TopHatCat Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Heya gang, So I'm looking to get into AoS on the cheap end, so since the Start Collecting boxes are such amazing value I really love the idea of buying 2 of those and just getting stuck in! Hooooowever I'm an old Fantasy player and have yet to take the dive into AoS so not very familiar with what's good etc. So would love to get some Army List advice! These are the Army Lists I've worked out so far, but I'd love for people to join me in this theorycrafting! From 2x SC boxes you get 2x GK on Terror/Dragon (or GK on foot and Monster solo), 6x Horrors/Flayers and 20x Ghouls. (Plus could likely convert a Crypt Ghast Courtier very easily). I'm also looking to split the Carrion Empire set with a friend meaning I'll get an addition 1x GK on foot, 6x Horrors/Flayers and 10x Ghouls. So with that in mind, I've worked on a few lists;Main List - 1,500pts; Allegiance: Flesh Eater CourtsAbhorrant Ghoul King on Zombie Dragon (440)- General- Trait: Dark Wizardry Abhorrant Ghoul King on Terrorgheist (400)- Artefact: The Grim Garland 10 x Crypt Ghouls (100)10 x Crypt Ghouls (100)10 x Crypt Ghouls (100)6 x Crypt Horrors (320)Geminids of Uhl-Gysh (40)Total: 1500 / 1500Extra Command Points: 0Allies: 0 / 200Wounds: 82 With all the mini's we have access to it rounds out nicely to a 1.5k Army. The main goal of the list is for the GK on Zombie Dragon to Summon a Varghulf Courtier (which I don't mind buying), and then our GK on Terrorgheist Summons another unit of Crypt Horrors, allowing the Courtier to support both units of Horrors (refilling whenever any die/or refilling any nearby Ghouls when stuff dies). I'm not SUPER familiar with Malign Sorcery so I feel like there are likely some better Artefact choices in there, so please feel free to tweek and improve the list as that's exactly the sort of help I'm seeking! 1,000pts; Allegiance: Flesh Eater CourtsAbhorrant Ghoul King (140)- General- Trait: Magestic Horror Varghulf Courtier (160)- Artefact: Blood River Chalice 10 x Crypt Ghouls (100)10 x Crypt Ghouls (100)6 x Crypt Horrors (320)3 x Crypt Horrors (160)Quicksilver Swords (20)Total: 1000 / 1000Extra Command Points: 0Allies: 0 / 200Wounds: 70 The idea of this list is that the Varghulf supports the 2 units of Horrors, hopefully refilling the 3x strong unit with extra bodies, whilst the Ghoul King sticks near the Ghouls and supports them/makes new units, pretty simple. Focuses more on Horrors, since can always just Summon more Ghouls. I was tempted to run a GK on Dragon to cheat in the Courtier but the points never quite worked out.2,000pts; I was going to start this list off similar to the 1.5k version, have my GK on Dragon summon in a Varghulf to support my Horrors, but after that I got kindof stuck.. I'm actually not entirely sure what I want to do for 2k points, since I'll be starting around 1,500pts I don't mind buying a few extra units to flesh out into a 2k army. I'd likely pick a Battalion at this stage and the easiest/best looking ones would have to be Attendants at Court (which leads nicely into Abattoir and King's Ghouls but they don't seem that great..?) and Ghoul Patrol, already having most of the models required to take advantage of them! (Would just need to invest/convert a Haunter Courtier. But honestly not exactly sure which direction to go/which units to pick for my list and which to summon during the game. So any and all advice here is more than welcome! So over all I've listed what units I'll have available (and like I said don't mind investing in a few other units, but want to try and keep things cheap!) but would love some advice from better FEC players! So please feel free to tweek/changes the lists or heck just write up a whole new one using what we have!🎩😸 So BIG Thanks in advance for helping a "new" player! You rock! ❤️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XReN Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 I'd say that half carrion empire + 2 SC boxes would be BARELY enough for strong 1.5K list, you really need a lot of models since we summon them in huge numbers Also trait and artefact choices IMO are sub-optimal, most of the time you want Majestic Horror as your trait, two artefacts that work particulary well for me are Essence of Vulcatrix on ghoul king on terrorgheist and Flayed Pennant to pull of charges with summoned units and 14" move monsters ALSO Flesh-Eaters do not have wizards available to cast endless spells, really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honk Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 