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Death from above implemented by a semi-DoA BA army. In particular, Vanguard can charge upon arrival thanks to herioc intervention. They hit tanks on 3+ (if moved) which makes them more deadly than in the 5th ed; an ideal unit to silence enemy guns.

id think daemons would be rather scary due to daemonic assault at least against you get a turn to shoot other deepstriker and eldrad he is not scary but you know it is going to be such a blood soaked battle there is nothing more frustrating as rerollable invunerable and cover saves

6 Wraiths led by a Destroyer Lord with all the kit. Terrifying with or without support.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Deathmarks, deathmarks everywhere.

Or even better, doomsday arks.

I agree. Both units are really creepy.

3 full squads of storm troopers with plasma guns and a plasma pistol deepstriking (with rerolls) around any squad of MEQs that are disembarked. If none are disembarked I drop about 15-24" away and open fire with my plasma weapons so I can destroy the transport and they will need some lucky rolls to reach my guys in hand to hand. Storm troopers may be less cost effective than plasma vets, but their ability to drop almost anywhere with rerolls makes them very intimidating.

Though there are ways to beat it, the psychological effect of deploying 6 Leman Russes against my friends is quite amusing.

This thread should be called "Best SPAM tactic"

Everything everyone has said it about buying a cheap points value item that is effective and spamming it out the bum so the opponent cannot cope.

Hardly scary. More a cheap BS way to play a game and drain the fun out of it for your opponent.

180 orks = spam
9 Vendettas = spam
3 vindys = spam

etc etc

40 Kroots as reinforcement. I keep "forgetting" to roll for reinforcement. Wait till the right moment and "pray" they outflank on the correct side of the table.

My ravenwing squads. Two ravenwing squads on the table, nothing else there.

I have seen people cry when seeing that.

i have had people underestimate my mortars teams for IG.....until they got in range then they went wtf after thier units were almost completely destroyed


i would say monoliths...especially when the park next to guard and hordes of warriors pour out

 Lokas wrote:
Pack your army in a rifle case.

With a rifle.

Be sure to lay it across the tabletop when you're unpacking your army and simply leave it there for the entirety of the game, refusing to acknowledge its existence and staring at your opponent constantly. Every time he moves a model, every time he clears his throat, stare his ass down.

I see you've played Texas Warhammer before...

Seer Council.

The ultimate annoying unit.

Iranna.

 Jihallah wrote:
1) Get out your CSM army
2) get out your lash princes/sorcs
3) grab several bags of cheezels or dorito's or any chip that has that yellowy orange greasepowderdust crap on it
4) Start eating said chips whilst giving your opponent lurid grins and suggestive leers
5) when they ask whats up, go to lick the greasepowderdustcrap, then grin and tell them the bit in Lash of submission where, RAW, you can move your opponents models.
6) take up lurid grin and leer again and look at their most delightfully painted heroic model.
7) -AND THIS IS THE HARD BIT- try not to crack up laughing as they go "oh crap"

I am starting a Slaaneshi army now.

putting down 5 deff dreds on the table works for me, both big meks with kff and watch them walk forward and stomp on ig and other horde ork armies

 Jihallah wrote:
1) Get out your CSM army
2) get out your lash princes/sorcs
3) grab several bags of cheezels or dorito's or any chip that has that yellowy orange greasepowderdust crap on it
4) Start eating said chips whilst giving your opponent lurid grins and suggestive leers
5) when they ask whats up, go to lick the greasepowderdustcrap, then grin and tell them the bit in Lash of submission where, RAW, you can move your opponents models.
6) take up lurid grin and leer again and look at their most delightfully painted heroic model.
7) -AND THIS IS THE HARD BIT- try not to crack up laughing as they go "oh crap"

This made me crap my pants you sir have won

/thread

 Chaoticredneck wrote:



i would say monoliths...especially when the park next to guard and hordes of warriors pour out

Agreing with that to. I just LOVE Monoliths.

 Milisim wrote:
This thread should be called "Best SPAM tactic"

Everything everyone has said it about buying a cheap points value item that is effective and spamming it out the bum so the opponent cannot cope.

Hardly scary. More a cheap BS way to play a game and drain the fun out of it for your opponent.

180 orks = spam
9 Vendettas = spam
3 vindys = spam

etc etc

I still fail to see why this is an invalid tactic... If it's cheap (relatively of course) and effective, why wouldn't I take more?

As for it sucking the fun out of the game, YMMV.

And as stated before somewhere, if you've been in the game long enough and know the codices, nothing should scare you. It should just make you make a sigh. The sigh of one who has faced this BS before and would rather commit seppuku with a fork. A plastic one. And not the good solid plastic ones. No. The flimsy little ones you got back in grade school. The one where stabbing it into something and then trying to lift it would bend the fork. Those gakky ones.

The things that make me have that reaction are:
Broadsides in any number (they point at a vehicle and it dies basically and they're pretty resilient)
3 Vendettas AND 6 Russes (that was a horrible game for me...), Hive Guard (for the same reason as Broadsides scare me)
Tervigon-spam (no way in hell I'm doing that many wounds, just no way; especially if they gave themselves FNP)
Deathwing termies (having one squad means there are usually 3-4 squads... and they're all in front of me. Which does not bode well for me typically. Even with all the low ap I have (stupid storm shields *grumble grumble*)),
Lootas (they point at any AV12 and lower vehicle and it dies. No questions asked)
SM Command Squad/BA Honor Guard with 4 plasma guns (they point at a squad and it's gutted if not dead)