Thursday, March 4, 2010

What army should I play at Adepticon?


So the time draws neigh for Adepticon!


With only three weeks to go, I am torn about what army to play in the 40k championships. So I turn to the Dakka Dakka members for guidance.



I have the choices of 3 1850 point armies to play:



Army #1. Foot Eldar



Reecius put up an article in BoLS about how good foot Eldar is, and everyone attacked him for it.

http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2010/03/40k-tactics-winning-with-eldar-foot.html

Even though the army he posted would not be an army that I would play, the idea that you can win with any foot elder army was viciously attacked by the denizens of BoLS and YTTH. How much winning do I have to do for people to think it is a viable 5th edition army? I do well at tournaments, and several other people like Darth Diggler, and Inquisitor Malice do as well, but still the army gets no respect. I am getting burned out of playing the army though and even if I keep winning with it, unless I play the doubters and whip them like they owed me money, then they will just remain ignorant of the strength of the foot eldar. I guess until you eat 60, strength-6 shots, you just will not know how good the army is.



HQ

Avatar



Farseer w/Spirit Stones, Stones of Warding, Stones of Witnessing, Doom, Guide, Fortune



Elites

6 Harlequins w/Kisses

1 Shadowseer w/Kiss, Fusion Pistol

1 Troupe Leader w/Power Weapon and Fusion Pistol



Troops

10 Guardians w/Brightlance

10 Guardians w/Brightlance

10 Guardians w/Brightlance



9 Dire Avengers

1 Exarch w/2 S. Catapult, Bladestorm



3 Jetbikes w/Shuriken Cannon

1 Warlock w/Singing Spear, Destructor



Fast attack

7 Warp Spyders

1 Warp Spyder Exarch w/dual spinners


Heavy Support

3 War Walkers w/Scatter Lasers



Wraithlord w/Brightlance, Missile Launcher

Wraithlord w/Brightlance, Missile Launcher



Army #2 Chaos Space Marines



I am thinking about playing this army because over the summer I am going to build a pre-heresy Thousand Sons army. Although this army will not be pre-heresy, it will mirror the build. It is also my best painted army, so in a tournament with a lot of soft scores it will do well. The downside is that I have not played it since I won a 3 game RTT in Aug, so I might be a bit rusty.



Army List



HQ

Ahriman



Demon Prince w/MoT, Warptime, Winds of Chaos, Wings



Elite

Dreadnought w/TL Autocannons



Troops

9 Chaos Space Marines w/Lascannon, Plasma Gun

Aspiring Champion



9 Chaos Space Marines w/Lascannon, Plasma Gun

Aspiring Champion w/Powerfist

Rhino



8 Thousand Sons Marines

1 Aspiring Sorcerer w/Bolt of Change

Rhino



Heavy Support

2 Obliterators

2 Obliterators



Land Raider



Army #3 Demonhunters

I am thinking about playing this army because everyone says that Demonhunters can't win in a competitive tournament. They were lumping this army in with the Tau and Necrons as being unwinnable. I think you can win a tournament with any army, and it is the player skill and not the codex that determines if you can win or not, or basically what I am saying is that you can make a winning build out of every codex. So to put my money where my mouth is, I need to step up to the challenge.



Army List



HQ

Inquisitor Lord w/Emperor's Tarot, Psycannon, Psychic Hood, Null Rod.

3 Mystics

1 Familiar

2 Sages

Gun Servitor w/Heavy Bolter

Gun Servitor w/Heavy Bolter

Gun Servitor w/Plasma Cannon

Land Raider



Troops

5 Grey Knights w/2 Psycannons

1 Grey Knight Justicar



5 Grey Knights w/2 Psycannons

1 Grey Knight Justicar



5 Stormtroopers w/2 Plasma Guns

Chimera



5 Stormtroopers w/2 Melta Guns

Chimera



Heavy Support

Land Raider



Dreadnought w/TL Lascannons

Dreadnought w/TL Lascannons, Missile Launcher

2 comments:

  1. Firstly, i notice that your foot eldar list doesnt have Avatar in it? I thought his fearless bubble was one of the key elements to it?

    As for what army you should play, im stuck between the Eldar and the Daemonhunters. I would love to see you keep winning with the Eldar to further infuriate the haters, however, as a Daemonhunters fan im also really interested in seeing how well that DH army does. Can't say im too excited about a chaos marine army though, but thats just a personal bias i suppose.

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  2. I meant to drop Eldrad in the first version and replace him with the regular farseer but I erased the Avatar by mistake.

    Those list are rough drafts, and I am working of version 2.0.

    The new Eldar list had Eldrad, 2 squads of 6 Warp Spyders, and dropped one guardian squad.

    I am really interested in the Demonhunters, but it is hard to fit in everything that I want.

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