Hi all, long post following
Having get a closer look in our new book, and given the ''minor'' changes in a lot of our old warscrolls, I must admit that I have mixed feelings. We all expected Sacrosanct models to be good, but ''micro-nerfs'' to a good number of our old units just seems frustrating-at best. Some examples: a) Paladins did nothing to deserve a nerf to Starsoul Mace,-even a minor-one , but nerf nonetheless. b) I don't believe Celestant (on foot) was so OP in order to warrant a nerf in his CA - must be within 3'' of enemy, as of now. c)Fulmi's shooting.. Ok, I can see the hate from other armies/players toward Fulminators, but to be honest, it was maybe our only reliable melee hard hitter unit. And it wasn't a cheap-one. Yes, their Dracoth's Blast was powerful, but replacing it with the mediocre-one and NOT reducing their pts ...well, seems kinda odd. d) Enjoying the new CA of Ordinator..?? For I know that i'm not. I mean, the model didn't even have a chance to be fielded with his previous command... and replacing it with not even a relevant-one (to his previous).
All this and a few others, are the reasons that i'm not THAT satisfied with our new book. ''It could be worse'' someone said, yeah, well, I guess I must be thankful for getting a proper allegiance ability to begin with.. That, and not changing LCoSD warscroll..
As far as list-building goes with the new book, and having a couple of games with new edition(endless spells and free summoning inc), I can't justify any SC non-character unit anymore-with a really few exceptions, barring Battlelines of course. I will focus on character assassination builds, after all, there are a lot of armies out there that rely heavily on hero support. Also , the prospect of playing vs LoN-the army that benefited the MOST from the edition/endless spells/free summon imo, is disheartening at best as of now. So, a first draught for the next couple of months will be something like, :
*HEROES*
LCoSD
Prime
Castellant
Relictor
2x Incantor
*UNITS*
5x Judicators
5x Judicators
5x Judicators
*ENDLESS SPELLS*
Everblaze Comet
Celestian Vortex
Not entirely sold on the second Incantor, neither Vortex, I just want to give it a try. Possible candidates are either Heraldor or Venator. I will not include Malign Sorcery Endless despite the fact that I have the set, 'cause I find them borderline overpowered and in need of serious pt increase (if not nerf-hammering). The one and only time that a fielded Cogs and Geminids ,well, they gave me the game vs Pestillens/Skryre. I can't say anything about Cogs(it's a true Azyr spell after all ),but Geminids are really unbalanced ,both for their effect and their pt.
My take anyway.
Feel free to comment anything,
Cheers