Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Hello Dakkanites,

I really can't decide what army to bring to an upcoming tournament and I could really use some help. I have 3 choices.

MechDar (Battle-host in serpents + Cloud-strike with aspect host(2x dragon,1x reapers)

Farsight Tau (FBSC + a lot of crisis, farsight and an extra riptide(I could also play the farsight bomb from tau codex but I feel its a little tactically limited, but its an option)

Salamanders Battlecompany (+command squad& dreadnought )7 pods, 2 rhino's, 3 razorbacks, scoutsx3)

I'm leaning towards the battle-company because I feel it can deal with almost anything by virtue of numbers. BUT, its a 6 round tournament (this army is taxing to play) and I have to travel a bit to get there, so transportation is a small issue.

I like the Tau because its good vs battle-company and raven wing (marker-lights) but I fear it will loose to psychic dead-stars (Cents/screamers) and its vulnerable to wraith(knights).

The Eldar list I think is more solid than the summary suggests, I think it can deal with many things but..... The army has traveled a lot (Across 4 countries and 2 continents) and it needs fixing up. Also, a friend painted some of the models decades ago and the tournament won't give me points for painting because of this.. (he painted better than than I today. )

I have a relatively big selection and could/am willing to buy things to fix the lists, but I have to decide which army to take first. Also, I have never attended a tournament this big!

Thanks in advance, I hope my ramblings made sense.

Fruzzle

P.S. I added a poll to make things easier.
P.P.S. Sorry no orcs

The battle company seems like it'll do best I would recommend using that.

Pick up some CSM, they're super competitive right now

I think salamanders is going to be most flexible.

Salamanders, they get the least amount of play out of most armies and I think they'd do well against a lot of other things you'll probably see (SM, Eldar, Daemons).