Too much Ebay

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Too much Ebay.

Once again I have reached the number of auctions I can be winning at any one time. I can totally understand how women can max out their credit cards in a clothing store. I might not ever use those heavy bolter havoks, but they're so cheap! Maybe I'm just compensating for the high GW price where a box of unmatching heavy weapons marines cost so much no wonder Roboute Guilliman made a restriction in the codex.

If you are selling on Ebay, please stop clicking on the "I only ship inside the states" option. I am willing to pay so much more for your items than I see you guys get, just because I pay so much at my local GW. Seriously, things like the space marines codex cost us $93 US, You could could buy them brand new, from GW, and ship them here and still make a tidy profit.

Anyway enough complaining about GWs prices, we have all felt the hurt no matter were we live. 

The reason I went on Ebay in the first place? More Daemons, Yay! Was looking for some fast attack choices to boost the armies offensive power without costing a million points or being a single (albeit indestructible) model. 

I think the fast attack choices, Fleshhounds, Seekers, Screamers and Plaguedrones, are all very solid choices for a list that wants to bring the pain on turn 2.they all move a minimum of 12" during movement, then run putting yourself in charge or move + charge distance for turn 2. Of course your opponent is not going to let this happen so easy, but luckily for you, you buy these daemons at a cost equal to their resilience. Seekers die to bolt guns, but are only 12 points each, Hounds cost a bit more, but have 2x the wounds and the extra toughness. Screamers get the better speed and the jink option (you have no guns so no problem jinking) and Plague drones are stupidly tough. Sure they cost the same as a terminator but run some maths. ( Ok ill do it)

Number of wounds required to kill a squad of 5.

	S3 AP-	S4 AP5	S5 AP4		S6 AP2	S7 AP2	S8 AP1	S10 AP2
TH/SS Termies	90	60	45		18	18	18	18
Plaguedrones	135	67.5	45		33.75	27	27	9
Nurgle Terminator	180	90	60		11.25	9	9	9

As you can see Plaguedrones take more shots to kill against both small arms fire and even AP weaponary than TH/SS terminators. The only exception is S10 weaponry. Against nurlge terminators, they lose to small arms fire, assuming they are out in the open (otherwise their 5+ becomes 3+ if they have cover) if you get some form of cover, double the number of wounds, required and they become the toughest, and fastest unit by far.

They dont have the offensive power that a terminator does. But they are twice as tough and twice as fast. And if you get them behind an ageis, they are more or less invincible. Additionally you can give them an icon for some sneaky deepstriking tactics.

I dont have a list for them as of yet,  but imagine turn one move 12" then assault move 2D6 into cover, turn 2 deepstrike bloodletters/daemonettes (who only scatter 6" now. Jump over the bloodletters and tarpit something in assault. Run bloodletters to be out of line of sight of most of their shooting things, and feel free to charge into the same squad as the plague drones without fear of overwatch.

Plus each Drone has 3 base attacks (4 on the charge) and the cheap sgt upgrade gets an AP2 weapon for +10 points or + 1S AP2 for 20, so you might actually win a combat against something too.

I think a lot of people were very disappointed with the Bloodcrusher update in 6th, but I think plague drones could be their replacement. In fact if your opponent gives night fighting turn 1, then you can have 3W T5 2+ cover save and give 4+ cover to everyone behind you.

Hmmm, Ill give you guys a list tomorrow, before my game, and we can reflect upon it on wednesday. It wont have plaguedrones in it. Not until I win these auctions!