SoCal Age of Sigmar

Looks like you had a fun time!

1. You mentioned making a sideboard, is that the second picture you posted? Did everyone make a sideboard just for painting score?

2. When you built your list, what was your general strategy that you thought about and what was your goal with the list you brought? It would be interesting to hear, especially with others that took mortal Nurgle lists talking about it on the forum.

@Thundercake I updated my article to replace sideboard with display board, I must have had 'sideboard' stuck in my head as I was writing. The picture with the the army on a 2'x2' dark board with the green water running through it was the board I created. (The pictures are so big when they migrate to the TGA blog lol.) Some people, me included, created their display boards because it was part of Adepticon's soft score. Others created them because it is part of their hobby. From what I understand display boards have been a big deal in the midwest for some time. After creating mine I am certain display boards are now part of my hobby as well, whether or not their are part of a soft score.

My number one goal when creating my list was resiliency with damage potential with synergy from The Glotkin. With Mortal Nurgle you sacrifice speed, shooting, and mortal wound output. On the traditional 6 games from matched play this army performs very well holding objectives in my deployment zone and grabbing objectives midfield. What it is no good at is getting objectives in my opponent's deployment zone and having to split the army up. The Glotkin adds an extra attack to all units within 14". This gives my Blightkings a chance of  of rolling a 6 to hit rom 2.5 out 15 chances to 3.33 out of 20 chances. There is nothing better with this list than to roll 4 or 5 6's and watch them become 20+ hits, wounding on 3's, re-rolling 1's (Battalion ability). Once I lose The Glotkin's synergy my plans generally go down the toilet.

After playing this list for about 4 months now I will probably retire it. I am usually assured to get get a major victory as long as I don't have to move very far. Otherwise I grind out 5 battle rounds with a decent chance of getting a minor victory. If I want to place in the top 3 at a major event like Adepticon I need a list that can get a Major win every time I play.

@GRex, thanks for the follow up. Display board makes sense! Coming from Indiana, I've made a few in myself. Thanks for talking about your list strategy as well.

Did you give any thought to replacing the warriors with a plagueclaw or lightening cannon for some range? Might help shift some enemy models off of the objectives you couldn't reach?

@ThundercakeI have but I like using them as a decoy/tarpit. I focus The Glotkin's two spells Fleshy Abundance and then Mystic Shield on them. They go up to 3 wounds and get a 3+/5+ save. They are actually one of my faster units too. In my opinion I would consider dropping Bloab for lightening cannons. 

Edited March 30, 2017 by GRex

I just played with the roster. It is VERY hard to keep The Glotkin and the Nurgle Rotbringer Battalion and take warscrolls outside of 'mortal nurgle' with out breaking the battline requirement. 

On March 30, 2017 at 8:59 AM, GRex said:

After playing this list for about 4 months now I will probably retire it. I am usually assured to get get a major victory as long as I don't have to move very far. Otherwise I grind out 5 battle rounds with a decent chance of getting a minor victory. If I want to place in the top 3 at a major event like Adepticon I need a list that can get a Major win every time I play.

Did you see my Rotbringers/Mortal Nurgle list using the Plaguetouched Warband?  I ended up placing 10th but I was on table #2 during the last game at Adepticon.  It would allow you to use some of your current minis so you wouldn't have to fully start another force.

@Thomas Lyons funny you ask. I just got done listening to Warhammer Weekly and when you described what your list did I thought it sounded a lot like mine. You even kind of confirmed it with David who I played game 2.

I don't recall seeing your army out but from what I remember from this week's episode you were running Sayl, 20 Warriors of Chaos and Blightkings in a Plaguetouched Warband. Buffing the large unit of warriors then launching them forward with Sayl. The ability to project a large block of super sticky warriors into my opponents line would definitely improve my list competitively. They cannot be ignored as they can take objectives but are almost impossible to clear out in 5 rounds.

Were you also running The Glotkin?

Also, I am leaning toward a list that is more mobile and has rend.

I love the show and thanks for the feedback!

3 hours ago, GRex said:

@Thomas Lyons funny you ask. I just got done listening to Warhammer Weekly and when you described what your list did I thought it sounded a lot like mine. You even kind of confirmed it with David who I played game 2.

I don't recall seeing your army out but from what I remember from this week's episode you were running Sayl, 20 Warriors of Chaos and Blightkings in a Plaguetouched Warband. Buffing the large unit of warriors then launching them forward with Sayl. The ability to project a large block of super sticky warriors into my opponents line would definitely improve my list competitively. They cannot be ignored as they can take objectives but are almost impossible to clear out in 5 rounds.

Were you also running The Glotkin?

Also, I am leaning toward a list that is more mobile and has rend.

I love the show and thanks for the feedback!

I didn't have my army out for judging b/c I didn't have a board (b/c I didn't plan on even competing this weekend).  The list is: 

• 140  Harbinger (Cunning Deciver Trait, Chaos Talisman)
• 120  Mounted Chaos Sorcerer (Crown of Conquest)   
• 540  28 Chaos Warriors
• 60  10 Marauders
• 60  10 Marauders
• 60  10 Marauders
• 180  5 Blightkings  
• 180  5 Blightkings  
• 140  Plaguetouched Warband        
• 240  Belakor
• 160  Sayl
• 120  Reinforcement Points (Options Below)
  • 10 Plaguebearers (100)
  • 10 Chaos Furies (120)

No, I don't have Glottkin.  I did at one point in time, but over the past 6 months I've slowly come to realize that he's a trap.  The Harbinger is a much better general and Belakor does a lot more for his points comparatively. If I need something killed that is tough to crack, I throw Belakor at it and Belakor is a piece I can afford to sacrifice.  The same can't be said for Glottkin.  

I honestly think this list has the ability to compete with the hardest lists in the game currently.  I would highly recommend checking it out and giving it a test spin.  It has all the tools one needs with a couple left over.  I have a full write up of the synergies and tactics here.

6 minutes ago, Thomas Lyons said:

No, I don't have Glottkin.  I did at one point in time, but over the past 6 months I've slowly come to realize that he's a trap.  The Harbinger is a much better general and Belakor does a lot more for his points comparatively. If I need something killed that is tough to crack, I throw Belakor at it and Belakor is a piece I can afford to sacrifice.  The same can't be said for Glottkin.  

I honestly think this list has the ability to compete with the hardest lists in the game currently.  I would highly recommend checking it out and giving it a test spin.  It has all the tools one needs with a couple left over.  I have a full write up of the synergies and tactics here.

Fantastic, I appreciate you sharing your list with me and greta blog post!

You are absolutely correct about The Glotkin being a trap. I typically have to chose to keep him out of combat to keep his command ability or commit him to my opponent's high save warscrolls. Once I lose him my damage output gets severely diminished. Without damage potential and lack of mobility I have a hard time grinding out victories with my current list.