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New Orks give Nidzilla and Mech Eldar a run for their money.

Marines are also pretty damn good, but expect them to drop down in power once they get the DA style Nerf.

wow thought chaos would have gotten more votes

skullspliter888 wrote:wow thought chaos would have gotten more votes

They have so few votes because Pete Haines didn't write the new Chaos Codex.

The Lash of Submission just doesn't stand up to the old Demon Summoning + Rending/Power Weapon Demons; or the Demon Prince in the Chaos Walmart.

A mate of ours in the Club wipes a lot of armies with his Chaos, I thought it would be higher too.

The Eldar sure seem to be everyone's bane. Myself, I've always chewed them up and spat them out, unless they get into assault early on, then it's retreat until you can turn around and pump them full of Lasgun fire. Necrons are my bane. When they have their orb out, there doesn't seem to be anything that can kill them, then their bloody floating castles which are tough as nails and as lethal on their own as most armies are all together. So I voted Necrons, who seem to have almost no votes.

Eldar ftw

foxwolf wrote:Eldar ftw

/agreed


Ghidorah

DE dark lance heavy army, never lost a game with mine, so ong as you beef up on warriors (100pts = 10 DE and 2 dark lances) and a ord in a raider turbo boost up to the enemy, get out activate warp-gate-thing bring through --- talos x 3

I think Orks are going to be the real foil to the Dark Eldar's power.

The super lance army of doom isn't going to do a whole lot vs. it, and neither is the WWP style Raider Rush. The horde of Shootas backed up by the usual bits are too much for them to handle. Both sides have fragile troops, but the Orks have better guns and can bring a lot more to the table.

skullspliter888 wrote:chaos baby the best all around troops in the game. whats that 2 attacks base in your face and a bolt pistol all for 15 points

You've never heard of a slugga boy, have you? I vote orks, they're just too mean with their new codex of evil death stompy shootyness...and I play them!

see i dunno there cos, splinter cannon armed DE scourges are arguably the best anti infantry troops in 40k

Jump troops with heavy weapons never made any sense to me, and I was talking more about the number of attacks in assault for points paid.

yeah i was just saying, ways to deal with orky hordes, and i think the heavy weapons (as apposed to assut 4 splint cans) is a poor option, they should have had em as fast attack and just with splinter cannons..but w/e..

"Marines are also pretty damn good, but expect them to drop down in power once they get the DA style Nerf."

Wrong answer.

- G

I have not fought enough eldar or new chaos to be able to vote for sure on this. Most of the eldar players I have played are inexperienced and I have beat them easily.

I'm surprised Tau hasn't gotten a higher vote. Most people I've talked to hate to play against Tau and think they're overpowered in a line up and kill game.

tau are so easy to foil though, being smart and taking out some of the battle suits right away and they crumble pretty easily. that or kill off anything with a marker light. after that they lose IMO

its cool to see people thoughts. I would have thought that the poll would be fairly one sided with eldar and chaos/normal space marines but its good to see the off vote here and there. It shows faith in their army though the poll is about who the stongest army is.

Its also good to see people explaining what they think about the higher voted armies and how to beat them

So is it Tri-Falcon? or Eldar in general?

It would be interesting to do this poll again, but allow people to select more than one army.

-LE037

I am not much of a player, but I would have thought new orks would be vying for top spot. If you tool up with enough anti-tank to beat the traditional winners (6-8 monstrous nids, crapload of marines, three falcons) then you won't have enough anti-horde fire for 100 green dudes and their 40 buddies with jump packs.

Dead Horse wrote:I am not much of a player, but I would have thought new orks would be vying for top spot. If you tool up with enough anti-tank to beat the traditional winners (6-8 monstrous nids, crapload of marines, three falcons) then you won't have enough anti-horde fire for 100 green dudes and their 40 buddies with jump packs.

That's the theory. Have Orks actually started dominating the tournament scene yet?

Pariah Press wrote:

Dead Horse wrote:I am not much of a player, but I would have thought new orks would be vying for top spot. If you tool up with enough anti-tank to beat the traditional winners (6-8 monstrous nids, crapload of marines, three falcons) then you won't have enough anti-horde fire for 100 green dudes and their 40 buddies with jump packs.

That's the theory. Have Orks actually started dominating the tournament scene yet?

I went to a tournament recently, and there were a pair of Ork players there. The only time either of them lost was when they fought each other.

MinMax wrote:I went to a tournament recently, and there were a pair of Ork players there. The only time either of them lost was when they fought each other.

I forsee a whole lot of 3 whirlwind marine lists.

Sweet. I love Whirlwinds!

I say Space Marines (Yarr!) until they get a smack with the big hammer of nerfing doom. True, they may not win that often, but they have the potential to absolutely murder any list when configured right

Everyone knows that the strongest 40k army is the Crab people! All must bow to our crustacean overlords. Don't you listen to Geekly McNerdigan?

stonefox wrote:

Pariah Press wrote: Spase Mareinz, hurr!

hurr!

18 A cannons for the win!

Seriously, at this point they are arguably the most customizable force out there. It is often overlooked that people configure to play marines and can win. However, rarely are marines configured to defeat their specific type of army. As noted above visualize a 3 whirlwind, heavy flamer/bolter heavy force specifically designed to deal with horde guard or horde orks. An all infiltrating 6 devastator team for antiskimmer goodness. That sort of thing.