Volkmair

Cool, cheers for such an in-depth breakdown, though going off the tournament lists being posted the battletome might end up being renamed Battletome: Stormdrake Guard at this rate.

While Stormdrake Guard are obviously the best monsters available to Stormcast, are there any others worth taking or allying in? While very good the Stormdrake Guard look a right pain to transport especially if using cases that you can reasonably take on public transport.

Fair enough, guess I'm just used to rulesets that aren't as loose as AoS as to when things happen within a turn.

So you can declare the rule order Lord-Imperatant deploys using Scions of the Storm > Lord-Imperatant uses Guided by Lightning on Annihilators > Annihilators deploy using Scions of the Storm and the 'if any friendly units with this ability are on the battlefield' requirement for Guided by Lightning checks when it resolves and isn't a requirement for you to declare the rule in the first place then?

Just to check, I've seen several references to having a Lord-Imperatant and Annihilators drop in the same turn to stop the Lord-Imperatant getting sniped. But reading his rules Guided by Lightning triggers at the end of the movement phase if he is on the battlefield so doesn't that mean it won't trigger if they both drop on the same turn as he isn't on the battlefield at the point when the rule triggers?

What are the current thoughts on Retributors vs Annihilators with Meteoric Grandhammers as I can see the extra 2 bodies potentially being useful sometimes?

I've been looking at Knorne and the 2 start to play boxes. Are the Bloodstoker and Khorograth of much use as they are only in the Goreblade box. Or is the generic start collecting better as the Mighty Lord of Khorne and Bloodsecrator can be bought separately?