So this coming weekend I'm filming an Infinity game for a friends Youtube channel and I figure I'm going to use CA because, well CA are cool and they're a faction I have pretty much entirely painted, not sure on mission yet but we're going to have a paradiso jungle themed board and my opponent will be using Yu Jing. So, I want to take a suitably entertaining list, doesn't have to be competitive but I want it to give a good bit of flavour for the faction and a decent showing of some of the rules. Any suggestions?
It's gotta be led by an Anathematic. For me that mini just exudes alien menace. Plus the Aspects are one of the most iconic things about the CA.
Something like this? Entertaining List──────────────────────────────────────────────────GROUP 1 10 1 ANATHEMATIC Lieutenant Hacker (EI Hacking Device) Plasma Rifle, Nanopulser / Pistol, Shock CCW. (0.5 | 88) SPECULO KILLER Boarding Shotgun, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, Monofilament CCW, Knife. (1 | 34) MED-TECH OBSIDON MEDCHANOID Combi Rifle, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 23) SLAVE DRONE Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) DĀTURAZI Chain Rifle, Grenades, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW. (0 | 14) SHROUDED (Forward Observer) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 25) NOCTIFER Missile Launcher / Assault Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 32) MAAKREP TRACKER HMG / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 33) Q-DRONE HMG / Electric Pulse. (1 | 26) IKADRON (Baggage, Repeater) 2 Light Flamethrowers, Flash Pulse / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9) ÍMETRON . (0 | 4) GROUP 2 1 IKADRON (Baggage, Repeater) 2 Light Flamethrowers, Flash Pulse / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9) 5.5 SWC | 300 Points Open in Infinity Army It's a bit of a grab bag but I stuck in as many iconic CA units as I could get away with. My favourite Aspect, Dr Worm, the mighty Ikadron, best TR bot there is and the insidious Speculo.
This is good, I've purposely witheld what I was thinking at the start as it all generally starts with something along the lines of an anthe
If Onyx is allowed too, I would recommend that list: Onyx Contact Force ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 10 NEXUS Lieutenant Hacker (EI Hacking Device) Combi Rifle, Nullifier / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 24) KERR-NAU (UPGRADE: White Noise) Plasma Rifle + Pitcher, D-Charges / Breaker Pistol, Knife. (0 | 27) UNIDRON Plasma Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (1.5 | 24) UNIDRON K1 Combi Rifle + 1 TinBot A (Deflector L1) / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0.5 | 17) UNIDRON (Forward Observer) Plasma Carbine / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 15) UNIDRON (Forward Observer) Plasma Carbine / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 15) MALIGNOS (Forward Observer) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 36) IKADRON (Baggage, Repeater) 2 Light Flamethrowers, Flash Pulse / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9) IKADRON (Baggage, Repeater) 2 Light Flamethrowers, Flash Pulse / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9) ÍMETRON . (0 | 4) GROUP 2 5 NOCTIFER Missile Launcher / Assault Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 32) FRAACTA Boarding Shotgun, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 28) ÍMETRON . (0 | 4) MED-TECH OBSIDON MEDCHANOID Combi Rifle, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 23) SLAVE DRONE Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) SLAVE DRONE Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) Q-DRONE HMG / Electric Pulse. (1 | 26) 5 SWC | 299 Points Open in Infinity Army
