Single best unit out there?/Your favorite unit

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**Darkvoidof40k**

Title says it all.

What's your favorite unit/[special]character/vehicle/apocalypse unit/apocalypse formation
and
why?

Is it awesome when outfitted in a certain way, converting or painting reasons, best when coupled with another unit or ability, or just plain tacticalcreed on its own?

Damn, this is a hard one if I say so myself

. Can't decide.

**Cadet_Commissar_Ludd**

Sly Marbo, took me a few moments but there's my answer

**sniperjolly**

Ork boyz. Tough, cheap, the most brutal killing machines in CC for their points in the game, and to top it off, scoring.

**Happygrunt**

SM linebreaker squadren. Three vindicators.

**Sorgon**

UM- Terminators with CML - Lots of Pretty DMG !!

**lliadon**

eldar wraithguard...just look awesome to me and are a blast to play with. Whoo insta death galore.

**Karmine**

DOOOOOOMRIDER! Doomrider! *nah nah, nah nah*

**rocklord2004**

Nob bikers with power klaws, eavy armor, cybork bodies, and twin linked shootas. Too many points to be worth a full squad but so much fun to do it anyway. So much speedy killyness. Attach Wazdakka and watch people cry.

**KingCracker**

Im in the Nob boat, of the non biker variety. They are awesome sculpts, are a blast to paint, AND they kick the piss out of pretty much everything.

**smacky**

Tau Stealthsuits
I love the new models, and they perform wonderfully every game.

**Shovan**

The Swarmlord

Just shear badassness. I love the idea of making your own four sword wielding Tyrant and the rules that come along with him.

**TheOniTsuki**

My HQ hands down.

Choas sorc with MoT, Wings, Gift of chaos, Winds of chaos.

Flying around the feild and spawning up to 2 chaos spawn a turn makes me smile.

I have had up to 8 on the board at once. Was vs IG and he for the life of him could not kill any of them in CC. But they didnt do any better in return.

**Inquisitor_Syphonious**

Either an eldar seer council, due to its durability, and ability to munch most things in one round.

OR

Vindicators. Awesome models, and who doesn't love three S10 AP2 templates a turn?

Battlesuits and Nobz don't, thats who!

**Ahshran**

Lukas the Trikster. The stasis bomb thoroughly annoys my friend the daemon player

**IGLannister**

The most dangerous and hardcore unit in the game, of course:

the Guardsman and his Lasgun.

Represent.

**Ailaros**

Single best game-wise? Manticore

What other weapon fires D3 S10 large blast ordnance in barrage mode (no cover + shoot at what it can't see)? The only other single most effective unit in the regular game of 40k is the deathstrike missile launcher which can make everything within a 24" blast diameter simply disappear.

As for favorite, mini-wise, I'd say probably something out of the Chaos range.

As for fluff, I'd probably say wraithguard.

**SoloFalcon1138**

Dark Angels Deathwing Terminators with a Land Raider as their chariot.

**Kurgash**

Kharn. In almost any situation he never misses and rarely fails to kill something whether friend or foe.

**AlmightyWalrus**

Grey Knight Grand Master. If only he had more WS, he might actually have been one of the best HQs in the game instead of being "just" good.

Also, fluff-wise, find me a loyalist marine who's more powerful than a Grey Knight GM. Obviously not counting Marneus "Pretty Boy" Calgar and his stolen power fists.

**mal**

Mandrakes.

I means sure, they aren't going to win you any games, but I've always wanted to have a completely DSing army with only the invisible mandrakes on the table to p*ss off the other player for a few turns first.

**vodo40k**

The Emperor

**Inquisitor_Syphonious**

Ailaros wrote:Single best game-wise? Manticore

What other weapon fires D3 S10 large blast ordnance in barrage mode (no cover + shoot at what it can't see)? The only other single most effective unit in the regular game of 40k is the deathstrike missile launcher which can make everything within a 24" blast diameter simply disappear.

As for favorite, mini-wise, I'd say probably something out of the Chaos range.

As for fluff, I'd probably say wraithguard.

Obviously not the best in the game... but they're up there I guess, depends on how you look at it. /shrug

The fact that they're single vehicles mean they're prone to early toasting. Very early toasting.

Errm. Actually, manticores are what? AP4?

EDIT- Actually, you just love IG enough to blindly declare sub-par vehicles the best eh? Are chimeras with dual heavy flamers the best too?

**Vrakk**

9 Killa kans. Ranging from 360 - 450 pts they can lay down fire, have ok armor ( AV 11) and are str 10 in close combat. KANS ROCK! Add is a big mek with a kff behind them and they are almost unbeatable - especially in low point games.

**fa1lanx**

Ten Khorne Berzerkers in a Chaos Land Raider, and Blood Champ with Power Fist. These guys win games for me.

Until they meet genestealers....

**sniperjolly**

vodo40k wrote:The Emperor

the battle Titan? Technically the best, weighing in at 4000 points, but apocalypse units are cheating.

**Luna Havoc**

Deamon Prince with Wings, MoN, and WoC, destroyed 2 squads of terminators and raped in general

**Partof1**

Thousand Sons.

Hard to argue with soulless dustbuckets behind one who commands the very fabric of surreality.

Their Slow and Purpoeful, is often rough, but their other perks I miss when using other units.

**Fafnir**

Fluff wise, Inquisitors. They can pretty much be anything you want. Gives you lots of cool modelling oppurtunities too.

Fun wise, assassins, of any kind.

Metagame wise, probably the standard Ork boy. Not the be-all end-all, but for what you pay for, you get a lot.

**SlimPickens**

Mephiston.

**lord17c**

Big Mek with Shokk attack gun. Most deadly and at the same time entertaining thing i've ever played.