Most vehicles have a toughness of 6 or higher, and need a strength 6 or higher weapon to reliably hurt them. So letвЂ™s dive in!ДЇirst goal is to get rid of vehicles. I already have a space marine army and they are painted as a Raven Guard Successor chapter, Raptors. If you can get to the table faster, and get reps in, it accelerates the play testing part (coming up later). This of course starts with models you have. You canвЂ™t have everything anymore, and you have to be more selective! NOTE: In 9th edition the units will cost more, so focus is more important.

I am using this opportunity to build a list focused on killing tanks/vehicles and taking out those buffing characters that make the opponents army stronger. Also keep in mind the environment we identified above. Having everything pulling in one (or maybe 2) directions helps everything work together. It is important so that you can build synergy in your list. What do I mean by a theme? Well, what do you want your army to do well? There are вЂrun up and smash them in the faceвЂ™ lists, or вЂshoot them off the board from back hereвЂ™ lists and everything in between. This means that to have a 2000 point list in 9th, we should be targeting 1500-1700 points in 8th edition. One final note on the environment of 9th edition is that GW has published some examples that points are going up somewhere on the order of 20%.

GW has mentioned that they are trying to make overwatch less punitive to the charging unit, which again puts focus on CC. Also, looking at the Indomitus box set, there is a definite focus on close combat (CC). So what do we know about 9th so far? Vehicles and tanks are going to be a lot more prevalent in the coming edition with GW getting rid of the вЂbad touchвЂ™ mechanic by allowing vehicles to fire while in combat. Are you trying to deal with your local meta, or trying to compete at the LVO? For this example, letвЂ™s say our environment is 9th edition and everything that brings. The environment is dependent on where you want to play and what your goal is. I am not the best list builder out there, but these are the steps I go through to build a list. I thought it would be a good time to look at list building theory. As of writing this, the world has been shut down for close to 3 months and 9th edition is looming like a cloud of indecision over everyoneвЂ™s favourite game. It is a very exciting but strange time in the world of 40k.

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