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Does anyone else have a model/models that never perform well, or that die every single game without fail?

My Eldar army has a particularly unlucky Ranger who is always the first to get hit by a blast template, without fail. After several games of being fragged by artillery and battlecannons, I named him 'Kenny' and painted his cloak orange. I even magnetised him so that he can fall apart on command.

that's pretty funny, poor alien scum. i guess that's the way it goes sometimes though back when i used to pay chaos i never had my land raiders make it through the first turn, i had to stop using them because it was too many points to lose in round 1 every game.

Any model I put together with a plasma weapon will "get hot!" and fail the following save the first time I use them. This, however, only happens to the "new kid" with the weapon, even my veteran sister superior with a plasma pistol couldn't excape. In subsequent games my plasmas seem immune to rolling 1's, talk about "breaking them in"

edit: or letting them "warm up"...

My buddies Warp spiders are hilarious. Every game without fail they die before they can do anything. If they're ever forced to make any sort of test, they will fail

On the flip side, is Avatar is literally a god. After walking though an entire Space Marine army on his own, and having an ENTIRE Tau army shoot at him, taking over 70 shots an not suffering a single wound, he's sorta a legend around here

My Dire avengers make saves like they are drunk.

My "Legendary Unit" Has to be my Company Command Sqaud... In a apocayplse game,the Assaulted Helbrect and Five Termies. They killed Helbrect AND the Termies. Several Jaws Dropped.

i got a Vindicator tank that has only fired its main gun twice in about 15 games and dies always about 2nd turn

Sooo many - Geoff the Sleepy Defiler (is currently held together with blue tack, which is exactly how he takes his armour penetration rolls), The Raptors - currently known as 'Squad Smoking Crater', and One-Shot the Vindicator.

Tears.

Any lascannons I ever use, especially my old Annihalator pattern predator which I now refuse to field as it just sits there rolling ones and twos all game If I ever do get a Hit with a lascannon it will fail to penetrate; I've had more luck with assault cannons.

My Flying Hive Tyrant. I think...I think he's got the downs or something. He's charged into combat with and lost against normal Terminators, Space Marine Tactical Squads, Necron Warriors, Imperial guard line squads, Tau Firewarriors, Tau Broadsides, Tau Crisis Suits, Kroot, Ork slugga boys, and generally anything he happens to meet. The thing will, without fail, miss at least 4 of his 6 WS 6 S6 toxic miasma assisted Implant Attacks. He cannot make armor saves. He cannot land in difficult terrain without taking a wound, regardless of his monstrous creature status. He's really more of a sideshow attraction where everyone crowds around the table I'm playing on to witness what incredible failure he'll commit next.

My venomc cannon armed Carnifex never hits with it.

I had an Avatar charge 6 Spinegaunts. Killed none and was killed in return.

Fire my entire 1500 point Eldar army at a Razorback carrying a twin-lightning claw librarian in 3rd edition. Didn't hit him.

7 Howling Banshees and 1 Howling Banshee Exarch with an Executioner charge a single Biovore. They cause 0 wounds. It kills one of them back and sweeping advances the whole squad.

Come to think of it, my entire Eldar army was cursed, so I quit them to start Tau. That didn't work out either. Broadsides and Hammerhead never hit anything. Crisis suits mangling themselves to death deepstriking into terrain. Crisis suits missing every shot of a game. My full firewarrior squads were having a good day if they got 4 or more hits when they shot.

Kroot did okay though. They always outshot the firewarriors, and the Shapers would always survive and kill off whatever ate their squad in close combat.

I converted and lovingly painted up a new dracon for my dark eldar army. So far she has died in every game I've used her without fail, suffering a variety of amusing deaths. In fact I think she has failed the shadowfield on the first roll in the last 5 games. Gotta love that '2+' invul!

Her recent deaths include..
1)The wych raider she had joined got shot down, everyone took a wound and I rolled a 1 for the shadowfield. She then got killed by a lasgun (goddamn rapid fire with 30 man blob =P).

2)Another game vs IG she had been merrily cutting down vet squads after poping my friend's chimeras. That is until she charged the command squad. Killed 4 of them, leaving the captain himself. He hit back, did 2 wounds, I failed the 1st invulnerable (note that we play that shadowfield wounds have to be rolled 1 at a time) and then my friend checked his roster and funnily enough he had paid the spare 10 points to give the captain a powersword. There goes the 2nd wound, splat.

3)Charged a squad of 6 Eldar jetbikes. Killed none. 2 Wounds. Failed shadowfield, failed armour-dead.

But I love her non the less =P.

..My entire team of 10 Stormtroopers.

Mainly, they suck because i keep deep striking them into awesome places, rolling well for the scatter (or just moving them to somewhere equally good) and then BAM, they fail to hit the broad side of a barn. Even worse, I keep forgetting to fire them :|

My Assault on Black Reach Dreadnought seems cursed. Last five games it was used in I didn't get any rolls higher than 2 with it. It basically just walks up to the enemy shoots in their direction in order to get their attention so when they charge it or it charges them they can be ready for it's little dance (Swings and misses them so it probably is actually dancing because it isn't hurting anything >_> ) before it's rended into a burning wreck.

