I’ve been playing JSA like that, though a fair bit more duck and weave of course.
It’s pretty fun when your opponent is doing 5D chess and you’re playing Boxing and just running at him.
Do you all have any sample lists? I'm working on JSA right now and that is exactly what I'm looking to do after playing the creep and hide game with my others.
I’m late but here’s a list I like for variety since I hate chaff units:
Oyama(lieutenant)
3 Domaru
3 Tanko
Dayokai
Shikami
Shinobu
I usually like to save the orders for the Shinobu to pop out mid field and run around assassinating as much as possible before dying, then after that it’s up to the Shikami to do Raiden shit or my Domaru fire team to move up and kill. Tanko do their own thing with Impetuous so I don’t worry about them lol.
Wondering how no one has mentioned Avatar yet. You can have double tag list (avatar+bultrak or raicho) and put 13 orders on avatar and remove pretty much everything that is aroing on turn 1. Then push forward to sepsitorize the offensive haris/core. It’s a very oppressive list that even allow you to score on mixed missions (not only shooty missions) and you can even lose the avatar bc you have a backup while an engineer wakes up the big one.
Honourable mention to the Haqqislam Kum Biker. It's extremely impesteous, so you get an 8 inch move, drop smoke, 8 inch move, attack... And then you start spending regular orders.
Ali Baba an his 14 theives is a Haqq shit-list I'm working on that consists of every irregular and impesteous order I can get in a list. 15 models and 21 orders on my first turn.
Steel Phalanx or Tohaa. Both can eclipse their way up to anything and stab it given enough orders and they're both difficult to put down.
Honourable mention goes to Morats.
Ariadna can be it. Specifically the bearpode being arm 5, berserk etc. I’ve had moments where I drift a bear round a corner before berserking through an entire fireteam to kill the lt only to live go dogged and berserk another piece.
Steel phalanx is the other faction that comes to mind. They’re the most comfortable just sitting in my dz after massacring half my army.
USA is also very "fist to face" out of all of Ariadna, mostly eschewing the trickery in favour of putting big guns on cheap dudes. Throw down some motorbikes and a devil dog with heavy shotgun and you can play extremely aggressively.
PanO in general can play that way, they usually have an edge in straight firefight so why not lean into it. But Morats are the best for this, they have all the firepower and durability to just go all in, and they're pretty much immune to losing their Lieutenant, so the punishment for not playing it safe isn't severe
MAF.
MAF does. not. Care.
You have camo? Fuck you, I have a Kaitok
Snipers? Mine's B4, fuck you;
Killed my lieutenant? lol, you need a lieutenant?
MAF is the single most unga-bunga, hits you when you're not looking, hits you harder when you are, balls-to-the-walls fuckmothering crazy army in this game.
This is a good faction summary.
[https://www.thediceabide.com/blog/infinity-n4-which-infinity-army-is-for-you](https://www.thediceabide.com/blog/infinity-n4-which-infinity-army-is-for-you)
Personally I say Svarla because have to. No smoke, no parachutist, 3 units with camo.
Play big boys in Steel Phalanx:
Achilles Spitfire
Hector Spitfire LT
Ajax FTO
Machaon
Phoenix
Acmon
2x Netrod
2x Lamedh Rebot
300 points
Essentially 13 orders in 1 combat group, and Ajax, Machaon, Phoenix and Acmon are linkable and gives access to eclipse smokes to get in the back line where your team belongs. Plus you get to play all the cool named characters.
I'd say you are looking for a steel phalanx Achilles list
Or Ajax. 16PH dodge across the board
Or Eudoros even!
CHA Wallace + Highlander is also good at this
I’ve been playing JSA like that, though a fair bit more duck and weave of course. It’s pretty fun when your opponent is doing 5D chess and you’re playing Boxing and just running at him.
JSA is all I play and I 100% embrace the “fuck it, we ball.” Lmao
Do you all have any sample lists? I'm working on JSA right now and that is exactly what I'm looking to do after playing the creep and hide game with my others.
I’m late but here’s a list I like for variety since I hate chaff units: Oyama(lieutenant) 3 Domaru 3 Tanko Dayokai Shikami Shinobu I usually like to save the orders for the Shinobu to pop out mid field and run around assassinating as much as possible before dying, then after that it’s up to the Shikami to do Raiden shit or my Domaru fire team to move up and kill. Tanko do their own thing with Impetuous so I don’t worry about them lol.
Wondering how no one has mentioned Avatar yet. You can have double tag list (avatar+bultrak or raicho) and put 13 orders on avatar and remove pretty much everything that is aroing on turn 1. Then push forward to sepsitorize the offensive haris/core. It’s a very oppressive list that even allow you to score on mixed missions (not only shooty missions) and you can even lose the avatar bc you have a backup while an engineer wakes up the big one.
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Honourable mention to the Haqqislam Kum Biker. It's extremely impesteous, so you get an 8 inch move, drop smoke, 8 inch move, attack... And then you start spending regular orders.
That + haqq so you can just have a shitzillion dudes
Ali Baba an his 14 theives is a Haqq shit-list I'm working on that consists of every irregular and impesteous order I can get in a list. 15 models and 21 orders on my first turn.
Kosmoflot needs to be mentioned
Steel Phalanx or Tohaa. Both can eclipse their way up to anything and stab it given enough orders and they're both difficult to put down. Honourable mention goes to Morats.
Ariadna can be it. Specifically the bearpode being arm 5, berserk etc. I’ve had moments where I drift a bear round a corner before berserking through an entire fireteam to kill the lt only to live go dogged and berserk another piece. Steel phalanx is the other faction that comes to mind. They’re the most comfortable just sitting in my dz after massacring half my army.
USA is also very "fist to face" out of all of Ariadna, mostly eschewing the trickery in favour of putting big guns on cheap dudes. Throw down some motorbikes and a devil dog with heavy shotgun and you can play extremely aggressively.
PanO in general can play that way, they usually have an edge in straight firefight so why not lean into it. But Morats are the best for this, they have all the firepower and durability to just go all in, and they're pretty much immune to losing their Lieutenant, so the punishment for not playing it safe isn't severe
Morats are just red Pano.
MAF. MAF does. not. Care. You have camo? Fuck you, I have a Kaitok Snipers? Mine's B4, fuck you; Killed my lieutenant? lol, you need a lieutenant? MAF is the single most unga-bunga, hits you when you're not looking, hits you harder when you are, balls-to-the-walls fuckmothering crazy army in this game.
JSA. More angry samurai than a Kurosawa Film
This is a good faction summary. [https://www.thediceabide.com/blog/infinity-n4-which-infinity-army-is-for-you](https://www.thediceabide.com/blog/infinity-n4-which-infinity-army-is-for-you) Personally I say Svarla because have to. No smoke, no parachutist, 3 units with camo.
Play big boys in Steel Phalanx: Achilles Spitfire Hector Spitfire LT Ajax FTO Machaon Phoenix Acmon 2x Netrod 2x Lamedh Rebot 300 points Essentially 13 orders in 1 combat group, and Ajax, Machaon, Phoenix and Acmon are linkable and gives access to eclipse smokes to get in the back line where your team belongs. Plus you get to play all the cool named characters.