Your favorite unit in 40k

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**Griever**

What is your favorite 40k unit? It could be just a codex entry, or something much more specific. I'll list mine as an example:

Simple: Grey Hunters, Codex Space Wolves

More specifically, my preferred loadout is:

9 Grey Hunters, Power Fist, Meltagun, Wolf Standard, Mark of Wulfen, Rhino. Attached Wolf Guard in power armor with Power Fist & Combi-Melta.

It's mobile, tough, scoring, and is more than a match for other armies assault specialists. I used to take four of these units in my Space Wolf armies, but now I'm thinking of dropping terminators/land raider and taking taking 6! Squads of Chaos Marines, Daemon Princes, and Obliterators just bounce off these guys.

**shealyr**

Diversified Nobz with Ghazghkull in a battlewagon covered by a KFF.

Name a unit. Any unit. This will kill it. And it has a 23-28" charge range, depending on what Ghazghkull rolls for difficult terrain.

**Shake Zoola**

shealyr wrote:Diversified Nobz with Ghazghkull in a battlewagon covered by a KFF.

Name a unit. Any unit. This will kill it. And it has a 23-28" charge range, depending on what Ghazghkull rolls for difficult terrain.

Thats scoring as well!

Id have to agree with this one...

Automatically Appended Next Post:
If we were going with just single units...Id say diversified nobz...

**Destrado**

Sternguard. They're just cool.

Of course, Nobz (especially with the delicious kit they have - ok, it doesn't cover every option, but they have the best CCWs I've ever seen. No, not the powerclaws...) are just made of win.

**Chaos Lord Gir**

Mines a toss up

Khorne Berserkers for the delicious amount of 'KILL! KIIIIIIL!'

Grey Knights for having a attitude and style so cold I got frost bite looking at their codex,

Or Blood crushers, for never failing to kill ANYTHING with a W stat :p

**big baby jesus**

Bloodcrushers x 8
-Skully
-x 3 Heralds
-Full command for wound allocation

Blood for the blood god.

**phyrephly**

My favorite would have to be howling banshees full 10 man squad with Exarch Executioner. Not only do they kill alot of stuff and have all power weapons, they also look cool.

**Shelegelah**

Chaos Sorcerer.

Nothing screams arrogance and sheer, unbridled power like a Chaos Sorcerer. I could be biased due to the sheer amount of fluff I've generated for Levistus, The Dread Sorcerer, but I guess that's what this thread's all about: bias!

In second place: The Archon. Equal helping of arrogance, only flaw is no sorcery.

(I like sorcery.)

**Mr Hyena**

Inquisitors have to be my favourite thanks to how customisable they are; while also Grey Knight Terminators and Sisters of Battle Celestians are pretty awesome too.

**just2fierce**

It would be a toss up between a couple different things......

full size FARSIGHT bomb, diversified nob unit, 10 man diversified chaos termie unit, GK Terminators or a standard Assault Squad from the BA dex would all get honorable mention.

I would have to say full size scout bike squad with all the trimmings!

**geordie09**

Harker and Imp Guard Vets are my favourite... its a fluff based attraction mainly as my regular opponent knows how demoralised I become at there loss and they rarely make it through 2 turns...

My Imp force never seems to be without ratling snipers... cheap and if they are unmolested by the opposition then they can take down many opponents.

**labmouse42**

I'm going to say that I love units that are mobile. Orks in wagons. Eldar vehicles. Bikers. Landspeeders.

40k is a game about movement. Being just out of charge range, or landing on the objective on the turn you want, etc. More movement means more options which means a greater ability to make the game yours.

**TheCapm**

Even though I never use them, one of my favorite units is Mega Armored Nobz just cuz they always look killer.

**VikingScott**

I like Inquisitors or a ten man unit of Pathfinders with Farseer (Doom/guide. )

**a small waagh**

I have played a full unit if burnas in a BW and attached KFF mek. you can get a sillie amount of wounds and have survivability!

