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So I've got a 500 point tournament coming up and was just curious on lists I may face or just fun trolls lol, I don't wanna be that guy and bring 3 doomskyths in the formation but any other funny ideas or good list ideas?

Well I've tried a few things, hardest things I could find are tyranids with 2 flyrants and 2 mucoloids, or dark eldar. 2 raiders with enhanced aether sails and nightshields, one with splinter racks. One boat filled with splinter rifle kabalites and a splinter cannon, the other filled with kabalites, a blaster, and a blaster archon. Disintegrator are preferences over dark lances, but to each his own.

This has beaten everything thrown at it. Sacrifice a turn of shooting to reposition across the board to get away from choppy units. Unload an unholy amount of dakka on a unit.

4 Crisis suits, and whatever FW/kroot troop requirement.. BC/MP. 500 point games are often 4x4' instead of the full 6'x4'. It's a ton of fire power.
Given the mobility they bring, it's just too much fire power.

But I think Scatbikes are the worst:

5 units ~ 400 points, and then maybe a maybe a Warlock onna bike. Maybe 4 units and a farseer.

A little Guide and fliers can kiss off.

Big Mek
10 Gretchin
10 Gretchin
10 Gretchin
Deffkopta with Rokkit
Deffkopta with Rokkit
Deffkopta with Rokkit
5 Kannons
5 Kannons
5 Kannons

18 S8 AP3 shots a turn, 15 of which are on T7 platforms.

best 500 point army?

1 x warlock with singing spear on jetbike (55 pts)
2 x3 scatbikes plus warlock with singing spear on jetbike
1 x4 scatbikes plus warlock with singing spear on jetbike

you should be able to kill all the infantry/MC's/fliers/upto AV12 things from a distance then close in for any AV14, you also almost always have a 2+ jink

Eldar. You could have Heavy Support Firepower in your Objective Secured Troop slot.

ConanMan wrote:
best 500 point army?

1 x warlock with singing spear on jetbike (55 pts)
2 x3 scatbikes plus warlock with singing spear on jetbike
1 x4 scatbikes plus warlock with singing spear on jetbike

you should be able to kill all the infantry/MC's/fliers/upto AV12 things from a distance then close in for any AV14, you also almost always have a 2+ jink

Ah, a tfg list at its best

Not the best army, but as a space marine player, I would field:

HQ
Techmarine on Bike (85)

Troops
3 bikes with GG, Melta bombs (83)
3 bikes with GG (78)
3 bikes with GG (78)

Suppression force
Landspeeder (45)
2x whirlwinds (130)

Pain4Pleasure wrote:

ConanMan wrote:
best 500 point army?

1 x warlock with singing spear on jetbike (55 pts)
2 x3 scatbikes plus warlock with singing spear on jetbike
1 x4 scatbikes plus warlock with singing spear on jetbike

you should be able to kill all the infantry/MC's/fliers/upto AV12 things from a distance then close in for any AV14, you also almost always have a 2+ jink

Ah, a tfg list at its best

That post actually made me laugh out loud.. (I think from the look she just gave me my wife is very very worried!) haha...

The worst thing is I have the models for this.. of course i'd never field it..

ConanMan wrote:

Pain4Pleasure wrote:

ConanMan wrote:
best 500 point army?

1 x warlock with singing spear on jetbike (55 pts)
2 x3 scatbikes plus warlock with singing spear on jetbike
1 x4 scatbikes plus warlock with singing spear on jetbike

you should be able to kill all the infantry/MC's/fliers/upto AV12 things from a distance then close in for any AV14, you also almost always have a 2+ jink

Ah, a tfg list at its best

That post actually made me laugh out loud.. (I think from the look she just gave me my wife is very very worried!) haha...

The worst thing is I have the models for this.. of course i'd never field it..

Bahaha I hope she isn't to worried! Hey at least that shows you play for the fun of it not the win!

+++ ORK (498pts) +++

++ Orks: Codex (2014) (Combined Arms Detachment) ++

+ HQ +

Zhadsnark 'Da Rippa' (FW) [Warlord, Zhadsnark]

+ Troops +

Zhadsnark's Warbikers [2x Warbiker]
Warbiker Nob [Big Choppa]

Zhadsnark's Warbikers [2x Warbiker]
Warbiker Nob [Big Choppa]

Zhadsnark's Warbikers [2x Warbiker]
Warbiker Nob [Big Choppa]

Zhadsnark's Warbikers [2x Warbiker]
Warbiker Nob [Big Choppa]

Zhadsnark's Warbikers [4x Warbiker] (Zard Goes here)

I think at 500 I would run this:

Big Mek 35

2x 10 gretchin 70

2 deffkoptas with rokkits 60

Deff dread with big shootas
Gorkanaut with extra armor.

It may not be the most effective but few people will probably be bringing very little anti armour so the gorkanaut can run rampant probably. At least that's the thought anyway.

Most small point games, like City Fight/Combat Patrol have specific rules about AV and Wounds

(ie No AV over 12 or Wounds over 2)

I'd double check those rules before you stroll in w/ a Gorkanaut

Ahh ya I haven't played any that small in a ling time but as it didn't mention that here id do it. I tried fitting another dread but it was too many points.

Wasn't there a Knight that was 500 points? Gerrantius or something? He would probably suck to fight against at 500 points lol

unbound

skyray
skyray
skyray
skyray
tetra

just to turn 1 every eldar 500 point list

 xTHExCLINCHERx wrote:
Wasn't there a Knight that was 500 points? Gerrantius or something? He would probably suck to fight against at 500 points lol

To be fair you could take Flesh Teares and a Knight Gallant. Librarian, Scouts, Rhino. Maybe get Invisibilty for the Knight? lol

ConanMan wrote:
best 500 point army?

