Anyone else playing GSC?

[mattblowers]

So far I am playing them more than 'nids. They have more tools in the toolbox and respawning units is quite nice. There is one guy in my group playing them and going all in on Neophytes and is on a 10 game winning streak. I'm not that level but I find them quite good.

[No One]

I just played a test game vs myself (I didn't want to inflict my rusty play with GSC on anyone else ), and definitely seem to have potential and interesting mechanics. Felt the lack of threat range and melee output though: battleline CA stuff was definitely fun, just wish we could leave all the extra wargear at home for dedicated melee/mission units and not pay through the nose for hand flamers on everything .

[mattblowers]

I've been finding the army to be quite good. They are very tricky to play well and I don't have the skill honed yet. The markers in particular are very tricky to get right. Yes, your unit can come back, but it's a bit wanky in the way they do. I don't find them to be so much of a threat on the return, it's more of a scoring mechanic and a way to force your opponents hand for movement.

[No One]

Yeah, currently one of the few armies with a positive winrate, and from what I've heard from actually good GSC players, very strong at the moment.

[nidzy]

I have played two games with them so far and intend to play them at the GW Tacoma open.

My list right now is double primus double aco bomb, double abominant with 20 aberrants and 4 ridgerunners filling out with lone operatives and neos.

Demo charges are very strong with rerolls, +1 to hit, +1 to wound but good opponents can still box them out of effectiveness.

Aberrants are awesome at living and feel strong. My list is geared toward what I can get finished painting but I feel neo spam is going to be good deep into the edition.

It definitely is tough to place the blips right. Part of what makes neo spam good beyond the tree models back is the ability to string out from a point and board control. Also remember they can go anywhere so if your opponent leaves holes you can plop one down in their dz. Late game making them move over there or have a unit pop out is great especially against small model count armies.


I’ll share more as I try to get games the next couple of weeks and maybe do a tourney report on GW.

[princeyg]

Played my first 2 games of 10th two days ago, both with GSC. First game was a matched play (not tournament pack, just standard matched) 2000pt game vs Dark Angels (no lion thankfully) very close game but boy are deathwing command squads tough#!! As for the GSC, they may just possibly be the most fun army I've played in 40k and since 2nd ed I've played almost all of them.

Was very impressed how much firepower a 20 man neophyte unit with a primus can throw out, especially when you deep strike outside of 3". as expected, 10 acolytes with 4 demo charges absolutely ruin anything they fire at, im considering getting a second primus for them just for the rerolls.

The units coming back mechanic is very fun, and it is good that your opponent gets a chance to react to it.

Never touched aberrants during 9th, but had to include a small unit of 5 to make up for a points shortfall as a result of all our characters getting cheaper (especially the patriarch). I was surprised how tanky even 5 of them were..FnP 4+ is very good.

Second game was the first in our 10th ed crusade, notable for how much damnage my rockgrinder did in combat...charged, did its mortal wound thing and also used tank shock to do even more, then spent 2 rounds wiping out a 10 mman intercessor squad with apothecary attached by repeatedly runni8ng them over

GSC are a very unusual army (as ever) but could possibly have the best overall set of strats in the game and are really fun!!!

[Kingosharks]

Played a game against Necrons and Orks. Both times felt unstoppable. Abberants tying up the midfield and keeping the opponent from chasing after the dots I put down for respawning units. Felt much stronger than my Nids. Going to be playing against Knights soon, but after the nerfs they may be a little easier.

[hivefleetacheron]

I am building my first army since 4th ed. I had a CSM army when I was stationed in Arizona (back in 6th edition) but I only ever got to play with it once.
I have always wanted to play GSC, being formerly-obsessed with tyranids.
I hope that GSC can stay competitive for a while. According to the codex release schedule, GSC is going to be waiting at least 2 years before getting an army book.

[godswearhats]

I’m just picking up 40K with the new edition. I had a Start Collecting GSC box because I really liked the models, and my kids play (I used to play WHFB and other war games).

My local gaming scene is very casual, with 1,000 point games seeming to be the norm, and no real tournament scene to speak of. I’m just getting started with painting, so I’ll be posting some test models for feedback on colour schemes.

~gwh