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teban wrote:
Are Sisters not even worth mentioning?

Sorted

MarsNZ wrote:
Voted CSM for the lolz, BA players at least have a codex coming eventually, we've had ours and it's a joke.

Don't worry, I'm sure we'll be right there with you.

Tau followed by necrons.

EDIT: Who'd vote sisters.

Orks, because if there ever was only one army left standing Orkz would certainly start killing each other for competition.

Daemons
Eldar
Tau

In that order

 ImotekhTheStormlord wrote:
Daemons
Eldar
Tau

In that order

Tabled a daemon player on a win streak by turn 1 at school league...hehehe, happy days

Depressing as it is taudar is probably most competitive these days

 sing your life wrote:
EDIT: Who'd vote sisters.

People who were not taking this poll entirely seriously, I would imagine.

MarsNZ wrote:
Voted CSM for the lolz, BA players at least have a codex coming eventually, we've had ours and it's a joke.

At least you have a Codex...

 ImotekhTheStormlord wrote:
Daemons
Eldar
Tau

In that order

Aren't Daemons a win big, lose big kind of army? Too inconsistent in their competitiveness.

That said, Flying circus sure is scary. A lot scarier than Screamerstar.

I voted Eldar. Because I think on a codex level, they'll stand the test of time a lot better than the other top dogs, due to the number of completely varied competitive builds.

Tau because as an ork player I know the pain of assaulting with a mob of orks and actually getting wiped out in the snap shot phase. Can't get close and I'm certainly not going to challenge tau to a gun fight!

 ImotekhTheStormlord wrote:
Daemons
Eldar
Tau

In that order

funny cause choas deamons have such a low vote percentage.....

 ninjafiredragon wrote:

 ImotekhTheStormlord wrote:
Daemons
Eldar
Tau

In that order

funny cause choas deamons have such a low vote percentage.....

I weep for the masses.

 Tigramans wrote:
Eldar and Tau, almost unrivalled.

Aaaaaaand......tada!

The results are in.

Considering how popular Taudar lists have prevailed.

I voted sisters for the seriously op... Everything. I mean sure tau have long range but sisters have boobs
Rant finished
Ps if you took this seriously, you're an idiot

most people arent very smart but if they were they would realise how devastating chaos daemons are.

 Troike wrote:

 sing your life wrote:
EDIT: Who'd vote sisters.

People who were not taking this poll entirely seriously, I would imagine.

Well I voted for Tyranids so.....

Well... Sisters can get outflanking melta guns... I've heard those can seriously mess up your day. Apparently they're actually quite good if you build them right, it's just that nobody actually plays them so you never get to experience the effectiveness.

Good to see Blood Angels getting the love they deserve, 9 votes placing them at the 6th most competitive army in the game. The new edition has been very kind to them, and personally my meta has been absolutely dominated by people just spamming overpowered BA lists for the last year. They got my vote.

 SHUPPET wrote:
Good to see Blood Angels getting the love they deserve, 9 votes placing them at the 6th most competitive army in the game. The new edition has been very kind to them, and personally my meta has been absolutely dominated by people just spamming overpowered BA lists for the last year. They got my vote.

Oh, c'moon people!
Stop messing with my sarcasm detector, this is the second time it overheated within a week :(

 sing your life wrote:
Tau followed by necrons.

EDIT: Who'd vote sisters.

Me.

Can someone enlighten me as to why Dark Angels aren't very competitive today? Is it the lack of shootiness? Why would Space Marines be ranked higher than DA, what's the difference?

 Retrogamer0001 wrote:
Can someone enlighten me as to why Dark Angels aren't very competitive today? Is it the lack of shootiness? Why would Space Marines be ranked higher than DA, what's the difference?

Space Marines have grav weaponry, chapter tactics, and better fliers. But at the end of the day, meqs just don't bring the pain in the shooting phase like the Xenos. And don't have the buffing gimmicks of the Tau.

 ImotekhTheStormlord wrote:

 ninjafiredragon wrote:

 ImotekhTheStormlord wrote:
Daemons
Eldar
Tau

In that order

funny cause choas deamons have such a low vote percentage.....

I weep for the masses.

Me too. I think this perception is because most people don't realise how to use daemons effectively- they are not the easiest codex to master straight away. But if you learn how they are crazy powerful.

Eldar
Daemons
Tau
Huge Gap
Necrons
Space Marines
Huge Gap
No idea.

 anonymou5 wrote:
Eldar
Daemons
Tau
Huge Gap
Necrons
Space Marines
Huge Gap
No idea.

I'd place IG right between space marines and necrons and agree with you...cheap vendettas and access to every tool they could need makes them a consistent teir 2

 ductvader wrote:

 anonymou5 wrote:
Eldar
Daemons
Tau
Huge Gap
Necrons
Space Marines
Huge Gap
No idea.

I'd place IG right between space marines and necrons and agree with you...cheap vendettas and access to every tool they could need makes them a consistent teir 2

Maybe. My problem with Guard is that you're playing rock paper scissors. You can build a list that can give Tau fits (especially if you bring along some Rune Priests), you can do alright against Daemons, but you can't beat Eldar. Wave Serpents obliterate blobs, they carve through side armor 10 vehicles, and anything that can stand up to Serpents (namely Leman Russes) is not terribly effective in general and easy enough for a WK to punk into orbit. Vendettas are great, until they meet Serpents and Warp Spiders (or Tau)

The top 5 Armies can put out lists that can at least feasibly beat all of the other 4 with one list, I don't think Guard can do that anymore.

 Psy-Titan wrote:

 ImotekhTheStormlord wrote:

 ninjafiredragon wrote:

 ImotekhTheStormlord wrote:
Daemons
Eldar
Tau

In that order

funny cause choas deamons have such a low vote percentage.....

I weep for the masses.

Me too. I think this perception is because most people don't realise how to use daemons effectively- they are not the easiest codex to master straight away. But if you learn how they are crazy powerful.

I think it might also just be Daemons don't seem to be tat popular of an army. Still, it scares me to see them along with all the others xD. Don't get me wrong, I personally think out of the 3 top tier codices, daemons are the worst. Less synergy with allies, shooting almost entirely relies on randomness, randomness in general. Many more trap picks (most of khorne isn't really worth it, nurgle is of debatable use, slaanesh is super killy but has many flaws, Tzeentch is the king pen but Flamers really aren't worth it and Pink Horrors are extremely gambly oriented) than the rest pop up and there's just so much randomness as you don't even truly get to control what your characters wield for the most part. Still it is sad to see them with such a low count. It seems not enough players have experienced the joy of fighting the Khorne Dog ride mixed with a small circus, the pure and true flying circus, or the screamerstar.

Personally I tend to think:
Eldar
Tau
Daemons
Gap
Necrons
SM
Gap
Guardsman
Space Wolves
Grey Knights
Dark Eldar
DA/CSM (I really can't say here. CSM has the heldrake but the DA has slightly better internal balance)
Blood Angels
Orks
SoB? (really not sure)

Not sure where: Nids

Man thats a lopsided poll lol