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Doubtful. That would be the worst marketing strategy for announcing new product... Ever. Ha

That's what we keep telling ourselves....

Double Gotrek Team GT last weekend!! Came in 2nd place (lost game 3 when one Gotrek failed a ton of saves to some Hearthguard). Event: Texas Masters Team Shootout GT Video Recap: https://youtu.be/YA8TfdfJmGI Our Lists: Allegiance: Seraphon Mortal Realm: Shyish Gotrek Gurnisson (520) - Allies Slann Starmaster (260) - General - Trait: Great Rememberer - Artefact: The Ragged Cloak - Spell: Mystical Unforging 10 x Skinks (70)- Boltspitters & Star Bucklers 10 x Skinks (70)- Boltspitters & Star Bucklers 10 x Skinks (70)- Boltspitters & Star Bucklers Malevolent Maelstrom (10) Allegiance: Idoneth Deepkin Mortal Realm: Shyish Enclave: Ionrach Isharann Tidecaster (100) - General - Command Trait : Born From Agony - Artefact : Coral Ring - Lore of the Deeps : Vorpal Maelstrom Gotrek Gurnisson (520) - Allies 10 x Namarti Thralls (130) 10 x Namarti Thralls (130) Chronomantic Cogs (80) Balewind Vortex (40)

I ❤️ ziggurat!

A few of our spells in the spell lore are not keyworded to Seraphon. So you can use them on allies.

Yeah, seraphon isn't very good in melee right now. We don't have a unit that can stand toe to toe with ogres. Your best bet is board control. While Draco's Tail is great at initial board control, spending 400+ points on battalions probably is not the best strategy for seraphon at the moment. Based on your list, i'd try to get some more Ripperdactyls. They are our best combat unit (although very fragile). In my experience, dropping a unit of 6 Rippers onto an enemy usually results in about 50 saves (no rend). A pretty easy and cheap ($30) addition to you list could be GOTREK! If you don't mind adding a dwarf to your Lizardman list... he is the best hammer (and anvil) we have access to. And we can heal him and make him fly! Haha Maybe something like this: Slann Starmaster (260)- GeneralEngine of the Gods (240) Skink Starpriest (80) Saurus Scar-Veteran on Cold One (100) Gotrek Gurnisson (520)- Allies10 x Skinks (70)10 x Skinks (70)10 x Saurus Knights (160)6 x Ripperdactyl Riders (280)Shadowstrike Starhost (180)Balewind Vortex (40)Total: 2000 / 2000 Deep strike with Rippers. Summon with Slann and EoTG. Your Knights and Scar Vet can cap an objective. Gotrek heads up the table on full sprint. I would hold off buying too many new models for the moment though. Seraphon SHOULD be getting an update "soon". So who knows what will be good after that.

Vs Nighthaunt, I would want to avoid paying for rend... so I would MAX out Darkshards. Quantity over quality. Hurricanum 2 Sorceresses 90 Darkshards (that's 180 shots, I can get 80 of those at 2/3/-/1) Purple sun (to nuke your hordes) Balewind (so by Hallowheart horde busting spell can reach you) Spell Portal (to hit your heroes with mortals) 1520 pts

You could fit in 1k: Loonboss on Mangler - Fight Another Day + Artifact of choice 10 Boingrot 10 Boingrot Squig Herd Squig Herd Squig Rider Battalion - Reroll movement rolls 960 pts Probably not the best 1k squig list, but fun!!

Ha... good point. Don't play Destruction unless you like random rolls!! My Destruction army is mostly Trolls right now, but I recently traded some stuff for a bunch of squigs! Bring on the randomness!

Love it! Have you used the mushroom yet? I don't seem to have much success with it. The random range is frustrating... especially when you accidentally nuke yourself. lol I wish it had a reliable range. For almost the same points (100) as the Everblaze comet (which goes 36"), I wish it had a similar range stat.

I'm partial to the Dank Boss! Love the model and he can help buff your trolls until its time to teleport him. If you give him Ghyrstrike artifact, he will be hitting and wounding on 2+, rerolling 1s to hit.

The relevant section from Skaven Designers Commentary: Q: Does a Balewind Vortex with a Skaventide Hero atop it travel with the Hero if they use Skitterleap? A: Yes It's really the only clarification on balewind shenanigans that we have. We know a teleport isn't a "move", so it doesn't violate the balewind card. And this provides clarity for when a model is removed and setup elsewhere... The balewind goes with the model.

Awesome! Great write up. Sounds like it was a fun game! I like the list! One strategy you can use with that list is boosting Kroak's range with Balewind, Astrolith, and Teleports. Basically, put your Astrolith right on the front line, cast balewind with Kroak, teleport Kroak (yes you can teleport on the balewind, see Skaven FAQ) forward but stay in range of Astrolith. Your spells from Kroak should now be +1 or +2 to cast (roll for the +1 to cast from Slann) with an effective threat range of 36" from your front line (teleport to front of 12" Astrolith bubble, 10" spell + 8" boost from Astrolith + 6" boost from balewind). And then when you are done casting, teleport Kroak back to safety and laugh! And when running Gotrek...I also ALWAYS take (or switch after turn 1) to Celestial Apotheosis spell for the Slann. It can heal Gotrek!! I've teleported in the Slann close to Gotrek, healed him, and teleported out... to the dismay of my enemy. Haha

Yep! Gotrek is a lot of fun in seraphon! We can summon in plenty of extra bodies and have lots of movement shenanigans to make up for his slow stunty legs!

