40k the best special character in the game

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**Thed**

so i have a question for the hordes of players on Dakka Dakka, my local gaming store is going to hold a battle royal of special characters, the restrictions are that you can field any one special character, points don't matter. I was wondering what people thought would be the best character to bring to this event, so far that space marine hero seargent cronus is my favorite since i can take him with on a land raider, pask is also a good choice on a lemun russ, but was wondering if anyone else could think of a better hero to bring. also if you can't think of a better hero, then which variant of land raider or lemun russ should i field?

thanks in advance to all who help.

**Alphacerberus**

lysander he never goes down once hes imcombat if its direct combat without moving ake drazhar he wipes anything but he gets wiped by shooting

cronus would go good on a normal land raider as it instant kills everything with less than t6 or EW if worst comes to worst tank shock xD

if not a crusader as you will hit with everyshot TL bolters and multi-melta can still insta kill the AC doesn't hurt eiether

**AlmightyWalrus**

Oh come on, you really shouldn't be able to take Pask or Chronus, as they're upgrade characters that require you to take a non-special character model in the first place.

For a 1 on 1 SC brawl, I'd go with either the Nightbringer, Mephiston or Lysander. Probably the Nightbringer, Meph is more or less the only SC that can win CC against him.

**Chowderhead**

Ghazzy getting the charge.

7 attacks at S10? 4 wounds? EW? 2+ (or 2++)?

He's a beast and can just rip apart titans in 1 turn.

**Azure**

Either the Night Bringer or the Deceiver. Either will be more or less invincible in a 1-on-1

**Devastator**

one of the deamon lords?

**Alphacerberus**

that reminds me scarbrand or ku gath

ku gath wounds on 2's and he has a pw i think also he has 6 wounds and a high toughness

**AlmightyWalrus**

chowderhead13 wrote:Ghazzy getting the charge.

7 attacks at S10? 4 wounds? EW? 2+ (or 2++)?

He's a beast and can just rip apart titans in 1 turn.

Until he meats either C'tan. All of a sudden your invulnerable save doesn't look that good..

**omgnowaiii**

Swarmlord. Insta kill if he lands a wound, and he makes you re-roll passed invul saves.

**shadeyaces**

i have a few Eldrad for the ulitmate stoppin of psychic powers sawrmlord with the insta kill fateweaver or skarband would be half bad they to pretty strong daemons or could use the lord of death

**kronk**

Are you playing againts 1 opponent at a time or is this a battle royale?

Plunk Sgt Telion in cover and shoot away. What good is close combat it you can't make it across the table?

**PraetorDave**

Marneus Calgar. He has two power fists, and an AP2 assault 2 bolter. Eternal Warrior, and 6 str 8 attacks on the charge? Awesome.

**Lonecoon**

Marbo! Hold back until everyone gets in close, then chuck the det pack.

Failing that, try Yarrick. He probably will get back up after he's taken down.

**Cerebrium**

Lysander is an absolute beast. Bolter Drill is sadly a bit wasted if it's ONLY the character and no attached squad.

Nightbringer is an old favourite. Rips apart just about anything fairly reliably. Just be sure to close the gap to the enemy quickly.

Ku'gath is great if you want to play the long game. EW, wounds on 2+, 6W. There's very little (if anything) that can reliably kill him.

**Althuran**

If its a 1vs1 I must say Abbaddon.

**striderx**

If it's 1v1, then it's either the NightBringer or Deceiver.

I mean, why would anything else come into your mind? This is 1 v 1 !!! The C Tan has 4 wounds, and ignores invulnerable!! Every single character mentioned above will just be sucking their thumb and eating wounds.

The Deceiver will also ALWAYS be on the charge because if you charge him, he ll just drop out of combat, and charge you the next turn.

**Alphacerberus**

oh asurmen is a great choice to if he gets a good roll removed from play not even EW saves them

best psycher out there i reckon is njal Jotww anyone?

**Cerebrium**

I'm not seeing the reason for Deceiver. In 1-on-1, Nightbringer has the edge. The Grand Illusion is nice in a normal game, but totally wasted in a 1 on 1.

**Alphacerberus**

maybe because it can choose to leave the assault phase without being hit xD i just read up on it and he can just keep dodging xD

**FourCartridge**

Tactical Genius. That is all.

**Portaljacker**

Bjorn the Fell Handed. Dreadnought unique character, 'nuff said.

**winnertakesall**

CREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!!!!!!!!!!

Outflanking power blob. Nuff said.

And after all, he is a tactical genius hurrrrr

**MechaEmperor7000**

Bjorn is a beast against anything that's not Kharn, Strakken or a MC. Against those, he's charred slag.

My vote's with the Nightbringer or a Daemon MC special character. Nightbringer is the toughnest creature in any normal 40K game (with only the Hierophant having a higher toughness) and his only drawback is his extremely high point cost (given that you can take any amount of points here, that's a non-issue). Daemon MC Special Characters have Eternal Warrior and a slew of powerful effects (Skarbrand is extremely killy, Fateweaver can use three powers a turn and has a rerollable 3++, and Kugath has a large blast nurgling attack, as well as generating Nurglings during battle).

**Redbeard**

Wazdakka can turbo and stay out of assault indefinitely, while firing 4 S8 shots/turn into the fray. One stun on bjorn, and the next turn, he's getting rear armour.

Actually, the ability to move 24" (picking up a 3+ cover along the way) each turn and still fire those shots might let him win against anyone else mentioned here, given enough turns. Though he's toast if you catch him, with no invul save.

**Ailaros**

If you're lucky, Yarrik is literally invincible. Even if he never gets a single attack off, he can still tarpit any other infantry unit in the game.

**MechaEmperor7000**

Saint Celestine is another good contender, solely because she's largely unkillable (it's rather hard to fail an unmodified leadership test when you have LD10) and rather fast. She doesnt bring much in the way of killing power though

**Alphacerberus**

only problem is anything with decent shooty would turn him into a fireball as his + save isn't the best
wazdakka*

**Redbeard**

Alphacerberus wrote:only problem is anything with decent shooty would turn him into a fireball as his + save isn't the best
wazdakka*

He's T(6) with a 3+ cover save from turbo-boosting every turn. What special character has enough shooty to fireball that easily?

**Taubeast**

My fave for this kinda thing would be Bjorn the Fell-Handed. Venerable Dread with 13 frontal arour and a 5+against penetrating and glancing? With an assault cannon? Yes, Please!

**MechaEmperor7000**

Bjorn is best used with a Plasma Cannon. Basically a direct hit on average with a 6 inch Deviation at worst.