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How do you use your favorite unit?

Canonness Rory — GMT

Title is pretty self-explanatory.

My favorite unit is noise marines in a chaos rhino.
I kit out the noise marines to the teeth, champ, guy with blastmaster, rest with sonic blasters, and buy a chaos rhino for them, that has a megnetized combi-melta or havoc launcher. I like the combi-melta better but the Havoc is fun sometimes too.

I start the noise marines either in cover or in their rhino, depending on my enemy, vs Tau, IG, Or any gunline army I put them in the rhino, charge forward 12 inches turn 1, disembark (into cover if it's handy), and shoot, then continue shooting until I am forced to stop. vs assault armies, or close-and-shoot armies like SM, I stick them in cover to take advantage of that DELICIOUS heavy 3. The rhino serves as a fire-magnet, tankshock toy, and hope-i-get-ridiculously-lucky tankbuster. Mostly just is there to be in the way for the enemy. vs enemies that combine gunline with sending good forces (like SMs that stand and shoot with heavy weapons and send termies and stuff forward) I use the rhino like im facing an assault army, but hold the troops in reserve, when they arrive they get some awesome assault 2 at 24" vs enemies that likely can't retaliate for a couple turns.

I always use at least 1 squad, rarely 2, 3 is too much, they are crazy expensive.

So how do you use your favorite unit?

How do you use your favorite unit?

nyyman — GMT

Space Marine Assault Terminator Squad in Land Raider
With three Thunder Hammerers and two Lightning Clawers, they WILL beat anything to death expect for C'tan
Just put them in a Land Raider and drive hell fast to enemy, unleash deadly cargo and chomp through enemy.
Then the left Land Raide works as a fire magnet and formable fire base.
Life has never been easier.

How do you use your favorite unit?

JD21290 — GMT

Gretchin.....

Throw them in the way of anything thats a threat and hold them up for a while (possibly even hurt something!)

shoot pointlessly at anything in range, hoping to scratch armour.

mine field duties.

general annoying purpose of getting in the way.

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40kenthusiast — GMT

Deceiver does the goalie dance between the liths, while trying to pin/break enemy units with his mind bullets.

Soul Grinder lands + shoots his tongue, then moves + fleets + charges. If possible, he gets stuck into units that would give Bloodcrushers trouble (genestealers with preferred enemy, huge Ork units, what have you), and spreads them over his huge surface area to get plucked by a Crushers/Herald charge.

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NecronAndyB — GMT

Necron Warriors with a Monolith. Apart from the fact that half the time Necons stand up after being killed, coupled with a Monolith they are deadly. If you teleport them to the Monolith portal, you can re-roll any failed We'll be Backs. Plus, you can teleport them out of tricky situations and close combat. These effects are even better when a Lord with Resurrection Orb and Veil of Darkness, as the Lord can teleport them when a Monolith is unavailible, and use his Orb to help them recover from Instant Death and Power Weapons

How do you use your favorite unit?

Timmah — GMT

marbo

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How do you use your favorite unit?

Frank Fugger — GMT

My favourite unit is Grey Knights. Currently I use them as paperweights :(

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Zaephyr — GMT

My favourite right now is 10 terminators armed with 2 cyclone missile launchers and a chainfist. I sometimes combat squad them (as well as my whole army) but usually they remain as one large mass preventing charges to my fire base, tacticals. I have no need to buy tacticals powerfists because the terminators have plenty! I target weak tranports or large squads of weakly armoured troops. 4 frag missiles+20 storm bolter shots have once got me some 35 hits on a unit.

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aflax1 — GMT

My Favorite unit is my squad of nine Assault marines. I flank with them while the rest of my army picks them of with precise bolter, missle, Lascannon, Assault cannon, Multi-meltas.

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Shrike78 — GMT

The 4th ed. Tech Marine. With 8 attacks on the charge, as well as a flamer and twin linked plasma pistol, he is a-freakin-mazing in CC. Now though... he sucks >_<"

So now my fave is the vindicator, for obvious reasons. I use it as god intended: Aim, fire, Repeat

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Malladrius — GMT

Ironclad Dreadnought with two heavy flamers. Drop behind anything you want dead. If target is infantry burn to a crisp if not DREADNOUGHT SMASH! This guy will kill just about anything you point him at except terminators.

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99MDeery — GMT

I have two:

Vindicator: As said before Aim, Fire, Laugh Manically, then repeat.

Captain Shrike + 10 Assault Marines: Infiltrate, Mug a unit, keep on mugging units until they die, they always get there points back in every game there used.

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Canonness Rory — GMT

Malladrius wrote:Ironclad Dreadnought with two heavy flamers. Drop behind anything you want dead. If target is infantry burn to a crisp if not DREADNOUGHT SMASH! This guy will kill just about anything you point him at except terminators.

Even terminators face his horrible wrath and scream in terror, for he strikes first with a bunch of S10 power attacks after scoring like 10 flamer hits.

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Sgt. Salt — GMT

Currently my favorite unit is my souped up Archon and ret.
The last game I played they wiped out a mob of 30 Ork boys in one go.

