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I have a question about the armies that you play.

Is there a squad/model you have never used in a game? Never even once?

I thought there was only 1 or 2 for me but actually, many.

Tyranids:

Parasite of Mortrex
Deathleaper
Venomthrope (used in army lists, never in active play)
Pyrovore
Ripper Swarm
Sky slasher swarm
Ravener
Spore mine cluster
Old One eye

Orks:
Warphead
Special Character Warphead
Looted Wagon (army lists, never in active play)
Kommandos (same as above)
Bikers
Stormboyz
Wazzdakka
Flash Gitz
Big Gunz

I sold a whole bunch of my extra Space Wolves infantry that I never used (I used to have 6 maxed-out Troop Choices but now I've only got 3). I have used most of my models, but I've never gotten a chance to try out special characters like:
Logan Grimnar
Njal Stormcaller
Ragnar Blackmane
Ulrik the Slayer
Lukas the Trickster

In addition, I've only used a bunch of models once or twice in ~6 years:
Skyclaw Assault Pack
Whirlwind (I usually just run it as a Rhino)
A Heavy Bolter Long Fang
Lone Wolf
Iron Priest
Rune Priest (that'll probably change though, I really like these guys and wanna use them more)

Dark Eldar:
all the special characters except the baron and vect
hariquins
grotesques
mandrakes
void raven bomber
cronos
talos
blood brides
hellions(well i never use them at least)

With my C:SMs

All special characters: Never bothered
Whirlwind: Could tell it was a stinker from day one (started marines after the current books)
Thunderfire cannon: See above
Vindicator: Not my style
Vanguard: too expensive, both in unit cost and in money
Sternguard: Don't need them, unit cost higher than I would like (have proxied a few times, wasn't impressed)

Everything else I've used quite a bit, or at least infrequently.

DE
special characters (though use Lilith to eat points to get to bigger games, limited collection)
Succubus: Just a beat stick character. Not impressed
Grotesques: Could be good, haven't had a chance to try
Hellions: Want to try, but not wanting to buy as many as I want to use, not motivated enought to proxy
Beast packs: Not going to use official models for this, planning conversions (costs like 400 for a full squad!)
Scourges: played them a few times last book, terrible unit. This book they are decent, but waiting for models.
Voidraven: don't want to pay so many points
razorwing: Like enought to want, but not untill 2k games, which I'm only at 1750 by using every model and lilith...
Chronos: undecided on how good it is

Daemons: Tried everything, as a result refuse to use certain units. Sometimes bad units are just bad and should be left alone.

Sisters

Sisters repentia: One of the worst CC units in the game
Inq stormtroopers: only ran "pure sisters" or sisters with IG
Penitant engines: not the greatest unit, but scary fully maxed out, but unwilling to buy 9 awful to put together metal walkers
Priests: Makes your units worse
Arco Flagellents: too expensive, no transport option

Orks:
Flash gits: don't have to explain...
Looted wagons: See above
Old zog: Never appealed, other than snickrot outflanking...
Old doc: wanted to try, but to crazy a build to justify

GK:
Special characters: Don't like special builds, or haven't had a chance to run them yet
Most of the henchmen: Don't own models except for DCAs and models I can use for crusaders
Assassins: only tried the new callidus so far, am going to try the vindicare, but not the other two
Purgation squad: Have trouble finding slots for them
Dreadknight: my lists so far haven't required it
Stormraven: see dreadknight
Techmarines: see stormraven

All of the C:SM special characters except Telion and Shrike (Though I want to try them)
Bikers (Rather have MM/HF speeders...Or vanguard...)
Attack bikes(Rather have MM/HF speeders. Far more.)
Scout bikes (Doesn't fit with the army.)
Land speeder storms (No.)
Thunderfire cannons (Artillery rules suck too bad to use a HS slot for one, sorry.)
Captain/Chapter master (I have the model, and I'm even building a command squad, but never used him! I used to use a chaplain in 4E and earlier and now I use a librarian!)
Shooty terminators (Oh, that's cute, look at those cute little stormbolt---GIVE IT A THUNDERHAMMER!)
Honor guard (This would require me to take a chapter master...and while cool? I truly do hate working with pewter, and I can't really find a cheap source lately. Vanguard I can at least convert from assault marines.)
Land speeder typhoons (The whole flying around firing off pairs of missles is cool, but I need speeders as mobile AV14, I have plenty of MLs and 3+ crackers as is.)

