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For me, I would have to say my Terminator Squad is the most successful. It soaks up so much fire before it is taken off the table.

For my one Tau friend, I know he would say his Broadsides w/ Rainguns and Shield Drones. I have yet to take them off the board. <<Sad Face>>

Shadelkan wrote:Well a set is two, and your thusly replacing two with one twin-linked deathspitter or devourer.

Also, refrain from posting points costs.

But wouldn't it be 2 twin linked devourers because it says replace scything talons for twin linked devourerS?

Sternguard. They are so cost effective sometimes. They killed a daemon prince in the first turn then they skull taker who teleportered right behind them and was out of range of assaulting them because of my strategic placement of them, on a very very high tower lol.

Then they freaking own mobs of marines with their plasma guns and they turn around see a carnifex and slaughter them all. Thats why I have 90 sternguard

Eldrad and the Seer Council, can more or less take on anything. It took 2 x 30 man squads of Genestealers to take them down once.

10 Banshees lead by doomseer in WS. Kiiiiiind of a deathstar unit in 1000 point games, but ok in larger games.

I'd also like to nominate my oldschool farseer with spear, for chukking a spear at a grey knights LR and blowing it up, killing two nearby terminators but not my banshee exarch, thus saving her life and the game for me! He also did a bunch of other cool stuff, like single handedly kill a defiler in CC. I've lost track since his beginnings five years ago, but I know he's definately the best!

Wazzdakka, not only because i absolutely love the model i mad efor him, but attach to a squad of bikes and turbo-boost arouns for 3+ save they are albeative wounds for him and his dakkakannon is brutal. attached to biker nobz thogh and while expensive they can have fnp to and just rip things apart

Wazzdakka?

In a game today, my 7 man squad of beserkers beat up 10 termagaunts, a myetic spore, a hive guard, (by shooting) a tyrant guard, (when it charged them!) and were my last squad (with 1 guy left!) at the end of the game. my opponant only had a hive tyrant left, who repeatedly missed with his venom cannon then rolled a for his psykic test for paroxym (he had 1 wound left)

That's cool. I have a squad of Berserkers, but they are not that good.

"ever" is a long time...

My most successful unit "ever" was probably my harlequins right after they were introduced... (2nd edition maybe?). They had a ton of special weapons, abilities, phychic's... they were the gods of hand-to-hand combat. At the time, nothing could stand up to them. Trick was keeping them alive to get into hand-to-hand of course. Just putting them on the table though... changed the game. I'd see opponents time after time abandon their strategies just to kill my harlies before they got into assault. Very effective unit, even when being shot to pieces because of the way they'd effect the over-all dynamic of the game.

Under the current rules, I'd have to say the sternguard in a pod have been my best. With a little support and a few tricks to get them where you want them... they can be devastating. I don't have my assault termies painted up yet though... I can see how those would be incredible as well, especially if paired with the right commander.


My compliments to the OP on asking the question in a very smart manner... he didn't ask what was THE most effective unit, he asked what was YOUR most effective unit. Big difference... and decreases the likelihood of pages of bickering that these kinds of threads usually generate.

My two Lone Wolves: Muzzle and Blitz.
>Close Combat Weapon
>Storm Shield
>Mark of the Wolfen

They average 1-6 Squads a Game

Winged Nurgle Daemon Princes with Warptime. 2 of them, Bill and Ted.
I'd have to say in 8~ games one of them has died, once.

my Venerable Dreadnought. with the ability to make my Friends smile turn upside down makes it the most magical and successful unit I have

My Sternguard are my most successful unit, they've taken out so many power armored marines its insane, and their dragonfire is awesome against my friends Pathfinders 2+cover.

My most successful model is this one missile launcher marine i always bring, he's killed easily 1000pts of enemy models including

1. 5 fire dragons in a WS with TL BL (exploded after moving flatout)
2. a Zoan
3. stunning Vulkan's Landraider two turns in a row.
4. pinning a unit of kabalites after exploding their raider
5. imoblizing/wrecking multiple dreads/rhinos

I love that dude!

Gitsplitta wrote:"ever" is a long time...

My most successful unit "ever" was probably my harlequins right after they were introduced... (2nd edition maybe?). They had a ton of special weapons, abilities, phychic's... they were the gods of hand-to-hand combat. At the time, nothing could stand up to them. Trick was keeping them alive to get into hand-to-hand of course. Just putting them on the table though... changed the game. I'd see opponents time after time abandon their strategies just to kill my harlies before they got into assault. Very effective unit, even when being shot to pieces because of the way they'd effect the over-all dynamic of the game.

Under the current rules, I'd have to say the sternguard in a pod have been my best. With a little support and a few tricks to get them where you want them... they can be devastating. I don't have my assault termies painted up yet though... I can see how those would be incredible as well, especially if paired with the right commander.


My compliments to the OP on asking the question in a very smart manner... he didn't ask what was THE most effective unit, he asked what was YOUR most effective unit. Big difference... and decreases the likelihood of pages of bickering that these kinds of threads usually generate.

