Did you lease Hooked on Phonics ? <| sep |> Why are u being an ass and calling ppl stupid ? <| sep |> Although you already mentioned it , for a beginner I have to recommend go with cools , because Infinity is terrifyingly well balanced for two main reasons that everything has a different function rather than different levels of power , and also that everything dies to bullets . There are lists where you bring everything , cover all your bases with counters to most situations and figure your way out with the missions . Then you have ISS lists that just bring no engineers or doctors at all in ITS environment and still win . You got JSA lists where you bring swords to a gunfight . You have Aleph lists where you have 200 pts in 2 models which I managed to win with in the recent TAGLINE tournament at my city . So to a degree , the old adage it ' s not your list it ' s you holds true . Infinity has way more variables and require far more tactical decisions than other tabletops I ' ve tried . I remember when I played 40 k , I wrote up a 2500 pts list first then I started building towards it . In Infinity , I tend to pull out what I need from my collection every time . In Infinity , having a good list won ' t win you the game , but having a bad list can cost you the game . First things first . What missions are you playing ? Are you playing mostly the official ITS missions ? 20 x 20 ? YAMS ? Depending on what you play mostly , you ' ll probably want different things . For example , specialists are not as vital in season 8 ITS , unless you ' re playing the dreaded mission Highly Classified . Even from the few archetypes you ' ve laid out , there ' s a lot of options for you , and they have different purposes . You can have offensive snipers such as Intruders with Multi Sniper that shines even more if you have someone like a Jaguar to create advantages for him . You can have defensive snipers such as Sin Eater to eat up opponent ' s active turn . There is no better unit so it ' s a good idea to think of what you want it to do . Alguaciles and Securitate perform different functions . Alguaciles are your potatoes , giving bodies to your forces while still being decent enough to carry out a firefight or secure the game once the dust settles . They have wide variety of useful loadouts , even if they ' re not the best at using them , and are very cheap for what they do . Securitates are your sentinels . They help ward off deep strikes and flanks from reaching the vulnerable inner sections of your deployment . Feel free to ask about any specifics .