I'm a big fan of LI lists since they really showcase the ball-busting units of the CA. General CA 2 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── 10 1 CHARONTID Lieutenant (Multispectral Visor L3) HMG, Nanopulser / Heavy Pistol, Knife. (2 | 79) DĀTURAZI Chain Rifle, Grenades, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW. (0 | 14) OVERDRON 2 Heavy Rocket Launchers / . (2 | 57) STALDRON Flash Pulse / Knife. (0 | 0) NEXUS Hacker (EI Hacking Device) Combi Rifle, Nullifier / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 24) SHROUDED (Forward Observer) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 25) IKADRON (Baggage, Repeater) 2 Light Flamethrowers, Flash Pulse / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9) IKADRON (Baggage, Repeater) 2 Light Flamethrowers, Flash Pulse / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9) Q-DRONE HMG / Electric Pulse. (1 | 26) KERR-NAU (UPGRADE: White Noise) Plasma Rifle + Pitcher, D-Charges / Breaker Pistol, Knife. (0 | 27) MED-TECH OBSIDON MEDCHANOID Combi Rifle, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 23) SLAVE DRONE Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) SLAVE DRONE Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) 5.5 SWC | 299 Points Open in Infinity Army This has a lot of the "Classical" CA elements on display. Cheap overdron shooting rockets, nexus hacker buffing the Q-drone for some mimetism HMG insanity, a shas shrouded slinking through the middle of the board pushing buttons and surprise-shot-ing people, two ikadrons providing flash pulses and flamethrowers, kerr-nau showcasing the superiority of CA infowar, a crazed monkey throwing smoke and screaming down the board like Sly Marbo, a charontid HMG shooting through said smoke, and, of course, Dr. Worm because he's so adorable. Now... If you want to be THAT guy....... You know who you need leading your strike time... Avatar ────────────────────────────────────────────────── 10 1 AVATAR Lieutenant (Strategos L3) MULTI HMG, Sepsitor Plus / DA CCW. (3.5 | 137) STALDRON Flash Pulse / Knife. (0 | 0) IKADRON (Baggage, Repeater) 2 Light Flamethrowers, Flash Pulse / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9) IKADRON (Baggage, Repeater) 2 Light Flamethrowers, Flash Pulse / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9) SPECULO KILLER Boarding Shotgun, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, Monofilament CCW, Knife. (1 | 34) DĀTURAZI Chain Rifle, Grenades, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW. (0 | 14) Q-DRONE HMG / Electric Pulse. (1 | 26) ÍMETRON . (0 | 4) SHROUDED (Forward Observer) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 25) MORAT Hacker (EI Hacking Device) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 22) KURGAT (Operative Group) Boarding Shotgun, D-Charges, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 17) SLAVE DRONE Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) 6 SWC | 300 Points Open in Infinity Army Do it. You know you want to....The EI compels you to do so.
Well I'm trying not to make the list too crushy but in that case I'd probably go with a recent tournament list I used: LIST 1 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 10 1 ANATHEMATIC Lieutenant Hacker (EI Hacking Device) Plasma Rifle, Nanopulser / Pistol, Shock CCW. (0.5 | 88) KO DALI Combi Rifle, Nanopulser, D-Charges / 2 Assault Pistols, Knife. (0 | 38) Q-DRONE HMG / Electric Pulse. (1 | 26) E-DRONE Combi Rifle / Electric Pulse. (0.5 | 28) M-DRONE Combi Rifle, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 17) R-DRONE Flash Pulse, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 8) DĀTURAZI Chain Rifle, Grenades, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW. (0 | 14) KERR-NAU (UPGRADE: White Noise) Plasma Rifle + Pitcher, D-Charges / Breaker Pistol, Knife. (0 | 27) KURGAT (Operative Group) Mk12, D-Charges, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 23) ÍMETRON . (0 | 4) SLAVE DRONE Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) GROUP 2 2 UNIDRON (Forward Observer) Plasma Carbine / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 15) IKADRON (Baggage, Repeater) 2 Light Flamethrowers, Flash Pulse / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9) 2 SWC | 300 Points Open in Infinity Army Damn it EI Shia! I must admit the urge to drop an avatar is ... extremely ... difficult to resist and my resculpt definately hasn't reappeared on my painting bench whispering for me to finish it, and I absolutely wasn't writing avatar lists last night.
