So here we are two days out to what is shaping up to be a fun tournament this weekend and I haven’t really slept for the past two night…
Why you ask? Busy scheming with my Tyranids? Up playing DDO? No, and that is the problem!
I WAS, and perhaps still am, ready to field my 2K Tyranid list and bring the pain, but thanks to Jawaballs all I can think about is bringing my Grey Knights to the tourney, and this isn’t the usual last minute Fritz switcharoo- I only do that with Necrons.
JB and I have been cooking up some fun Grey Knight stuff for both our armies and I have to say I’m really pumped and excited with the possibilities. I love my paladins, dam the cost! Just the FACT that I can field a two wound termie is all I need to know regardless of they suck or not. Jawa this is all your fault!
So what to do?
On the one hand I’m kind of ok with not playing Tyranids since, at least for me, I’ve “unlocked” them and have had a good showing with them in the past two tourneys and recently at the club. I could be ok with letting them sit for a bit…
…but on the other hand I KNOW the space buggies at this point and a few of the players that I know will be attending this event are..well…how to put it nicely, huge WAAC guys. Nothing wrong with this being a tournament and all, but with the bugz if I face them I feel like I could put up a good fight, while the Grey Knights ARE still a work in progress at this point from a tactical level even if I have a solid base.
What to do…
A little more on Grey Knights?
Basically I see them breaking up into two camps- Grey Knight vs. Henchman spam. I understand and applaud GW for including henchmen so your model collection isn’t void, but personally if you are going to spam henchman to just get the psybolt vehicles on the table plus some psyrfile dreads you are really just playing Imperial Guard…boring and ho hum.
What is shaping up as the competitive GK list is of course rhinos/razors with psybolt ammo, small psycannon squads, and the three psyrifle dreads. Lots of shots, lots of rending, and some good assault ability. More of the same for 5th edition and well…boring also.
What I do see happening is the possibility of AV 10/11 going bye bye since GK’s are going to fill them with so many holes and kill them all by turn two/three- you just can’t repel fire of that magnitude. AV 14 is going to be the way to go, but even land raiders can be hit with the lucky rend.
Personally my GK list will have a solid group of paladins at their base and build from there. The nice thing about the ‘knights, being a Space Marine ‘dex is that there are really no bad choices in the book. Unlike Tyranids where GW wanted you to buy the new models they killed/nerfed ALL the old stuff, with GK’s all their models are new so there is no nerf bat.
Grey Knight players, what are your plans? Still in the build phase or are your ‘knights on the table?
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