Hurricanum! Ready to rain down some comets. The model is now a little ridiculous... But I like it!! Haha https://twitter.com/CalebHastings/status/1213929396945539072 My Cities of Sigmar army will have the Incantor and his buddy the Everblaze Comet. So I decided to include more comets. The Hurricanum has a spell that's a comet... So it works!

Hurricanum would be my first model for any HH list. Very versatile. I really REALLY like a Sorceress with a max block of Darkshards. If I were building a 1k list, maybe it would look like: Hurricanum with artifact of your choice Sorceress - General Sorceress - Adjunct 40x Darkshards 10x Bleakswords or other battleline - Retinue 50 pts of endless spells Those 40 Darkshards properly buffed will put out 80 shots on 2/3/-/1 at 29" threat range.

Yes, you can send the damage to the retinue... but NO it won't count towards the casting bonus. The retinue pass off happens BEFORE wounds are allocated to the hero (per battletome page 63). Rolladicebeforeyouallocatea woundormortalwoundtoyour generalwhiletheyarewithin3"of theirretinue.Ona4+,thatwound ormortalwoundisallocatedtothe retinueinsteadofthegeneral. And the FAQ says the hero actually has to suffer the wounds to get the bonus. add the number of mortal wounds suffered by that Wizard and not negated So a Hurricanum is almost mandatory for Hallowheart now. And DON'T put Ignax scales on it... that fights against our ability now.

took my Troll list to a 3 game tournament last weekend! Went for a heavy debuff style list. Here is the battle recap: My intention was to stack as many minueses to hit around the spider and fellwaters as possible. Also get the Hag to -3 to hit. Haha. List: LEADERS Dankhold Troggboss (270) - General - Command Trait : Loonskin Troggoth Hag (380) - Artefact : Gryph-feather Charm Webspinner Shaman on Arachnarok Spider (280) - Artefact : Headdress of Many Eyes - Lore of the Spiderfangs : Sneaky Distraction UNITS 6 x Fellwater Troggoths (300) 3 x Fellwater Troggoths (150) 6 x Rockgut Troggoths (280) 20 x Shootas (120) - 1 x Barbed Nets - 1 x Moonclan Flag Bearers BATTALIONS Troggherd (180) ENDLESS SPELLS / TERRAIN / COMMAND POINTS Scrapskuttle's Arachnacauldron (40)

I took a troll centered list to a 3 game tournament last weekend! Went for a heavy debuff style list. Here is the battle recap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiYMJGaliXM My intention was to stack as many minueses to hit around the spider and fellwaters as possible. Also get the Hag to -3 to hit. Haha. List: LEADERS Dankhold Troggboss (270) - General - Command Trait : Loonskin Troggoth Hag (380) - Artefact : Gryph-feather Charm Webspinner Shaman on Arachnarok Spider (280) - Artefact : Headdress of Many Eyes - Lore of the Spiderfangs : Sneaky Distraction UNITS 6 x Fellwater Troggoths (300) 3 x Fellwater Troggoths (150) 6 x Rockgut Troggoths (280) 20 x Shootas (120) - 1 x Barbed Nets - 1 x Moonclan Flag Bearers BATTALIONS Troggherd (180) ENDLESS SPELLS / TERRAIN / COMMAND POINTS Scrapskuttle's Arachnacauldron (40)

Could a big Seraphon + a new SCE Chamber release mark the end of the "Soul Wars" we are currently in? (Lore n00b here)

My luminark for HH army.... finished right before the FAQ... so may need to convert it to a Hurricanum. Haha https://twitter.com/CalebHastings/status/1210245188813250560

I like it! If I were to change anything, id prob drop the mushroom and one shaman to get the battalion. It's expensive, but you would have a 3 drop list!! Which is pretty useful. The extra artifact will buff the Dank.... And you will probably need the starting cmd pt if you get alpha charged. Maybe another option, a webspinner shaman for 80pts instead of one shaman. Gets a +1 to cast for scuttletide. Also has a VERY useful -1 to hit bubble spell that synergizes awesome with Fellwater. My normal troll list includes one small unit if shootas... just for some extra bodies, an extra -1 to hit, and so I have a unit to bring back from the loon shrine.

No FAQ for Seraphon. Hopefully it means a new tome soon... And not that we are being shelved.

Statistically once per game you will probably roll a 1 for arcane channeling... Just hope you don't accidentally negate it by planning your army's synergies too well. Lol

Yep. Spells are this armies currency... And I don't want to have to spend one to make up for my own ability. This kills the standard Ignax+Luminark builds for the channeling unit. Thanks GW. 😒