Who would have to be your favourite three 40k armies?

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**Da Epic Pegasus**

It's a thought i dwell on so much. After my eldar army, who should I be? I want to be Grey knights because they look cool and they have awesome rules. Maybe Tyranids because I love their models and also they have some pretty epic stuff (GENESTEALERS)!!!
My favourites are: Eldar(Current army), Grey Knights(My choice after eldar), Tyranids(Because Genestealers)
So... who are your favourite 3 armies?

**phatonic**

1: Orks....because WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! TA ORKS! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!
2:Black templars, What's not to love about these raging crusaders?
3:Imperial guard because.... ¨IT IS THE BANEBLADE!¨

**Melcavuk**

Orks (Fun to paint and Build)
Eldar (Love the new models and rules)
Marines (Iconic, easy to paint)

**Wandre**

Deathwing
Iyanden
Space Wolves

**Rippy**

Death Guard/Nurgle demons - great fluff, fun to paint, Papa Nurgle!
Emperor's Children - again great fluff, want to paint up some noise marines some time, maybe a Doom Rider

Death Korps of Krieg - great looking models, will probably be my next army due to that.

Edit: this is hard... I want to fit Luna Wolves/Sons of Horus/Black Legion in somewhere as well

**Krellnus**

Farsight Enclaves
Elysian Drop Troops
Orkz

**Amoras**

Nids
Eldar
Sisters

**Trondheim**

1. Space Wolves
2. Grey Knigths
3. Dark Angels

**Zande4**

Kroot
Tyranids
Eldar

By a large margin.

**MarsNZ**

Black Legion
Sons of Horus
Luna Wolves

**gossipmeng**

1. Tau (Farsight Enclaves) - This was my first army back in 4th edition and has been my favourite ever since. It is competitive and very fluffy: no silly riptides, just XV8s/FWs/drones/broadsides.

2. Nurgle CSM - 100% hell-chicken free

3. DKoK (Although SoB could bump this with a good update)

**jifel**

MarsNZ wrote:
Black Legion
Sons of Horus
Luna Wolves

Well played.

1, Iron Warriors
2. Tyranids
3. Minotaurs (FW SM)

**Ascalam**

1: Orks - because Orks!
2: Dark Eldar - especially Coven DE - Hinky fleshwarping ftw..
3: Nurgle Daemons - because rotting, fat and smelly are fun!

**c0j1r0**

1. Grey Knights - I love their fluff, models, and rules.
2. Tyranids - The love the swarm and big scary bugs
3. Pre-Heresy Deathguard - Nathaniel Garro is beast.

**Ironwill13791**

1. Dark Angels- because plasma-loving taciturn monks hunting fallen angels, and RW.
2. Tau- because an army of all mechs and gundams rocks, especially with the rail weaponry.
3. Chaos Daemons- because Tzeentch and BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!

Honourable mentions to: Dark Eldar, 1k sons, and my custom imagined space marine army.

**Spinner**

1. Imperial Guard - my army, flashlights and adamantium unmentionables against a galaxy of horrors, what's not to love?
2. Orks. There's no way orks would not be on my list. More dakka!
3. Tyranids - because that way I get to re-enact Aliens, although charging a Sentinel into a Tyrant is...inadvisable.

**Icculus**

1. Orkz - WAAAAGH!
2. Black Templars - You may say you love the emperor also but.... F** you.
3. Dark Eldar - the slickest looking army in the universe. Also, torturous, pain loving, drug inducing gang lords with gladiatorial seductresses? I dont mind if I do

**GorillaWarfare**

Chaos of all varieties and Imperial Guard, especially when combined.

**R3YNO**

Tau Empire, Dark Eldar, Black Templars

**curran12**

Sisters
Luna Wolves
Daemons

**Lynata**

- Sisters of Battle ... Mankind's finest (barring genetical enhancements), knightly heroines with a gothic look and a dark side hidden behind their stern angelic faces
- Imperial Guard, specifically, Valhallan Ice Warriors ... they embody humanity's bulk and the value of unity/camaraderie; easiest to emphatise with, classic dystopian kit
- Tau ... a refreshingly different race deviating from the usual Grimdark™ faire, yet without feeling out of place; occupies a role most sci-fi settings would have humanity be in

**alanmckenzie**

1. Ultramarines - First army all those years ago, they still have a special place in my heart.

2. Blood Angels - Current army and for reasons of 2nd edition nostalgia.

3. Imperial Guard - For the size, for the variety, for the tanks, because they're human, because they're tough, because they're dark... and for the tanks.

**strybjorn Grimskull**

1. Sisters, I really like there back story
2.Space Wolves, I really like Vikings
3. Tyranids, I really like eating

**Unholyllama**

Sisters of Battle
Orks
Necrons

**Troike**

1. Sisters. Love their fluff, models and playstyle. Also my first army.
2. Chaos Daemons. Like their models. In the distant future, these might be my second army.
3. Imperial Guard. They're just regular soldiers, winning with sheer weight of firepower and bodies. Also lots of conversion potential.

**Stashgordon36**

1. Orks
2. WAAAGH!
3. WAAAGH!

**MWHistorian**

Sisters
Imperial Fists
Space Wolves

honorable mention to Tau.

**Grimskul**

1. Orks: made for fightin' and winnin'! Part of the reason why I like them so much is probably because the codex has by far the best and greatest longevity by being able to handle several edition changes with stride and confidence that makes other codices even just an edition behind pale in comparison such as Blood Angels or Tyranids. This alongside the fact that their fluff has to one of the best where it's a mix of wacky ork culture and also dark brutality once you look past the humour which gives the army a nuanced depth that few armies can depict. Their models are also one of the most varied and bootiful with scratchbuilds galore so I'm definitely glad I chose them for my first (and so far only) army.

2. Imperial Guard: These guys are a byword for guns. Lots of which that are LONG and HARD. Love their tanks and artillery and though I'm not crazy about Catachans/Cadians I absolutely adore the Death Korps of Kriegs and I find that they are the best in demonstrating humanity's struggle as they have to have balls of steel to deal with all the myriad horrors of the universe. That plus who doesn't love mass flashlights?

3. Black Templars: I've always been interested in the Crusades in history and these guys let me re-live through those times in a much more honorable and sci-fi/high fantasy sense. Plus gotta love them for sticking the finger to the Codex Astartes and actually being active throughout the Imperium. Plus they're battle cry is second only to the power of da WAAAGH! No pity! No remorse! No Fear!

**Gunzhard**

If I had the patience to build/paint and move that many models during gameplay my top two would definitely be:

1) Tyranids
2) Imperial Guard
With 3) Eldar

But as to the armies I actually play/own:
1) Blood Angels
2) Death Guard / Chaos
3) Orks

**Eldercaveman**

Blood Angels / Tyranids.
Red Scorpions