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Army Archetypes
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Following several players' "unique" list building at the start of 8th edition, spamming powerful units was heavily restricted by the implementation of this rule.
What is the Rule of Three?
100
Introduced in 6th Edition, this unit type was given a large number of rules that necessitated counters in listbuilding every time it has been meta.
What are Flyers?
100
Recently, a Chaos player went undefeated at an event using a notable list, in that a certain model that he played the entire event with was not in it.
What is a Helbrute?
100
Organizer of the Alamo GT and San Antonio Shootout, this person banned a player for one year for misplaying a flyer throughout of one of his events.
Who is David Villareal?
100
Though this army archetype is recently maligned by both Games Workshop and the competitive community, its usage of high numbers of cheap models to control the board have taken players to very high placings at many events.
What are Horde Armies?
200
This army, despite being relatively new at the time, was made impossible to use due to restrictions on army composition after it was used to table a highly skilled player in one turn.
What was Ork/Freeboota Buggies?
200
Used by the entire army of a certain faction, the 5th edition version of this rule was so strong that it became a psychic power in both 6th and 7th edition.
What is Force?
200
Using the rules of a subfaction of Aeldari, this army was known for being impossible to interact with, but also known for being unable to win a tournament.
What was Alaitoc Flyers?
200
One of the most infamous cheaters in the 40k scene, Frontline Gaming has received backlash about their participation in their events multiple times, usually leading to this person dropping from the event.
Who is William Abiliez?
200
Most popular with armies that could use high number of psykers and/or allies, this archetype would use a single unit to take on most of their opponent's army.
What was a Death Star?
300
The reaction to this play came in the next game with this exchange:
"We both knew what I was going to do."
"I'm not gonna let you do this."
What is Tony Grippando not letting Alex Fennel have a movement phase?
300
Prior to 8th Edition, this subset of units was unavailable for use in your army unless the event allowed you to do so.
What was Forge World?
300
This list was so strong that an entire team decided to get it nerfed by taking the exact same list to LVO, and it worked.
What was 8th Edition Iron Hands?
300
Despite being a great player, this person has developed a reputation for misinterpreting rules in their favor, such as forcing a Knights player to not leave their deployment zone due to misunderstood terrain rules.
Who is Colin McDade?
300
A staple of the 8th Edition tournament scene, this archetype consisted of filler troops, offensive melee single characters, and usually a large amount of points invested into fire support.
What was Imperium Soup?
400
What was the Kroot Conga Line?
400
This rule was so strong when used by the Ravenwing in 7th Edition that it had to be nerfed by community errata.
What was Jink?
400
Commonly seen as being undefeatable unless on one specific mission type, this army was known for free vehicles and lots of efficient MEQ units.
What was Space Marine Battle Company?
400
Despite being an Ork player, this person misplayed the army he is known for playing and cheated heavily at the Tacoma Open, to the point that community backlash forced him to forfeit his win.
Who is Marshall Peterson?
400
Created using the 7th Edition Allies chart, this late edition list archetype combined two of the most reviled Xenos factions in the game.
What is Taudar?
500
Mired by awkwardness, hostility, and one player aggressively cheating, this game is known as possibly the worst game of professional 40k ever played.
What was the LGT 2021 Finals?
500
The backbone of Ork viability in 8th edition alongside 6 point Boyz, this rule allowed the army to ignore the vast casualties that it accrued through absorbing enemy fire.
What was Mob Rule?
500
Otherwise a niche army, this old faction that was introduced in an Imperial Armor won the 2017 Las Vegas Open alongside some allies.
What was the Renegades of Vraks?
500
Due to this player's infamous jackass angleshoot, both the ideas of "playing by intent" and the ITC Code of Conduct were entrenched as important parts of the 40k competitive scene.
Who is Tony Grippando?
500
Used extensively by Greg Gonzalez in 8th edition, this archetype consisted of using extremely strong units in low numbers to devastate enemy armies.
What was Bash Bros?