My current contenders btw: Combined Army ────────────────────────────────────────────────── 10 1 CHARONTID Lieutenant (Multispectral Visor L3) HMG, Nanopulser / Heavy Pistol, Knife. (2 | 79) UMBRA LEGATE Hacker (Hacking Device Plus) Boarding Shotgun, Flash Pulse / Pistol, DA CCW. (0.5 | 43) NOCTIFER Missile Launcher / Assault Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 32) OVERDRON 2 Heavy Rocket Launchers / . (2 | 57) STALDRON Flash Pulse / Knife. (0 | 0) DĀTURAZI Chain Rifle, Grenades, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW. (0 | 14) UNIDRON (Forward Observer) Plasma Carbine / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 15) UNIDRON (Forward Observer) Plasma Carbine / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 15) MED-TECH OBSIDON MEDCHANOID Combi Rifle, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 23) IKADRON (Baggage, Repeater) 2 Light Flamethrowers, Flash Pulse / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9) IKADRON (Baggage, Repeater) 2 Light Flamethrowers, Flash Pulse / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9) SLAVE DRONE Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) 6 SWC | 299 Points Open in Infinity Army Gets me an aspect, an Umbra who can impersonate, a TAG a slaughter monkey and dirty trick missile launcher assassin. I feel this gives me a suitable "this is what CA do" feel and as limited insertion isn't going to take too long to use. some BS ────────────────────────────────────────────────── 10 UMBRA LEGATE Lieutenant Spitfire, Flash Pulse / Pistol, DA CCW. (1.5 | 41) KERR-NAU (UPGRADE: White Noise) Plasma Rifle + Pitcher, D-Charges / Breaker Pistol, Knife. (0 | 27) UNIDRON K1 Combi Rifle + 1 TinBot A (Deflector L1) / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0.5 | 17) UNIDRON (Forward Observer) Plasma Carbine / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 15) UNIDRON (Forward Observer) Plasma Carbine / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 15) SPHINX Spitfire, 2 Heavy Flamethrowers / EXP CCW. (2 | 106) SCINDRON Flash Pulse / Knife. (0 | 0) RODOK (Fireteam: Haris) Combi Rifle, 2 Light Shotguns / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 27) RODOK HMG / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 27) RODOK Paramedic (MediKit) Boarding Shotgun, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 21) ÍMETRON . (0 | 4) 6 SWC | 300 Points Open in Infinity Army This one which I feel adequately sums up link teams and TO TAGs which I wrote before thinking to myself "calm down Satan" it maybe a little more competitive than I was intending. Death squad ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 5 YAOGAT Lieutenant Combi Rifle + Panzerfaust / Pistol, CCW. (0 | 29) YAOGAT (Fireteam: Haris) Combi Rifle + Panzerfaust / Pistol, CCW. (0.5 | 30) YAOGAT Spitfire / Pistol, CCW. (1.5 | 32) RAKTORAK (NCO) Vulkan Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 24) SOGARAT (Full Auto L2) Feuerbach / Assault Pistol, AP CCW. (1.5 | 67) GROUP 2 6 4 KURGAT (Operative Group) Mk12, D-Charges, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 23) RAKTORAK Red Fury / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 26) DĀTURAZI Chain Rifle, Grenades, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW. (0 | 14) DĀTURAZI Combi Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, Shock CCW. (0 | 21) DĀTURAZI Chain Rifle, Grenades, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW. (0 | 14) DĀTURAZI Boarding Shotgun, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, Shock CCW. (0 | 20) 4.5 SWC | 300 Points Open in Infinity Army And this one, unfortunately it's not really CA it's just Morat, literally just morat it's not even got any drones, also starting to fall on the calm down side with it's three link teams. Thinking outloud bit: Quite keen to use a TAG as I doubt my opponent will be taking one and they are a cool unit type to showcase, a CC unit of some stripe is a must really and I kinda want an aspect which leaves me leaning towards probably the first list. I do have a couple of avatar lists squirreled away but I rightly feel that it more just shows off an avatar than the full spectrum of CA due to the fact that the avatar is literally half the list.
