[AoS 2 - Clan Skyre Discussion]

12 hours ago, Lord_Skrolk said:

I was trying to figure out some new strategies last night, and came across an idea that might be absolutely brutal. Warpfire Throwers are deadly, but it's hard to get them safely in range against good opponents. What if you could add 2D6" to their range? 

Cue the Great Bray Shaman... whose spell "Devolve" moves an enemy unit 2D6" towards your nearest unit. Say you have 2 units of Warpfire Throwers safely far away, like 20" . If you hit that unit with Devolve, now your unit of Warpfire Throwers will be usually able to hit that unit that turn. Hey Nagash hiding behind their backlines, how does a faceful of 2D6 mortal wounds sound? 

I run a mostly Skyre army under Chaos Allegiance, and I think twl Great Bray Shamans will become a mandatory addition to my list from now on. 

Will that work in matched play? I was just reading about the Brayherd Shaman and Devolve caught my eye but in the GHB 2018 I don't see Brayherd listed as a potential ally for Skryre in the pitched battles section.

[AoS 2 - Stormcast Eternals Discussion]

1 minute ago, THUNDERHAMMER said:

I dont mind the LAoGC but Im taking Hammers of Sigmar as it is, so I thought it be cool to have a named character and 20 pts cheaper no less. I really Like the command trait they share for the sacrosaint units

That's true, I completely forgot about her slight points discount. Astreia and LAoCG both have great command abilities, I might regret not having access to them, although that might be overkill since I already have a Cleansing Phalanx in my list.  Too many options in this edition for SE, the struggle is real.

[AoS 2 - Stormcast Eternals Discussion]

1 hour ago, THUNDERHAMMER said:

If I take Soulbright as my general , I have to take the hammer of sigmar traits. So do the artifacts and command trait fizzle?

From what I've gathered, it wouldn't be ideal to make Astreia  your general since you'll be completely skipping out on a Command Trait (because she's a named character) and  pigeonholed into running a Hammers of Sigmar Stormhost. Running a Stormhost forces you to use their Relic/Traits, though, which makes me a bit sad how inflexible they are at the moment.

However, I do plan on buying her when she's released this weekend but I plan on running her as a Lord Arcanum on Dracoline instead so I can get Staunch Defender on her at the very least.