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So I got curious and wanted to find out what models get the most attacks in close combat. I'm not talking about consitently either, just who can get the most. I'll start by showing what I found in my armies.

Tyranids: Tyrgon- 5 base, 2 sets of weapons for +1, fails IB roll and gets a 6 for rage for +2 on charge= Total 8

Space Marines: Chapter master- 4 base, lightning claw and Teeth of Terra for dual wield and rampage +2-4, charge for +1= Total 9

Chaos Daemons: Skarbrand- 6 base, +1 dual wielding, exalted gift for rage and rampage for +2 on charge and +D3 outnumbered total= 12

Anyone putting out more?

Lelith Hesperax against low WS targets?

Chuck in Warp speed to skew the results even more.

in fact its probably BA with some way of getting rampage and rage + quickening + WS.

With the Trygon, you can add a tail biomorph for one more attack.

I completley forgot about warp speed... and tail biomorphs....

Chaos Lord on jugger with axe of blind fury can get upto 14 attacks. 3 base, 1 for axe + pistol, 2 for jugger, 2 on charge if you got him rage, upto 6 for deamonic weapon.

Up until the new dex a death company dread with talons got 6 (or was it 5?) attacks on the charge at ws5 st6 rerolling to wound (and with prescience rerolling to hit), and each wound caused gave it an extra attack which caused further attacks for further wounds caused resulting in a potential unlimited attacks.
Hitting on a 3+ with rerolls and wounding on a 2+ with rerolls almost always resulted in excessive casualties.

Also, IIRC, a Haruspex has 3 base. If it fails IB, rolls a 6 for Rage, +2 on the Charge. Each of these attacks wound, they confer another attack (I believe, but am not sure, that this applies to the Rage bonus attacks), so that's potentially 10.

Doing tis off memory, so I could be wrong. Also possible that you can add a tail biomorph for 1 more attack, cant remember.

Black Mace Biomancer Daemon Prince with a combat familiar.

5 attacks base, +1 charge bonus, +3 for Warp Speed, +1d6 for a Daemon Weapon, +2 much weaker attacks for combat familiar = 17, 18 if you count the Hammer of Wrath.

Angg'rath can get 13 on the charge. 7 base + d6 on charge.

Vargard Obyron ftw.

Take the model with the most attacks, and have Vargard Obyron charge it. If it misses everything, then Obyron gets whatever the highest number of attacks for a model would be, +4 IIRC (3 base, 1 for the charge).

Feugan can get +2/round at least, but that's a lot of luck. So that's what, 19 on the charge turn 7?

 jasper76 wrote:
Vargard Obyron ftw.

Take the model with the most attacks, and have Vargard Obyron charge it. If it misses everything, then Obyron gets whatever the highest number of attacks for a model would be, +4 IIRC (3 base, 1 for the charge).

Cleaving Counterblow maxes out as a +6 bonus.

 jasper76 wrote:
Vargard Obyron ftw.

Take the model with the most attacks, and have Vargard Obyron charge it. If it misses everything, then Obyron gets whatever the highest number of attacks for a model would be, +4 IIRC (3 base, 1 for the charge).

UNLESS...
The opponent has also taken Obyron, you charge the model with the most attacks and opponents Obyron, model with most attacks misses everything and kills itself in the process,, opponents Obyron has been wounded by a grav pistol so is at I1, your Obyron misses all his attacks, then opponents Obyron has 'model with most attacks' +8... :-p

Gabriel Seth has 4.
Attacks with 6.
Has Rampage +D3
+D3 from Quickening
+1 from Unleash Rage.
So he can have 13 attacks, but you need a Psyker for that.

Mephiston has 4.
Attacks with 6.
Can get: Quickening, Unleash Rage and Warp Speed.
That brings him to 13 attacks too and you don't need anything special.

changemod wrote:

 jasper76 wrote:
Vargard Obyron ftw.

Take the model with the most attacks, and have Vargard Obyron charge it. If it misses everything, then Obyron gets whatever the highest number of attacks for a model would be, +4 IIRC (3 base, 1 for the charge).

Cleaving Counterblow maxes out as a +6 bonus.