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Hollismason — GMT

Favorite unit:
Librarian w/ Terminator Armour Storm Shield
w/ Nullzone / Vortex.
10 Sternguard w/
8 Combimeltas
w/ Drop Pod

I don't care what it is it dies to a 5 man squad w/ 4 meltagun shots. If I need to I can cast Nullzone not combat squad them and deliver the wrath of god to Seer Squads ; same thing with Nob Bikers ; Tanks ; Squads of Space Marines whatever. Of I have to I can split into 2 Combat Squads and Split the Librarian off with a STR10 AP1 Template for targeting 3 seperate Targets.

I usually have a Scout Biker Squad to ensure that they hit automatically as well.

It doesn't matter and I do not fear inquisitors at all.

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Anarchyman99 — GMT

8 Terms with 2 Heavy Flamers popping out of a LRC.....move, Terms pop out, fire HFlamers fire term storm bolters, fire LRC weapons......if you still have targets assault!

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Try Again Bragg — GMT

Leman russ battle tank with with hb sponsons and a lascannon on the hull

It does everything for me. I can blow the crap out of something with the main cannon obliterating hordes and ignoring the saves of marines. The HBs give me more firepower and help to fend of something getting to close for me to be comfortable firing the battle cannon. The lascannon gives me an anti tank gun for emergencies or super heavy infantry. All I have to do is either hold it back and fire from range, or ram it down someone's throat, tank shocking while blowing holes in big things.

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extermikator — GMT

My favourite unit is my tac in a DP, kitted out with a TH and MM. So good for dropping near a tank line.

MC

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Madgod — GMT

Favourite unit is a squad of 14 Ksons with doombolt aspiring sorceror and doombolt BoC sorceror attached.

Just rip apart anything short of termies with 20 S4 AP3 shots per turn at 18"
SM Beware the KSons are here!!

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Elnicko5 — GMT

My favorite unit, and it has been since third edition (IIRC when I started using it) is trukk boyz. Well it was trukk boyz, now it is a unit of 12 boyz in a trukk with a PK nob. If ever there existed a glass hammer, they are it. It is an AV 10, open topped transport, filled with 12 boyz with a 6+ armor save. Every basic gun in the game, except lazguns, can stop it, and shred the unit before it gets to combat. That being said, it is crazy fast, and if you let it hit your lines you are looking at 44 s4 attacks at I3 and 4 s9 powerklaw attacks. I do nothing with it but speed towards my enemy, making them focus fire on my 150 point unit, taking the focus off the rest of my army footslogging it's way up. Simple, brutal, fragile and fun.

To be honest, I think the moment I decided this was my favorite squad was in a game vs. a TMC list. It was in 4th edition, and I was playing with 2 trukk boyz squads in my list. Because I was as mobile as I was my trukk boyz kept getting the charge. With one trukk, I sped up 13 inches, offloaded my boyz, charged a fex, chopped it down before it could do anything, consolidated back, reboarded my transport, rinsed and repeated, twice. They took down 5-600 points of carnifex before they took a casualty. It. Was. Awesome.

How do you use your favorite unit?

wuestenfux — GMT

My favorite unit is noise marines in a chaos rhino.
I kit out the noise marines to the teeth, champ, guy with blastmaster, rest with sonic blasters, and buy a chaos rhino for them, that has a megnetized combi-melta or havoc launcher. I like the combi-melta better but the Havoc is fun sometimes too.

What's the configuration of the unit?

My favorite unit is 10 Terminators with 2 cyclones led by a Libarian with terminator armor and nullzone.

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Demogerg — GMT

Wolf Scouts with Meltabombs

72 points, and Ive had them kill over 600 points worth of enemies in some games.

They also force mech gunlines to take a step forward to avoid meltadeath, and when they do that my land raiders charge in from reserve, maybe suffer 1 turn of shooting (popped smoke), then unload hell.

can also kit out the wolf scouts to max size, flamer, meltabombs, frag nades, 2 plas pistols, 2 power weps, still only something like 160 points, but then they can kill just about any dedicated ranged units. Lootas? flamer+assault. Artillery? plas pistols+meltabombs. Thunderfire? plas pistols+power weapons.

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[Chosen] — GMT

Good'o fashion veteran squad with 3 meltas in a chimera. Having 5 of those in 1750 and rush them forward dans formation.

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Casper — GMT

Grechin - charge them into anything that gets too close to your lootas, charge them into MC and let the Runtherders go to work. The look on your opponents face when he realizes his T6+ MC (Fex's, Nightbringer, Wraithlord) who ignored the squad the turn before is now down to 1 wound and locked in CC.

Having a squad of 30 streach between 2 objectives late in a game...

Other annoying uses.

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barlio — GMT

Timmah wrote:marbo

/end thread

"HE CAN DO WHAT???" hahaha, say hello to my friend Mr. Demo charge, KABOOM!

