I recently came into an old metal Maghariba Guard. I love the model, but I've only recently gotten into Haqqislam. I've got an understanding of what's good and what's not, but only on the most basic level. I'm interested to hear your ideas on how to make a good 300pt list with Maggy.
Here's a random test. No idea what I'm doing, really. Haqqislam ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 9 1 MAGHARIBA MULTI HMG, Heavy Flamethrower / . (2 | 78) MAGHARIBA PILOT Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. () BARID Hacker (Hacking Device) Rifle + Pitcher / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 21) HUNZAKUT (Forward Observer, Deployable Repeater) Rifle + Light Shotgun, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 18) NAFFATÛN Rifle + Light Flamethrower, Grenades / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 12) DJANBAZAN HMG / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 35) ODALISQUE Spitfire, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 30) NAJJARUN Engineer Rifle + Light Shotgun, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 17) NASMAT Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) GHULAM (Forward Observer) Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 13) HAFZA Lieutenant Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 16) TUAREG Hacker (Assault Hacking Device) Rifle + Light Shotgun, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 35) GROUP 2 1 2 2 GHULAM Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 12) MUTTAWI'AH Chain Rifle, E/Marat, Jammer, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 5) MUTTAWI'AH Chain Rifle, E/Marat, Jammer, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 5) 5.5 SWC | 300 Points Open in Infinity Army
Here, you can try one of my lists: Maggie mini swarm ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 9 MAGHARIBA MULTI HMG / 2 Heavy Pistols. (2 | 79) MAGHARIBA PILOT Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. () TUAREG Hacker (Assault Hacking Device) Rifle + Light Shotgun, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 35) KAMEEL (Minesweeper, Repeater) Electric Pulse. (0 | 8) FANOUS REMOTE Flash Pulse, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 8) BARID Hacker (Killer Hacking Device UPGRADE: Lightning) Rifle + Pitcher / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 16) NAJJARUN Engineer Rifle + Light Shotgun, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 17) NASMAT Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) NASMAT Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) RAFIQ REMOTE Rifle + Light Shotgun, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 16) GHULAM Doctor Plus (MediKit) Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 16) BARID Hacker (Hacking Device) Lieutenant Rifle + Pitcher / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 21) GROUP 2 2 4 4 DJANBAZAN Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 31) SHIHAB REMOTE HMG / Electric Pulse. (1 | 25) MUTTAWI'AH Chain Rifle, E/Marat, Jammer, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 5) MUTTAWI'AH Chain Rifle, E/Marat, Jammer, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 5) MUTTAWI'AH Chain Rifle, E/Marat, Jammer, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 5) MUTTAWI'AH Chain Rifle, E/Marat, Jammer, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 5) 5 SWC | 298 Points Open in Infinity Army Bike+Maggie ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 10 MAGHARIBA MULTI HMG, Heavy Flamethrower / . (2 | 78) MAGHARIBA PILOT Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. () TUAREG Hacker (Assault Hacking Device) Rifle + Light Shotgun, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 35) GHULAM Hacker (Hacking Device) Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 20) GHULAM Lieutenant Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 12) NAJJARUN Engineer Rifle + Light Shotgun, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 17) NASMAT Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) NASMAT Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) BARID Hacker (Killer Hacking Device UPGRADE: Lightning) Rifle + Pitcher / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 16) KAMEEL (Minesweeper, Repeater) Electric Pulse. (0 | 8) KAMEEL (Minesweeper, Repeater) Electric Pulse. (0 | 8) FANOUS REMOTE Flash Pulse, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 8) RAFIQ REMOTE Rifle + Light Shotgun, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 16) GROUP 2 1 4 2 DJANBAZAN Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 31) ZAMIRA Light Shotgun, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, E/M CCW. (0 | 15) ZULEYKA 2 Light Flamethrowers, Smoke Grenades / 2 Breaker Pistols, DA CCW. (0 | 14) DAYLAMI (CH: Limited Camouflage, Inferior Infiltration) Light Shotgun, Panzerfaust / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 8) DAYLAMI (CH: Limited Camouflage, Inferior Infiltration) Light Shotgun, Panzerfaust / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 8) 4.5 SWC | 300 Points Open in Infinity Army Ramah taskforce ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 8 2 MAGHARIBA MULTI HMG, Heavy Flamethrower / . (2 | 78) MAGHARIBA PILOT Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. () NAJJARUN Engineer Rifle + Light Shotgun, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 17) NASMAT Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) NASMAT Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) TARIK MANSURI Lieutenant Spitfire, Nanopulser, Grenades / Pistol, DA CCW. (1.5 | 55) HUNZAKUT (Forward Observer, Deployable Repeater) Rifle + Light Shotgun, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 18) HUNZAKUT (Forward Observer, Deployable Repeater) Rifle + Light Shotgun, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 18) FARZAN (Chain of Command) Boarding Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 26) RAFIQ REMOTE Rifle + Light Shotgun, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 16) KAMEEL (Minesweeper, Repeater) Electric Pulse. (0 | 8) KAMEEL (Minesweeper, Repeater) Electric Pulse. (0 | 8) FANOUS REMOTE Flash Pulse, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 8) GROUP 2 1 ÁYYĀR (Surprise Shot L2) Shock Marksman Rifle / 2 Viral Pistols, CCW, Knife. (0 | 39) 3.5 SWC | 297 Points Open in Infinity Army First two I played against high tech armies, third is counter Ariadna one. Maghariba is amazing model, i absolutelly love both old and new and solid low butget TAG. Have fun with it.
Maghi ────────────────────────────────────────────────── 8 1 1 MAGHARIBA (360º Visor) MULTI HMG, Heavy Flamethrower / . (2 | 98) MAGHARIBA PILOT Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. () FASID HMG + (Smoke and Normal) Light Grenade Launcher, Antipersonnel Mines / Heavy Pistol, Knife. (2 | 53) ZHAYEDAN Lieutenant (Marksmanship L2) Breaker Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 31) BARID Hacker (Assault Hacking Device UPGRADE: Icebreaker) Rifle + Pitcher / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 19) LEILA SHARIF Hacker (Killer Hacking Device) Shock Marksman Rifle, D-Charges / Breaker Pistol, Knife. (0 | 20) DJANBAZAN Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 31) ZULEYKA 2 Light Flamethrowers, Smoke Grenades / 2 Breaker Pistols, DA CCW. (0 | 14) SHIHAB REMOTE HMG / Electric Pulse. (1 | 25) FANOUS REMOTE Flash Pulse, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 8) 6 SWC | 299 Points Open in Infinity Army This is a Limited Insertion Maghi list that I used with great success both times I played it.
Haqqislam ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 9 1 MAGHARIBA MULTI HMG / 2 Heavy Pistols. (2 | 79) MAGHARIBA PILOT Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. () NAJJARUN Engineer Rifle + Light Shotgun, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 17) BARID Hacker (Killer Hacking Device UPGRADE: Lightning) Rifle + Pitcher / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 16) BARID Hacker (Hacking Device) Rifle + Pitcher / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 21) DJANBAZAN HMG / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 35) SHIHAB REMOTE HMG / Electric Pulse. (1 | 25) SALADIN Lieutenant Combi Rifle, Nanopulser / Pistol, CCW. (0 | 36) FARZAN (Chain of Command) Boarding Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 26) GHULAM Doctor Plus (MediKit) Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 16) HUNZAKUT (Forward Observer, Deployable Repeater) Rifle + Light Shotgun, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 18) GROUP 2 2 2 MUTTAWI'AH Chain Rifle, E/Marat, Jammer, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 5) MUTTAWI'AH Chain Rifle, E/Marat, Jammer, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 5) 5 SWC | 299 Points Open in Infinity Army I've enjoyed this list.
