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I'm interested in what the tacticians at Dakka think.  Which Codex is best at taking out MEQ's?

Dark Eldar

DE? That's a bit of a darkhorse, isn't it Darrian?

Or have I just been out the game for so long that I'm not hip to the newest trends?

Codex: SM, lots of relatively cheap accurate plasma fire combined with equal CC and hidden Powerfists.

Codex chaos marines (alpha legion)-marines that can do assault like nobody's business and outshoot just about everyone.

Posted By Darrian13 on 03/05/2007 4:27 PM
Dark Eldar

Well I have a rather impressive record with DE versus Marines in tournaments and casual gaming.  I would say DE would have to be up there with Disintegrators, Dark Lance, Blasters, Agonizers oh my   I've never lost to Marines even the dreaded Fear of the Darkness Librarians ><.  I have lost once to SoB, if you call them Marines.  If I had to choose one army to take versus any Marine army I would use my DE armies, any flavor, Wych Cult or Kabal.

I wouldn't exactly say any one army... it is more a matter of how you use the things at your disposal then exactly what you have at your disposal.  In general I find the best way to deal with MEQ is sheer volume of shots, make a guy save enough and even a 3+ ain't enough.  But in the spirit of the question if I had to pick....  I would say eldar, they can put out plenty of shots at a decent range, and when the MEQ's get close they have nice charge/ counter charge ability... not to mention the withering hail of shurikens at 12" or less.
Aztralwolf

I gotta go with wych cult DE. I'm sure that kabal DE is just as good, but I haven't ever seen it.

To my way of thinking, to be good at killing MEQs, you either have to be better at range than MEQs, or better at assault (and able to get there while still combat capable). There aren't many builds that are better at range than MEQs. However, wych cult DE (particularly the dual WWP build) are better at assault than MEQs and have the speed to get into close combat.

My money is on a well made Daemon Bomb list.  Alpha Legion or Slaanesh.  They can get up close quickly and cut down a ton of people.

Dark Eldar WWP build
MEQ with rending (i.e., C:SM Slaanesh, Droppod Termies)

Since the top lists are the very best at killing MEQs, take a look at this thread:

http://dakkadakka.com/Forums/tabid/56/forumid/14/postid/146637/view/topic/Default.aspx

Posted By jesterzdragon on 03/05/2007 7:00 PM

Posted By Darrian13 on 03/05/2007 4:27 PM
Dark Eldar

Wych Cult

I've never actually seen a Wych Cult army.  Is their army list in the DE codex?

Yes, a Wych cult is a variant army in the DE codex.  Specifically look under Lelith toward the back of the dex.

Essentially it lets you take wyches as troops, and Warriors are elites, but limits you to not taking other troops that don't fit in.

I agree that the right DE build is probably the most efficient meq killer. With maxed out str7 low-AP mobile firepower and massed armor-ignoring, high initiative assault, they can roll a straight 3+ save army in a couple of turns.