Hello! I'm interested into getting into AoS, been playing 40k a few years and the AoS models looks cool and the game seems fun from what I've seen. I am thinking of going with Sylvaneth, mostly because Alarielle is an awesome model and my wife digs the army a lot (trying to turn her into a psuedo gamer, haha). I'm really not sure what I want in my Alarielle build, I'm trying to figure out what is 'good'. I can't afford to splurge on all the models and test all of them out right now, I'd like to start off with a decent list. I don't want to be an uber powergamer with a WAC mentality, but I don't want to get rolled either. From what I understand, there are a lot of Death players in my area, especially Nighthaunt, but I think the local meta is fairly diverse.
So, I've created two lists that are both just -slightly- over on points, 2010 and 2020 respectively. No Endless Spells in them either, which is also a bummer. I can't figure out what to cut, and as I agonize on these choices, in the end I keep asking myself 'Which of these lists should I even play?' I feel like deciding on a list would help me commit to cutting the last few points and moving forward. I was hoping to see what you folks think about these two lists in terms of 1. Fun, 2. Strength, 3. What I should cut/changes I should make. List 1:
Allegiance: OrderMortal Realm: GhyranLeadersAlarielle the Everqueen (600)- General- Deepwood Spell: RegrowthTreelord Ancient (300)- Artefact: The Silverwood Circlet - Deepwood Spell: The ReapingBranchwych (80)- Artefact: Seed of Rebirth - Deepwood Spell: Verdant BlessingBattlemage (120)- Specialisation: JadeBattleline10 x Dryads (100)10 x Dryads (100)5 x Tree-Revenants (80)
Units3 x Kurnoth Hunters (200)- Greatswords3 x Kurnoth Hunters (200)- GreatswordsBattalionsHousehold (100)Gnarlroot Wargrove (130)Total: 2010 / 2000Extra Command Points: 2Allies: 0 / 400Wounds: 93
Concept: I originally wanted Lord Kroak as my Order Wizard (Gnarlroot Wargrove) because he is insane, I was struggling very much to fit him in with Alarielle too without diluting my list overly much. The Battlemage seems pretty cool and definitely cheap. For this list, I'm mostly hoping to maximize the Kurnoth's, regenerating and healing them, while Alarielle smashes. I'm not sure that I should go with 'The Reaping' with Treelord Ancient or not, but my biggest concern with this list is having too few Battleline models.
List 2:
Allegiance: SylvanethMortal Realm: GhyranLeadersAlarielle the Everqueen (600)- General- Deepwood Spell: RegrowthBranchwraith (80)- Artefact: Ranu's Lamentiri Branchwraith (80)- Artefact: Acorn of the Ages - Deepwood Spell: Verdant BlessingSpirit of Durthu (380)Battleline30 x Dryads (270)30 x Dryads (270)10 x Dryads (100)BattalionsForest Folk (140)Harvestboon Wargrove (100)Total: 2020 / 2000Extra Command Points: 2Allies: 0 / 400Wounds: 108
Concept: Basically, swamp the board with Dryads, teleporting them around and tarpitting the board, while summoning more Dryads to flood onto objectives (since it takes a few turns for them to get into charge range, I thought this would be the best strategy with the summons). Alarielle and Durthu kill everything, ideally. I like this list because it seems important to have plenty of objective grabbers, but I'm not sure if I'm going overboard.
I appreciate any help, thanks!
