90pts]: Hurricane Bolter [10pts]
. Vertus Praetor [5 PL, 90pts]: Hurricane Bolter [10pts]
. Vertus Praetor [5 PL, 90pts]: Hurricane Bolter [10pts]
++ Total: [119 PL, 1,999pts, 9CP] ++
7th Player
Don Hooson – Chaos Space Marines
++ Air Wing Detachment +1CP (Chaos – Chaos Space Marines) [27 PL, 491pts] ++
Legion: The Purge
+ Flyer +
Heldrake [9 PL, 167pts]: Baleflamer, Heldrake claws, Mark of Nurgle
Heldrake [9 PL, 167pts]: Baleflamer, Heldrake claws, Mark of Nurgle
Heldrake [9 PL, 157pts]: Hades Autocannon, Heldrake claws, Mark of Nurgle
++ Vanguard Detachment +1CP (Chaos – Chaos Space Marines) [48 PL, 752pts] ++
Legion: The Purge + HQ +
Lord Discordant on Helstalker [9 PL, 160pts]: Autocannon, Mark of Nurgle . Helstalker: Techno-virus injector
Lord Discordant on Helstalker [9 PL, 160pts]: Autocannon, Mark of Nurgle . Helstalker: Techno-virus injector
+ Elites +
Hellforged Contemptor Dreadnought [10 PL, 144pts]: 2x Butcher cannon, Havoc launcher, Nurgle Hellforged Contemptor Dreadnought [10 PL, 144pts]: 2x Butcher cannon, Havoc launcher, Nurgle Hellforged Contemptor Dreadnought [10 PL, 144pts]: 2x Butcher cannon, Havoc launcher, Nurgle
++ Spearhead Detachment +1CP (Chaos – Chaos Space Marines) [51 PL, 754pts] ++
Legion: The Purge
+ HQ +
Lord Discordant on Helstalker [9 PL, 160pts]: Autocannon, Mark of Nurgle . Helstalker: Techno-virus injector
+ Heavy Support +
Hellforged Deredeo Dreadnought [14 PL, 198pts]: Butcher cannon array, Greater havoc launcher, Nurgle, Twin heavy bolter
Hellforged Deredeo Dreadnought [14 PL, 198pts]: Butcher cannon array, Greater havoc launcher, Nurgle, Twin heavy bolter
Hellforged Deredeo Dreadnought [14 PL, 198pts]: Butcher cannon array, Greater havoc launcher, Nurgle, Twin heavy bolter
++ Total: [126 PL, 1997pts] ++
8th Player
John Lennon – Forces of the Hive Mind
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Tyranids – Genestealer Cults) [49 PL, 825pts, -1CP] ++
Cult Creed: Cult of the Four-Armed Emperor
Specialist Detachment: Deliverance Broodsurge [-1CP]
+ HQ +
Acolyte Iconward [3 PL, 53pts]
Patriarch [8 PL, 137pts]: Familiar
+ Troops +
Acolyte Hybrids [9 PL, 155pts]: Cult Icon
. 10x Acolyte Hybrid
. Acolyte Hybrid (Heavy Weapon): Autopistol, Heavy Rock Saw
. Acolyte Hybrid (Heavy Weapon): Autopistol, Heavy Rock Saw
. Acolyte Hybrid (Heavy Weapon): Autopistol, Heavy Rock Saw
. Acolyte Hybrid (Heavy Weapon): Autopistol, Heavy Rock Saw
. Acolyte Leader: Autopistol, Cultist Knife
Acolyte Hybrids [11 PL, 160pts]
. 19x Acolyte Hybrid (Hand Flamer): 19x Hand Flamer . Acolyte Leader: Cultist Knife, Hand Flamer
Acolyte Hybrids [9 PL, 155pts]: Cult Icon
. 10x Acolyte Hybrid
. Acolyte Hybrid (Heavy Weapon): Autopistol, Heavy Rock Saw
. Acolyte Hybrid (Heavy Weapon): Autopistol, Heavy Rock Saw
. Acolyte Hybrid (Heavy Weapon): Autopistol, Heavy Rock Saw
. Acolyte Hybrid (Heavy Weapon): Autopistol, Heavy Rock Saw
. Acolyte Leader: Autopistol, Cultist Knife
+ Elites +
Clamavus [3 PL, 55pts]
Nexos [3 PL, 50pts]
Sanctus [3 PL, 60pts]: Silencer Sniper Rifle
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Tyranids – Genestealer Cults) [49 PL, 824pts, -1CP] ++
Cult Creed: Cult of the Four-Armed Emperor
Specialist Detachment: Anointed Throng [-1CP]
+ HQ +
Patriarch [8 PL, 137pts]: Familiar
Primus [4 PL, 75pts]: Bonesword
+ Troops +
Brood Brothers Infantry Squad [5 PL, 80pts]: Brood Brothers Leader . 19x Brood Brother
Brood Brothers Infantry Squad [3 PL, 40pts]: Brood Brothers Leader . 9x Brood Brother
Brood Brothers Infantry Squad [5 PL, 80pts]: Brood Brothers Leader . 19x Brood Brother
Brood Brothers Infantry Squad [5 PL, 80pts]: Brood Brothers Leader . 19x Brood Brother
Brood Brothers Infantry Squad [5 PL, 80pts]: Brood Brothers Leader . 19x Brood Brother
+ Elites +
Aberrants [14 PL, 252pts]
. 8x Aberrant (Pick): 8x Power Pick
. 2x Aberrant Hypermorph (Improvised): 2x Heavy Improvised Weapon
++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Tyranids) [25 PL, 350pts] ++
+ HQ +
Broodlord [8 PL, 115pts]
Broodlord [8 PL, 115pts]
+ Troops +
Termagants [3 PL, 40pts]
. 10x Termagant (Fleshborer)
Termagants [3 PL, 40pts]
. 10x Termagant (Fleshborer)
Termagants [3 PL, 40pts]
. 10x Termagant (Fleshborer)
++ Total: [123 PL, 16 CP, 1,999pts] ++
wow, the Aeldari-list (2nd place) is awesome, love the council 😀
can someone tell me which psi-powers / runes he used? and which artifact on his warlord?
i´m new to the game and interested in playing a similiar list 😀
I don’t know for sure but my best guess is that the reason the second battalion is mixed is so the Farseer Warlord (who is biel tan) can take their warlord trait to give off a automatic “guide” to the windriders, and then the warlock takes the spirit stone to hopefully guarantee that protect goes off on the seer council. For powers on the seer council I have no idea.
