best and weakest faction

[Outlawreaper]

whats the best and weakesr faction of them all

[Kinzie Kensington]

There`s no best and weakest.. allways depends on the enemy fleet but since the patch i allways got perfect counter fleets and bot movement so i`ll just wait till next patch or is this game allready abondoned?

[Gzar]

1v1 ranking
S: Orks, Space marines, Tau Protectors
A: Asuryani, Tau Merchants
B: Imperial Navy, Tyranids, Deldar
C: Chaos, Corsairs, Necrons
D: Adeptus Mechanicus

[Ekko Tek]

I would put it more as:
1. Orks, CWE, DE
2. SM, DE, Tau Protector
3. Corsairs, Chaos, Necrons, Imperial Navy
4. Tyranids, Adeptus Mechanicus, Tau Merchants
And the balance is decent enough that in the hands of a skilled player, a 4th tier faction is still going to roll over an average top tier faction player.

[Beldr]

^you put DE twice

[mathematiciansPlayStrategyGames]

I would note that a good water caste cheese puts tau merchants and protectors on top. But "I AM KROOT" gets boring real fast.

[Ekko Tek]

Originally posted by Beldr:

^you put DE twice

That's how OP they are !!!

[Koh]

A lot of the bad factions effectiveness maxes out at like 10 apm anyways so not sure how having "moar skillz" will make much of a difference.

[Koh]

Originally posted by Yvraine:

Originally posted by Koh:

A lot of the bad factions effectiveness maxes out at like 10 apm anyways so not sure how having "moar skillz" will make much of a difference.

Most good factions steam roll pro players that use terrible factions.

Yeah, that's the point I'm trying to make.A good portion of the bad factions have very low skill ceilings and requirements so as long as you have a base understanding of how to play them there isn't much else you can do with them regardless of how good you are. There are some low skill factions that are top tier too(orks and sm)

[p10k56]

Necrons are now somewhat undestructible.
When you face necrons as chaos, impfleet and admech you are screwed even orcs have problem just to dent them.

[Gzar]

Originally posted by piok:

Necrons are now somewhat undestructible.
When you face necrons as chaos, impfleet and admech you are screwed even orcs have problem just to dent them.

Only if you're low level. You should have AP ammo which lets you completely annihilate Necrons. Devs kinda messed up witht he unlocks since you have people talking about stuff like this here in balance discussions.

[p10k56]

Originally posted by Gzar:

Originally posted by piok:

Necrons are now somewhat undestructible.
When you face necrons as chaos, impfleet and admech you are screwed even orcs have problem just to dent them.

Only if you're low level. You should have AP ammo which lets you completely annihilate Necrons. Devs kinda messed up witht he unlocks since you have people talking about stuff like this here in balance discussions.

Chaos is lance heavy and it is like being swarm of annoying mosquitos.
And is rather bad that one must have very specific build to be able to compete.
Every third player i encouter is necron.

[Gzar]

Originally posted by piok:

Originally posted by Gzar:

Only if you're low level. You should have AP ammo which lets you completely annihilate Necrons. Devs kinda messed up witht he unlocks since you have people talking about stuff like this here in balance discussions.

Chaos is lance heavy and it is like being swarm of annoying mosquitos.
And is rather bad that one must have very specific build to be able to compete.
Every third player i encouter is necron.

You shouldn't have any problems with necrons with lance build since they're armor piercing. The only thing necrons can rely on to win is their armor. If you have a way to bypass it they're easy to beat. If you don't then it's probably their win. Yes it sucks that you sometimes have to make a decision where you make a fleet composition with little AP capability that you know will lose to necrons but will do well against other factions but the only way to fix that would be to show opponent faction before you pick a fleet but that would create other issues.

[Kim Jong Chill]

Every faction in this game is OP and should be nerfed

[C0mmies can cry]

Choose eldar. Even after the patch they are still OP.

Never ever listen to the bozos here who tell you that there are no OP factions here.

They are straight up lying to you.

Just like BFGA 1 was a disaster of epic proportions balance wise... heck everything wise... this game is also a mess.

Always follow the flavor of the month... and NEVER EVER try to out micro your opponent using a gimped faction. It will just lead to frustration.

[Sev]

Originally posted by mathematicansPlayStrategyGames:

I would note that a good water caste cheese puts tau merchants and protectors on top. But "I AM KROOT" gets boring real fast.

Yeah Tau Protector

1x 112 LC
3x Sphere
As many Torpedo escorts as you can.

Homing torpedos with crit bonus followed up by 3x Battleships with:
2000 HP
83 armour all round
Immune to crits and morale loss
360 arc for damage (24 DPS) and boarding actions (12 strength).

With speed upgrade the LC has 225 speed so can outrun everything except Eldar (against which you just stealth and hide and they will never find you).