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I was just wondering what people thought the most competitive flame centric army out there is. Salamanders come to mind, but can IG make it work versus all comers too?

Thanks!

Probably SoB or GK. They're all about the 'purify by fire' mantra.

Off the top of my head, GK have: Incinerators, Heavy Incinerators, Flamestorm cannons, Cleansing Flame, Henchman with Flamers, Jokaero with Heavy Flamers, Chimeras with HHF, etc.

Burn the witch!

DoW

Sister by far. Look up Immolater spam and you will be amazed.

GK since for 200 pts you can have i think 10 incinerators and for 600 pts you can have 30 incinerators

What about Orks? they have alot of flamer weapon units

Odins Beard wrote:What about Orks? they have alot of flamer weapon units

Orks can field a bunch, issue is we can't get em in troop chioces.

Hq 1 per slot.
Troops 0 per slot.
Fast 3 per slot.
Elite 15 per slot.
Heavy 3 per slot.

65 Max = 2+9+45+9

Don't forget Vulkan with the Vanilla Marines. He will twin link flamers, meltas, and Master Craft Thunder Hammers.

The dark eldar got loads of flames in everything but fast attack. They are quite good to (just make shure you do not leave home withouth your Darklight weaponds)

Also, 3 squads of purgatories in rhinos with 4xS6 flamers for 140 point each is also impresive.

CageUF wrote:

Odins Beard wrote:What about Orks? they have alot of flamer weapon units

Orks can field a bunch, issue is we can't get em in troop chioces.

Hq 1 per slot.
Troops 0 per slot.
Fast 3 per slot.
Elite 15 per slot.
Heavy 3 per slot.

65 Max = 2+9+45+9

Nobs with Combi-Skorchas, at ten per squad and a max of two squads as Troops. So 85.

IG can get a lot of flamers if you max them out...
Troops:24(PCS)+30(Infantry squads)+54(SWS)=108 (I think that's right)
Then you have Fast attack, Elites and HQ slots as well...
Admittedly you end up with an absurd amount of infantry and several tanks...

I say IG (but then I suppose I would).

Every vehicle, other than the valk, can have a heavy flamer. Even our artillery gets them. We have the best dedicated flame tank in the game, although the Baal comes a close second.

Our ability to spam flamers in most slots is pretty good too. One flamer per ten men in troops, command squads with four flamers, stormtroopers dropping in with flamers, flame cavalry (not a good idea but can be done) and special weapon squads with three flamers each adds up to a lot of flamers.

I don't think even the sisters can match the sheer amount of flame a Guard army can put down if it wants to.

Sisters win by the flame template, period. It's your only choice, and you can (need/must) make them rending.

Chaos
--
HQ
Huron Blackheart w/Heavy Flamer
Chaos Lord w/Combi Flamer
Elite
3x10 Terminators with Combi-Flamers
or
3xDeadnauts w/ Heavy Flamers
or
3x5 Chosen w/Flamer
Troops
6x5 Plauge Marines w/2xFlamer
Fast Attack
3x5 Raptors w/2xFlamer
Heavy Support
3x5 Havoc w/5xFlamer

Yeha, but Dark Eldar have flamers that can threaten marines.