Your favorite list

[othree]

Not sure if this should be in the list forum or not. Title says it all, Whats your favorite list? better yet is your favorite list and why it is. It could be a tourney list, a general list, mangled metal, or any style of play. Try to keep critiquing to a minimum, this is more for sharing what you like as opposed to list "improvement".

Starting off I'm new but have had good luck at 35pts with:
pButch
War Dog
Spriggan
Doom Reavers + UA
eEiryss
min Kayazy + UA
Kell Bailoch
Widowmakers

Between the melee threat of Doomies and Kayazy, along with the range of Kell, the Widowmakers, and utility units eEiryss and Spriggan its been a great all comers list for me. Ive been playing with other lists but I keep coming back to this one. I cant forget to mention the awesomeness that is Butcher. All can seem lost but a good round with the axe wielding maniac and the tables can quickly shift.

[jdeckert]

Definitely eButcher's theme list for me. I've got a couple variants that I love, but this one's probably the most balanced:

eButcher
Devastator
War dog
4x Doom reavers
1x Doom Greylord escort
Fenris
Yuri

I like the devastator to screen butcher and take care of things like kayazy. Plus he's awesome at scenario, which makes the list even more awesome at scenario. Yuri's there so I have something with pathfinder, in case I run into inhospitable ground or something I still have a long range assassination threat.

[<Archangel>]

Screw Balance! I take all the time..

Kommander Orsus Zoktavir +6
juggernaught 7
devastator 9
Doom Reaver 6
Doom Reaver 6
Doom Reaver 6
Doom Reaver 6
Doom Reaver 6
Doom Reaver 6
Doom Reaver 6
Fenris 5

50pts Took it to a tourney nobody knew what to do against it I was laughing my *** off every game.

[The Buoyancy of Water]

At 35pts:

Supreme Kommandant Irusk
-Spriggan
Kayazy Assassins (Leader and 5 Grunts)
-Kayazy Assassin Underboss
Winter Guard Field Gun Crew (Leader and 2 Grunts)
Winter Guard Infantry (Leader and 5 Grunts)
-Winter Guard Infantry Officer & Standard
-2 Winter Guard Infantry Rocketeers
Winter Guard Infantry (Leader and 9 Grunts)
-Winter Guard Infantry Officer & Standard
Winter Guard Mortar Crew (Leader and Grunt)
Kovnik Jozef Grigorovich
Widowmaker Marksman

Strong list that has a very good track record so far. Lots of fun to play!

At 50pts:

Kommander Harkevich, the Iron Wolf
-Black Ivan
-Demolisher
-Spriggan
-Spriggan
-War dog
Battle Mechaniks (Leader and 5 Grunts)
-Battle Mechanik Officer
Man-o-war Demolition Corps (Leader and 4 Grunts)
Winter Guard Field Gun Crew (Leader and 2 Grunts)
Winter Guard Mortar Crew (Leader and Grunt)

A real heavy armour list that's great fun to use! Haven't had much success yet, but enjoyed using it heaps

Cheers,
Dave

[scout's honor]

eVlad (5)
Drago (-8)
Berserker (-6)
war dog (-1)
full IFP + IF UA (-10)
full IFP + BD UA (-10)
the Great Bears (-5)
full IF Uhlans (-11)
Markov (-4)

50 points of nothing but shoulderpads (yes, the dog got tricked out ).

It's not a bad list, but I play it more for the fluff than anything else. It's my prefered option when I can get a 50-point game in at the LGS, which is not often enough by half. Been meaning to try out the anti-CR lists I came up with a while ago as well:

Character Assassinations (50 points x2)

pVlad +5
-Drago -8
-the Behemoth -13
min Iron Fang Pikemen with Black Dragon UA -7
Cylena Raefyll & Nyss Hunters (min) -7
- Valachev -2
the Great Bears of Gallowswood -5
Fenris -5
Saxon Orrik -2
Lady Aiyana & Master Holt -4
Gorman di Wulfe -2

Karchev the Terrible +5
-Beast 09 -11
-Black Ivan -10
-Torch -10
Greygore Boomhowler & Company (full) -9
Alexia Ciannor & the Risen -5
eEiryss, Angel of Retribution -3
Kell Bailoch -2
Orin Midwinter -2
Harlan Versh -2
Reinholdt, Gobber speculator -1

[OldIronEyes]

Heart of Darkness.
Versatility, hitting power, medium based multi-wound infantry, and the puppy. The only thing its missing are mechaniks.
It's one of those theme forces that improves almost everything in it. Man-O-Wars get a much needed boost up the field, Manhunters get to be even sneakier, and the 'jack benefit is just phenomenal for our big hunks o' metal.

