Hello all! I have some grave news today. Last time I was in the presence of Norbu the Destroyer, daemon sympathizer and chaos incursion enthusiast, he warned me that the time of the daemon is coming! He claimed that with so many players veering away from the use of the vanilla marine codex and towards blood angels and space wolves, the fewer null zone librarians will be around to ward off the forces of chaos. He also mentioned how GW's recent release of yet more plastic daemons will make it even easier for players to field daemon armies. Yikes!
Being a true warrior of order, I quickly dismissed Norbu the Destroyer's ridiculous warnings about the daemonic and went about my business. However, I have a nagging suspicion he may be correct.
Lets look at the big picture. The ebb and flow of 40k's metagame has always acted like some strange controlling background force that few people can pinpoint specifically. Almost everyone will reconize the rise of mech armies in the 5th ed, and the explosive popularity of the imperial guard. In response, armies are equipped with more anti-tank weapons than ever before. Ironically, daemon's usually don't care about anti-tank weapons too much, but have a huge weakness to mech armies. This fact, coupled with the space marine null zone power and the random aspect of playing chaos daemons, made for a very difficult force to play consistently. However, as armies press more towards heavy anti-armor, and the lack of null zone hitting the table, do Daemon's stand more of a fighting chance in today's games? What do you think?
Making Juggies plastic and more affordable by the unit in my opinion will make the Khorne Sledgehammer more "visable" on the tables in the 40k community. The real "power" of the army is hidden in the finesse of Slannesh and the support roles Nurgle and Tzeentch provide.
ReplyDeletePlastic models removes many barriers (cost and modelling) for potential players. Look at the scraplauncher and the thunda (That's right, I spelt dat shit korrectly) fire cannon. If they were plastic, they would sell more.
More to point, yes it is true. Deamons can roll against any army. If you have the resources, deamons can field lists to take on most aggressive builds. As plastic overtakes the metal, really tricked out deamons will be more prevalent. No doubt flying boats armies can be annoying for deamons, but not impossible.
The more I see deamons play, the more I think their "opponent" is themselves; courtesy of their built in random game mechanic. Their other opponent is dreadnaughts. They can be really annoying to deamons in multiples.