[AoS 2 - Legion of Night Discussion]

On 2/4/2019 at 10:33 PM, Lord of Wight said:

On a modelling note, have just converted a new mounted Wight King from foot king (in forum avatar)body, head and cloak, with  mounted knight of shrouds, horse and arms,  with manfred legs, plus a bit of gap filling green stuff.  Just completed model and undercoat, will post W.IP tomorrow. 

 

[AoS 2 - Legion of Night Discussion]

11 hours ago, Honk said:

only question would be, when do you put your Wk into hiding

Yes, normally I wouldn’t hide/ambush the Wight King and knights,  and use first strike alpha, but you have the option,  and I think thats the great flexibility LoNi gives you.  Depending on the situation you can ambush vanilla skeletons as an annoyance to the enemy and to divert their attention, like a decoy,  or ambush the 40 horde with a necro and vlozd for genuine flanking/rear threat,  or ambush nothing... the flexibility and adaptability gives you genuine options as a general to use ‘art of war’  to take advantage of specific terrain,  objectives, or poor deployment by the enemy. It also avoids getting bored from having a fixed set-play every time.

On a modelling note, have just converted a new mounted Wight King from foot king (in forum avatar)body, head and cloak, with  mounted knight of shrouds, horse and arms,  with manfred legs, plus a bit of gap filling green stuff.  Just completed model and undercoat, will post W.IP tomorrow. 

[AoS 2 - Legion of Night Discussion]

So... here I find the Legion of Night lurking in the shadows....

Long time gamer, newbie to Death, I had an early skeleton army around 1988, and now 30 years later, I have returned to my love of Skeletor and Army of Darkness inspired Skeleton warriors. 

Why LoNi?

1.  If you want to go heavy Deathrattle, then LoNi offers the only dedicated Deathrattle buff...and it’s great, buffing all your units.

2. What is the main drawback of Deathrattle? Speed. What is the second LoNi buff? Ambushing. Voila, I’m sold.

My current list is WIP, but I have had a few games and it’s shaping up nicely.

Lord Muhaha - Allegiance: Legion of Night

LEADERS
Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (440)
- General
- Command Trait : Merciless Hunter
- Deathlance & Shield & Chalice
- Artefact : Vial of the Pure Blood
- Lore of the Vampires : Vile Transference

Wight King with Baleful Tomb Blade (120)
- Steed

Necromancer (110)
- Lore of the Deathmages : Overwhelming Dread

Necromancer (110)
- Artefact : Morbheg's Claw
- Lore of the Deathmages : Fading Vigour

UNITS
10 x Black Knights (240)

10 x Grave Guard (160)
- Wight Blades & Crypt Shields
40 x Skeleton Warriors (280)
- Ancient Spears
10 x Skeleton Warriors (80)
- Ancient Blades
10 x Skeleton Warriors (80)
- Ancient Blades

3 x Vargheists (160)

BATTALIONS
Deathmarch (160)

 ENDLESS SPELLS

Chronomantic Cogs (60)

 TOTAL: 2000/2000

EXTRA COMMAND POINTS: 1

WOUNDS: 131
LEADERS: 4/6 BATTLELINES: 3 (3+) BEHEMOTHS: 1/4 ARTILLERY: 0/4 ARTEFACTS: 2/2 ALLIES: 0/400

 

TACTICS

Depends on the board, mission and matchup. However, Necro with claw pops cogs, at back of field protected by horde and with other necro for core central control. 

GG camp on objective in own half. 2 small blobs of sword skellingtons are speed bumps, blocking/chaff.

VLoZD, Wight King in Unit of BK and Vargheists are either ambushed or first turn charged, or combination of both, depending on the lay of the land.

Its pretty tanky, and with a versatile hammer/alpha, but most importantly, it allows me to field loads of Deathrattle which is my favourite asthetic in LoN.

 

Ideas, tips and tricks for LoNi, my list, or tactics welcomed!