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Alright, I'm interested in seeing what you most fear when playing your specific army. By that I mean, what do you hat eto see facing you down across the table? I'm not talking about things you dislike/find cheesy/whatever, but rather what makes you go "Oh man...how am I gonna win this one?"

So, just state what army (or armies) you play and what scares you when using that army.

One of my main armies is Deathwing.

There is a whole lot that kills me, but I hate to see hordes more than anything else. I just know that even with absolutely perfect shooting I likely won't make a dent, particularly when I'm running Godhammer-heavy lists.

All of my armies have the "Scared of (Eldar)" special rule.

I play Ulthwe Eldar. More specifically a slight variation of the old Ulthwe Strike Force. That means I don't have many Serpents and I'm not spamming Guardian Jetbikes. Since I'm foot-slogging it, Orks. I can usually eke out a win, but when I have to suddenly deal with 4 squads of Boyz, and a squad of Nobz in my face Turn 2. I get worried.

Venom spam DE when I'm running my Nidzilla lists.

Lootas.

S high AP low Large Blasts.

Power Klaws.

Imperial Guard: Dark Eldar

HH Ultramarines: Dark Eldar again.

Chaos Space Marines: Vanilla Space Marines.

MT Scions: Imperial Guard.

Space Marines: Imperial Guard.

Phase-Out

My Tyranids fear the Dark Eldar. Especially my wife's.

My imperial knights fear wytches, and the rest of my army is deepstrikers/ ignores cover/ bad luck.

I play Black Templar.

They took away my "Holy Orb of Antioch".

I am concerned about white rabbits.
(with "a vicious streak a mile wide!").

Other than that, 30man Ork shoota blobs with Lootas in the back and Koptas with twin linked missiles. I still cannot understand how Orks can outshoot marines...

 Talizvar wrote:
I play Black Templar.

They took away my "Holy Orb of Antioch".

I am concerned about white rabbits.
(with "a vicious streak a mile wide!").

Other than that, 30man Ork shoota blobs with Lootas in the back and Koptas with twin linked missiles. I still cannot understand how Orks can outshoot marines...

Datz cuz we gotz more dakka den ya spehss murheen gitz aint dat right boyz?


WWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!

I've played guard for years, and, by far, my most consistent problem is monstrous creatures. Guard can take a boatload of plasma guns, and have had other options for handling them at even closer ranges, but most MC's, you've got to reach out to touch, and guard has traditionally been pretty terrible with long-range multi-shot weapons that are both good S and good Ap. Artillery just doesn't cut it.

Of course, we now have much cheaper executioners and plasma cannon sponsons on russes, so this will probably begin to fade.

After that, my most difficult problem with guards are drop-pod lists, or lists that can sort of resemble drop pod lists. Any army that can bring a lot of killing power and be able to focus it really well on just one spot makes problems for an army that, even in mech form, traditionally has terrible force concentration.

So I'm talking proper drop pod lists (especially BT), and DoA BA, and to only a slightly lesser extent DE. I'd say deathwing or bike lists, but those kinds of lists, while good at concentrating, rely a lot more on having better durability than having more killing power, which means they play more of a battle of attrition, which guard are pretty decent against.

In any case, I can count on one hand the number of times I've beaten DE, BA, and DT combined. Not that I necessarily see all that many of them, but when they're there, I know I'm up for a challenging game.

With regards to enemies - anything that ignores fluff and includes certain blue tentacle-fetish-loving-pseudo-Asian Rip-you-a-new-one-tards/tides

 Ailaros wrote:
I've played guard for years, and, by far, my most consistent problem is monstrous creatures. Guard can take a boatload of plasma guns, and have had other options for handling them at even closer ranges, but most MC's, you've got to reach out to touch, and guard has traditionally been pretty terrible with long-range multi-shot weapons that are both good S and good Ap. Artillery just doesn't cut it.

Of course, we now have much cheaper executioners and plasma cannon sponsons on russes, so this will probably begin to fade.

After that, my most difficult problem with guards are drop-pod lists, or lists that can sort of resemble drop pod lists. Any army that can bring a lot of killing power and be able to focus it really well on just one spot makes problems for an army that, even in mech form, traditionally has terrible force concentration.

So I'm talking proper drop pod lists (especially BT), and DoA BA, and to only a slightly lesser extent DE. I'd say deathwing or bike lists, but those kinds of lists, while good at concentrating, rely a lot more on having better durability than having more killing power, which means they play more of a battle of attrition, which guard are pretty decent against.

In any case, I can count on one hand the number of times I've beaten DE, BA, and DT combined. Not that I necessarily see all that many of them, but when they're there, I know I'm up for a challenging game.

DTs?

Do you mean the Black Templars?

 Kain wrote:

 Ailaros wrote:
I've played guard for years, and, by far, my most consistent problem is monstrous creatures. Guard can take a boatload of plasma guns, and have had other options for handling them at even closer ranges, but most MC's, you've got to reach out to touch, and guard has traditionally been pretty terrible with long-range multi-shot weapons that are both good S and good Ap. Artillery just doesn't cut it.

