Welcome to the Chimera Gaming Metagame Rundown, where we do a quick rundown of the local metagame coming to our monthly events, seeing how that compares to the larger global metagame, and diving into some unique lists.
LOVE War is in the air this weekend as we host our monthly RTT this weekend on Valentine’s Day! As we had a VERY last minute dataslate drop before our January RTT, this ended up being the first one of the year after a few weeks of people settling in with new Necron & Space Marine miniatures & rules. New rules did also drop this week for the releases coming up, but as these came in after the initial list lock day, we won’t be using these changes this time around.
Chaos Reigns this weekend, with Chaos Space Marines being the largest represented faction. Chaos factions represent a whopping TEN of our slots of 25. Games Workshop said that last year was the year of Chaos but for some reason I feel like they actually meant THIS year based on this turnout.
CSM has a varied representation with one each of Soulforged Warpack, Veterans of the Long War, and Creations of Bile.
Necrons & Space Marines are definitely the big villains going into this weekend after the recent releases from 500 Worlds.
The single Space Marines (Codex) army is running Blades of Ultramar with Guilliman, Victrix, and an assortment of good Space Marine datasheets to fill in the rest of the army.
The two Necrons armies are both sporting the new Nekrosor Ammentar and the C’Tan Shard of the Void Dragon, and then diverge from there. The first is running the Destroyer Cults Cursed Legion Detachment with an assortment of Destroyers backed up by Lychguard and Wraiths led by Characters that turn their units into murderous Destroyer units. The 2nd army is a Pantheon of Woe Detachment running all three named C’Tan Shards alongside 2 Transcendent C’Tan. Whoever ran this detachment really woke up this morning and decided they were not going to make any friends (oops…. this might have been me, I just wanna play with my favourite toys I promise).
Below we can see the Stat Check Meta Dashboard at the moment. We definitely have far fewer of the top represented armies and more of the bottom, so our meta for this event is looking almost like the reverse of the global meta at the moment which is pretty wild to see!
Image provided by StatCheck meta dashboard at https://www.stat-check.com/the-meta
List Spotlight:
Two lists this weekend are so wild I figured I needed to showcase them both!
The first is Nick Jagiello who decided to run a DOOMHAMMER and Three Rogal Dorn Battle Tanks! This is crazy considering how large these things are and on WTC terrain.
The second is Rob Musty with his Shamblerot Vectorium and 100 Poxwalkers. There are so many bodies on the table and I look forward to seeing how long it takes his opponents to chew through all this!
Both of these lists are amazing and I’m so excited to see these on the table this weekend along with all the other people coming out this day (some of whom are possibly throwing their relationship on the line in the name of glory!)
L'amour of Contempt (2000 points)
Astra Militarum
Strike Force (2000 points)
Grizzled Company
CHARACTER
Cadian Command Squad (65 pts)
• 1x Cadian Commander
• 1x Power fist
• 1x Plasma pistol
• 4x Cadian Veteran Guardsman
• 4x Close combat weapon
• 2x Plasma gun
• 1x Plasma pistol
• 2x Lasgun
• Master vox, Medi-pack
Lord Solar Leontus (130 pts)
• 1x Conquest
• 1x Konstantin's hooves
• 1x Sol's Righteous Gaze
• Warlord
BATTLELINE
Cadian Shock Troops (65 pts)
• 1x Shock Trooper Sergeant
• 1x Close combat weapon
• 1x Sergeant's autogun
• 9x Shock Trooper
• 9x Close combat weapon
• 7x Lasgun
• 1x Meltagun
• 1x Plasma gun
• Vox-caster
Catachan Jungle Fighters (65 pts)
• 1x Jungle Fighter Sergeant
• 1x Close combat weapon
• 1x Laspistol
• 9x Jungle Fighter
• 9x Close combat weapon
• 7x Lasgun
• 2x Flamer
• Vox-caster
