Re: [Epic] Chaos in SM/TL (was Uncheesy detachments)

From: Thane Morgan <thane_at_...>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 19:33:07 -0700

Scott Shupe wrote:
>
> Miller, Chris wrote:
> >
> > Against orks & imperials you had a pretty good game, but against
> > eldar it was almost always a lopsided win in 3 turns or less (for the
> > eldar).
>
> Depends on whether you can get the eldar player to limit
> himself in psychic attacks... although even still, Chaos has problems.
> It would be nice if the GDs were not mandatory.
>
> > Squats I didnt play enough to see a trend, and 'nids I ddin't
> > either, though it seemed like they had easy access to psychic attacks.
>
> Uhm, yeah you could say that. Playing Chaos against a
> competant tyrnaid army is no fun at all - your GDs are forced into
> hiding and generally end up doing nothing the entire game, your
> daemons are out-classed in close combat and all the good stuff on
> the 'nid side has 2 or 3+ psychic saves (so playing cards against
> them is less than effective). One of my favorite moments in a
> Chaos vs Bug battle is when I played telekinesis on a Dom (a clear
> desperation move) and my opponent rolled a '1' for his psy save...
> dropped the b*tch into a nearby forest (impassable terrain) and
> watched it do nothing for the rest of the battle.
> I stuck one in a building once.

Chaos marines used to be one of the best basic infantry troops in the
game, as they had the save modifier and a better chance to hit. I
defeated bugs lots of times as a chaos player; usually with lots of
marines and very select GD's (Mortarion could be very powerful, LOC's
could wreak big havoc). LOB's were usually effective if you could hide
them for DOminatrixes part of the time (psychic save was a big benefit
in these battles).

Thane
Received on Wed Feb 11 1998 - 02:33:07 UTC