Lucur Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 I recently had my first series of Meeting Engagements games and i thoroughly enjoyed the format. Being able to do several games in one evening on a work day is amazing My list was as follows: Celestial Vindicators Spearhead: 5 Sequitors, 3 Hurricane Raptors Main body: 5 Sequitors, Lord Arcanum on Dracoline (General, Pride Leader), 3 Evocators on Dracoline Rearguard: 3 Castigators Three games vs Skaven ( 2×3 Stormfiends, 2 Warplock Engineers, doomwheel, 2×5 Globadiers from what i remember) went 1/1/1 hillariously, each of us getting a sound stomping and a draw to conclude. I dominated in a mission with several, spread out objectives and got rolled on one with two central objectives. Goes to show the staying power... In hindsight, Scions is a huge asset in these small scale games. Making your opponent move out of the way to deal with the Raptors is huge. Having a large, threatening and very mobile unit like Dracolines felt strong, until they got shot up real bad ^^ even Sequitors did okay, as they are capable of dealing with chaff. I'm curiozs to see how a list with say two Ghoulkings would fare. Summoning not withstanding... To my list, i would change the Sequitors to Liberators and upgrade the useless Castigators to another unit of Hurricanes. Until then, i'd rather run Aetherwings... ew Castigators are bad... ^^ How have you experienced Meeting Engagements with the Stormcast? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommissarRotke Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 (edited) I don't have all of this built yet but here's what I planned on trying out if anyone else is interested Quote SpearheadLord-Arcanum (160)- General- Spell: Chain Lightning5 x Sequitors (130)- Stormsmite Mauls and Soulshields- 2x Stormsmite Greatmaces3 x Vanguard-Raptors with Longstrike Crossbows (170)Main BodyKnight-Incantor (140)- Spell: Azyrite Halo5 x Sequitors (130)- Stormsmite Mauls and Soulshields- 3x Stormsmite Greatmaces3 x Aetherwings (50)Rearguard5 x Evocators (220)- Lore of Invigoration: Celestial Blades the spells and unit order are up for changes but I thought this would work well on the small tables size edit: I just realized I didn't pick a Stormhost... I think I was told Staunch Defender would be best Edited December 16, 2019 by CommissarRotke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcvs Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Never played so far, but I should play a few this weekend, so I have prepared two lists (both with the castigators problem ^^" ) a shootcast one: Allegiance: Stormcast Eternals- Stormhost: Anvils of the HeldenhammerSPEARHEADKnight-Incantor (140)- General - Command Trait : Deathly Aura - Spell : Lightning Blast3 x Vanguard-Raptors with Hurricane Crossbows (140) 3 x Aetherwings (50)MAIN BODYLord-Relictor (100) 6 x Vanguard-Raptors with Longstrike Crossbows (340) 5 x Liberators (100)- Warhammer & Shield3 x Aetherwings (50)REARGUARD3 x Castigators (80) And one with evos on foot and hallowed knights for mobility: Allegiance: Stormcast Eternals- Stormhost: Hallowed KnightsSPEARHEADLord-Veritant (120)- General - Command Trait : Martyr's Strength - Artefact : Parchment of Purity3 x Vanguard-Raptors with Hurricane Crossbows (140)MAIN BODYKnight-Vexillor (120)- Pennant of the Stormbringer10 x Evocators (440)- 10 x Grandstaves - Lore of Invigoration : Celestial Blades5 x Liberators (100)- Warhammer & Shield - 1 x GrandhammersREARGUARD3 x Castigators (80) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommissarRotke Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 @Lucur how do you use Scions in M.E? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucur Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 I just realised you folks use only one battleline. Around here two are standard. I guess we would need an faq on that... Considering Scions: when the detachment the unit is in gets set up i decide whether to place them on the board or in Azyr, usual constraints like half units set up apply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evantas Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 13 hours ago, Lucur said: I just realised you folks use only one battleline. Around here two are standard. I guess we would need an faq on that... Considering Scions: when the detachment the unit is in gets set up i decide whether to place them on the board or in Azyr, usual constraints like half units set up apply. You only need a single battleline for Meeting Engagements. It's different requirements from 1000 pts Pitched Battles (Vanguard). 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucur Posted December 23, 2019 Author Share Posted December 23, 2019 15 hours ago, Evantas said: You only need a single battleline for Meeting Engagements. It's different requirements from 1000 pts Pitched Battles (Vanguard). That is totally my point of view, but since it was ruled otherwise by a TO in a local shop for two consecutive ME tourneys, we usually run two. I mean, it's not so bad actually, as it keeps everyone from cheese a bit more. Unless, you know, Stormfiends... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommissarRotke Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 I could have sworn GW said you need 2 battleline in M.E? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evantas Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 9 hours ago, CommissarRotke said: I could have sworn GW said you need 2 battleline in M.E? There's no errata in General's Handbook 2019 that says otherwise. It's not 1000pts Vanguard, it's a new format. Over here we've been playing ME like this since 3 events ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scurvydog Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 16 hours ago, CommissarRotke said: I could have sworn GW said you need 2 battleline in M.E? It is quite clearly shown for the format on page 72 of GHB19 that army compoition is entirely unique for this game mode. Only the main body of the force having a 1+ requirement of battleline, while spearhead is 0-1 and rearguard is 0-2. Playing it any different is plain wrong and against the rules, although house rules can certainly happen, it is just poor form to enforce that on people, especially from a GW store. Some armies also suffer from the MSU rules, as GW is very inconsistent with unit sizes, making it nearly impossible to capture objectives from armies with access to MSU units with 20 models, like marauders for example. Many ME battleplans quickly end in bloody battles for few objetives on limited space and time. Getting to those fast and hitting hard is paramount. With the pts reduction Evos on Dracolines are really good, as Stormcast will lack model count no matter what, getting to objectives first and blowing up enemy units is the way to go, shooting will not help with capping and usually have too little time to do enough, as they are pointless in a brawl, while solid melee units can chip away in 2 phases per battleround. I might even consider something like this: Allegiance: Stormcast EternalsSpearhead2 x Concussors (240)Main BodyLord-Celestant on Dracoth (220)- General- Tempestos Hammer & Thundershield- Trait: Staunch Defender5 x Liberators (100)- Warhammer & Shield3 x Evocators on Dracolines (260)Rearguard3 x Vanguard-Palladors (180)- Boltstorm Pistols and Shock HandaxesTotal: 1000 / 1000Extra Command Points: 0Wounds: 57 This is based on getting "there" first and being hard to remove. The Liberators being the only ones in the heavens, the rest has the speed to get in decently fast and the Palladors as rearguard can get in and go whereever required at the end, also ensuring the opponent can not safely leave any objective unguarded. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommissarRotke Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 I guess I set up the warscroll builder wrong / didn't fully grasp the requirements welp... my list is still 1000 even with 2x5 sequitors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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