White scars.

[iniquity]

Does anyone here play white scars? What is there playstyle like compared to nis?

I really enjoy melee armies and I'm starting to feel that nids are a dead end. Instead of investing £150 in warriors and another exocrine I'm tempted to jump ship.

[mule]

Dec 29, 2019 7:14:27 GMT iniquity said:

Does anyone here play white scars? What is there playstyle like compared to nis?

I really enjoy melee armies and I'm starting to feel that nids are a dead end. Instead of investing £150 in warriors and another exocrine I'm tempted to jump ship.

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[mattblowers]

Meta jumping is a sure way to keep losing. If you want to build and paint White Scars, if that is appealing to you, then by all means do it. Otherwise your always playing catch-up. AND it’s a very expensive way to play (says the man who bought 6 new MCs in the last month: but I did it because I’m a collector and I’ll enjoy them on display even if I never play them much going forward.)

[draaen]

I have not played Nids a lot being a more recent convert but I have been playing a lot of white scars. White scars are a lot of fun they are strongest when able to move fast so they can take board control take on isolated targets and charge shooting units. My killing strike usually comes in turn 2 when I can engage the part of the enemies forces with the bulk of mine.

While currently powerful just by virtue of being marines whites scars have less raw power over say salamanders or iron hands. It does reward creativity in the movement phase and a vision for how a battle will progress. Just running in cause you can will see you die horribly sometimes but sometimes just running in is what the army needs to do so it is difficult to pilot optimally.

Being a melee tenant means you have to wait for turn 3 to get that juicy +1 damage whereas other chapters get their bonuses much earlier. The +1 damage is quite good when it comes online though and I have been surprised that it has a significant impact each game. So I think white scars will be relatively unpopular as they are more difficult to pilot then other chapters which adds additional mental fatigue in a multi day tournament.

Further want to re-iterate though that meta chasing is usually not optimal. You gotta like the models you buy. Diversifying armies though is usually a good idea.

Hope that helps!

[iniquity]

I borrowed a white scars army from a guy at the club and in all honesty, it was 100% better, i felt right at home but i still see it being a bit more of the same. Melee in 40k is just a bit meh.

Ive got my first game of AoS coming up and have higher hopes.