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Shokk Attak Gun

Lasguns

The Vulcan Megabolter is thematically my favourite weapon for some reason. In the game, though, it's hard to say. Quite possibly the humble meltagun, if I go by the OP's "must take in every game" rule.

Boltgun. It fires little rockets that pop people like little grapes. What's not to love?

The little ninja in me has to go with the shuriken weapons, firing hundreds of sharp disks that can cut thrugh sny armour thanks to bladestorm makes the awsome idiom "death by a thousand cuts" seem very suitable.

Hnourable mentions to vortex grenades and wraithcannons for makeing holes in reality where previously there were none

My chcoise is the Plasma Blastgun, because nothing can't say "feth you" better than this. Except Cyclonic torpedo.

Shokk Attack Gun. Orks invent a portable way to transport things through the warp, they use it to launch insane snotlings inside of people. Easily the most hilarious weapon, and that it makes marines cry is a bonus.

People might hate it, but I personally love DEMOLITION CHARGES!!! Best things that allow expendable soldiers to have some impact upon nearly unkillable units within the game.

With guns it is the bolter just because everything else has got weird weapons like laser weaponry, plasma, tau pulse weapons etc.
Plus I like the weapon personally; its pretty badass.

In close combat I like power swords because you don't see many heroes with axes or hammers? Swords are just awesome and I have had great experience with them.

Fluff-wise, I think it has to be the bolter, simply because I will never forget the first time I played the Space Marine game and opened fire with one. The sound, the look and the waves or Orks turned to a bloody pulp was just too awesome!

In game, I have something of a penchant for plasma, as there's not a lot that S7 AP2 isn't good against. Need to put the hurt on a vehicle, take out some termies that cost twice your points, or make your opponent just forget the idea of having a save, go plasma.

My Eldar army only features a few guns.
Shuriken Catapults - naturally as this is the primary weapon for basic citizens.
Shuriken Pistol - sometimes a Warlock just needs to get a shot off.
Shuriken Cannon - underslung weapon of choice for Skimmers everywhere.
Scatter Laser - why shoot something once when you can shoot it again (obviously you are not actually shooting twice, just win-linking).
And finally - the Bright Lance. I've been taking Lance Spam since the start of 6th edition. I've yet to go up against any Super-Heavies, but I'm not afraid. Melta is good at close range but as soon as you leave but as soon as you are outside half-range, Lance is better.

Shuriken Cannon. It became a favourite from ancient days of 2nd Edition where the following fire rules, in combination with a Death Jester, made it the most sublime of weapons. I don't know if I'm remembering this correctly, but I'm pretty sure I used to have a Dark Reaper exarch with Fast Shot and a Shuriken Cannon and it was my favourite thing ever in the game.

Maybe the rules these days aren't the same, but I cannot help but see Shuriken Cannon as an option in an army list and have a mental reaction of: "Must Buy".

Heavy bolters. Because who the feth needs a rifle when you can shoot 100 explosive bolts with in a few seconds.
Oh, and also because heavy machine guns are dominate.
Long live MK46!

D-Scythe

Everyone who answered anything other than the Maugetar, Shock Attack Gun or Lasgun in this thread is objectively wrong. Somehow.

Definitely the Lasgun, because it's fun to kill Daemon Princes with flashlights.

In the game: Railguns, reach out and destroy someone.

In the "fluff": Plasma anything, seems very 40k that something that kills so well also has a chance to kill the gunner.

<edit> For plain messed-up: Shokk attack gun, using something to teleport grots into targets as a weapon... only an Ork would do that.

Exitus Rifle, hands down

Fluffwise?

Gauss weapons- you just can't beat that whole "see that green lightning bolt? That's not the gun firing at the victim, it's the victim's flayed subatomic particles shooting towards the gun!" thing.

Gamewise?

The trusty Twin-Linked Tesla Destructor.

'Tis a thing of beauty.

Shokk Attack gun, the old one, because it had a whole page of charts depending on what you were shooting at with such fun descriptions of "Snotlings teleport into the dreadnought clawing and scratching in the close quarters terrified from their journey through the warp, killing the pilot."

 Perfect Organism wrote:
Lasgun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztVMib1T4T4

I'm going to vote for the Vulcan Mega-Bolter.

Demolisher cannons, can't wait to buy 3rd vindicator....
Fluff wise: Bolt weapons
I know it is not about melee weapons, but Chainsword/Eviscerator/Seth's Blood reaver are awesome as well!

Hvy Incinerator on a DK. Torrent and ignores cover. Fun and it wrecks.

My choice, Plasma, more presice, plasma rifle, because there is nothing more badas than shoothing little sun´s to the enemy face

Assult cannons, they shrewd orks like paper :-)

Twin linked even better.

Vulkan mega bolter, its assult cannon but more awesome

Lasgun and laspistol.

the Humble Lasgun One is Joke, 50 of them rapid firing with Front Rank Fire! Second rank Fire! Is one of the most fun things you can do In 40k

In-game, I love plasma. I take it on anything that will carry it.

thebarnet wrote:
the Humble Lasgun One is Joke, 50 of them rapid firing with Front Rank Fire! Second rank Fire! Is one of the most fun things you can do In 40k

Giving the blob precsience and then trying to roll all 150 dice at once (I've got the dice for it ) would be hilarious...

Wraithcannon. Lets just shoot holes in reality at the enemy.