r/WarhammerCompetitive • u/Jodread • 18h ago

40k Analysis What do you think is your faction's most useless Unit?

To the level that it almost never makes it into your lists, or seen others run them much except as a meme. Running a survey here, trying to find out whether other factions have these as well.

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u/ReaverAckler 17h ago

And Icon Bearers too! Completely useless. At least the plague bong has a flamer.

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u/Cats_Cameras 15h ago

Icon Bearers make lists for being super cheap - you can use them as action monkeys with the bonus of clearing battle shock.

I’m taking one to my next RTT to fill 45 extra points.

The plague surgeon is the hurting leader right now.

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u/DependablyDumb 15h ago

Both have won me games, the bong and a charecter denied the necron player from dropping into my backlines, and I infiltrated 5 marines+ a icon bearer into the midboard or objectives and he coughed get behind them due to the extra few inches of the bongs denial. Ended up winning that ome on points,

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u/LordGrog98 7h ago

I like Icon Bearers! They are cheap, increase the OC of the PM unit, have 5+ leadership, and can remove battleshock from a unit like a Chaplain. They are pretty nice for a PM take and hold list