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Hi all! It's pretty well known that I'm a vocal advocate for 'fluffy and fun' lists on this here forum, and I was wondering: at what point does your fluffy and fun list become 'to strong' for friendly games?
Point in case: I've been working on refining my silly Death Guard chem list for a while now, and this is what I've come up with:
Spoiler:
+++ Death Guard - Chem list (2500pts) +++
++ Legiones Astartes: Crusade Army List (Age of Darkness) (2500pts) ++
+ HQ (325pts) +
Calas Typhon (200pts) ··Master of the Legion [Creeping Death]
Legion Destroyer Squad (220pts) [4x Legion Destroyer Space Marine, Missile Launcher with Suspensor Web and Rad Missiles Only]
··Legion Destroyer Sergeant [Artificer Armour, 2x Phosphex Bombs, Power Fist]
Legion Heavy Support Squad (300pts) [9x Legion Space Marines, Missile Launchers]
··Legion Sergeant [Artificer Armour, Augury Scanner]
+ Legion +
Legion Astartes [Traitor, XIV: Death Guard]
the basic premise is Typhon runs with the Grave Wardens, while everything else salt's the earth with phosphex or missiles.
However, my problem is that this list does very well whenever I run it. Is there a 'fair' way to tone it down for more friendly games, or have I just been really lucky with my match-ups? I mean, from what I can see: the infantry is durable (5+ cover in the open) and there's a decent amount of firepower going down range, but beyond the phosphex, there's nothing TO hard hitting, right? Thanks in advance!
Beyond this, what kinds of silly, fun lists do you guys commonly use?
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I'll never be able to repay CA for making GW realize that The Old World was a cash cow, left to die in a field.
Brutal but appropriate list! I would be scared facing that, but it is an appropriate and very in keeping with the Death Guard. For the next 500 points, may I suggest looking at the Reaping Rite of War to get that Heavy Support Squad into Troops and add in a heavy flamer unit with Chem Munitions!
For myself, I have nothing as extreme. But, I'm building up a Tank heavy list for my Alphas - Land Raider Proteus Squadron of 3 (Outflanking thanks to Explorator Web) with three Rhinos filled with Tactical and Tactical Support squads (Outflanking) and maybe a Leviathan in a pod. Having that lot coming in behind your lines will sure to prove a distraction and fits the Alpha Legions background nicely...
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my perfect Imperial fist list would be for a 3k game, Stone Gauntlet with 2 20 man breacher squads a 20 man phalanx squad with a forge lord with solar gauntlet and shield with rad each with a apothecary and a ten man hamernator and shield squads with pollux. Backed up by three basilisks and a ten man heavy squad with ML with auto tank hunter.
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It's fluffy for your army, certainly. But it is NOT friendly. With the "crawling death" rule, or whatever, I have watched it put 25+ wounds on a 5 man devastator squad over and over again.
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It's fluffy for your army, certainly. But it is NOT friendly. With the "crawling death" rule, or whatever, I have watched it put 25+ wounds on a 5 man devastator squad over and over again.
I agree on the friendly comment now, for some reason I thought it was a single template each, not 4
I'll never be able to repay CA for making GW realize that The Old World was a cash cow, left to die in a field.
I'm painting the last knight of this 3000 point list..
Questoris knight household
HQ: Lancer Senescal
Troop 1: Magaera Scion Martial with occular augmetics
Troop 2: Magaera Scion Martial with occular augmetics
Elite: Acheron Preceptor
Heavy Support: Castigator Arbalaster with occular augmetics
Fortification: Skysheild Landing Pad
LOW: Warhound Titan 'Bello Canis'
And the heavy support cohorts of this 2000 point Ordo Reductor cyborg list..
Ordo Reductor 'Matrix of Ruin'
HQ: Archmagos Reductor, infra-visor, cyber familiar, 4 cyber occularis, abeyant, MC photon thruster and machinator array
Troop 1: 3 thallax, ferrox and heavy chain blades
Troop 2: 3 thallax, ferrox and heavy chain blades
Troop 3: 3 thallax, destructor
Troop 4: 3 thallax, destructor
Troop 5: 6 thallax, 2x phased plasma fusil
Troop 6: 6 thallax, 2x phased plasma fusil
Heavy Support 1: 3 thallax, Icarian and multi-melta
Heavy Support 2: 3 thallax, Icarian and multi-melta
I can't wait to try them out!
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The Ordo Reductor - the guy's who make wonderful things like the Landraider Achillies, but can't use them in battle..
Is this all you ever run? Is this the extent of your collection?
I wouldn't have a problem facing this, I would have a problem facing this game after game.
My suggestion, add in an Achilles land raider.
Why you may ask?
Just for the hell of it. I very rarely ever play the same list twice. I am having fun with my Alphas and Mechanicum until I can get my armoured breakthrough list ready for my Fists, but I also run Stone Gauntlet.
Is this all you ever run? Is this the extent of your collection?
I wouldn't have a problem facing this, I would have a problem facing this game after game.
My suggestion, add in an Achilles land raider.
Why you may ask?
Just for the hell of it. I very rarely ever play the same list twice. I am having fun with my Alphas and Mechanicum until I can get my armoured breakthrough list ready for my Fists, but I also run Stone Gauntlet.
I don't know if you're talking to me or Donlad, but my Sig should cover my collection as to 'is this the only list' Nah, I've played it a few times, but it's far from my only list. more often than not I have some solar auxilia mixed in, or more recently I have my dread mob! (3 leviathans, 3 contemptors, 6 box dreads, and lots of techmarines/forge lords )
I'll never be able to repay CA for making GW realize that The Old World was a cash cow, left to die in a field.
18,000 that's a lot of Death Guard. Would run my breakthrough list against your dreads, but again wouldn't consider that much fun on a daily basis.
How often do you run the Death Lord?
When I first started, all the time. Now that I have more, I usually reserve him for games large enough for the primarch to actually be there (3,000+ generally, though even then it's not guaranteed) A point in case: Saturday I'm throwing my mass dreadnought list (in a bunch of drop pods ) at a knight+warhound titan player to see how it goes. no primarch will be present.
I'll never be able to repay CA for making GW realize that The Old World was a cash cow, left to die in a field.
Brennonjw wrote: at what point does your fluffy and fun list become 'to strong' for friendly games?
Never.
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