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Do any races in the 40k universe make ANY use of any comabt drugs,or stimulants? maybe imperial guard or tau?

Don't you mean any OTHER races, besides Dark Eldar?

If so, then the answer is yes. The Imperial Assassins make extensive use of combat drugs, as do marines (produced by their own bodies to enhance reflexes and strength) although the effects are generally included in the unit's stat lines as opposed to being a separate special rule. In 2nd edition there was a Combat Drugs wargear card that was available to pretty much any army.

The Argo-Flagellents of the Inquiston are filled with drugs that make them bezerk.

DE are the only ones on the table top.


my buds have affectionatly given names to each dice roll to see which effect they get.

Speed, Crack, Weed, and OVERDOSE.

Grey Templar wrote:DE are the only ones on the table top.

Now they are, yeah. Slaanesh Marines had them in the 3.5 Codex. And Penal Legion troops are technically on Frenzon.

They're also in Inquisitor and DH/RT. The most common:

Onslaught
Frenzon
Stimm/Rage/Satrophine
Psychon
Reflex
Barrage
Spook
Spur

Some IG penal legions give their troops drugs to increase sense and reduce fear /pain. Salvar Chemdogs used to have rules to represent it.

Seeing as how brutal combat is in 40k a better question would be "who isn't on drugs."

so thats why T'au suck in CC.

they haven't discovered combat drugs yet

Don't forget the orky painboyz and their "Fight'n juice!"

da fightin juice

Redbull of the 41st millenium, cause red ones go fasta

Tyranids don't you drugs... sort of.

Combat Drugs are very widespread and almost every humanoid race are hinted at having use it at some point or another. Only the Dark Eldar have it as an actual rule though, since most other codexes justify it through a USR the unit has or an improved profile. CSM took the cake before in 3.5 since Noise Marines had access to combat drugs, and they also had access to Fabius Bile, who basically made the entire unit of Marines turn druggies.

Grey Templar wrote:DE are the only ones on the table top.


my buds have affectionatly given names to each dice roll to see which effect they get.

Speed, Crack, Weed, and OVERDOSE.

The drugs actually have names:

Hypex
Serpentin
Grave Lotus
Painbringer
Adrenalight
Splintermind

yeah, but they arn't nearly as funny

Platuan4th wrote:

Grey Templar wrote:DE are the only ones on the table top.

Now they are, yeah. Slaanesh Marines had them in the 3.5 Codex. And Penal Legion troops are technically on Frenzon.

They're also in Inquisitor and DH/RT. The most common:

Onslaught
Frenzon
Stimm/Rage/Satrophine
Psychon
Reflex
Barrage
Spook
Spur

uah in DH my guys a spook junkie raised in a metro station

Mr Nobody wrote:Tyranids don't you drugs... sort of.

they do, they can secrete adrenalin at the time of their choosing and choose to attach additional adrenalin glands on their body

The Imperium makes use of combat drugs in penal legions.

And of course gangers, but their combat drugs are usually low-quality.

Melissia wrote:The Imperium makes use of combat drugs in penal legions.

And of course gangers, but their combat drugs are usually low-quality.

and used.

The Inquisition also occasionally uses combat drugs, as shown by Amberley Vail's associates in some of the Cain novels.

FW's Ogryn Berserkers use the drug Slaught.

Loyalist SM do as well, in the fluff anyway.

Almost everyone

Retribution wrote:Almost everyone

not to be too much of a jack@$$ but tyranids ([not technically), necrons, grey knights (i wouldnt think so (mankinds most holy protectors doing drugs? weird)), and on-the-tabletop orks (to my knowledge), all don't. you're very welcome

necrongod wrote:

Retribution wrote:Almost everyone

not to be too much of a jack@$$ but tyranids ([not technically), necrons, grey knights (i wouldnt think so (mankinds most holy protectors doing drugs? weird)), and on-the-tabletop orks (to my knowledge), all don't. you're very welcome

Which still leaves everyone else; and on the topic of the GK's i imagine they would produce natural combat stimulants, just like normal marines. Also, tyranids make extensive use of adrenal glands

Retribution wrote:Almost everyone

Except standard Guardsmen, Sisters of Battle, Tau, Eldar, Orks, Necrons...

So that leaves... Inquisition, Dark Eldar, Tyranids, and Penal Legionnaires? Oh, and Space Marines I guess.

Dark Eldar did use drugs

Inquisition assassins uses drugs i think

screw me, Tau commander have stimulant injector
DRUGS

Tau have stimulant injectors.
(although TT they can only have one)

Melissia wrote:

Retribution wrote:Almost everyone

Except standard Guardsmen, Sisters of Battle, Tau, Eldar, Orks, Necrons...

So that leaves... Inquisition, Dark Eldar, Tyranids, and Penal Legionnaires? Oh, and Space Marines I guess.

Numerous guard regiments make use of stimulants and combat drugs afaik, the chem-dogs being the obvious example; andTau have stimulant injectors wired into Crisis suits

Yes, many regiments-- the penal legion regiments.

The chem-dogs are a penal legion.

...and who KNOWS what they put in that "caffeine" stuff they drink in Abnett's books?