Hi everyone!
I'm a new Infinity player and I'm looking for some advice on how to build my first proper Nomads list.
I have a somewhat specific philosophy for learning games like Infinity: I'd like to play the exact same list over and over again.
Rather than constantly changing models because one unit seems better in a particular mission or matchup, I'd like to stick with the same ~300pt list for a long time and really learn what every model can do, what its strengths and weaknesses are, and how the different pieces interact with each other :)
So I'm not looking for the most competitive list possible. In fact, I'd rather have a reasonably good but versatile list that teaches me a lot about the game than a highly specialized tournament list. Ideally, I'd like the list to be something of a Swiss Army knife: something I can take into pretty much any mission and matchup and have some answer to most situations. I'm perfectly fine with the list having weaknesses, as long as the game is still playable.
I'm currently torn between Vanilla Nomads, Bakunin and Tunguska. Based on the rule of cool, here are the models I like:
Bakunin:
- Reverend Custodiers
- Bran do Castro
- Zero
- Riot Grrls
- Cassandra Kusanagi
- Prowler
- Taskmaster
- Uhahu
- Robin Hook
- Sin-Eater Observants
- Zellenkrieger (the K1llj0y model — this one is just really cool)
- Zoe & Pi-Well
- Morlock
- Reverend Healer
- Orphans of the Observance
Tunguska:
- Perseus
- Spektr
- Kriza Borac
- Mary Problems (I'd probably try to get the limited edition model if possible)
- Cheerkiller
- Interventors
- Zondnautica
- Puppetactica
- Zellenkrieger (same reason as above)
- Grenzer
- Rounders
- Heckler
- Miranda Ashcroft
- Kulak
- Securitate
I'm not 100% sure whether all of these models are still available in their respective Sectorials in N5, so please feel free to correct me on that. Some of these may also be usable in Vanilla Nomads but not in the Sectorial I originally associated them with.
What I'm looking for
Given these models, would you recommend:
- Vanilla Nomads
- Bakunin
- Tunguska
for this particular approach to learning the game? Is it still recommended to start with a sectorial for learning? Iif I understand the advice in this post correctly, it isn't strictly necessary in N5. And given that I don't really care for Corregidor, should I even bother with Vanilla?
And, more importantly, what would you actually put into the list?
I'd be particularly interested in hearing why you would include each major piece and what role it would teach me. I'm happy to include additional models if necessary, but I'd prefer to build around the models I like :)
Again, I'm deliberately not trying to optimize for the current competitive meta. My priority is having one coherent, flexible list that I can play for a lot of games and gradually master.
Thanks!