Lol. Sooo much Forge World.
Can 40kstats pull win rates (TWIP or whatever) of lists with FW vs. lists without FW?
Great to see such diversity in the top 8! Excited to see the final results.
people actually enjoy playing with pathetic garbage cheese lists like these? (Tau and GSC excepted) GW really needs to eliminate this soup garbage and put more focus on troops. You know troops, right? THE ACTUAL VAST MAJORITY OF EVERY ARMY IN HISTORY?
Way to live up to your name.
^ best comments always from from Pablo!
Cinematically, what do you mean by focus on troops?
Every army in history is roughly equivalent to the imperial guard in equipment and practice.
How would the same historic approach apply to every other faction and why?
Every army in history didn’t consist of 3 units of bare minimum troop choices and those minumum troop choices only taken because it was mandatory.
Alexander the Great, 40k tournament cheese style; 3 five man squads of foot companions, everything else max squads of Companion Cavalry and war elephants.
D-Day, 40k tournament cheese style: 3 five man squads of army privates, everything else Airborne, Rangers, P-51 Mustangs, Tanks, B-17s. Hey, I know the USMC wasn’t at D-Day but let’s soup in some Marine Raiders and an Airwing Detachment of Pappy Boyington’s Black Sheep Squadron!
That’s fair enough, how does that approach to a strikeforce, or military or whatever you want to say apply to an Eldar army, a Custodes army, a combined imperium force, a Necron army etc. ?
Again I agree that ‘filling out a detachment’ isn’t the most thematic/cinematic approach, but the detachments just aren’t really that thematic sometimes.
Basically I don’t see why the standard military practice for forces that are ridiculously over the top (15 guys who are nine feet tall, superhuman in every sense and have the most ludicrously expensive equipment available) wouldn’t have standard tactics that are equally over the top. i.e. “Everyone jump on a 20 foot long golden flying bike that has guns on it. Don’t forget your spear!”
I could understand being critical of how CP is generated, but I don’t understand why focusing on troops is how it should be.
Yea!!! My sci-fi toy soldiers that use chain swords, shoot lighting out of their minds, and fight killer ninja clown space elves are not realistic!!!
And what is this ally soup garbage that GW keeps pushing on us!? Name me one story where the imperial guard fight next to space marines! In the real world no armies ever ally with each other. Its not like the ALLIED forces in WWII stormed the beaches of Normandy together or anything!!
Cool, when can Necrons, Orks and Tau ally in some cool options?
Dunno if you know this, but 40k isn’t World War 2. How we fight wars is totally irrelevant to how they fight wars.
More than that though, it’s a game. For fun. Troops are stupid and boring. Honestly they should remove the majority of the grunt units from the game entirely so we can have more space for cool stuff.
If you wanted a game that mirrored history, you should have played a historical. 40k is a heavy metal album cover and the rank and file grunts are only good for blood sacrifices.
And soup is the most narrative way to play an army. What Space Marine company is putting that many units out onto a field where no other imperial presence is?
The orks should loot some allies and give them more dakka!!
lol my army has 100+ troop models.
May i ask you a question:
what are you doing with “Horrors [12 PL, 175pts] 25x Pink Horror”
mine always die so fast :/
maybe you can help me out 😀
nice job winning the event 🙂
The Horrors were getting Flickering Flames and shooting. Also, Geoff was the winner in a very, very close final.
Interesting seeing two Custodes heavy lists and happy to see a seer council list showing something for eldar other than 7 flyers.
I would have expected to see more chaos, since they are “so hot right now”, but I guess they still can’t overcome the efficiency of IG.
The aeldar got lucky, managed to dodge all Impirum and chaos good list.
Those are some very interesting lists right there. Skyrunner council is something I’d expect in a narrative campaign, not topping tournaments. Even though I’m not too fond of the FW stuff (what do those Custodes dudes even do, again?), the Purge list full of war machines led by Lords Discordant is nicely thematic. And even the bog standard Guard + Knights list has some neat stuff in the less common Knights used, I’ve noticed the Valiant has made a bit of a resurgence post Castellan nerf.
Not to get all pissy, but I do still wish there was some sort of incentive to run mono-faction. The army with 4 different Imperium codices at no cost (other than the Assassin CP) rubs me the wrong way.
Yeah with the GSC codex they took a half step. I would hope in Chapter Approved we see something like “all detachments that do not contain the same as the warlord grant half the CP rounding up.” The thing is there will be some corner cases, like Ynnari, that don’t have a .
Just speculating but GW might like soup lists, since people may end up building 3 whole armies, eventually, with the 3 small forces they used for a soup list.
They do if it’s Imperium, lol.
Better not try to do this with Xenos. You’re either not allowed to do it at all like Tau, Necrons, etc.., get penalized GSC-style or end up with a ridiculously out of proportion revenge-pron hammering like Ynnari, where some fluffy way to combine armies slipped through, lol.
There was a grey knights list that did very well from what I hear does anyone know what they were running or where the list is? I think it went 4 and 2