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Here are the videos of my list/batreps from the 3 game event I just went to. Nighthaunt Nagash: Next time I'll try out this list: But I do want to try my list again with a Lightshard instead of the Pendant.

Being 6 drops and getting to choose was nice. I deployed to give away the turn and stayed the hell out of shooting range. I let my opponent have the early lead as I didn't go for the center objective at all. I only got 4 pts on T1/2 combined. In fact, I held back until turn 3 when I basically went all in on him getting my battle tactic and both objectives. Once I did this, he wasn't able to handle the split so I wound up killing his army in halves. T1 Desecrate - I couldn't do Against the Odds because I couldn't get the objective. The Hex got buffed with Shade and Seal and flew over into his backfield. Nagash held back, and everything was out of shooting range and couldn't be charged. T2 - Eye for Eye - He sent all he had at those Hex and moved the rest of his forces into position to claim the middle... lol... I wiped his 20 Greatswords AND Handguners in return. Nagash took down most of the Eternal Guard, which he finished off in their T3. T3 - I took Gaining momentum here. This was a risky choice because I needed to get Nagash onto the back objective. I also needed to Heroic Recovery/Lifestealer/Soul Stealer back to full health. He had a unit of 5 Sisters of the Thorn camped there and I knew that he was going to redeploy if I got close. I held Nagash 9" back and hoped for the long charge. Well, I got lucky... Nagash wiped them and my BRG killed his Frostheart Phoenix on the other objective. As always it was certainly momentum gained. Even if I failed the charge I get 1 pt and its a close game but I'm still wiping his army T5. Or in T4 if I got prio, which I did! T4 - I had Against the Odds left to do so I took it for the easy score. T5 - His army was wiped. If I needed a tactice I could have done Barge Through Enemy Lines

I love it. I actually just played this exact list and did remarkably well. I did put the BGR and Hex into Bounty Hunters. The ST had the Tome and the Cruciator had the Pendant. Nagash and the ST brought back a lot of models. I played Realmstone Cache and wiped the Hallowheart list I faced. Nagash didn't die and dominated with magic, sat back and buffed the BGR with Shademist and Seal. When he did go in, he took out 20 Eternal Guard (over 2 rounds) Sisters of the Thorn, a Battlemage, a Sorceress and a few odd Greatswords and Crossbowmen with Spirit Drain. I came up with the list because I wanted something that was fast to play and or had a low model count. What happened was that the only models to die were the Hexwraiths, and I was so upset that they did because Nagash was going to bring back 2 models in my hero phase if they survived... The 20 BRG stayed at full for most of the game. I wish I recorded the game for my channel but I wanted to see how fast I could play. Try it out. It was mega fun!

I don't. But here is a batrep of the Master Nate Trentanelli using a unit of 9 SH vs Sons of Behemat

Here are the batreps for all 5 of my games with Nighthaunt at Season of War GT. If you want to listen to me ramble on aimlessly! See if I lower that Win% for the faction!

Definitely. And not because of the win-rate. Its the whole aesthetic. I'm about to make 5 videos batreps of my games this weekend. Before I do I'll mention some changes I think I need to make before my next games. 2x20 Bounty Hunter BGR in Scarlett Doom is very strong. These are almost auto-include for my lists. I really liked the unit of 10 Dreadscythes. Lots of attacks and aren't GV so don't melt to Bounty Hunters. Lady O hasn't been performing well for me. At 340pts that is the same as 2 x Spirit Torment and a unit of 10 Chainrasps. I think I'll take the latter next time and see how it goes. Her Lifting the Veil and Mortarch of Grief abilities did nothing. No Rest of the Wicked never returned more than 3 models. Myrmourn Banshees are also auto-include. I'm still not taking the Purple Sun. Even though it is clearly an advantage to have in my list. Updated list here:

Here are some more Nighthaunt armies that were in contention for Best Hobby and or Player's Choice. Except for mine! Because I'm too lazy to make a display board! And also too lazy to pack my models nicely, they just sit on the car seat like that. The hobby skills out there is amazing!

Nate Trentanelli won Best Overall at Season of War GT this past weekend. He won on a combo of Sportsmanship, and his beautiful hobby skills. His conversions were really well done and the whole army theme is incredible. It was certainly a pleasure to see. Here is his list:

Here are the Nighthaunt lists for this weekends Season of War GT: I hope you enjoy!

I'm all for balance. I think there are several other things that are higher on the list than Nighthaunt. And, as far as I can tell none of the Nighthaunt units are sold out anywhere so the inventories must be high and GW won't nerf things until they're all sold out! Bounty Hunters should have been GV only. That's something they messed up on. And some endless spells are a bit silly. Am I even ready for changes every 6 months? I'm a hobbyist mostly and I'll never keep up with the meta if this is the case. Not that I try and keep up that much as it is. If BGR's change, it'll give me another excuse to hobby 20 more Dreadscythes!

This. The top lists all have Purple Sun. Nighthaunt ignores it's main effect. MBMK and GG is the Megaboss Mawkrusha and Gore Gruntas. I got Roar'ed and didn't roll enough 4+'s For sure no panic. If BGR get an increase we'll look at Dreadscythes more competitively. I just do t own 40 of them yet.

My 30 BGR melted to a MBMK plus 3GG combo. I was KGC bubbled. I also lost all 30 to Longstrikes and Tempestors with the help of a Hortorgast. Again KGC bubbled. Stormdrake Guard were clearly a problem before they came out. I don't see the comparison. Quicksilver Dead is also at 55% winrate and they don't even take BGR. Maybe the whole book needs adjustments? Something to hard counter Ethereal?

I'm not saying BGR aren't strong. I just think it's way too early to talk about any required changes. Before GHB2022, GGR were all the hype. Now they melt to Bounty Hunters. And this was after people not playing them for a couple years due to the pts nerf they got from the Nagash and 3x30 GGR list. BGR melt too but they also do some blendering. Especially in this environment. My list this weekend has 40 BGR. The last 10 are the only models I'm using from the Arena of Shades box.

Well. Scarlett Doom being strong is more about GV attacking in two ranks now and the BGR becoming mega blenders. The Bonds of Battle changed a lot and will be gone next year anyways. Is that Nighthaunts fault?