[Digilante]

Right now this:

Points: 35/35
Forward Kommander Sorscha (*6pts)
* Spriggan (10pts)
* Sylys Wyshnalyrr, the Seeker (2pts)
Great Bears of Gallowswood (5pts)
Winter Guard Infantry (Leader and 9 Grunts) (6pts)
* Winter Guard Infantry Officer & Standard (2pts)
* 2 Winter Guard Infantry Rocketeers (2pts)
Eiryss, Angel of Retribution (3pts)
Kovnik Jozef Grigorovich (2pts)
Rorsh & Brine (9pts)

[Revamp]

Kommander Harkevich, the Iron Wolf
Black Ivan
Torch
War dog
Assault Kommandos (Leader and 5 Grunts)
1 Assault Kommando Flame Thrower
Kayazy Assassins (Leader and 9 Grunts)
Kayazy Assassin Underboss
Winter Guard Mortar Crew (Leader and Grunt)

Its a fun list. Not overly successful but fun. My more serous list:

Kommander Sorscha
Black Ivan
Torch
Kayazy Assassins (Leader and 9 Grunts)
Kayazy Assassin Underboss
Widowmakers (Leader and 3 Grunts)
Kell Bailoch
Koldun Lord
Widowmaker Marksman

Makes good use of her feat to assassinate with gusto early in the game.

[Octavius_Maximus]

Epic Irusk
Behemoth
5 Demo corps
4 Widowmakers
2x Manhunters
1 Drakkhun+dismount
6 battle Mechaniks
Officer

35 points, and is undefeated in the last 3 games i played it.

[Skorpius47]

Strakhov +6wjp
> Torch @ 10pts
> Black Ivan @ 10pts
Assault Kommandos (min) @ 5pts
> Flame Thrower @ 1pts
> Flame Thrower @ 1pts
> Flame Thrower @ 1pts
Kayazy Eliminators @ 3pts
Kayazy Eliminators @ 3pts
Great Bears @ 5pts
Sylys Wyshnalyrr @ 2pts
TOTAL @ 35pts (+6)

I used this list in two games tonight at my LGS' open PiP night. It won a game, then lost a game, but played very well in both.

[Erifnogarddloc]

Lately been using these:
-05 Supreme Kommandant Irusk
06 Berserker
06 Berserker
06 Winter Guard Infantry (Leader and 9 Grunts)
00 Winter Guard Infantry Officer & Standard tier 2 free
02 Kovnik Jozef Grigorovich
03 Winter Guard Infantry Rocketeers x3
06 Winter Guard Infantry (Leader and 9 Grunts)
02 Winter Guard Infantry Officer & Standard
03 Winter Guard Infantry Rocketeers x3
03 Winter Guard Mortar Crew (Leader and Grunt)
03 Winter Guard Mortar Crew (Leader and Grunt)
35

-05 Supreme Kommandant Irusk
09 Demolisher
09 Demolisher
04 Winter Guard Infantry (Leader and 5 Grunts)
00 Winter Guard Infantry Officer & Standard tier 2 free
02 Kovnik Jozef Grigorovich
02 Winter Guard Infantry Rocketeers x2
04 Winter Guard Infantry (Leader and 5 Grunts)
02 Winter Guard Infantry Officer & Standard
02 Winter Guard Infantry Rocketeers x2
03 Winter Guard Mortar Crew (Leader and Grunt)
03 Winter Guard Mortar Crew (Leader and Grunt)
35

-05 Supreme Kommandant Irusk
09 Demolisher
08 Assault Kommandos (Leader and 9 Grunts)
04 Greylord Ternion (Leader and 2 Grunts)
02 Kovnik Jozef Grigorovich
06 Winter Guard Infantry (Leader and 9 Grunts)
02 Winter Guard Infantry Officer & Standard
03 Winter Guard Infantry Rocketeers x3
03 Winter Guard Mortar Crew (Leader and Grunt)
03 Winter Guard Mortar Crew (Leader and Grunt)
35

