Need a mean army

[Stryphe]

I have a game tomorrow, and I want to play an army that is mean and cruel to go up against.
It doesn't have to win, just hurt a lot.

I can put together almost any army, so anything goes.
500pts.

[yamissflash]

4th mass x5 + thorgrim/raelin Hmm.. Um, move out buff, then I guess, kill?
10th x 4 + nilfheim + Isamu 10th kill heroes, nilf kills squads. Isamu dances
King 'rig : Greenscales x2 + nilf + zelrig. This will be very painful to squad armies. Not so much heroes. Usually better to use the 'rig as the king.

[Stryphe]

I just found out that the games tomorrow have been cancelled, but I still want some mean armies to think about for next time.

yamissflash, those are strong armies and are nice to play, but I'm looking for something downright mean.

[Deroche]

dok's GenCon army is a pain to fight against:

Major Q9
Raelin
Death Reaversx3
Fen Hydra

Versatile and annoying.

If you're not worried about getting outranged, then Stingers still remain wicked:

Stingersx7
Raelin

Equally brutal against squad and heroes alike.

[ollie]

Major Q9: 180
Raelin: 80
Thorgrim/Kelda: 80
Rats x4: 160
Total: 500pts, 20 hexes.

[imadragon]

I would do:

10th X 4
Marcus
Ralin
And both the 10 pt. ninjas for 500 pts 20 hexes.

[Stryphe]

So far I haven't seen anything that I think of as particularly mean, just standard strong armies.

Does strong = mean to everyone but me?

[Dad_Scaper]

Originally Posted by Stryphe

Does strong = mean to everyone but me?

Maybe you could be more clear about what you want, rather than needling the people who are trying to help you. "Mean" in this context is kind of vague, you know.

Thank the people who are trying to help you, too.

[yamissflash]

Does "mean" mean (lol) annoying, headache, or random extreme power?

[Deroche]

Originally Posted by Stryphe

So far I haven't seen anything that I think of as particularly mean, just standard strong armies.

Does strong = mean to everyone but me?

Alright, last try for me then.

IF you can get your opponent to run their favorite melee-only army, then give Firestorm a whirl:

Kurrock
Fire Elementalx10
and one Air or Water Elemental

If you don't consider three rounds of Searing Intensity per Order Marker mean when your opponent has no choice but to engage those FE's in order to get to Kurrock...

[ollie]

Originally Posted by Stryphe

So far I haven't seen anything that I think of as particularly mean, just standard strong armies.

Does strong = mean to everyone but me?

My guess for "mean" was that it was both strong and infuriating. Hence my boosted-as-much-as-possible Q9 army (which I don't think is as strong as other similar armies that have at least one other way to do some serious damage). I think that rats are probably up among most people's most-annoying-to-play-against units (though not mine personally) and the 4th Mass xN, Stingers xN builds are, arguably, frustrating in their relentless lack of deviation from the same thing for the whole game.

What sort of thing do you find mean? (And why do you want to build such an army anyway?)

[Scapemage]

I've been up against things like this:

Sentinels x2
Raelin I
Kaemon Awa
Izumi Samurai
Marcu

for 500 points. That is incredibly mean. Start castling with the Sentinels, who are almost impossible to kill, especially with height advantage and jungle trees. Then use Kaemon Awa and hte Samurai later on. If Raelin is still alive, the defense bonus makes Counter Strike even nastier.