Awww pants!

changemod wrote:

 jasper76 wrote:
Vargard Obyron ftw.

Take the model with the most attacks, and have Vargard Obyron charge it. If it misses everything, then Obyron gets whatever the highest number of attacks for a model would be, +4 IIRC (3 base, 1 for the charge).

Cleaving Counterblow maxes out as a +6 bonus.

Ah....didnt remember that. Good call.


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Poly Ranger wrote:
The opponent has also taken Obyron, you charge the model with the most attacks and opponents Obyron, model with most attacks misses everything and kills itself in the process,, opponents Obyron has been wounded by a grav pistol so is at I1, your Obyron misses all his attacks, then opponents Obyron has 'model with most attacks' +8... :-p

Incidentally, is there any rule that prevents the same named HQ in 1 game (for example, 2 Obyrons in your own army, or 1 Obyron on either side). If not, there really should be...I suppose its an unspoken rule in my little gaming community, because I've never seen it happen!

Poly Ranger wrote:
Chaos Lord on jugger with axe of blind fury can get upto 14 attacks. 3 base, 1 for axe + pistol, 2 for jugger, 2 on charge if you got him rage, upto 6 for deamonic weapon.

Up until the new dex a death company dread with talons got 6 (or was it 5?) attacks on the charge at ws5 st6 rerolling to wound (and with prescience rerolling to hit), and each wound caused gave it an extra attack which caused further attacks for further wounds caused resulting in a potential unlimited attacks.
Hitting on a 3+ with rerolls and wounding on a 2+ with rerolls almost always resulted in excessive casualties.

Combat fim for +2, and the jug gives him +1 attack. so 15 max attacks

Pretty sure Daemon prince can have 14 attacks, don't remember how. Read it on 1D4chan Tactics.

 luky7dayz wrote:
Pretty sure Daemon prince can have 14 attacks, don't remember how. Read it on 1D4chan Tactics.

15, and as I said you could grab a combat familiar for two weaker attacks if all you're going for is maxed attack number.

And again, does Hammer of Wrath count? That'd be 18.

In the old BA book, a Dreadnought with Blood Claws could have infinite attacks as long as it kept killing stuff. Not sure if they kept that.

Wow, some of these are crazy.... 13-15 attacks from a single model.... and I thought my toxicrene was scary with its 7 attacks on the charge. Also, yes I was counting HoW and other abilities when I asked in my OP, all attacks count as long as they come from the same model.

Though doesn't it state somewhere that a stat can only max out at 10, so the most attacks in a single round is 10?

Attacks and Wounds are explicitly stated as exceptions to that rule IIRC.

Fulgrim, I think, is 5 attacks base, +1 for charging, and then an extra attack for every point of initiative he has over his opponent (I8, I think). Of course, the chaos characters already mentioned top that.

Lord of skulls maxs at 12 d weapon attacks on the charge plus a HoW. (4 base +6 from lost hull points +2 rage).

Ok, so with HoW , Juggar lord can get 16 attacks. 17 if he gets the +1 attack from the boon table.....

Wreckerballfex can get 14 for being in base contact with 14 25mm models on the new oval Carnifex base.

14 + 1 for Tail Biomorph + 1 on the charge (would only work if he was a lower initiative to let the enemy pile in first) + D3 HoW + 1 from Rage if he is out of synapse and rolls a 6 = best case scenario 20

Carnifex wins?

 Ashiraya wrote:
Lelith Hesperax against low WS targets?

Last edition, unfortunately. They replaced that rule with Rampage.

 Zande4 wrote:
Wreckerballfex can get 14 for being in base contact with 14 25mm models on the new oval Carnifex base.

14 + 1 for Tail Biomorph + 1 on the charge (would only work if he was a lower initiative to let the enemy pile in first) + D3 HoW + 1 from Rage if he is out of synapse and rolls a 6 = best case scenario 20

Carnifex wins?

By that logic, I think the black mace wins, actually. You get all the attacks of a juggerlord, plus if any of them kill something, everyone within 2" also takes a hit. If you want to assume the same perfect case scenario, that's what, some 40 attacks if you mount him on the 60mm juggernaut base?

Abaddon puts out a respectable 13 if you get the +6 from Drach'Nyen