Why have a tag when you can have 3? TAG, You're It! ────────────────────────────────────────────────── 10 RAICHO MULTI HMG + Heavy Shotgun, Mine Dispenser / . (2 | 94) RAICHO PILOT 2 Heavy Pistols, D-Charges, Knife. () OVERDRON 2 Heavy Rocket Launchers / . (2 | 57) STALDRON Flash Pulse / Knife. (0 | 0) XEODRON MULTI Rifle, Blitzen / Heavy Pistol. (0.5 | 58) STALDRON Flash Pulse / Knife. (0 | 0) IKADRON (Baggage, Repeater) 2 Light Flamethrowers, Flash Pulse / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9) IKADRON (Baggage, Repeater) 2 Light Flamethrowers, Flash Pulse / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9) NEXUS Lieutenant (Specialist Operative) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 16) ÍMETRON . (0 | 4) ÍMETRON . (0 | 4) MED-TECH OBSIDON MEDCHANOID Combi Rifle, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 23) SLAVE DRONE Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) SLAVE DRONE Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) Bit Hacker (UPGRADE: Expel) Submachine Gun + Pitcher, Deployable Repeater + KISS! / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 19) KISS! Adhesive Launcher / Electric Pulse. (- | 4) 6 SWC | 299 Points Open in Infinity Army
But @0rph3u5 - I'm offering 4 TAGs. 2x Red Fury Xeo 2x Multi Xeo 2x Imetron 2x Ikadron 1x Nexus Spec Operative 1x Nexus Hacker Either Nexus can be Lt. Can also sub Nexus Hacker for a Medtech if you want to be vaguely competitive :P
Yes but you can also "FUN" ────────────────────────────────────────────────── 10 UMBRA SAMARITAN Spitfire, Flash Pulse / Pistol, Vorpal CC Weapon. (1 | 44) XEODRON K1 Combi Rifle, Blitzen / Heavy Pistol. (0.5 | 59) STALDRON Flash Pulse / Knife. (0 | 0) XEODRON MULTI Rifle, Blitzen / Heavy Pistol. (0.5 | 58) STALDRON Flash Pulse / Knife. (0 | 0) OVERDRON 2 Heavy Rocket Launchers / . (2 | 57) STALDRON Flash Pulse / Knife. (0 | 0) NOCTIFER Missile Launcher / Assault Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 32) NEXUS Lieutenant Hacker (EI Hacking Device) Combi Rifle, Nullifier / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 24) ÍMETRON . (0 | 4) ÍMETRON . (0 | 4) IKADRON (Baggage, Repeater) 2 Light Flamethrowers, Flash Pulse / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9) IKADRON (Baggage, Repeater) 2 Light Flamethrowers, Flash Pulse / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9) 6 SWC | 300 Points Open in Infinity Army
Thing is, I usually prefer to have at least one TAG with a long ranged heavy gun, even if I'm not trying to be competitive. I guess you can have 3 xeos and an overdron, though :D
I Need a Hero ────────────────────────────────────────────────── 10 KORNAK Lieutenant Mk12, Light Flamethrower / Pistol, DA CCW. (1 | 41) SHESKIIN Red Fury, Pulzar, D-Charges / Pistol, DA CCW. (0 | 51) Bit Hacker (UPGRADE: Expel) Submachine Gun + Pitcher, Deployable Repeater + KISS! / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 19) KISS! Adhesive Launcher / Electric Pulse. (- | 4) AÏDA SWANSON 2 Submachine Gun, Viral Mines / Viral Pistol, Shock CC Weapon, Knife. (0 | 24) KERR-NAU (UPGRADE: White Noise) Plasma Rifle + Pitcher, D-Charges / Breaker Pistol, Knife. (0 | 27) CORAX HASHT Spitfire / Breaker Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 34) KO DALI Combi Rifle, Nanopulser, D-Charges / 2 Assault Pistols, Knife. (0 | 38) ANYAT K1 Combi Rifle, Chain-colt, Smoke Grenades, E/M Grenades / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 25) MED-TECH OBSIDON MEDCHANOID Combi Rifle, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 23) SLAVE DRONE Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) SLAVE DRONE Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) IKADRON (Baggage, Repeater) 2 Light Flamethrowers, Flash Pulse / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9) 3 SWC | 297 Points Open in Infinity Army Heroes of the combined army. Every CA character and, of course, our two most beloved heroes: Ikki the Ikadron Burninator of Worlds and Dr. Worm for his go-get-'em attitude and winning personality.
I refer the honorable gentleman to my previous contributions to the research of stress induced migraines: https://forum.corvusbelli.com/threads/gaki-shenanigans.25454/
Game played and Batrep made which people can watch here: If you like it and want more give the video a like on YouTube and Hellstorm will have us back to make some more. PS I went with one of the lists I stated higher up, gave more of an all round feel of the faction IMO, I'll save the filth for later.