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Manstein — GMT

A Company Command squad in a Chimera. I sit them back in my lines and wait for those Terminators / Daemon Princes / Hive Tyrants / you get the picture, to rush into my guards and slaughter my puny Guard squad. I then rush up the Chimera, unload the CCS and proceed to unload 4 Rapid Fire BS4 Plasma Gun shots into it. People always seem to be kinda stunned when this happens, "wait, you said FOUR plasma guns?!?"

I also have to add in another entry, because its really kinda tied to the first and runs on the same principle. A platoon command squad with 4 flamers in a chimera to act as my counter charge. Its always awesome to roll some 40 odd wounds on a hormagaunt squad that just finished eating a few guards for lunch. Even marine players kinda cringe at having to make so many saves.

How do you use your favorite unit?

Typhon — GMT

Rough riders, give them scout so they can outflank (thanks to creed) and upgrade them with morgul kamir. 24 Str6 powerweapon attacks on the charge, find a tactical squad and wipe it off the map.

Or, my platoon command squads all with 4 flamers, move out and incinerate anything.

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Zaephyr — GMT

Typhon wrote:Rough riders, give them scout so they can outflank (thanks to creed) and upgrade them with morgul kamir. 24 Str6 powerweapon attacks on the charge, find a tactical squad and wipe it off the map.

Or, my platoon command squads all with 4 flamers, move out and incinerate anything.

I've said this before but rough riders can't use creed's tactical genius rule because it only works on infantry or vehicle units.

How do you use your favorite unit?

orchewer — GMT

Dark Eldar
3x Haemonculus with Destructors in a Raider.

Tau
Broadside

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statu — GMT

10 Striking scorpions with infiltrate move through cover, and an exarch with a biting blade, infiltrated up close and recieve a first turn charge which generally kills the charged squad

How do you use your favorite unit?

GoFenris — GMT

Ten individually outfitted Nobs in a Trukk. Get 'em across the battlefield and into what they do best.

"Do do that voodoo
that you do so well.
For you do something to (others)
that nobody else could do!"

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oddjustice — GMT

*sigh* I'll admit this.

Chapter Master : Kitted with Storm Bolter, Power Fist, Artificer Armor
Honor Guard : 4 man, Chapter Banner, Chapter Champion, Relic Blades all
Mounted in:

Razorback: Las Plas, Extra Armour, Extra Pintle Bolter

I call them Ride or Die.

*cries*

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Phangry — GMT

oddjustice wrote:*sigh* I'll admit this.

Chapter Master : Kitted with Storm Bolter, Power Fist, Artificer Armor
Honor Guard : 4 man, Chapter Banner, Chapter Champion, Relic Blades all
Mounted in:

Razorback: Las Plas, Extra Armour, Extra Pintle Bolter

I call them Ride or Die.

*cries*

Lots of style points for that squad.

I like using Vets with 2 Meltas a Heavy Flamer and Demolitions. Being able to drop the Demo Charge on a squad or multi-charge with meltabombs is great.

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oddjustice — GMT

Phangry wrote:

Lots of style points for that squad.

Hopefully there's a campaign where I can just win on style points.

How do you use your favorite unit?

poetofsilence — GMT

I would have to go with the Leman Russ Punisher. Something about 20 shots from a main cannon plus your heavy bolters, heavy stubber, and lascannon. I usually play against Nids or Battle Sisters. Almost every game it wipes out 4 or 5 "without number" gaunt squads in one shooting turn. totally awesome.

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lemon detective — GMT

I use my kasrkin as a set of two:
a ten-man suicide squad in a chimera - with a flamer, a melta, and a power weapon, these guys race forward and either contest objectives 'til the rest of the guard show up, or i sent them on a hunt - usually the biggest, nastiest army in the opposing force. i have had the melta take out two 'liths in a single game, the flamer cremate 40 orks and the sarge charge into melee against a 'fex and survive for 3 turns

the smaller 6 man units acts as a firebase, with a plasma and 'nade launcher - i use these to hunt elite infantry - meganobz, termies, 'nid warriors, and the occasional MC

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Maleficorum — GMT

Deceiver playing mind games!

10 khorne berzerkers w/fist champ and possessed land raider.

Good times!

How do you use your favorite unit?

Cryonicleech — GMT

My favorite unit? Boyz.

I don't need to think, just throw 'em into CC, Try to charge, and life is good!

How do you use your favorite unit?

Darkreaver55 — GMT

Blood Claws with my Lightning Claw Wolf Lord. Nothing beats the look opponents get when you roll a fistful or more of dice and say 'These are just the power weapons. The other ones are next.'

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Illeix — GMT

my favorite, rather than my beloved tanks or SOB, tends to be my sentinels. Well, "scout" sentinels, that is.

I rarely use more than one, and I only have two. I usually outflank and put a couple of autocannon shells into side/rear armor, and then make a beeline to stomp on the closest infantry squad available.

One time, I held up an entire Hormagaunt brood for a whole game. 40pt sentinel holding up a 320pt mob of gnashing bugs, beautiful. A week later I held a Chapter master for four turns, after splattering a LC pred.

I don't care what some people say, Sentinels are a fine unit in my eyes. All they need is some sort of secondary "chin" weapon or sumsuch.