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Question for those who have an old K'daai destroyer proxy, what ally are you running it as now? I am trying to choose one AoS unit profile to solidly run as my K'daai destroyer and can't make up my mind. Profiles I have tried so far are: Chaos War Mammoth; my K'daai Destroyer model is fairly big so it seemed to fit the role, performs well on the tabletop and is relatively unique so it doesn't get boring. Plus the large wound pool fits the model nicely. Skaarac the Bloodborn; the old Destroyer model WIP became skaarac so it seemed fitting, but Skarrac has never performed well for me, or at least not nearly well enough to justify his cost. It's also not legal to take him in 2000 point games as an ally, another nail in this ones coffin Bloodthirster of Insensate Rage; a little underwhelming for the model, plus it can be really swingy and inconsistent. One match outrageous carnage went off almost every turn, in another I only hit once in 11 dice. I also see others in my area running this unit with the actual model, so it feels boring and strange to use Mazarall the Butcher; tied with the Mammoth as my favorite so far, though the Mammoths large wound pool fits the Destroyer better than the increased armour. What would be the best unit to run as a Destroyer proxy?

In that case, it might be a good idea to grab the soulsnare shackles with the 20 points you have left over. Their slowdown goes great with artillery builds

Where did they specify that GW was making it? The same blog post also included some horus heresy reveals, so the hopeful part of me is still holding on for azgorh

I've been running a max unit and have found them pretty much amazing, especially if you get the right buff combos going. Burning head gives re-rolls of 1 to hit, banner bearer gives re-rolls of 1 to wound, castellan command ability gives +1 to wound, with this combo my local meta have become terrified of them. Last game they took out a mortis engine, 15 grave guard and almost killed a vampire lord on zombie dragon in just the first charge. K'daai fireborn are truly fantastic, but once they have shown their power in the first few games they will get focus fired to hell in the next. I think the main reason you dont hear about them much is because of bull centaurs. Most LoA players I have met prefer the bull centaurs + heroes, and it's hard to fit bull centaurs and k'daai into a list without losing out on other options. It also doesnt help that bull centaurs were basically flat out better than k'daai until the 2nd edition update.

Ironsworn with great weapons would be amazing. I also forgot about the hailshot blunderbuss, would be cool to see them back again.

On the topic of wish-listing, what other models would you like to see forgeworld release for the LoA? I personally would love to see an additional k'daai unit, either a hero that supports the firesworn or a monster (not necessarily the destroyer but it would be nice). Mainly because I love the k'daai and have a large unit of them, but also for the option of a new warscroll battalion. Something along the lines of "one daemonsmith, one (insert new k'daai model), and 1 or 2 unit of fireborn"

Me as well, been waiting for one to pop up on ebay, the last one went for almost $200

I have been using the model with the hammer and pipe from the daemonsmith set as my Castellan, makes it seem more unique and he doesn't really fit as a daemonsmith in my mind.