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Hey all those wargamers out there

I have a massive chaos army and a reasonably sized space wolves army, but I'm looking to collect another race

I don't want any MEQs as im sick of rolling 3+ saves as I have been for the past 4 years that i've played 40k

I want an army thats at least ok in combat

One that is okay but with good tactics and focus you can win (something that isn't IG)

One that is fun

One that isn't crap

Giving me advice would be much aprecciated

ANY army can win with good tactics and focus

I'd suggest Daemons of Chaos, they're as far as you can possibly get compared to...Well ANY army in 40k. No deployment ever and the bonus is you can use the army in conjunction with Chaos Space Marines (I collect both armies, and damn Apocalypse is fun with my traitor guard, Daemons and Chaos marines all gracing my army roster.)

Just know that Daemons has got its competitive builds and I find its generally good, but expect to play at a slight disadvantage seeing as every marine player either has nullvoid, and the new GK codex coming out will most likely make me pack in my Daemons until the next flavour of the month comes out.

After seeing the leaked one I'd agree with that Gir. Looks like sad days for Daemons ahead for a little bit. Don't let that discourage you from trying them though as they are pretty interesting to play.


Perhaps one of the versions of Eldar would be a good choice. I'm not sure about the Dark Eldar (as I don't play them), but Eldar seem to rely on their mobility and you thinking ahead of your opponent. They're a little more challenging to play than marines and need a decent amount of strategy and recreating plans as the battle goes along.

Yeah the leaked one sorta nerfs Daemons. Sad Days :(

Eldar, well I was considering them but as forgeworld has had a crapload of eldar releases they will probably get a new codex sometime this year.

I may look into dark eldar.

From your list of criteria, i would suggest either Tyranids or Orks.

Orks are "at least ok" in combat, and are definitely a fun army (ive only played against them, but overall they are very fun games, due in part to some of the rules.


Tyranids are an army that can have loads of tactics, especially given the fact that you need synapse creatures. and a good number of their models look sweet as all get.

I would say try out Eldar, they have some sweet CC units, have very few MEQs and the models are pretty sweet.

Thanks all for the advice

I've decided on Nids Based on the fact that i bought their codex a while back and their models are great and I can do some great conversions to make Zoanthropes ect. and Ensis's Advice thx