1 x warlock with singing spear on jetbike (55 pts)
2 x3 scatbikes plus warlock with singing spear on jetbike
1 x4 scatbikes plus warlock with singing spear on jetbike

you should be able to kill all the infantry/MC's/fliers/upto AV12 things from a distance then close in for any AV14, you also almost always have a 2+ jink

Just to beat people that play this, I nominate the FW land raider that's immune to lance and has a thunder fire cannon. And embarked captain, embarked tac squad and a un-embarked scout squad.
Sure it loses to Str 10 but it's immune to all but haywire

Spiritseer 85
Rangers 60
Rangers 60
Wraithknight 295

I think the Spiritseer and two units of Rangers would make this a fair list to play against.

 hiveof_chimera wrote:

ConanMan wrote:
best 500 point army?

1 x warlock with singing spear on jetbike (55 pts)
2 x3 scatbikes plus warlock with singing spear on jetbike
1 x4 scatbikes plus warlock with singing spear on jetbike

you should be able to kill all the infantry/MC's/fliers/upto AV12 things from a distance then close in for any AV14, you also almost always have a 2+ jink

Just to beat people that play this, I nominate the FW land raider that's immune to lance and has a thunder fire cannon. And embarked captain, embarked tac squad and a un-embarked scout squad.
Sure it loses to Str 10 but it's immune to all but haywire

Well you *might* survive 4 singing spears (thrown) then the follow up of 8 close combat attacks for one turn because they are only str9 - and you might kill one whole squads before they do it all again next go

Crimson death (Primary )
3x Crimson hunter

Allied Dark eldar
Lhamean

5 kabalire warriors

And some upgrades of your choice







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Or depending on the mission pack ( and your sanity )

Company of the great wolf

HQ
1 Rune priest on bike lv2
Elite
-1 Iron priest on bike
30 Slotless servitors
-1 servitor

Prepair to do bleep blood plob and roll a lot of mind lock rolls. But you will msu the hell out off most objective games

ConanMan wrote:

 hiveof_chimera wrote:

ConanMan wrote:
best 500 point army?

1 x warlock with singing spear on jetbike (55 pts)
2 x3 scatbikes plus warlock with singing spear on jetbike
1 x4 scatbikes plus warlock with singing spear on jetbike

you should be able to kill all the infantry/MC's/fliers/upto AV12 things from a distance then close in for any AV14, you also almost always have a 2+ jink

Just to beat people that play this, I nominate the FW land raider that's immune to lance and has a thunder fire cannon. And embarked captain, embarked tac squad and a un-embarked scout squad.
Sure it loses to Str 10 but it's immune to all but haywire

Well you *might* survive 4 singing spears (thrown) then the follow up of 8 close combat attacks for one turn because they are only str9 - and you might kill one whole squads before they do it all again next go

Warlocks are BS4 correct?
so assuming your first move is to sit back and shoot my disembarked squad, I actually get a round of shooting my Achilles at you first and if it's long ways I will get 2.
so first turn firing melta at your lone warlock (4x6 +(2/6+4/6))x(5/6)x(1/2) kills him. And the thunder fire at a squad of bikes nets me ~4 hits (4/6)(2/6)~1 dead biker. you then proceed to get my landraderi

4x(4/6)x(2/6) glances, and in the melee 7x(4/6)x(2/6) glances for a total of ~2.5(3) hullpoints
following turn it fires 2x multi at your weakened squad, and thunder fire at a scatter bike squad, positioning itself so the warlock is either the closest model or the next closest.
Multi-melta (4x6 +(2/6+4/6))x(5/6)x(1/2) = 1 dead biker, thunder fire canon then fires the str 5 at your squad of 5 members and due to the fact that in melee you need to be able to be in 2"to attack it will be able to hit 3. so assuming 8 hits total. this equals (4/6)(2/6)~2 dead, 1 of which will be another warlock. the disembarked marines then rapid fire at the weakened squad (4x6)x(1/2)x(2/6) killing a warlock due to him being the closest. during your following turn with your remain 1 warlock you could disengage with everything else and leave the warlock to try to end the LR sadly it can't is then killed by the landraider the following turn. and the rest is it just TF, Melta at your sqauds.

so no, elder jetbike BS loses

Lol .. Well, not quite, since the bikes move 2D6 after shooting.. so you really couldn't do the damage you describe.. also any infantry outside the vehicle would die and not be able to shoot back.. and like I said the vehicle would get hit by singing spears at str 9 but then either they can charge or move 2d6 away back somewhere. And there are 4 seperate spear squads

I like the Zhad bike list above tbh.

Paladin: melta 380
Quad Mortar: 60
Quad Mortar: 60

That would hurt. Struggles against the Flyrants, runs over the Scatbikes.

ConanMan wrote:
Lol .. Well, not quite, since the bikes move 2D6 after shooting.. so you really couldn't do the damage you describe.. also any infantry outside the vehicle would die and not be able to shoot back.. and like I said the vehicle would get hit by singing spears at str 9 but then either they can charge or move 2d6 away back somewhere. And there are 4 seperate spear squads

Maybe you should read it first, that was assuming you assaulted in which case you can't make a jetbike assault move, furthermore 5 of the tac marines are in the LR and when you get close enough to either assault or throw spears with a small assault move they'll disembark.
furthermore, you wont be getting close until turn~2 in which case youll have lost ~ 2 of your 4 spears

Two skyrants and mucolids