I have an Aussault Marine Serge called Barabus. (ironic..a little)
He will ALWAYZ die. And ALWAYZ fail. His most inglorius death so far was when he and his squad was tasked with taking out Jain-Zarr, who waz on one wound. He ended up dying first round. And he CHARGED. All his attacks missed and he fell when they took additonal wounds from the "And they shall know no fear rule"

Whenever he doesn't die, he fails to come onto the battlefield COMPLETLY. Even when he automatically comes on, he scatters off and is either destroyed or delayed. USELESS!

I have made it a point of honour that for his past failure he will be given the most suicidal tasks in a mission from now on. (Such as charging right into view of a vindicator or some other nastiness.) Hopefully, he won't FAIL to at least distract the enemy shooting.

...You realise ATSKNF doesnt apply the fearless penalty...

It does if you are cuaght while falling back.
(Instead of being overrun it just counts as if you were fearless)

Emperors Faithful wrote:It does if you are cuaght while falling back.
(Instead of being overrun it just counts as if you were fearless)

Nope, not even then. The rules clearly say that you just stay locked in combat, you don't lose wounds.

"If Space Marines are cuaght by a sweeping advance, they are not destroyed and will instead continue to fight normally. If this happens, then the unit is subject to the NO RETREAT! rule in that round of close combat and may therefore lose additional casualties."

My pair of Obliterators have this thing about firing Lascannons. One of them always rolls a one, and they alternate (after a few games of watching ones I actually gave them different colored dice).

I have bad luck with transports. Most of them, especially the ones I'm counting on the most get destroyed in the first couple of turns.

I have a Lash Prince that has never gotten Lash off.

I have a single Oblit who always gets hot for Plasma on turn 1 and then dies before turn 2.

I have a Chaos Lord that has died to Dire Sword leadership test 7 times.

Sometimes it is enough to make you cry. I hate my dice they are mfers! They always suck out!!!!


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Railguns wrote:

7 Howling Banshees and 1 Howling Banshee Exarch with an Executioner charge a single Biovore. They cause 0 wounds. It kills one of them back and sweeping advances the whole squad.

That is nothing I had the same thing happen with my 10 Banshees against Gun Drones. Sure the Drones were sweeping 3d6 to my 2d6 fall back but drones are alot less scary than a tyranid.

WC_Brian wrote:sweeping 3d6 to my 2d6 fall back

What?

I thought you compared initiative and both rolled D6 to see if you are not cuaght, yes?

Emperors Faithful wrote:"If Space Marines are cuaght by a sweeping advance, they are not destroyed and will instead continue to fight normally. If this happens, then the unit is subject to the NO RETREAT! rule in that round of close combat and may therefore lose additional casualties."

My bad, Hate smurfs, so I didnt read the codex properly ^^

WC_Brian wrote: I have a Lash Prince that has never gotten Lash off.

I have a single Oblit who always gets hot for Plasma on turn 1 and then dies before turn 2.

I have a Chaos Lord that has died to Dire Sword leadership test 7 times.

Sometimes it is enough to make you cry. I hate my dice they are mfers! They always suck out!!!!


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Railguns wrote:

7 Howling Banshees and 1 Howling Banshee Exarch with an Executioner charge a single Biovore. They cause 0 wounds. It kills one of them back and sweeping advances the whole squad.

That is nothing I had the same thing happen with my 10 Banshees against Gun Drones. Sure the Drones were sweeping 3d6 to my 2d6 fall back but drones are alot less scary than a tyranid.

Were talking about the Tyranid with 1 T4 wound and 1 S4 attack at WS3. The one that shoots the spore mines. He makes GUn Drones look ferocious by comparison

Oh I got an interesting story about my primary unlucky model:

I've been working on my scratchbuilt Pylon for a while now, and the closer it is to completion/the better it's looking, the better it gets! Originally, I would roll more 1's and 2's to hit, and on damage tables vs SuperHeavies (like constant driver shaken/stunned). Now, closer to completion, all 3 Strength D shots hit, and I can take out Multi-Structure-Point SuperHeavies in one turn. Once it's fully completed, it will be completely unstoppable!

I can't get past how odd this phenomenon is...

My Lascannon PCS's and Scout Sentinal
However, my ML Scout Sentinals do very well (charging and beating up a unit of loota and SAG mek with PK the last time I used em)

Sniper Scout team with Missile Launcher.
Two words. Never. Hits.
Also, I have one plasma cannon user. When he must take from Gets Hot! rule, 60% of time he fails.
And when he does fail, it's on the first turn.
It pisses me off.

Hellions.
I used them at several occasions and their performance was.
I remember that once they charged a Scout squad and they ran away.

My Grey Hunter with Power Fist, Einar by name. No one can kill him without an insta-kill, but he seems too slow to hit anything back. At least he always makes his Leadership checks, heh.