TalesOfSigmar Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Off to Facehammer and the GT Finals over the next two weekends and rocking the Squigalanche. Not expecting anything bar a few fun games. Looking forward to all that random movement! Allegiance: Gloomspite GitzMortal Realm: GhurLeadersLoonboss on Mangler Squigs (280)- General- Trait: Fight Another Day - Artefact: Gryph-feather Charm Loonboss on Giant Cave Squig (110)- Moon-cutta- Artefact: The Clammy cowl Fungoid Cave-Shaman (90)- Artefact: Rockjaws - Lore of the Moonclans: Squig LureFungoid Cave-Shaman (90)- Lore of the Moonclans: The Hand of GorkBattleline10 x Squig Hoppers (180)12 x Squig Herd (140)12 x Squig Herd (140)Units10 x Boingrot Bounderz (200)10 x Boingrot Bounderz (200)BehemothsMangler Squigs (240)BattalionsSquig Rider Stampede (140)Squigalanche (90)Endless Spells / TerrainAethervoid Pendulum (50)Purple Sun of Shyish (50)Total: 2000 / 2000Extra Command Points: 2Allies: 0 / 400Wounds: 146 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twh30 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 This is my current 1k list looking to expand to a 2k list . Just unsure which direction to head . Like which units could be a great hidden gems for us? Thought about adding the stampede in? Any tips or suggestions would be amazing cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlasticCraic Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 13 hours ago, TalesOfSigmar said: Off to Facehammer and the GT Finals over the next two weekends and rocking the Squigalanche. Not expecting anything bar a few fun games. Looking forward to all that random movement! Love it! If you play Slaanesh, I wish you good luck But I'm sure you're aware that's the risk you take. Let us know how you get on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broche Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Any of you ever use Sporesplattas fanatic? I've a game against stormcast tomorrow, and I don't get how to use them. You kinda seem to put them in the front, so they'll draw fire and die, wich doesnt seem very good considering they are 24 pts per life? At least you'll keep the +1 attack on Moonclan for the full turn, but that still seem quite expensive... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froo Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 46 minutes ago, broche said: Any of you ever use Sporesplattas fanatic? I've a game against stormcast tomorrow, and I don't get how to use them. You kinda seem to put them in the front, so they'll draw fire and die, wich doesnt seem very good considering they are 24 pts per life? At least you'll keep the +1 attack on Moonclan for the full turn, but that still seem quite expensive... There are several ways to use them. You can use them to buff units, while screening support characters, so you place them between units and characters. You can use them as a defacto prismatic palisade for that first turn against shooty armies. Since a basic unit is only 120 points, I've also used them to stop first turn tunnelling shenanigans vs fyreslayers to protect Skragrott. I like them, but I'm also an idiot. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadBrain Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 One little question: Can Itake a Loonboss on Manglersquig as a part of the Squigrider Stampede or can I put a simple manglersquig in there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalesOfSigmar Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 3 hours ago, BadBrain said: One little question: Can Itake a Loonboss on Manglersquig as a part of the Squigrider Stampede or can I put a simple manglersquig in there? It's got to be a normal Mangler squig if you take it unfortunately as it's the unit name not keyword. If it said MANGLER SQUIG in bold and capitals then you'd be able to take either choice. But because it's lowercase and non-bold it's the unit name. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broche Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 So I've played my third game of Gloomspite, another win (agains stormcast Skyborne Slayer). I'm now more confident in making some analysis about how the army work against various matchup. I find Gloomspite to be an interesting army because they don't seem that strong on paper, but playing them you realize they have a really good toolbox to answer different type of challenge. I think unlike some current top army they really reward good play (after playing Ironjawz for a year it's refreshing) I've played variation of this list so far. It might look a bit random (because that's the model I have) but I realized that gloomspite strenght seem to reside in diversity , making me quite happy at the end of the day. Spoiler Allegiance: Gloomspite GitzMortal