I've been scouring the internet the last three days in anticipation of several larger scale events happening in March that are just around the corner. I've been taking a look at the different tourney builds people are positing. One common thread amongst Chaos players is the AirChaos lists.
Essentially the Chaos Space marines can get a ton of flyers in their list (before the new Daemon codex drops of course, but probably after as well). Here's an example:
255 BloodThirster (Unholy Might)
270 Daemon Prince (Wings, Mark of Tzeentch, Level 2 Sorcerer, Power Armor)
270 Daemon Prince (Wings, Mark of Tzeentch, Level 2 Sorcerer, Power Armor)
170 Heldrake
170 Heldrake
170 Heldrake
70 5 Daemonettes
69 3 Flamers of Tzeentch
160 10 Chaos Space marines (Mark of Slaanesh, 2 meltas)
35 Rhino
160 10 Chaos Space marines (Mark of Slaanesh, 2 meltas)
35 Rhino 160 10 Chaos Space marines (Mark of Slaanesh, 2 meltas)
This friends is the face of how people are attacking 6th edition at some tournaments. Other versions of this are out there but this is a veritable AIRFORCE, against which no singular Icarus Cannon is going to be able to stand. I saw several of these circulating in different places. It can BOTH put another players airforce into the ground AND burninate the village. Armoured corps type armies seem practically doomed against this army and very obviously the troops of the enemy can be handled. Imagine half this army on your flank in round 2 and being crushed in melee round 3 from the opposite side.
I am frightened by this list. It's a spendy, spendy list for sure, money wise, but its not even that small in its KP's at 13! So while it will never be confused with an MSU army, it's not suffering much in it's ability to be able to give up a unit if it HAS to, to keep burninating you..
I have actually faced the 9 Vindetta list which reminds me of this. These types of lists are twice as scary now, because 9 Vindettas can fire 81 shots on their own per round and you cna barely touch them. When you get close, they drop the boom with their DemoVets. All in all a pretty crazy amount of firepower.
Paying this much to compete is HAPPENING. GW must be smiling awfuly broadly as this first quarter comes to a close. We've definitely entered the Aeronatica era.
What do you think of lists like these?
