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So tonight my fiancée(SW) and myself(new DA) are going up against new chaos and orks. We are probably going to be playing 2k or more each and I was wondering how you guys would run your new DA against these foes. I was also wondering how wagh worked, I've only played against orks once before, and not since 6th Ed hit. I'm thinking about testing the new flyer out but I'm not sure yet if I will have it built. Let me know what you guys think, thanks guys.

Waagh is not really anything to worry about in this edition unless he has dakka jets then it is something to worry about. Waagh gives the orks fleet which in 5th allowed for a nice run then charge but now it no longer allows you to charge after running but will give you a better chance of making a decent ranged charge IE rolling double 1's on charge range. The thing to worry about with dakkajets is they normally have 9 twin linked bs 3 shots on a Waagh that doubles to 18 shots.

I would say you are probably pretty well off as the new DA dex has all the anti chaos stuff and SW are always tough for anyone. Can't comment much on what to bring from the DA dex as I don't have one yet.

So the game went 14 points to 4 points in favor of the imperium. Hells yeah!

Scorpiodragon wrote:
So the game went 14 points to 4 points in favor of the imperium. Hells yeah!

Yeah I played DA and SM vs C:SM and Nids today and wasn't that good but we beat them by a margin. Of course I hunted the Chaos with a mass of Deathwing and that worked really well. Didn't really try out much else new beyond the Scouts behind a barrier trick.

Overall I'm seeing a number of ways I could cut back on Deathwing if I wanted though I was curious to see how they played now. Twin Linked Split Fire with a pair of heavy weapons in the squad was really nice when surrounded with Chaos.

Any way you want, what models do you have though? Just modify the SW as they are a powerhouse and can tear through orks and chaos

Well done on your win!

New DA and SW sound like a good mix against anyone. One of the most effective lists I've toyed with in my head from the new Codex is a gunline using the Standard of Devastation along with a lot of Tacticals and some select Devastators/tanks etc for heavy weaponry... but it's kinda vulnerable to being assaulted. But with SW attached, you have a combat-competent screen to keep your precious gunline from ever seeing the Assault phase.