For tournament gamers.
Firstly, lets look at what GW has as a base.
Space marine bikes are, arguably, one of the best units in the game right now. With the ability to take two Grav guns and a combi-grav sarge, you are looking at an insane amount of cheap, T5 3+ armour save sweetness. Add in White Scars and Khan and you're laughing. With the new FAQ making it possible to take a 5 man, bike-mounted, grav armed command squad (not to mention a captain with artificer armour and his own combi-grav!), the hurt only intensifies.
Some of the lists coming out of my discussions with other competitive gamers are pretty hilarious. I mean, seriously, it's possible to field 30 grav guns, all on bikes, with extra bodies and hundreds of left over points within an 1850 list. Throw in some form of 4+ seize (necrons?) and you become the ultimate hammer army.
The meta will love this one, I can just imagine all the tournament players sitting up at night trying to figure out how to counter it...
The White scars supplement will no doubt bring its own set of Warlord traits along with a whole host of new items and army rules. However, what could they even possibly be? I've been trying to conceptualise the White Scars in an attempt to discern the direction that it might head in.
More speed? (Lol)
A better seize attempt of their own?
Are there any White Scar experts out there who can draw upon their knowledge to suggest some possible outcomes?
Also, how would you deal with an army of all bike mounted, scouting, 4+ seize with 30 grav guns?
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