@SOFDC you gotta try Vulkan! build a list around him and you will be hooked!

Chaos Marines- Land Raider- Obits fill my Heavy support!!
Chaos Marines- anything to do with Thousand Sons

Orks- Bikers and buggies, Kans and Dreads

Harlequins
Warlock squads
Rangers
Storm Guardians
Dark Reapers
Support Weapon Batteries
Night Spinner

Imperial Guard
HQ - Never use the psyker or lord commie.
Elites - Stormtroopers, Ratlings and Ogryn are just terrible.
Troops - I never use HWTs other than autocannons and Penal Legion is as bad as the elite section.
Fast Attack - Sentinels and Banewolves I won't touch. I could see a use for a hellhound or devildog, but haven't had an opportunity.
Heavy Support - Any Russ except Executioner, Battle and to a lesser extent Demolisher. Any artillery except basilisks and manticores.

Eldar:
Never use special characters, nor play against them. Call it hangup since 2nd ed.
Shining spears
Under the new rules not used harlequins once as I prefer other troops, but used them often 2nd ed.
Don't use swooping hawks either since 2nd ed though have the pretty models to sit and paint.

Oh and since I don't buy WD not used the nightspinner either.

All the chaos fast attack section. That's all.

CSM:
1k sons
Possessed
Bikers
Spawn
Raptors
All SCs other than Abaddon & Kharn


Daemons:
GUO
Laser Chicken
Beasts of Nurgle
Flesh Hounds
Furies
Nurglings
All SCs other than Changeling & Skulltaker

IG:
Most of the 'dex, still fleshing out my army.

IG:
Sentinels
Rough Riders
Devil Dogs
All Russes besides Vanilla, Demolisher, Executioner, and Vanquisher
Conscripts
All HQ's except for Company Command Squad
Hydras
Collosus
Griffon
Special Weapons Squad
Psycher Battle Squad
Deathstrike

Pretty sure that's it.

Space Marines

Vanguard vets
Whirlwinds
LRR

everything else(excluding Special characters) has been used at some time.

Grey Templar wrote:Space Marines

Vanguard vets
Whirlwinds
LRR

everything else(excluding Special characters) has been used at some time.

This plus:

Scouts
TFC
LSS

For IG:

I have never used any hell-hound Variant(no particular reason, I just never have used the old one, and the new ones I have not had a Chance to)
Many of the New LR Variants(just because they are new).
Most of the New Artillery; basically i have only ever used Bassies, Manticores, Deathstrike(had to try it), and Hydras
Rough riders
Conscripts

My much loved furioso dreadnought only saw light of day as a furioso librarian. Now that my entire army DS hes sitting on my shelf next to a drop pod.

Ohhh... I play lots of armies... hmmmm... i'll just do my primary armies

Tyranids
Pyrovores (guess why)
Lictors (though the deathleaper is pretty fun in friendly games )
Parasite
Spore mines (except when biovores poop them out... not sure if that counts)
OOE


past that... i have used every unit in the codex, and have strong opinions on each based on personal experience. The others... theory crafting and realization that whatever they can be used for... they are not worth the points. (OOE is never EVER going to be worth 280 points...)

Daemons
Keeper of secrets*
The masque
Herald of Nurgle
Bloodletters**
Daemonettes**
Seekers
Fleshhounds
Screamers
Furries

*Need to get around to it
** Not as appealing as the other options. Yes bloodletters have all power weapons, but they are slow, and lack assault grenades. Daemonettes are the revers, but lack survivability. Neither can be taken in small units wile still being effective at what they do, so i choose not to take either.

The others... I don't have the models, mostly because point for point I have better options at each roll. Screamers for example: The are cool... but vehicles move, the screamers become less effective. Assuming the screamers survive a round of shooting, and even manage to do something to a vehicle, if the explosion doesn't kill them... the guys inside will.

Necron:

Pariah's
Tomb spider
Tomb stalker (not tried yet)