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The Doom of Malan'tai. I have been destroying people with it regularly recently, in light of the nerf it will most likely get in the new codex.

Personally, I'm hoping/thinking it'll still be usable, though I imagine it'll suffer a steep price increase and that its soul leech power thing will only work in your own shooting phase.

Lychguard. Can't beat the ol' sword and board

Over all: Big Mel w SAG
Fluff: probably Lucius the Eternal


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Or maybe BA DC

 Lucarikx wrote:
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Spoiler:

Don't kill me.

Lucarikx

I absolutely love XV15 stealth teams, I field a unit every battle and although Riptides and XV8s are better I just love the models.

For me its the Seer Council in all its flavors, on foot or on jetbkies.

I'm going with sternguard, space marines as they should be!

^^ this. I also like how fluffy the crusader squad is.

Gargoyles

Black Knights and Interrogator-Chaplains!

My newly purchased wolf scouts with sniper rifles! Kit bashed em with some sw heads, what can I say I'm a sniper at heart.

Tyranid Broodlord. For 60 points you get a super genestealer with stats that put some HQs to shame. With 2 free biomancy powers you could have a S8 T8 genestealer or a I10 A7 blender. Plus the model is perfect for a "come at me bro!"

For fluff and models, Eldar Harlequins. Blood thirsty clowns that use sharpened tubes to fill your insides with microscopic razor blades, all while prancing about in a giant cloud of psychoactive drugs. Just way too epic.

For gameplay (breaking the forgeworld restriction here) Eldar Hornets. Becasue WTF OMG 10 POINTS FOR 2 PULSE LASERS? Also being able to fire snap shots even after moving flat out.

Trygon prime, love deep striking an mc.

 Ascalam wrote:
SAG Big Mek for me.

No-one else gets a man portable ordinance wormhole generator that shoots small goblins through hell with a vacuum cleaner attachment....

No-one else would WANT one, but that's beside the point....

Failing that, Battlewagon. I just love that kit, and the conversion possibilities.... they do well for me in play too...

Amen to that!

I've got to go with Thunderwolf Cavalry. Love the models; love what they can do.

Obliterators for me, Hitech saved me from the bizarre leeringfleshyface GW version. They probably get MVP in half my games.

They might have terribly old models that really need a remake, they might be one of the worst units in my codex, they might have the worst psyker table in the game.... but Thousand Sons. The fluff to me is simply that good

I'd say Thousand Sons both in rules and model. First off they look unique compared to every other Marine unit (Chaos or loyalist.) Then they have great rules for bolters and inv saves. Then no matter how you paint them no questions need be asked what they are. I also like the sorta Eqyptian look as well.

Autarch w/Fusion Gun, Laser Lance, Motlg

Twin handflamer wielding Seraphim

To build: XV8s, such a nice model.

Looks: DA vets (not deathwing, the power armour guys). Uselss on the table, such nice models.

Fluff: hammerheads. Tanks that can fly, and possibly the best non-super-mounted anti-tank gun in the game.

Tabletop: the humble sister of battle. FOR THE EMPEROR

C'tan, before they got turned into Pokemon.

Either:

A Legion Praetor with Iron Halo, Archaeotech Pistol, and Paragon Blade; because he's just such a beatstick, and the Paragon Blade's 'murderous strike' rule makes challenges so exciting, which is how they should be.

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A Legion 20 man Tactical Squad with Vexilla, Apothecary, and Extra CCW's on all of them. I call them my mini-deathstar; they just march across the board engaging tiny units with double-volleys of bolter fire, or drowning them in CC attacks. Oh, and FNP on 20 dudes in Power Armour is so delectable.

I'm going to be boring and say the Humble Tactical Squad. They form the basis of any marine force, can drop in from orbit in drop pods, or roll across the field in a metal box. from a modelling stand point they can be as ornate or plain as their owner desiers and the Veteran Sgt can become a character in his own right.

The new rules make them all the more diverse with the abilty to take spec. and heavy weapons in 5 man squads (why that was ever dropped is beyond me!) and all kinds of ways to customise the Sgt. Plus new chaoter tactics allowing them to scout (Raven Gurad) re-roll 50% of misses (Imperial Fists) or get a FNP save (Iron Hands) makes them one of my favorite units above all else. Never leave home without one.

Throughout the current meta, my favorite unit is the Crisis Suit. Though I do not play Tau, I do love those crisis suits, going so far as to make some for my brother who does play Tau. I just love their versatility.

As for the armies I do own in the current meta (chaos space marines and Necrons), I'd have to say that my favorite unit is the (heavy) destroyer. Been loving those things since 4th ed and though with the new codex I initially dropped them from my list, I recently came back to them. They always have and always will be my babies.

Now, if one asked what has been my favorite unit throughout my time playing 40k, oldcron lord with Nightmare shroud, veil of darkness, and warscythe. That loadout has brought me many a win and even more moments of straight up hilarity (like playing ping pong against a commissar with an IG squad). I wish I could make that loadout in the newcron codex (Despairteks attached to an overlord just isn't the same...)

I have to say it's my Daemon Prince.

He started my army, there's a whole story to it.
In 5th ed he wrecked face so badly I once asked my opponent to redeploy his entire army, and ended up tabling him twice.

I now plan to use him as Be'lakor, 'cause I've gotten sentimental (with opponent's agreement, ofc).

Ork Nobz. The unit has character in spades, awesome models, a powerful set of rules and they fulfill a fun and useful role. I named all mine (along with all other character level models in the army) and took great pleasure in 5th rolling around the place and krumping stuff. When so many models can be relatively faceless, this group of wannabe warbosses stand forth as a bastion of individuality.

Not so keen on the biker version, mainly because I never owned them.

I love the daemon prince (at least CSM version)