Can one of you wise folks help me “unlock” Nighthaunts? I have about 10 games under my belt at this point (having built up from the Soulwars box set)...and I have yet to hit upon the right Stratagem to make things really work. Our group is relatively new and we have really not branched out into objectives and stuck to playing “First Blood”. My regular opponents are DoK and Ironjawz. My games so far have boiled down to: rush the center, hope the dice are favorable and the recursion is enough to whittle down the enemy numbers. I have tried horde style with all the chainrasps and spirit hosts with only two heroes, and I have also tried support bloat with 4 heroes and a medium but heavily buffed battle line. Our heroes seem kind of squishy so they have not spent much time on the front lines. I’m starting to get the sense that this is not how Nighthaunts want to approach the game.... As for the models I have to choose from:
Heroes: Reiknor, Lady Olynder, GoS, KoS, SoT, Executioner, a vampire lord (winged).
battleline: 50 chainrasps, 10 reapers, 4 stalkers, 9 spirit hosts, 4 banshees
other: 2 Mourngul, Black coach (purchased before I realized we might be staying at 1000pts)
We play at the 1000 point level. I have had the most luck with Lady Olynder and the chaingaurd battalion (for the extra CP), but otherwise I’m getting my bread buttered! Any suggestions or direction you could point me in would be fantastic.