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I think delfs in CoS are great, especially Scourge Privateers. I really hope they expand on the privateer theme and dont let it die off. The Privateers also got a lot of representation in lore.

I completely understand where you are coming from. I just hope that they explore a new design space for Krethusa's side of things. That being said I would really enjoy a Executioner style unit reimagined as heavy infantery for the Khainite side. I am just not sure what niche it would fill alongside the snakes, which already are killy elite infantery.

Just chiming in to say that I am not a fan of the idea of souping the Daughters with all the CoS Delves simply for the reason that they are Delves. I feel like if something like this was intended, the opportunity to implement this would have been the "liberation" of Anvilgard imo. Of course this doesn't mean it wouldn't happen now if GW wanted to do it. That being said I also don't like the idea of a combined tome of Morathi and Malerion elves. It will probably happen to reduce the number of elven factions, but I still don't like it 🤣

Sounds good. What lists did you play? Any hot takes on units?

I've just been brainstorming for a little bit and I think I might just use her as a utility piece in a normal DoK army. I am a little undecided on her army of renown. Most of the abilities you gain seem to be at least decent and some are pretty awesome. Only the heroic action and the related artifact seem to be quite bad. On the other hand you are losing a lot for not going straight temples. I feel with the Croneseer's Pariahs you'd want to field at least two cauldrons. Big blocks of Witches supported by Gladiatrixes will still put out a lot of hurt, barely lose any precision and will also be more durable once you get the Cauldron buff up. SoS will feel the missing of the to hit/to wound buffs from Blood Rites a little bit more, but with their 6" pile in you can even get more tricky with the off sequence moves, e.g. some nice "charges" in the enemies turn. Small units of Doomfires will probably be needed to offer magical support and can be pretty good objective grabbers with Krethusas abilities. Not sure about Shadowstalkers. They would of course be stand ins for the Khinerai for back field objective grabbers, but maybe with the additional movement of the Pariahs Doomfires could play this role as well. Overall I think the Pariahs lose raw offensive power in exhange for movement and control elements. At least on Paper that sounds intriguing. If it is worth the trade of remains to be seen. Just a few early morning thoughts ....

Yeah but tbh it is more than I expected and it is an absolutely awesome model. It also opens up nice possibilities for new units once the new battletome arrives *inhales hopium*

Absolutely in love with the croneseer! Would not have expected to see new models for the beloved murder elves so soon. I agree with @Neverchosen that this opens a new interesting design space for Daughters. I also like the implications on Daughters lore. It was already foreshadowed, but now we know that the followers of Morai Heg are back. Gives more rebellous forces a new god to flock (he he) to. Only downside is the box Krethusa comes in. Well enough time to paint my remaining DoK models until she is released solo

Just a quick question: Am I missing something or does a Bloodwrack Medusa general not unlock Melusai as battleline anymore. Because despite having an ability called Melusai Kin, she does not have the Melusai keyword (at least in the app). Would be a real letdown 😕. Kind of understandable if they wanted to make Zainthar Kai more relevant, but a letdown nonetheless.

Awesome! Please keep us updated on how its working for you! 😁

I would really like to help you picking a list, but I am missing the battlefield experience to do so, especially since all of your lists are very much designed for your playstyle. I hope somebody else can tune in to give some useful advice 😉

I think the list proposed by @FleetAdmiral seems to be a good starting point for you, based on what you wrote here. It includes Morathi. It includes a solid core of usable units and heroes. The start collecting box and Shadow & Pain build nicely into it, giving you some additional Khinerai. It includes some Blood Stalkers so you can easily go up to 15, if you ever decide to go full Morathi-Stalker combo (but expect this to be nerved come next GHB). It can pontentially be played with different temples (Hagg Nar, Zainthar Kai, Khailebron, Khelt Nar). You can easily adapt it to your needs and likings. For example, you could exange the Ironscale for a priest to get access to prayers (e.g. Hag Queen on foot, which comes with the start collecting box, if you build a Bloodwrack Shrine) or you could swap a unit of Bloodsisters for 20 Witch Aelves/Sisters of Slaughter if you want to field some of those. As has been said before, most of our units are in a good place at the moment, so there is a lot of variation in playable lists. If you need more inspiration on possible list compositions just look at our temple threads, which for example feature @Chumphammer's creations, or check online ressources like The Honest Wargamer, tournament results or battle reports. Regarding battle reports, of the top of my head Season of War and Wargamer Online do have some 3rd edition battle reports featuring the daughters.

This is great! I now want a AoS sitcom featuring all of the gods 😂

Good point. Some Idoneth also don't seem to be too happy about their alliance with the DoK if the Broken Realms short story is anything to go by.

While I really hope that this is not happening, I fear we will at least be souped with Malerion, if his aelves are ever released. Not so sure about Idoneth, but it would make sense as part of an Umbraneth (or whatever they might call it) alliance. I don't like the idea of souping at all, but sadly it seems logical for GW to do so. If not to reduce the number of aelven factions, then to reduce the overall number of order factions. But for now we can only wait and see. I mean as of now even the dwarven soup tome is still only a rumor.

Sadly I don't have any experience using Idoneth allies. I feel like this might have been discussed over in the DoK AoS 2 thread, but maybe I am misremembering... I think you are right concerning the aesthatics of the rumor engine, but I don't think that we will receive any new models soon. With the recent update of our battletome and the Warcry and Underworlds warbands, I feel like we are in for a long wait until GW blesses us with news again. So in my opinion this rumor will either be far off or belong to some other aelvish or aeldari faction. That being said, I would love a new model for the avatar of Khaine (or Morathi-Khaine) on foot 😍. GW pls!