**extrenm(54)**

Defiler.

For 150 points, a fleeting dreadnought mith more attacks and a battle cannon seems like a good idea to me.

**Penguinmasterofdoom**

Big Mek with SAG. Just way too much fun

**The Bringer**

As a Tau player, I am inclined to say Crisis Suits, as they are usually the backbone of my army.

As a BA player, terminators w/ a sanguinary priest are awesome.

**wib**

KFF Mek... The amount of punishment transports can take when he's around can get just plain silly.

**notabot187**

Mega nobs: over looked unit, preforms well, cheap power klaw, cool model.

Wyches and bloodbrides: T3 6+ save unit that isn't afraid of much of anything in CC. 3 shardnets, a ton of attacks, 4++ in CC, agonizer sarge, and the ability to earn or receive FNP makes many units double or triple their points hesitate about being near this unit. I don't even hesitate (much) charging gene stealers with these.

SM Scouts. Infiltrate, scouts, move through cover, can get stealth, and a decent assortment of weapon options. In a game about missions, these guys have some good utility towards achieving victory. Even the scout bikers can be potent. The Space wolf version of scouts is downright mean.

Null zone librarian. Null zone might be a dead power against many opponents, same with the hood. But when you need either, they do such a great job it isn't funny.

**Grimaldi**

No mention of vendettas yet? Potentially the best value in the game, and loads of fun to play with.

**Jagd44**

Imperial Guard Hellhound w/heavy stubber and smoke launchers

I have always liked the story behind the Hellhound. Now they even look better with their new models. A fast tank armed with a heavy bolter, heavy stubber and an inferno cannon (arguably with the best flamethrower weapon in the game) is a model to be reckoned with. I generally run two in my army so that they can support one another. I usually keep them in reserve as a rapid deployment force to keep my opponent guessing.

**Grey Templar**

GKGM with Terminator retinue. Master and squad both have Psycannons.

a hidden Force Weapon that ignores ID, a bunch of storm bolter shots, 6 Str6 Ap4(soon to be 3) shots, and Str6 power weapons to boot.

it's probably the best looking squad too. awsome models.

**stalkerzero**

Monolith.

So many special rules. AV14 all around. When the big gun hits, it hits hard.

**PraetorDave**

XV88 Broadside suits. Twin linked Railguns. Destroy ANY vehicle within 72". Badda bing Badda boom

**G. Whitenbeard**

Necron Destroyer, in my humble experience

T5 WBB Jetbike with a big ol' Gauss cannon. Definitely one of the single greatest tank hunters in past rules editions (before they seriously toned down the ridiculous power of Gauss weapons).

**Acardia**

Deathrain Crisis suits- absolute ability to eat light to mid armor, and infantry and 3 flamers keep the squishie assault troops away.

**Ailaros**

I'm going to actually second the chaos sorcerer. Specifically, the one you give "gifts of chaos" to.

Hey, Ghazkull! You're a spawn now!

Hey, Carnifex! You're a spawn now!

Hey, Mephiston! You're a spawn now!

Hey Kharn! You're... well, you're still cool...

No matter what ultra scary crazy whatever your opponent throws down, you've got at least a 1 in 6 chance of turning it into a chaos spawn.

Kewl...

**Grakmar**

My favorite unit has got to be The Avatar of the Bloody-Handed God.

Although, an XV88 Broadside Battlesuit Team is pretty cool as well.

**Shelegelah**

Hey, Ghazkull! You're a spawn now!

Hey, Carnifex! You're a spawn now!

Hey, Mephiston! You're a spawn now!

Hey Kharn! You're... well, you're still cool...

No matter what ultra scary crazy whatever your opponent throws down, you've got at least a 1 in 6 chance of turning it into a chaos spawn.

Kewl...

My thoughts exactly! Lash of Submission is nothing to sneeze at, either. Gift of Chaos is my personal favorite power, though. It exempliefies all that is Chaos.