Realm: AqshyDankhold Troggboss (270)- General- Trait: Loonskin- Artefact: Thermalrider CloakFungoid Cave-Shaman (90)- Lore of the Moonclans: The Hand of GorkSkragrott, The Loonking (220)- Lore of the Moonclans: The Great Green SpiteZarbag (160)- Lore of the Moonclans: Call da Moon40 x Stabbas (260)- Pokin Spears & Moon Shields3 x Rockgut Troggoths (140)3 x Rockgut Troggoths (140)3 x Fellwater Troggoths (150)5 x Loonsmasha Fanatics (140)5 x Sporesplatta Fanatics (120)5 x Boingrot Bounderz (100)5 x Boingrot Bounderz (100)7 x Zarbag's Gitz (0)Geminids of Uhl-Gysh (60)Malevolent Moon (40)Total: 1990 / 2000Extra Command Points: 0Allies: 0 / 400Wounds: 140 Army identity: I had some problem seizing the army at first, mainly because it contain 4 subfaction and a large amount of units. The Bad Moon seemed like it's not that usefull , plus it's random (my strategy is to start it in my corner and hope for the +1 to cast on turn 2). An overview of the units quickly reveal that the most cost efficient units are Bounder and Troll (both version). With potent magic, it's also obvious that successful army need to rely around spell. Also, while some of our units are quite good we don't get big damage spike (except maybe a big squad of fanatics) like other army. My conclusion was that the army come down to two word: Control and Disruption. Control because we have access to a great variety of model / chaff, decent movement , lots of unit with rearch, and distruption in the form of the loonshrine, the fanatic, the -1 to hit (really crippling in the current meta). For those reason, I think competitive gloomsptie army should start with a fungoid, 40 stabbas, 5 fanatics and Geminid. After that, i think the vast majority of variant (squig, spider or Troll) could have sucess. Here's my opinion so far of the units I tried: Troggboss: He is not cheap but I like him so far. Making the troll battleline is great, and while it's attack are a bit random, he has good resistance and doesn't descale. I think the fact he benefinit from cover and look out sir! is what give him a edge above average. I've tried Gryphfeater charm and Cloak on him. I'm still not settle on a build, but +4 move and flying seem the we to go for my playstyle. His command is ability is good as well, especially on Rockgut and himself. Bounderz: 100 pts for 10 life at 4 up, with good attack, mortal on the charge, decent move, flying. It rank at the top of most cost-efficient units in the game, so it would be foolish to not take some. Troll: With the point decrease, troll have been pushed on par with the best units in the game as well. The get shoot, reach, good hit, resistance. There only weakness is bravery, so i usually keep command available to save model (even wounded once since they can heal). Zarbag and Gitz: At first i inclued them for filling, but I think they'll become a stapple for me. Zarbag +2 to cast is great to cast Geminid early. The gitz give you a really cheap screen / objective holder. For 160 pts it's a pretty good bargain. Loonsmasha: I think it's an auto pick. Striking first is awesome and they can really mess up an opponent turn. If you have CP available it's good to spend 1 for rr1. Sporesplatta: Still unsure about those. They worked fine yesterday, but I need more play with them. They might be autopick against Skaven. Scragnot: He look good but far from underprice. He certainly gain value if he's the general as he give CP and control the moon. But he get bonus to cast, that is a bit lacking in the army. His shooting is also quite decent. I would probably trade him and something else for an Arachnot if I had the model. Giant: Still bad. No real reason to take one except for fun. He is probably not even worth 100 pts, and he cost a whooping 160. For spell I'm currently rotating between Green spite, Itchy nuisance, Hand of gork and Call da Moon. I really liked greentide at first, but having 21 model wholly within 18 can be rough in my army. Nuisance and Hand of gork are good tools that can be either awesome or useless. Squig lure is not really useful for me, and glare is ******. For endless spell Scuttletide look absolutely awesome, will need to try it for sure (fit both the Control and Disruptive theme), in the end i think i'll end up swapping Malevolent move and Scuttletide depending on matchup. Let me know your tought! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twh30 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 (edited) Hi there any thoughts on using allies or mercenaries ? Any success or suggestions? Looking at possibly running the grey lodge with slayers with 10x hearthguard and runesmitter . Any thoughts on this? Edited September 21, 2019 by Twh30 Adding content Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twh30 Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Hi there been trying to write a list with the gbbpalooza in it and trying make it work this is what I’ve come up with thoughts would be great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven_lord Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 Hey guys, Do we have examples of good full spiders lists? Thanks ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlitzFan Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 @Matt Large hey man are you still playing the gitz and loving it? i remember reading your posts from earlier in the year and remembered how enthusiastic you were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Large Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 1 hour ago, GlitzFan said: @Matt Large hey man are you still playing the gitz and loving it? i remember reading your posts from earlier in the year and remembered how enthusiastic you were. Yep still loving it, time has just been precious of late though, I havn’t got many (if any) games in recently. Last proper go with them was Throne of Skulls a few months ago, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlitzFan Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 1 minute ago, Matt Large said: Yep still loving it, time has just been precious of late though, I havn’t got many (if any) games in recently. Last proper go with them was Throne of Skulls a few months ago, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Sounds great! What lists are you wanting to run now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Large Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Something like this I think: (hopefully the upload works) Gleeglob.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valenhawkwing Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Taking this to a GT at the weekend. Not expecting much as I'm pretty new to AOS, played fantasy for a long time but I'm very out of practice. Seems to be a lot of stormfiends and other assorted nastiness signed up though, so I may just get blown off the table easily. Good times! Allegiance: Gloomspite GitzMortal Realm: GhurSkragrott, The Loonking (220)- General- Lore of the Moonclans: The Hand of GorkWebspinner Shaman on Arachnarok Spider (280)- Artefact: Gryph-feather Charm- Lore of the Spiderfangs: Sneaky DistractionLoonboss (70)Fungoid Cave-Shaman (90)- Lore of the Moonclans: Itchy NuisanceFungoid Cave-Shaman (90)- Lore of the Moonclans: The Great Green Spite40 x Stabbas (260)- Stabbas & Moon Shields- 6x Barbed Nets- 1x Moonclan Flag Bearers- 1x Badmoon Icon Bearers40 x Stabbas (260)- Pokin Spears & Moon Shields- 6x Barbed Nets- 1x Moonclan Flag Bearers- 1x Badmoon Icon Bearers20 x Stabbas (130)- Pokin Spears & Moon Shields- 3x Barbed Nets- 1x Badmoon Icon Bearers5 x Sporesplatta Fanatics (120)6 x Sneaky Snufflers (70)6 x Rockgut Troggoths (280)Geminids of Uhl-Gysh (60)Scrapskuttle's Arachnacauldron (40)Scuttletide (30)Total: 2000 / 2000Extra Command Points: 0Allies: 0 / 400Wounds: 174 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garuun Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 14 hours ago, Valenhawkwing said: Taking this to a GT at the weekend. Not expecting much as I'm pretty new to AOS, played fantasy for a long time but I'm very out of practice. Seems to be a lot of stormfiends and other assorted nastiness signed up though, so I may just get blown off the table easily. Good times! Allegiance: Gloomspite GitzMortal Realm: GhurSkragrott, The Loonking (220)- General- Lore of the Moonclans: The Hand of GorkWebspinner Shaman on Arachnarok Spider (280)- Artefact: Gryph-feather Charm- Lore of the Spiderfangs: Sneaky DistractionLoonboss (70)Fungoid Cave-Shaman (90)- Lore of the Moonclans: Itchy NuisanceFungoid Cave-Shaman (90)- Lore of the Moonclans: The Great Green Spite40 x Stabbas (260)- Stabbas & Moon Shields- 6x Barbed Nets- 1x Moonclan Flag Bearers- 1x Badmoon Icon Bearers40 x Stabbas (260)- Pokin Spears & Moon Shields- 6x Barbed Nets- 1x Moonclan Flag Bearers- 1x Badmoon Icon Bearers20 x Stabbas (130)- Pokin Spears & Moon Shields- 3x Barbed Nets- 1x Badmoon Icon Bearers5 x Sporesplatta Fanatics (120)6 x Sneaky Snufflers (70)6 x Rockgut Troggoths (280)Geminids of Uhl-Gysh (60)Scrapskuttle's Arachnacauldron (40)Scuttletide (30)Total: 2000 / 2000Extra Command Points: 0Allies: 0 / 400Wounds: 174 Gee that list looks awful familiar, you wouldnt happen to be going to a town in Victoria, Australia to play Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valenhawkwing Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Nope, I'll be in rainy dublin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neomaxim Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 New poster, and currently catching up on this thread as my family makes our first Gitz purchases. It'll