droid army

[urnightmare]

ok im trying to make a droid army using gold nute gunrays and 1 destroyer droid but i need other figures to fill in holes heres what i have

4x Gold Nute Gunrays
1x destroyer droids

the nutes are gonna cost me 3 each (im buying from a friend if you guys think less then 4 is better then tell me)

i want to stay in the $25 all together and under area what should i get to make a good droid army. (I already have the destroyer droid)

[grievous]

Well, you've already got 160 points worth of figures right there. If you're looking to get up to a 200 point team, I'd probably either get one more Gold Nute Gunray and three S1 Battle Droids (1 for squad, 2 for backups) OR another Destroyer Droid.

[urnightmare]

do you think i should invest into 2 Grievous shooter and get a 5th nute gunray for back ups?

[grievous]

Hmm... I don't think you'll really need a fifth Nute Gunray if you're going with Grievous instead, especially since you have no figs that would be able to draw him from the backups. If you really want a Grievous, I'd get a S1 Grievous instead of the fifth Nute Gunray but still get the three Battle Droids.

[urnightmare]

ya but dont gold nute gunray return any droid army figure? so i could bring back the Grievous

[urnightmare]

sorry for double post so your saying no matter what i should get the 3 battle droids right

[grievous]

My point above about not needing a fifth Nute for backups isn't that you can't bring back Grievous but that you don't have any figures that would allow you to recruit Gunray. Finally, yes, I'd get as many S1 Battle Droids as you can. Three even seems kind of low considering that after your first goes down and it's white then your other ones need more backups as well. So three Battle Droids is a minimum, more is better.

[urnightmare]

ya id get more but there like 5 dollars eacj on most buy it nows (i always seemed to get sniped at the last second on good ebay deals)

[urnightmare]

sorry double post again how about

nute gunray gold x3
destroyer droidx1
super battle droidx3

[Yaggleberry Finn]

The Destroyer Droid is a good figure, but it looks to me like you're neglecting the two best figures available to the Droid Army: launcher or striker Grievous. The S1 launcher is better than the S2 version, and I would definitely recommend him if you have that option. Striker Grievous is a bit of a challenge to master, but he's definitely a steal at 20 points - 12 speed, medium base, outstanding special power. It's also not bad to consider adding R2-Q5 (a droid, although not a droid army figure) and then throwing in a few S2 Grievous Bodyguards.

Either way I think you need some strikers. I'd try any of that before going with Super Battle Droids, and I'd take S2 GBGs over Battle Droids, as you already have several small missile launchers.

[superflytnt]

urnightmare said:

ok im trying to make a droid army using gold nute gunrays and 1 destroyer droid but i need other figures to fill in holes heres what i have

4x Gold Nute Gunrays
1x destroyer droids

the nutes are gonna cost me 3 each (im buying from a friend if you guys think less then 4 is better then tell me)

i want to stay in the $25 all together and under area what should i get to make a good droid army. (I already have the destroyer droid)

Best 200 point Droid Army for under 25$
3 Gold Nutes = 90 points, 12$
1 Destroyer = 40 points, 0$
1 Series 2 Starter Grievous = 30 points, 6$
4 Battle Droids = 40 points, 6$

that's 24$ or therabouts, and that's a deadly army.

yaggleberryfinn said:

The Destroyer Droid is a good figure, but it looks to me like you're neglecting the two best figures available to the Droid Army: launcher or striker Grievous. The S1 launcher is better than the S2 version, and I would definitely recommend him if you have that option.

U R Nuts! ;D S2 Grievous is 10x better than the S1 version as the S2 version gets up 50% of the time if an enemy jedi is in play. Also, the S2 Grievous striker almost always has a crappy swing, is easy to knock down, and only has a 69% vengeance power. Every tourney I've been in that I played against one he was a waste of points. For the same money, get another destroyer - he is hard to kill, has 2 shots, and has a 'get back up' power. only downside is 40 points, but I say it's well worth it.

[grizz]

Also, the S2 Grievous striker almost always has a crappy swing, is easy to knock down, and only has a 69% vengeance power. Every tourney I've been in that I played against one he was a waste of points.

I have to disagree with you on this one. I maybe lucky to have a striker grievous with a killer swing but I don't think he is a waist of points. I for the most part take out 3 to 4 figures before he gets taken out and I have found his special to be very helpful. Plus he is 20 points so you could put two of them in play for the cost of one destroyer droid. Then you could add a few of the GBG's that move 12(can't remember what series)plus maybe an r2q5 and you have a killer combo IMO.

[Radar]

Yes, the series 2 General Grievous Bodyguard (the blue version) will move 12 and has for a special ability "free attack for a droid army launcher" that would fit your team nicely, and (oh yes) an R2-Q5 will make those troopers devastating.

[urnightmare]

the only problem i see with superflys idea is getting the droids for like less then 2 dollars. if you could give me a link to a website that has them for sale that cheap id greatly appreciate it

[urnightmare]

sorry double post again
heres what i think im gonna do
gold nute gunrayx3=90
destroyer droidx1=40
Grievous body gaurd series 2x3=30
r2-q5x1=10
grievous shooterx1=30

total=200 points
what do you guys think of this one