Harlequins had their own army list in Rogue Trader. They were sort of like space pirate Eldar and they could take Marine vehicles they would capture as spoils of war. They were freaking nasty back then. They also had their own jetbikes and war walkers and such. You could field a whole army of just Harlequins.

I once charged a Black Templars Assault Terminator squad with a mix of lightning claws and thunder hammers/storm shields, with an attached BT Marshal with lightning claws, into 30 Grey Hunters (they were VERY tightly packed). My squad had furious charge. I got them down to 5 marines before the last of my Terminators died, but the really hilarious part was that if I had remembered to throw the Holy Orb of Antioch, I would have won the assault.

creeping-deth87 wrote:I once charged a Black Templars Assault Terminator squad with a mix of lightning claws and thunder hammers/storm shields, with an attached BT Marshal with lightning claws, into 30 Grey Hunters (they were VERY tightly packed). My squad had furious charge. I got them down to 5 marines before the last of my Terminators died, but the really hilarious part was that if I had remembered to throw the Holy Orb of Antioch, I would have won the assault.

Grey hunters have a maximum of 10 soldiers per a unit. If you had assaulted one unit and won you would have to test for combat resolution and then do sweeping advances. If you charge into the next unit the combat happens the next assault phase and you count as charging.

Hmm. For me it has to be

A) My Captain. He has bashed countless heads in with his big hammer.

B) The Sternguard unit above Captain is attached to. The unit jumped in, and was pummeled with firepower till only the Sarge was left. Said Sarge went on to get about 20 kills before getting totalled by Ghazgull Thraka.. I charged..

Crom wrote:

creeping-deth87 wrote:I once charged a Black Templars Assault Terminator squad with a mix of lightning claws and thunder hammers/storm shields, with an attached BT Marshal with lightning claws, into 30 Grey Hunters (they were VERY tightly packed). My squad had furious charge. I got them down to 5 marines before the last of my Terminators died, but the really hilarious part was that if I had remembered to throw the Holy Orb of Antioch, I would have won the assault.

Grey hunters have a maximum of 10 soldiers per a unit. If you had assaulted one unit and won you would have to test for combat resolution and then do sweeping advances. If you charge into the next unit the combat happens the next assault phase and you count as charging.

Perhaps he multi-assaulted?

ChaosLordSam wrote:Wazzdakka?

yea... ork hq, "biker of the apokalypse" 180 points, allows biks to be taken as troops

are you unaware of who he is or just surprised to see him on there... for what he does he's pretty awsome for the poitns when used well

loota boy wrote:

Crom wrote:

creeping-deth87 wrote:I once charged a Black Templars Assault Terminator squad with a mix of lightning claws and thunder hammers/storm shields, with an attached BT Marshal with lightning claws, into 30 Grey Hunters (they were VERY tightly packed). My squad had furious charge. I got them down to 5 marines before the last of my Terminators died, but the really hilarious part was that if I had remembered to throw the Holy Orb of Antioch, I would have won the assault.

Grey hunters have a maximum of 10 soldiers per a unit. If you had assaulted one unit and won you would have to test for combat resolution and then do sweeping advances. If you charge into the next unit the combat happens the next assault phase and you count as charging.

Perhaps he multi-assaulted?

It was a multiassault, should have made that clear.

G00fySmiley wrote:

ChaosLordSam wrote:Wazzdakka?

yea... ork hq, "biker of the apokalypse" 180 points, allows biks to be taken as troops

are you unaware of who he is or just surprised to see him on there... for what he does he's pretty awsome for the poitns when used well

Yeah I got around 30 ork bikes, need to get more I want to do a pure biker gang army one of these days. They would be tough to beat. I'd have to assault vehicles with power weapons though probably to take out the highly mechanized armies.

Crom wrote:

G00fySmiley wrote:

ChaosLordSam wrote:Wazzdakka?

yea... ork hq, "biker of the apokalypse" 180 points, allows biks to be taken as troops

are you unaware of who he is or just surprised to see him on there... for what he does he's pretty awsome for the poitns when used well

Yeah I got around 30 ork bikes, need to get more I want to do a pure biker gang army one of these days. They would be tough to beat. I'd have to assault vehicles with power weapons though probably to take out the highly mechanized armies.

yessir, but with the 4+ save and 5 toughness when you explode a vehicle usually most if not all your bikers get away

Trixie, my Tervigon.

She has popped many dozens of Termagants and also helped destroy a number of enemy vehicles, Killer Kans and so on.

Ah, that's nice. Tyranids, right?

ChaosLordSam wrote:Ah, that's nice. Tyranids, right?

yep they are nids, tervigons are such an awsome unit, without a official GW model, so you get somepeopole using the chapterhouse convertion... but some people make thier own and I've seen some really cool models of them

Really? that's cool!

my most favorite unit though was my honorguard. They marched up to 200 termagaunts in combat. 10 Honorguard with power weapons and a Chapter MAster and 2 Libys. They fought well and 6 turns of combat. 5 honor guard lost but hell 120 dead tyranids warms my heart.

Nice, just regular Marines?

Abaddon.
Definatly Abaddon, he tends to do pretty well in every game, some times his damage output is limited if his Land Raider is immobilised/destroyed first turn, but on the whole he's been pretty solid.