Here is my list. The overall strategy is to have AL-DJABEL take out anything that can outrange/damage Maggy with a Killer hacker for any hackers that would be a problem. I like the Halqas as cheerleaders when I'm playing order intensive models. The benefit of this is that they can start in control zones. This lets you save orders for AL-DJABEL/Maggy and makes your opponent work to clear them out. 4 is my magic number so they can do a coordinated order and go suppressing turn 1. DJANBAZAN HMG to as a Camo/smoke Counter. An engineer is to get Maggy back if needed, and a Shihab for the last of the SWC and a second repairable model for the engineer. Haqqislam ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 10 MAGHARIBA MULTI HMG / 2 Heavy Pistols. (2 | 79) MAGHARIBA PILOT Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. () BARID Hacker (Killer Hacking Device UPGRADE: Lightning) Rifle + Pitcher / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 16) BARID Hacker (Hacking Device) Lieutenant Rifle + Pitcher / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 21) DJANBAZAN HMG / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 35) HALQA Doctor Plus (Medikit) Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 19) HALQA (Forward Observer) Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 16) HALQA (Forward Observer) Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 16) HALQA Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 15) NAJJARUN Engineer Rifle + Light Shotgun, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 17) NASMAT Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) NASMAT Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) AL-DJABEL Rifle + Light Shotgun, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, Viral CCW, Knife. (0 | 35) GROUP 2 1 SHIHAB REMOTE HMG / Electric Pulse. (1 | 25) 5.5 SWC | 300 Points Open in Infinity Army
I haven't used the Halqa at all yet. I think its because I'm worried they will be over exposed so far up the board and fear losing that many points, rather than the usual ~12 for Ghulam. Do you find this to be the case, or are they usually ignored for higher priority targets?
1 or 2 halqa I find don't last long, they are better hiding and grabbing objectives. But having a pile with overlapping LOF can really slow your opponent down. I've had games where 7 halqa forced my opponent to stay in his deployment zone until late turn 2. By turn 3 I was crippled but the scenario was built around getting points at the end of each turn. It was impossible for him to win because he lost too much time. In this list I would focus them in buildings and in a small area with no LOS to his Deployment zone. Make it hard to get in there. It will be easier for your opponent to go in another direction were you have Maggy ready to deal with them. Having them all on roof tops suppressing is a waste, your opponents link team will just take out 1 at a time. But if you force your opponent to go threw a gauntlet to take them out. He'll look elsewhere. This lets you keep you Control Zone and your orders, while herding his models.
Well that sounds like an incredibly fun play style! I tend to do something similar with Farzans, Hunzakuts, Daylami, etc. so I can't wait to try out the halqa! Haqqislam ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 8 2 1 MAGHARIBA MULTI HMG / 2 Heavy Pistols. (2 | 79) MAGHARIBA PILOT Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. () KRAKOT RENEGADE 2 Submachine Guns, Chest Mine / Pistol, Shock CC Weapon. (0 | 17) KAPLAN Engineer Combi Rifle, Adhesive Launcher, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 27) FARZAN (Minelayer) Boarding Shotgun, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 23) HUNZAKUT (Forward Observer, Deployable Repeater) Rifle + Light Shotgun, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 18) HUNZAKUT (Forward Observer, Deployable Repeater) Rifle + Light Shotgun, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 18) TUAREG Doctor Plus (MediKit) Rifle + Light Shotgun, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 33) HALQA Lieutenant Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 15) HALQA HMG / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 23) HAWWA' Hacker (Assault Hacking Device) Boarding Shotgun, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 26) GROUP 2 3 1 DAYLAMI (CH: Limited Camouflage, Inferior Infiltration) Light Shotgun, Panzerfaust / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 8) DAYLAMI (CH: Limited Camouflage, Inferior Infiltration) Light Shotgun, Panzerfaust / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 8) MUTTAWI'AH Chain Rifle, E/Marat, Jammer, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 5) 5.5 SWC | 300 Points Open in Infinity Army Edit: I know this is only a couple halls, but I thought to use the same idea of overlapping fields of fire. Do you think something like this could work in the same way as your list? [or at least a similar way]
The Halqa HMG is great, if you can put him on a flank on top of a building. Supplementing him with a FO and a Doc would help him out a great deal, because besides their obvious functions, they provide cover for the HMG during the reactive turn. With a mine from the Farzan, this team will be hard to dislodge, which your opponent will want to do likely, if he doesnt want an HMG shooting in his flank. This will drain a lot of his orders, if he does. either way, you win. The problem is, where to find the points for that and a new Lieutanant?