Of course, we now have much cheaper executioners and plasma cannon sponsons on russes, so this will probably begin to fade.

After that, my most difficult problem with guards are drop-pod lists, or lists that can sort of resemble drop pod lists. Any army that can bring a lot of killing power and be able to focus it really well on just one spot makes problems for an army that, even in mech form, traditionally has terrible force concentration.

So I'm talking proper drop pod lists (especially BT), and DoA BA, and to only a slightly lesser extent DE. I'd say deathwing or bike lists, but those kinds of lists, while good at concentrating, rely a lot more on having better durability than having more killing power, which means they play more of a battle of attrition, which guard are pretty decent against.

In any case, I can count on one hand the number of times I've beaten DE, BA, and DT combined. Not that I necessarily see all that many of them, but when they're there, I know I'm up for a challenging game.

DTs?

Do you mean the Black Templars?

No, he means Dangerous Terrain.

 Happyjew wrote:

 Kain wrote:

 Ailaros wrote:
I've played guard for years, and, by far, my most consistent problem is monstrous creatures. Guard can take a boatload of plasma guns, and have had other options for handling them at even closer ranges, but most MC's, you've got to reach out to touch, and guard has traditionally been pretty terrible with long-range multi-shot weapons that are both good S and good Ap. Artillery just doesn't cut it.

Of course, we now have much cheaper executioners and plasma cannon sponsons on russes, so this will probably begin to fade.

After that, my most difficult problem with guards are drop-pod lists, or lists that can sort of resemble drop pod lists. Any army that can bring a lot of killing power and be able to focus it really well on just one spot makes problems for an army that, even in mech form, traditionally has terrible force concentration.

So I'm talking proper drop pod lists (especially BT), and DoA BA, and to only a slightly lesser extent DE. I'd say deathwing or bike lists, but those kinds of lists, while good at concentrating, rely a lot more on having better durability than having more killing power, which means they play more of a battle of attrition, which guard are pretty decent against.

In any case, I can count on one hand the number of times I've beaten DE, BA, and DT combined. Not that I necessarily see all that many of them, but when they're there, I know I'm up for a challenging game.

DTs?

Do you mean the Black Templars?

No, he means Dangerous Terrain.

But you have a 5/6 chance of beating dangerous terrain! More if you have armor!

Orks. In general.

Whenever I play against them, they transform into first-rate sharpshooters, and I can't roll anything but 1s and 2s.

 jasper76 wrote:
Orks. In general.

Whenever I play against them, they transform into first-rate sharpshooters, and I can't roll anything but 1s and 2s.

Tell me about it. My last game against Orks saw every Big Shoota getting 3 Wounds every time. Except the very first shooting of the game. He missed.

Tyranids greatest fear..... New codexs

 Rotary wrote:
Tyranids greatest fear..... New codexs

Third time's the charm eh?

 Rotary wrote:
Tyranids greatest fear..... New codexs

You convinced me, new codexs hands down.

I play guard , and my greatest fear.. Nids. Not because I dont know how to fight them, but I just have this deep ingrained dread of Nids. First army i ever fought against, the horror.. they washed over m crons cold vulnerable metal carapaces with their warm living flesh.. *cries*

Anti infintry weapons.

Cover ignoring weapons.

Hordes.

I play Blood Angels so pretty much everything scares me...

 Murdius Maximus wrote:
I play Blood Angels so pretty much everything scares me...

Come, join my Khorne Chosen in a group hug.

 Ashiraya wrote:

 Murdius Maximus wrote:
I play Blood Angels so pretty much everything scares me...

Come, join my Khorne Chosen in a group hug.

Thousand Son lover and Tzeentch player in general.

C-can I join?

 Ashiraya wrote:

 Murdius Maximus wrote:
I play Blood Angels so pretty much everything scares me...

Come, join my Khorne Chosen in a group hug.

...But...they're so scary...

 Murdius Maximus wrote:

 Ashiraya wrote:

 Murdius Maximus wrote:
I play Blood Angels so pretty much everything scares me...

Come, join my Khorne Chosen in a group hug.

...But...they're so scary...

Hush now. We know the suffering you feel inside. How you must fight yourself as well as your foes that constantly crush you over their heel. Shh... for now we can all stay united. Just don't mind if tentacles brush you or tongues lick you, they are just trying to comfort you.

 StarTrotter wrote:

 Murdius Maximus wrote:

 Ashiraya wrote:

 Murdius Maximus wrote:
I play Blood Angels so pretty much everything scares me...

Come, join my Khorne Chosen in a group hug.

...But...they're so scary...

Hush now. We know the suffering you feel inside. How you must fight yourself as well as your foes that constantly crush you over their heel. Shh... for now we can all stay united. Just don't mind if tentacles brush you or tongues lick you, they are just trying to comfort you.

Well...I suppose a little hug isn't totally heresy...

With my necrons it has to be anything with a 2up save or hordes.