Theory Hammer: Aragoto Senkenbutai (JSA bikers)

I’ve noticed that a lot of JSA lists use the bikes (not Yojimbo mind you, usually just the regular dude with a spitfire). They can wreak havoc in a backfield if you’re not careful, but it seems to me that they should only be effective against someone who doesn’t know what they’re doing. Let me explain.

What are the almost top-tier factions in Infinity

These are very strong factions capable of winning any tournament, even against the top-tier lists, but they are missing one piece of the puzzle. Before reading this article you should probably read part 1 - what makes a strong faction, part 2 - who sucks, and part 3 - who is average, if you haven't already. 

These are very strong factions capable of winning any tournament, even against the top-tier lists, but they are missing one piece of the puzzle. 

What are the average factions in Infinity?

You'll want to read part 1 (what makes a good faction) and part 2 (which factions suck) if you haven't already, before reading this article. 

1. Most Vanilla lists. With all that variety you can usually throw together enough of the good stuff to make a solid list - some infiltrating, camouflaged specialists, a good sniper with MSV2 and BS13+ or camo, a good primary attack piece with MSV, a good secondary attack piece with ODD and a few other bits and pieces, like smoke or a ninja. For the most part though, Vanilla lists lose out to the sectorials that don't sacrifice one of the priority items for link teams.

What are the worst factions in Infinity?:

If you haven't read part 1 in this series, do so first. 

1. Combined Army. It is unclear to me how these guys are supposed to be played.

The Avatar is awesome but struggles in anything other than annihilation because 130 points are tied up in one unit. In area control missions that means you struggle to get more than 2 quadrants, and in specialist flood missions like emergency transmission you have very few points left-over for specialists.