Catachan Jungle Fighters (65 pts)
• 1x Jungle Fighter Sergeant
• 1x Close combat weapon
• 1x Laspistol
• 9x Jungle Fighter
• 9x Close combat weapon
• 7x Lasgun
• 2x Flamer
• Vox-caster
Catachan Jungle Fighters (65 pts)
• 1x Jungle Fighter Sergeant
• 1x Close combat weapon
• 1x Laspistol
• 9x Jungle Fighter
• 9x Close combat weapon
• 7x Lasgun
• 2x Flamer
• Vox-caster
Catachan Jungle Fighters (65 pts)
• 1x Jungle Fighter Sergeant
• 1x Close combat weapon
• 1x Laspistol
• 9x Jungle Fighter
• 9x Close combat weapon
• 7x Lasgun
• 2x Flamer
• Vox-caster
OTHER DATASHEETS
Attilan Rough Riders (60 pts)
• 1x Rough Rider Sergeant
• 1x Lasgun
• 1x Laspistol
• 1x Steed's hooves
• 1x Power sabre
• 1x Hunting lance
• 4x Rough Rider
• 4x Hunting lance
• 4x Lasgun
• 4x Laspistol
• 4x Steed's hooves
Attilan Rough Riders (60 pts)
• 1x Rough Rider Sergeant
• 1x Lasgun
• 1x Laspistol
• 1x Steed's hooves
• 1x Power sabre
• 1x Hunting lance
• 4x Rough Rider
• 4x Hunting lance
• 4x Lasgun
• 4x Laspistol
• 4x Steed's hooves
Death Riders (60 pts)
• 1x Ridemaster
• 1x Death Rider lascarbine
• 1x Frag lance
• 1x Power sabre
• 1x Steed's savage claws
• 4x Death Rider
• 4x Death Rider lascarbine
• 4x Frag lance
• 4x Power sabre
• 4x Steed's savage claws
Doomhammer (415 pts)
• 1x Armoured tracks
• 2x Lascannon
• 1x Magma cannon
• 1x Twin heavy bolter
• 2x Twin heavy bolter
• 2x Lascannon
• 2x Twin heavy bolter
Krieg Combat Engineers (60 pts)
• 1x Krieg Engineer Watchmaster
• 1x Plasma pistol
• 1x Power weapon
• 4x Krieg Combat Engineer
• 4x Close combat weapon
• 2x Combat shotgun
• 1x Flamer
• 1x Autopistol
• Remote mine
Krieg Heavy Weapons Squad (75 pts)
• 1x Fire Coordinator
• 1x Close combat weapon
• 1x Laspistol
• 3x Heavy Weapons Gunners
• 3x Close combat weapon
• 3x Krieg heavy flamer
• 3x Laspistol
Rogal Dorn Battle Tank (250 pts)
• 1x Armoured tracks
• 1x Heavy stubber
• 1x Pulveriser cannon
• 2x Heavy stubber
• 2x Multi-melta
• 1x Coaxial autocannon
• 1x Oppressor cannon
Rogal Dorn Battle Tank (250 pts)
• 1x Armoured tracks
• 1x Heavy stubber
• 1x Pulveriser cannon
• 2x Heavy stubber
• 2x Multi-melta
• 1x Coaxial autocannon
• 1x Oppressor cannon
Rogal Dorn Battle Tank (250 pts)
• 1x Armoured tracks
• 1x Heavy stubber
• 1x Pulveriser cannon
• 2x Heavy stubber
• 2x Multi-melta
• 1x Coaxial autocannon
• 1x Oppressor cannon
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Brains brains brains (1990 Points)
Death Guard
Shamblerot Vectorium
Strike Force (2,000 Points)
CHARACTERS
Lord of Contagion (120 Points)
• 1x Manreaper
Mortarion (380 Points)
• Warlord
• 1x Lantern
• 1x Rotwind
• 1x Silence
BATTLELINE
Poxwalkers (130 Points)
• 20x Poxwalker
◦ 20x Improvised weapon
Poxwalkers (130 Points)
• 20x Poxwalker
◦ 20x Improvised weapon
Poxwalkers (130 Points)
• 20x Poxwalker
◦ 20x Improvised weapon
Poxwalkers (130 Points)
• 20x Poxwalker
◦ 20x Improvised weapon
Poxwalkers (65 Points)
• 10x Poxwalker
◦ 10x Improvised weapon
Poxwalkers (65 Points)
• 10x Poxwalker
◦ 10x Improvised weapon
OTHER DATASHEETS
Deathshroud Terminators (160 Points)
• 1x Deathshroud Champion
◦ 1x Icon of Despair (Aura)
◦ 1x Manreaper
◦ 2x Plaguespurt gauntlet
• 2x Deathshroud Terminator
◦ 2x Manreaper
◦ 2x Plaguespurt gauntlet
Deathshroud Terminators (160 Points)
• 1x Deathshroud Champion
◦ 1x Icon of Despair (Aura)
◦ 1x Manreaper
◦ 2x Plaguespurt gauntlet
• 2x Deathshroud Terminator
◦ 2x Manreaper
◦ 2x Plaguespurt gauntlet
Deathshroud Terminators (160 Points)
• 1x Deathshroud Champion
◦ 1x Manreaper
◦ 1x Plaguespurt gauntlet
• 2x Deathshroud Terminator
◦ 2x Manreaper
◦ 2x Plaguespurt gauntlet
Foetid Bloat-Drone with Heavy Blight Launcher (120 Points)
• 1x Heavy blight launcher
• 1x Plague probe
Foetid Bloat-Drone with Heavy Blight Launcher (120 Points)
• 1x Heavy blight launcher
• 1x Plague probe
Foetid Bloat-Drone with Heavy Blight Launcher (120 Points)
• 1x Heavy blight launcher
• 1x Plague probe
