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  1. Hi Folks, After a false start about a year ago, I'm now in a position to get into AoS, and where better to look than the Gitz! I'm aiming to lean into Gobbos, as I just love the models and the concept. I'm aware that Gitz of any variety are about as far from competitive as armies get, but I was hoping to get your impressions and advice regarding the following list: Loonboss on Mangler Squigs (280)- General- Command Trait: Dead Shouty - Artefact: Syari Screamersquig Loonboss on Giant Cave Squig (110)- Moon-cuttaFungoid Cave-Shaman (90)- Lore of the Moonclans: The Hand of GorkFungoid Cave-Shaman (90)- Lore of the Moonclans: Squig Lure18 x Squig Herd (210)6 x Squig Herd (70)6 x Squig Herd (70)15 x Boingrot Bounderz (300)15 x Boingrot Bounderz (300)Mangler Squigs (240)Moon-Biter Squigalanche (90)Moon-Jumper Stampede (140)Total: 1990 / 2000Extra Command Points: 2Allies: 0 / 400Wounds: 158
  2. The Hellcannon Warscrolls has two sets of keywords, one of which - the war machine - includes 'daemon'. While the 'crew' may not, you aren't taking a warscoll of them + a warscroll of war machines; the warscroll is the Hellcannon, and it has the daemon keyword through the war machine. No reason, to my mind, you couldn't take it.
  3. Goonhammer did a breakdown of the AoS Start Collecting Boxes: https://www.goonhammer.com/start-collecting-age-of-sigmar/ Some of the higher points ones (500+pts) from a single box were: Beastclaw Raiders; Daemons of Tzeentch; Flesh Eater Courts; Khorne Bloodbound; and Stormcast Eternals. Tzeentch is out re: no shooting. Stormcast and Khorne might be good re: the amount of cheap models you can pick up on eBay; Flesh Eater Courts and Beastclaw raiders have a bonus of being the two highest points (c.700pts), both also coming with a big centrepiece model. Given you already play dead-boys, Ogors seem a winner. And Ogors are just cool besides.
  4. Well, the upcoming release for Wrath of the Everchosen shows that my move to AoS is ordained by the gods! Rejoice! As for these replies, you guys are the duck's nuts! All of this is so helpful. I'll break down my thoughts. General: I'm pretty loose when it comes to play style, and I tend to enjoy it all. So it really just comes down to basic functionality. As for the individual armies, I'll break down my thoughts, based heavily on your suggestions. Nurgle: It seems that people are not really excited about this. I do appreciate that it's a user-friendly army, being tough, and of all of the Daemons I have the most of all of these. I'm even one of those weird 40k players that has a bunch of Beasts of Nurgle. Reading around these forums, I see that the thinking is that Nurgle are barely functional as a whole Battletome, let along gimping oneself just to Daemons. Also, as I ran the standard recently-nerfed Chaos soup list in 40k, with a heavy dose of Plaguebearers, I'm a bit tired of not killing anything, and just letting waves crash up against me. I might, then, give my stinky boys a bit of a rest for the moment. Khorne: Well, I am a dyed-in-the-wool Khorne boy. When I got into Warhammer in 2004 I ran pure and exclusive Khorne in both WHFB and 40k. Lost every game. Was great. I also think my Bloodthirster is the best model I've ever painted, and I don't even mind having 2 Greater Daemons with them, as Skarbrand looks so different from the normal model. I've been thinking of buying him anyway, and I'm glad to see he's actually good in AoS, unlike 40k. I did have the received opinion that Mortals are where Khorne shines, although I see on the tactics thread here that the opposite opinion seems true, with people saying Mortal Khorne needs a buff. Any further insight on this would be great. I do love me some Khorne, and if they are functional (mid-tier or just below) I'd be interested to hear. I could bear throwing in a Mortal hero or two. That would hardly break the bank, and the models are just beautiful. