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| Blitz | 7th December 2009 - 05:14 PM Post #1 |
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Hey, I want to start 40K, but I need your help to decide! I am looking for an army which has lots of Elite units, so less miniatures and painting. I have been looking at Tau and the Marines, but want to know what other good "elite" armies there are. Thanks! , Blitz
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| Bibamus | 7th December 2009 - 05:18 PM Post #2 |
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SM, CSM, Tau, Necron. all elite armies. CSM used ti be fun with the different books, now they are just generic space marines with a few different rules and less variety. SM are fun and lots of codexes to chose an army from. Tau might be a few more models due to the Kroot part. Necron have the monoloith. that being said, i only have a small 1.5k force of CSM and rarely play 40k due to the throw dice-take cover saves systems so i don't know how usefull this is
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| Blitz | 7th December 2009 - 05:21 PM Post #3 |
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Any other? Can I fill Tyranids with Tyranid warriors to make it elite or is there any restriction? |
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| Bibamus | 7th December 2009 - 05:24 PM Post #4 |
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warriors are HQ, you still need gaunts or jeans-stealers for troops afaik, only looked through the 'nid book once or twice, but a viable nid army needs a horde part i think. |
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| Blitz | 7th December 2009 - 05:26 PM Post #5 |
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How bout Eldars? I heard their Specialist troops (Scorpions, Spiders, dragons, etc) Are quite expensive and good. |
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| CapAmr05 | 7th December 2009 - 05:31 PM Post #6 |
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From the Pre Order webpage Evidently they're moving to the Troop section, so the days of an all monster tyranid army may be viable once more. (Ofcourse I haven't played 40k since 2001, and that was only Eldar and Blood Angels, so I have no real idea) --Cap |
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| Plaguepriest_Squee | 7th December 2009 - 05:43 PM Post #7 |
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Tau are pretty poor in the current edition, as are necron. Your best bet would be Space Marines, Space Wolves, Chaos Space Marines, or maybe 'nidzilla. |
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| Blitz | 7th December 2009 - 05:48 PM Post #8 |
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Probably Nids, since I can make a shooty army of monsters! |
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| Snik-Dead | 7th December 2009 - 05:49 PM Post #9 |
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With Tyranids you can take up to 45 warriors, they fill out Elite AND HQ slots and from the rumours they'll also be able to be taken as Fast Attack AND Heavy Support. You'll still need troops, but those can be filled with Genestealers. I play the Bugs, and I'd recommend the bugs because... we're getting a new codex and a plethora of new models come January... including the Trygon ![]() Tyranid Pre-order, New Models |
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| reddogfish77 | 7th December 2009 - 05:49 PM Post #10 |
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yeah nids are being released in jan... and it looks like they have more biguns... so think bout nids
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| Blitz | 7th December 2009 - 06:14 PM Post #11 |
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Wait. But arent they going to the troops section too? |
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| Bellatrix_Lestrange | 7th December 2009 - 07:40 PM Post #12 |
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I play Tau, and love them! They have scope to get a variety of army list builds so you wont get bored, the battalion box is a REALLY good place to start and great value, and they have great fluff. |
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| Halceon | 7th December 2009 - 08:05 PM Post #13 |
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Dude! If you want the ultimate $/points ratio, get Grey Knights. From what i've heard, at 2000 points you get something like 12 models. |
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| IronShark | 7th December 2009 - 08:07 PM Post #14 |
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Surprisingly, Orks can actually be one of the most Elite heavy armies out there. 2 Ork Warbosses, 2 units of 10 Nob Warbikers is a legal army (2 HQ, 2 Troops), and depending on the upgrades, is around 1400-1500pts. Toss in some Deffkoptas, Mega Nobs, Killa Kans, or other rather pricy units/vehicles, and you can pretty easily have a 1500-1700pt with under 30 models, and is pretty dangerous too. Nob Bikers are pretty nasty. |
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| wolflord | 7th December 2009 - 09:03 PM Post #15 |
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if you want the smallest army possible and very elite take space wolves Logan grimnar and his terminator army including arjac rockfist terminator unit upgrade he throws hims thunder hammer and it comes back assut 1 strength 10 ap1 and his storm shield gives+1 atack in the first round of combat |
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