[Josh-o-Lantern]

-pButcher
Wardog
Devastator
Black Dragons
Nyss + Valchev
Ayiana and Holt
p or eEyriss
Saxon Orric

[Grizwald]

The Butcher of Khardov +6 points
* Juggernaut 7 points
* Kodiak 8 points
* Spriggan 10 points
* War Dog 1 point
Gun Carriage 9 points
Koldun Lord 2 points
* Destroyer 9 points
* Devastator 9 points
Reinholdt, Gobber Speculator 1 point

or

Tier 3: End Times
50+5 points, 33 models Madrak Ironhide, World Ender +5 points
* Dire Troll Mauler 9 points
* Swamp Troll 4 points
* Runebearer 2 points
Horthol, Long Rider Hero 5 points
10 Trollkin Fennblades 8 points
* Fennblade Officer & Drummer
6 Trollkin Fennblades 5 points
5 Trollkin Long Riders 11 points
5 Trollkin Long Riders 11 points

[c0un7_z3r0]

My favourite is Lord Aries (from listology) 35p "pButcher the Trinity" with just a tiny tweak.

pButcher
Dog
Kodiak
Juggernaut
Marauder
Greatbears
Full Kayazy+UA
eEiryss

The original list had Yuri instead of Eiryss but I have a hard time getting any mileage out of him and generally find Eiryss more useful. This list is so much fun, I just love it. For a new gamer like me it's straight forward and easy enough for me to get my head around it but it's not without some tactical depth! And I just love the face of my opponents as they realise they'll be up against IF Kayazys!

[cjkeys]

Since I am trying to learn and really get used to using Karchev's tiers the ones I use are:

In 15 point games I prefer one of the two lists:
System: Warmachine
Faction: Karchev - Iron Curtain
Casters: 1/1
Points: 15/15
Tiers: 1
Karchev the Terrible (*5pts)
* Juggernaut (7pts)
* Juggernaut (7pts)
Battle Mechaniks (Leader and 3 Grunts) (2pts)
Greylord Ternion (Leader and 2 Grunts) (4pts)

or

System: Warmachine
Faction: Karchev - Iron Curtain
Casters: 1/1
Points: 15/15
Tiers: 1
Karchev the Terrible (*5pts)
* Juggernaut (7pts)
* Juggernaut (7pts)
Man-o-war Shocktroopers (Leader and 2 Grunts) (6pts)

At 35 points I go with a light ersion of my 50 point list:
System: Warmachine
Faction: Karchev - Iron Curtain
Casters: 1/1
Points: 35/35
Tiers: 4
Karchev the Terrible (*5pts)
* Destroyer (8pts)
* Juggernaut (6pts)
* Juggernaut (6pts)
Battle Mechaniks (Leader and 5 Grunts) (3pts)
Greylord Ternion (Leader and 2 Grunts) (4pts)
Man-o-war Bombardiers (Leader and 2 Grunts) (7pts)
Man-o-war Shocktroopers (Leader and 2 Grunts) (6pts)

and at 50 points I find myself somewhat hemmed in as far as my capabilities with handling troops as you can see below:
System: Warmachine
Faction: Karchev - Iron Curtain
Casters: 1/1
Points: 50/50
Tiers: 4
Karchev the Terrible (*5pts)
* Destroyer (8pts)
* Devastator (8pts)
* Juggernaut (6pts)
* Juggernaut (6pts)
Battle Mechaniks (Leader and 5 Grunts) (3pts)
Greylord Ternion (Leader and 2 Grunts) (4pts)
Man-o-war Bombardiers (Leader and 4 Grunts) (11pts)
Man-o-war Shocktroopers (Leader and 4 Grunts) (9pts)

I find that the more points the game is the worse Karchev seems to do as at the 15 pt range it is like smacking my opponent with a pewter brick and at the higher point range of 50 he seems to struggle due to the amount of infantry on the field that he has no really answer for except bricking up.