18 minutes ago, XReN said: you really need a lot of models since we summon them in huge numbers what he said... but you can easily calculate that (3horror / GkoTg) and maybe magnetize your horrors/flayer. but the start collecting boxes will set you up, if you´re into hordes (and have an airbrush for painting ;-D ) you might want to buy some ghoul boxes too. but first I would suggest two of the start collecting boxes (2 kings on terrorgheist/dragon, 6 horrors/flayers and iirc 20 ghouls) that´s 1000 points and one king summons the elite with majestic horror (no regeneration of models, so better be careful). But the corresponding heroes are being built out of the normal sprue, leaving you with some odd numbers, especially stupid for horrors (maybe plan for varghulfs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XReN Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 6 minutes ago, Honk said: what he said... Maybe I had to emphasise A LOT a bit more) Last saturday I've won a 1750 3 games tourney and with all the summoing I fielded 50 ghouls (all I have), 12 horrors, GKoTG, crypt ghast and 2 varghulfs and was still short on ghouls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honk Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 14 minutes ago, XReN said: was still short on ghouls! Isn´t one always short of ghouls?!? I have 95 and the required airbrush and think 120 should make nice lists... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopHatCat Posted January 14, 2019 Author Share Posted January 14, 2019 I was just hoping to get by on Summoning some Horrors and replenishing Ghouls (as can only assume they die in droves), was probably gonna get 1 extra box of Ghouls just in case too... leaving me with like, 30 in the list, 40 in total... But by the sounds of things I'm gonna need like 50 more boxes? 🤣 Baaaah I hate the Summoning culture that smothers AoS at the moment! Wanted to Start Lizardmen too but they're all Slanns and Skinks and Summoning at the mo! (Granted, it's a smart move on GW's part, hey buy these extra models just in case! 😂) So should I not bother at all or? 😢 Won't lie I don't mind fielding like 40-50 models (*ghouls) but defo not a Horde style of player. Just looking for a good jumping on point (Gonna go ahead and plug my previous thread on the subject: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XReN Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 52 minutes ago, TopHatCat said: But by the sounds of things I'm gonna need like 50 more boxes? 🤣 Baaaah I hate the Summoning culture that smothers AoS at the moment! Sorry man, this is how it goes Try to check out "Bill Souza's Monster Mash", but you will want 3 FEC SC's, Skeleton Horde SC (the one with mortarch, to be built as Arkhan) and another 3 horrors, that's pretty elite list with 3 terrorgheist mounted GKings, Arkhan the Black, some ghouls for battleline and 12 horrors/flayers to summon And it's not summoning culture, it's the way armies should play so they won't be at a disadvantage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopHatCat Posted January 14, 2019 Author Share Posted January 14, 2019 17 minutes ago, XReN said: And it's not summoning culture, it's the way armies should play so they won't be at a disadvantage Just feels that way to me at the moment for the armies I really like, FEC are Summoning focused (despite me feeling that's more sorta Death/Zombie/Skeletons kindof area), Lizardmen (so salty at their new playstyle lol), BoC, Tzeentch, Chaos in general... But hey since I'm asking what's the average number of Ghouls you -should- have for 1k, 1.5k, 2k etc. I'll look into that list, Thank you! Though that's a heck of a lot of boxes haha, guessing I'm a fool for thinking I can get into the hobby on the cheap for sub £100-ish/or via SC boxes >.>;; Still this is some great feedback so thank you for your help! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XReN Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 6 minutes ago, TopHatCat said: Just feels that way to me at the moment for the armies I really like, FEC are Summoning focused (despite me feeling that's more sorta Death/Zombie/Skeletons kindof area), Lizardmen (so salty at their new playstyle lol), BoC, Tzeentch, Chaos in general... But hey since I'm asking what's the average number of Ghouls you -should- have for 1k, 1.5k, 2k etc. I'll look into that list, Thank you! Though that's a heck of a lot of boxes haha, guessing I'm a fool for thinking I can get into the hobby on the cheap for sub £100-ish >.