most common allies out there

[ikken]

Being the only army that can't take allies , it is worth knowing what are opponents are actually using in 6th . Often there can be big differances between what you hear in the math hammer world of forums , and what takes place on the table top . So I would like to know, what armies people are actually seeing used as ALLIES on the table top .
Not what you are hearing about on the forums but what are you personally actually seeing in the real world when you manage to get a game , or visit your LGS and watch a game .

[Raven]

I'm seeing a fair few people take Guard, but there are a few combos that seem very popular, like Tau with Orks, CSM with Daemons, and Dark Eldar with Eldar.

[t⊗theark]

I don't think that the poll is structured well. It implied that there's a popular ally out there when in reality there's more like common alliances.

Anyways, the top 3 I would say would be orks, guard and tau. Orks and guard often for bodies really. Guard have the AA defense thing too but mostly I see big mobs and platoons. Tau have cheap fancy guns on mobile gun platforms in the form of suits and skimmers.

The most common alliances I see though would be the two combos I see consistantly:-

Eldar ones They seem to be battle brothers is most lists, even in corsair lists you fins guys from the craftworlds and Commoragh. The craftworlds have a bit of surability to the paper troops and the Commorites have more recent pricing for their offensive power. Also, who else is going to ally with dark eldar?;

Space marines and tau. I don't know why the two worst codecies are getting together but they are very often with the durable gunlines of the spacemarines and the mobile fancy guns of the tau seem to work well together. I guess space marines gain from the mobility anf the tau gain from the alright troop choices.

[gloomfang]

So far IG, SW and Eldar, in that order. Most folks are taking IG for some cheap scorring units and Hydra's. SW are going ot the armies that need terminators and Rune Priests. Eldar are almost always to get a Farseer with RoW.

[zephoid]

Eldar and SW, both for psychic defense and access to divination. Normally you are only spending ~400-600 points on allies so you are probably taking them for a specific purpose.

[wisdomseyes1]

I know eldar, before the FAQ, were always taken with DE. Now, not so much.. but I can see them as common allies.

Daemons and CSM, while I dont personally ally them, are pretty common together. And I don't ally them for 2 reason... I hate marines... and I don't really like allies much either. I guess because you can have necrons + BA, Tau + Dark Eldar, orks + daemons. It... its doesnt make much sense to me, why these would be paired... ever...

[t⊗theark]

Even though Blood angles have allied with necrons and dark eldar have helped tau (both against tyranids incidently) in fluff?

[wisdomseyes1]

Oct 3, 2012 23:55:08 GMT t⊗theark said:

Even though Blood angles have allied with necrons and dark eldar have helped tau (both against tyranids incidently) in fluff?

Well, yes. I actually didnt look at the ally chart. i was going exactly by those stories (except the ork one... that one I knew from a daemons tactic, and i dont get is at all)

[t⊗theark]

Last I checked, orks would ally with anyone willing to continue their Waaagh! and if some Khornate daemons decide to rip through a weird boy and slaughter what ever the orks are slaughtering, why not? I can see it happening.

[wisdomseyes1]

Oct 4, 2012 0:13:16 GMT t⊗theark said:

Last I checked, orks would ally with anyone willing to continue their Waaagh! and if some Khornate daemons decide to rip through a weird boy and slaughter what ever the orks are slaughtering, why not? I can see it happening.

Orks are dumb enough to ally with anyone, sure. Now... why would daemons ally with orks short of a scheme by Tzeentch, whose daemons don't fight propa

[t⊗theark]

I'm not even sure why daemons would ever want to leave the immaterium at all.

[thisguy1109]

I am running into Grey Knights w/ Guard alot.

[halos]

Guard with Space Wolves is the new big thing; Guard gunlines become even more unpleasant with acces to Divination and formidable psychic defense.

Really Guard and anything is quite common seen as Guard are both incredibly cheap and incredibly strong.

[Psychichobo]

Daemons and Orks have allied ever since the old Daemonhunter Dex. There's even some lovely artwork of possessed Orks.

Besides, Khorne would love to ally with Orks. A race that actually respects fighting and randomly assaulting things? Khorne probably plays poker with Gork and Mork on fridays. Well, maybe more some form of mindless slaughter than poker, but still...

[rick]

Puppies and guard