[Archnomad]

I like these lists for balanced, general, all purposeness.

eSorscha
Behemoth
10 Winter Guard w/UA + 2 Rockets
10 Kayazy Assassins w/UA
Aiyanna and Holdt
Kovnik Joe
Sylas Wishnailer
35

And then at 50:

eSorscha
Behemoth
Spriggan
10 Winter Guard w/UA + 3 Rockets
10 Kayazy Assassins w/UA
Aiyanna and Holdt
Kovnik Joe
Sylas Wishnailer
Saxon Orrik
Gorman de Wulfe
50

If I had to go into a game blind I'd probably bring either this or pIrusk (which is similar, with Black Ivan + eEiryss instead of Behemoth, and Nyss with Valachev instead of WGI, then the rest of the support).

[Loki_333]

I've become a sucker for Vlad2's theme:

Vlad----------------------------+5WJP
Drago---------------------------8
Spriggan------------------------10
Wardog-------------------------1
Min Ironfang Pikemen w/UA------7
Great Bears---------------------5
Max Uhlans----------------------10
Max Uhlans----------------------10
Markov--------------------------4
50pts @ Tier4

It's just so bloody fast and aggressive, and the Tier bonuses make that much more so.

[Erifnogarddloc]

I find these to work well:
-05 Supreme Kommandant Irusk
06 Berserker
06 Berserker
08 Iron Fang Pikemen (Leader and 9 Grunts)
02 Iron Fang Pikemen Officer & Standard
02 Kovnik Jozef Grigorovich
02 Winter Guard Infantry Rocketeers x2
06 Winter Guard Infantry (Leader and 9 Grunts)
02 Winter Guard Infantry Officer & Standard
03 Winter Guard Mortar Crew (Leader and Grunt)
03 Winter Guard Mortar Crew (Leader and Grunt)
35 Total

or

-05 Supreme Kommandant Irusk
06 Berserker
06 Berserker
06 Winter Guard Infantry (Leader and 9 Grunts)
00 Winter Guard Infantry Officer & Standard tier 2 free
02 Kovnik Jozef Grigorovich
03 Winter Guard Infantry Rocketeers x3
06 Winter Guard Infantry (Leader and 9 Grunts)
02 Winter Guard Infantry Officer & Standard
03 Winter Guard Infantry Rocketeers x3
03 Winter Guard Mortar Crew (Leader and Grunt)
03 Winter Guard Mortar Crew (Leader and Grunt)
35

Upkeep hot-swap FoE between the mortars each turn for 16+3d6 to all under the template is a big part of the hitting power in early and mid game!

[Flora]

The list I've been playing a lot of lately, and is quickly becoming my favorite list is:

35pt pSorcha
Wardog
Destroyer
Doom Reavers w/ UA
Doom Reavers
Nyss Hunters w/ Valachev
Reinholdt
pEiryss

The list is superb for assassination runs, relying mostly on shooting for the kill. Yes, pSorcha does have a really nice 19" threat range for melee, but I find that your opponent rarely leaves a direct line open between casters making ranged assassination more likely. Between her feat, two boosted pow 12 hand cannon shots because of reinholdt, a boosted pow 14 from the destroyer, and a just in case pow 10 disrupter bolt from pEiryss can leave casters hurting and players on-tilt. If you fail to kill the opposing caster (which usually happens on your turn 2), they are disrupted for the next turn and can't allocate focus to their jacks, leaving them with very few means of retaliation against pSorcha, and even if they can retaliate, they won't have the access to focus to boost it to actually hit Sorcha giving you a second turn to either wreck havoc with your the doom reavers/nyss hunters, assassinate, or bounce Sorcha to a control point to start winning by scenario.

That being said this list totally flops against hordes, so be prepared for a fight. The doomies can help bring the beasts down and the nyss can deal pretty well with the infantry, but pEiryss is almost useless, and assassination is basically off the table until the game is almost already won. So bring a second list that can deal with that stuff better.

Also, people will laugh at/ignore the destroyer, but its the cheapest bombard jack we have and is one of the key pieces in the assassination run. I can't stress this enough when I say that the destroyer will win you games. Most people will immediately suggest the behemoth instead but to do that you need to either drop the nyss to a min unit, or loose valachev and the doomies UA. I'd personally rather have the behemoth in my list dedicated to fighting armor/needs the fire power. Valachev's zephyr is super important on the assassination turn as it lets your nyss get a little further up the field or get out of melee to clear a line of sight for Sorcha.

It looks flimsy, but try it. If your opponent doesn't know what's coming (and often even if they do), you'll still get the win.