I wouldnt feel to comfortable with the Halqa Lieutanant, but if you have a plan, go for it. Whats the Krakots job in this list?
Yeah, the Lt. is the one piece I'm really not sure on. The Krakot fits the theme with deploying outside of my normal deployment zone. In addition, he's a great, order efficient, hunter.
Ahh, its about a theme^^ Didnt get that. Well, try it and tell us how it went. I would especially interested in which units you might have missed with this list.
I guess less a "theme" and more following @Cannon Fodder's original line of thought - forcing your opponent to make hard decisions and stay in their deployment zone. See:
I tweaked my list by replacing my Barid LT with a Mujib smoke LGL Lt. I think its works much better this way. I got a chance to play it in 'Safe area' against a newer player. It did well, but not as expected. I went second and hid virtually everything. My opponents (Onyx) got a leget in B2B with my impersonator and was able to take it out for 3-4 orders. and the TR remote lasted the usual 2 orders, but my opponent had to spend spend an extra order afterwards to remove the model completely or I would have repaired it withe the prone Narajun prone 2 inches away. In the end he had a slow first turn. My Tag risked a F2F against a Morat ML (4x11 vs 2x12), and took a missile to the face for 2 STR, but repeated it and was able to kill it. Then effectively Hid the rest of the game. He only got 2-3 orders the entire game. My LT used his Lt order for smoke giving my Djanbzan a shot threw smoke on 2-3 targets, which made easy work of them. On turn 2 my opponent spent too much time on trying to hack my tag (total control), but never got it to work. My Djanbzan was able to work threw the last of his Morat link making my opponent forfeit at start of turn 3. My halqas were prone and cheer leading the entire game. I barely moved forward, and was planning running for zones turn 3. My opponent is still fairly new to infinity and was still learning how to be cost effective with his orders. I think 80% of his order where on his link team, and when they finally died, he didn't have anything in a position to push forward. Also my tag was basically bait, while the djanbzan did all the heavy lifting. So it wasn't a proper test of the list. In hindsight it may be better to juggle the list a bit more to be one battle group to be immune to losing orders. The list isn't really a heavy first strike list, but it may be useful to have the extra 2 orders if you are starting. Spoiler: Maggy List Maggy List ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 10 MAGHARIBA MULTI HMG / 2 Heavy Pistols. (2 | 79) MAGHARIBA PILOT Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. () BARID Hacker (Killer Hacking Device UPGRADE: Lightning) Rifle + Pitcher / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 16) DJANBAZAN HMG / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 35) NAJJARUN Engineer Rifle + Light Shotgun, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 17) NASMAT Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) AL-DJABEL Rifle + Light Shotgun, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, Viral CCW, Knife. (0 | 35) MUYIB Lieutenant Rifle + Light Grenade Launcher (Normal and Smoke Ammo.) / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 23) HALQA Doctor Plus (Medikit) Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 19) HALQA (Forward Observer) Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 16) HALQA (Forward Observer) Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 16) HALQA (Forward Observer) Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 16) GROUP 2 1 SHIHAB REMOTE HMG / Electric Pulse. (1 | 25) 6 SWC | 300 Points Open in Infinity Army
Muyib LGL Lt is a sensible alternative and a prime candidate for non basic trooper Lt. Frankly, his only downside is his special SWC pricing that throws a wrench into daylami PzF spam you may or may not want to do and/or can give his identity away.
Any Maggy list is not going to be tournament level list. It's not that great a tag. But in a fun games it's worth playing. For those lists I tend to play models that let me use the Lt order. If you look at my list I only have 1 legal Lt profile. I can change a Halqas FO to a Lt if i want to try and hide my lt but the extra order is fun. The Muyib LGL is probably my favorite open. I can always use a smoke within 20 inche's of my deployment zone. Especially in vanilla where I play the djanbzan HMG. My second favorite open Lt is a barid, but since it's a hacker it can be attacked via non-traditional methods. When playing in a tournament i make sure to use multiple Lt options. Against newbies I like to use the Lt order to give them valid target. It's a video game weakspot with glowing lights they can go for.
