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Who is going to get the biggest boost? Psychic powers nerfed? CC back in? Its all debatable, who in your eyes is getting the buff stick?

Squats!

Gk easily. With the battle brothers ally matrix. Meaning everything they lack you can throw some leman russ in there and buff them with your gk lib. Not to mention having so many psykers you got unlimited dice. And your close combat Halberd insta kill hit first beat sticks.TThey may have lost draigowing forever but they gained so so much more than paladins now everything becomes more viable. Even at a higher cost.

Space wolves got their anti air in the form of ally matrix fliers. It's gonna be crazy

For the emprah!!!

Interesting how the two current leaders, are armies that are known to do exceptionally well in melee (Nids and BA).

Well, I have absolutely no idea.

But GW is the clear winner. New rulebook, new units and new characters to be bought.

Rulebook is not released and you want to judge which army is going to benefit most? Sorry, but few pieces from WD and leaks isnt ruleset.

 UlrikDecado wrote:
Rulebook is not released and you want to judge which army is going to benefit most? Sorry, but few pieces from WD and leaks isnt ruleset.

Yes I want to speculate for fun. Burn mental calories. No need to poopoo the thread.

Voted for all the assault armies. Can't be much worse than they are today, and 7e will surely help them out.

For now I'd say GK. Sanctic has many good powers and GK is the only army capable of casting those without asking for lot of Perils.

I voted GK, because as an entire army of Psykers, they will benefit the most from the changes about the occur. However, Space Wolves are a very close second, as they have the best Troops in the game, and 7th appears to be the "Troops" edition.

SJ

I voted Sisters of Battle. I don't believe they will improve but its not like I have anything to base my guesses off anyway.

Voted a tie between GK and daemons.
GK on the premise that they'll have like 15 psychic dice on average, and just pick the best psychic discipline they have access to to spam. They'll also be able to block the opponent's psykers all day long.

Daemons because they could do the same with an all Tzeentch list, and it's hard to imagine them losing if they can literally make 3 or 4 more units of pink horrors every turn. Also 12" bubbles of stacking +1 invuln save from the already-revealed malefic table will be OP as hell.

I vote for all of them... kidding, but seriously, you ask for most and then let people pick more than one... English much?

My choice(s) SW, DA, Nids

Buff to flying circus. Being able to ally with oneself. Buffs to assault movement and consolidating into a combat again.

From what I've heard thus far, Tyranids certainly get a boost.

Flying Daemons win at life. Beastpack rocks on.

The rich get richer, and so it goes.

I voted Space Wolves because it has Wolves in the name and like every good Space Wolf knows when wolf is in the name it's Wolf-tested, Wolf-approved Wolf-goodness.

IG/Orks. The supposed changes to the Vehicle Damage Chart will be very favorable to them. (If true.)

Well, Terrify getting nerfed is a big help to CSM Cult troops. Not the MOST beneficial, but is awesome for me! I'm really pleased with the Psychic Powers now, since I rarely use them in the first place...

Armoured battlegroup.

When FW FAQs the list to new Russ pricing, you can have an army of super scoring AV14 models, with two Beast hunter toting Vanquishers and half a dozen other Russes.

And vehicles are getting a little tougher with explode results only on a 7+.

 Jimsolo wrote:
IG/Orks. The supposed changes to the Vehicle Damage Chart will be very favorable to them. (If true.)

This!

At first I was thinking Chaos Daemons/Marines. But now I see it, the Guard gets hordes of cheap psykers and increased resilience on all vehicles.

On the other side, Orks had been amongst the big losers of 6th edition. Deprived of psychic tricks, wild USRs, MC spam and ally shenanigans, they kept fighting like they had since 4th: On their own and relying only on a handful outstanding units. Well, now that all of the above seems to have suffered a noticeable nerf, the balance seems tipped in the ork's favor. But wait, there's more. The new flexible FOC/Detachment rules allow us to make better use of the fair few competitive units in our book. Yay!

Tyranids will probably get a small boost, too, with their readymade formations and abundance of psykers. I don't know if the rumors regarding warp charge and dispel dice are true but, if they are, casting all those nasty spells against the Hive Mind or the right build of Guard will be a true PITA.

It looks like DE will be gettting a buff as well. With vehicles exploding on 7+ there will be a whole lot less charred Wyches.

 oddworx wrote:
It looks like DE will be gettting a buff as well. With vehicles exploding on 7+ there will be a whole lot less charred Wyches.

Very true. I have a long and distinguished history of popping raiders, then popping the next one over, and getting 20+ dead DE from transports exploding.

nvm. Mods, please delete this post whenever possible

I guess GK first with SW and DA tying for a close second.

The Imperium.

 oddworx wrote:
It looks like DE will be gettting a buff as well. With vehicles exploding on 7+ there will be a whole lot less charred Wyches.

Eh, if the Jink rumors are true, then that will be a nice counter-balance to skimmers getting hosed on that front. Still, with not a lot to look forward to in this edition, I'll take what I can get.

My boyz are pretty damn keen on 7+ to explode I gotta say.

 XdeadpoolX wrote:
Gk easily. With the battle brothers ally matrix. Meaning everything they lack you can throw some leman russ in there and buff them with your gk lib. Not to mention having so many psykers you got unlimited dice. And your close combat Halberd insta kill hit first beat sticks.TThey may have lost draigowing forever but they gained so so much more than paladins now everything becomes more viable. Even at a higher cost.

Space wolves got their anti air in the form of ally matrix fliers. It's gonna be crazy

For the emprah!!!

Brotherhood of psykers says otherwise, the unit counts as ML1 not per model.

Daemons on the other hand get their troops for cheaper and are ML1-3 depending on squad size

 ausYenLoWang wrote:

 XdeadpoolX wrote:
Gk easily. With the battle brothers ally matrix. Meaning everything they lack you can throw some leman russ in there and buff them with your gk lib. Not to mention having so many psykers you got unlimited dice. And your close combat Halberd insta kill hit first beat sticks.TThey may have lost draigowing forever but they gained so so much more than paladins now everything becomes more viable. Even at a higher cost.

Space wolves got their anti air in the form of ally matrix fliers. It's gonna be crazy

For the emprah!!!

Brotherhood of psykers says otherwise, the unit counts as ML1 not per model.

Daemons on the other hand get their troops for cheaper and are ML1-3 depending on squad size

Depending on how combat squads work, you could very well get 12 power dice from your troops alone.

Nevermind the other units who are all psykers as well.

 Thorgrim Bloodcrow wrote:
I voted Space Wolves because it has Wolves in the name and like every good Space Wolf knows when wolf is in the name it's Wolf-tested, Wolf-approved Wolf-goodness.

"Wolves for the Wolf Wolf." - Leman Wolf Russ