>;; It really depends on your list since you can field from 0 to A LOT of ghouls on any point format, due to summoning I had 40 (10 on table and 30 to summon) with 2nd battleline being 6 horrors in 750 pts list, but, as said, you can go elite therefore having just 30 is fine The cheapest aroud IMO are stormcast, since you can go and buy cheap as dirt starter set minies from hands. And they don't do summoning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eevika Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 28 minutes ago, TopHatCat said: Just feels that way to me at the moment for the armies I really like, FEC are Summoning focused (despite me feeling that's more sorta Death/Zombie/Skeletons kindof area), Lizardmen (so salty at their new playstyle lol), BoC, Tzeentch, Chaos in general... But hey since I'm asking what's the average number of Ghouls you -should- have for 1k, 1.5k, 2k etc. I'll look into that list, Thank you! Though that's a heck of a lot of boxes haha, guessing I'm a fool for thinking I can get into the hobby on the cheap for sub £100-ish/or via SC boxes >.>;; Still this is some great feedback so thank you for your help! You can get in cheap but not with summoning armies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbedlam Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 To be honest, for me YMMV, its less about the summoning and more about the fact that Ghouls are just better at 20 up and with our particular brand of recursion you want to make sure your ghouls stay on the field so they can fill back up. Generally the only time I take a 10 block of ghouls is when I summon them in or I'm wanting to play monster mash and need that 3 min battleline. Otherwise I generally run 30/20/20 in my ghoul patrol list. A 10 man unit will get melted before you even get to add any back to it, especially if you get double turned. Summon wise I will often summon in a double 3 man Horror unit, a courtier, or a 10 man ghoul unit late game to steal an objective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raviv Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Do you know if the SC boxes come with the bits for all the optional builds for all the units? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutter Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 2 hours ago, Raviv said: Do you know if the SC boxes come with the bits for all the optional builds for all the units? They do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honk Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Problem are the courtiers, they are also being build out of the spruce... so your 10 ghouls are suddenly 9 and a courtier 😓 same goes for the horrors... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbedlam Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Honk said: Problem are the courtiers, they are also being build out of the spruce... so your 10 ghouls are suddenly 9 and a courtier 😓 same goes for the horrors... That's why I just bought a box simply to make Courtiers out of. ATM my collection is: 2 King on Ghiest, 1 King on Dragon, 1 Varghulf (converted), 1 Haunter, 1 Infernal, 3 Crypt Courtier, 12 Horrors, 3 Flayers, and I think I'm up to 150 ghouls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honk Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 3 hours ago, mrbedlam said: That's why I just bought a box simply to make Courtiers out of. Brilliant idea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopHatCat Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 On 1/14/2019 at 11:47 AM, XReN said: Try to check out "Bill Souza's Monster Mash" After looking this up I think I'm in love! BIG Monsters? Sign me up. I adore the idea behind this list, just the sort of army I'm looking for! Think I'm going to start off by buy 2 FEC boxes, get everything built and painted (save myself from the "Plastic pile of Shame" if I were to buy it all at once), maybe play a few 1k or 1.5k games get a feel for AoS see if I do enjoy it, then invest into finishing off that list. Very excited, thanks for pointing it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honk Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 6 hours ago, TopHatCat said: Plastic pile of Shame It’s the „pile of accomplishment“!!! I love cutting up sprues, filing and glueing. And FEC are quite easy to rough paint with an airbrush, blasted through my first 60 ghouls... oh the memories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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