ok everybody at my venue is competetive players. always feilding really competetive armys and naming every rule mistake you make.its like there playing to win a million $s or somthing. these are the things that make me want to quit mechwarrior. but back on the subjuect they are always feilding a first strike army and i made a counter first strike army. here it is

first i knew i needed commands
DF mobile HQ x1
tamaras raider x1
bayin killer clowns x1
second i knew i need first strike to beat first strike
Df scout atvs x6
DF donars x2
theses are not to base arty and go up close to my opponents DZ. there are to base other infiltrators and first strikers like BR lego,DF blade,SW J-37. the donars are there to just kill things lol.
third i needed counter basers
DF guilla suits x2
merc special forces team x1
merc gray death BA x2
and last i needed a AA and a tank drop
merc zahn w/ DF DI shmitt
DF partsan AA x1

ok his acually looks like a first strike army but if you play it the way it is intended to play it beats the hell out of first strike armys(JUST PRAY TOU WIN INITIATIVE LOL).

comments please

It's actually a very well constructed army. The beauty of the build is its low attrition value. Too many things for your opponent to focus on.

You realize, of course, that the key to the whole army is the merc Zahn. Keeping it a.) alive, and b.) on its first click are pretty much paramount to victory. Doing such allows you to dictate the pace of the game.

I would probably do a little bit of tweaking, however. The army borrows a lot of concepts from will63's "Dairy Queen" paradigm. That's good, because it's a deadly build. But let's see how much more we can do to emulate it, hmm?

:^^^: DI Schmitt Tank - 94 pts.
:^^^: MHI Defense AA Tank - 63 pts.
:^^^: Sprint Scout Heliocopter - 34 pts.
:^^: Maxim Mk2 Heavy Transport x2 - 62 pts.
:^^: (DF) Mobile HQ x2 - 52 pts.
:^^^: (HL) Elemental Battle Armor - 20 pts.
Commando Team - Elite Infantry - 17 pts.
:^^^: Guila Suit x2 - 28 pts.
:^^^: Scout ATV Squad x4 - 56 pts.
Bayin Killer Clowns - Combat Engineers - 12 pts.
:^^^: Peasant Company x2 - 12 pts.
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TOTAL: 450 pts.

The LI MHI is a much better AA than the Partisan, and thrown in a Maxim, its freakin' deadly. The Commando Team-Guilas combo is a beautiful ATV-neutralizing force (and you should use it now, since it's about to be retired!). You can also load these into a Maxim for a formation tankdrop with the Schmitt (for all your fatty-cracking needs). Don't be afraid to deploy the Sprint empty if you lose initiative, and use it as a long-range baser late in the game.

This is a great army, either for anti-first strike or just general all-puroseness. It just needs to be closely monitored, and hope for good luck with your four (!) command rolls.