be a shared family army as a few of us are just dabbling with AoS while others already have our face-punch tournament armies in other factions. A super helpful post a few pages back, kind of did the unit tiers, and frequently mentioned playing "bingo" to line up keywords and synergies. For those of us who haven't poured over the book yet, can someone maybe elaborate on some of these before we go off and make too many purchases? We've started with a handful of staples, and just order 80 Grots, 20 Hoopers/Bounders, and a Fungoid and Skragrot the Loonking. I'm planning to order a lot more so any of my family can go down whatever branch of the faction they feel like on a given day, but I do want to buy efficiently so we don't add too many absolute turds, while ignoring fun interactions. Also, maybe a weird question, but is there any merit to running 100+ Grots and a couple 15-strong units of surprise Fanatics? I absolutely love their rules, but wonder if they live up to their points, and/or if 15 is too many to properly place, wasting bodies. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broche Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 (edited) 21 hours ago, Neomaxim said: Also, maybe a weird question, but is there any merit to running 100+ Grots and a couple 15-strong units of surprise Fanatics? I absolutely love their rules, but wonder if they live up to their points, and/or if 15 is too many to properly place, wasting bodies. Fanatics are super good but tricky to play. And playing 100+ grots certainly not a bad strategy, but those army tend to do lots of time game in tournament which can be an issue. Edited October 3, 2019 by broche Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlasticCraic Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 1 hour ago, broche said: Fanatics are super good but tricky to play. And playing 100+ grots certainly a bad strategy, but those army tend to do lots of time game in tournament which can be an issue. Typo there? Certainly "not" a bad strategy? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neomaxim Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 I'm an old gamer, so I can do the "post as intended, versus post as written." 🙂 I appreciate it. I'm also hoping some folks might have more insights into the synergies I can look for in terms of best buffs. For example, Fanatics, inexplicably aren't [Moonclan Grots] so can't receive most buffs at all, as far as I can tell. Troggoth side it is much easier to see all the buffing/support potential, but do Grots, for one example, perform well when completely buffed... and from whom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neomaxim Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 An addendum, actually... but I was thinking of getting a couple of Gobbas and/or a Troggoth Hag in my Forgeworld order... are they good options? At a glance I feel like the Gobbas fill a role literally nothing else in the army does, and it looks good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broche Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Neomaxim said: I'm an old gamer, so I can do the "post as intended, versus post as written." 🙂 I appreciate it. I'm also hoping some folks might have more insights into the synergies I can look for in terms of best buffs. For example, Fanatics, inexplicably aren't [Moonclan Grots] so can't receive most buffs at all, as far as I can tell. Troggoth side it is much easier to see all the buffing/support potential, but do Grots, for one example, perform well when completely buffed... and from whom? lol @PlasticCraic thanks for checking my ortograph Fanatics don't really need any buff, what I usually do is spend the CP to reroll 1 to hit when they attack. 5 are like 12 damage at rend 2 and strike first.If you use the loonboss you can buff regiment of grots, but even without that they still pile some damage but they are not your big hitter.They are mainly use for area control, and they are really annoying thanks to the netter (-1 to hit). If you want big hitter to actually kill stuff check for Troll or Squig. Troggoth hag have a good profile, but I've never played her. I'm sure she's good enough in the right list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garuun Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 (edited) On 10/3/2019 at 5:38 AM, broche said: Fanatics are super good but tricky to play. And playing 100+ grots certainly not a bad strategy, but those army tend to do lots of time game in tournament which can be an issue. +++ Mod Edit +++ Try using movement trays as you can buy them online (or use the 40k apocalypse ones). Edited October 8, 2019 by Gaz Taylor Reworded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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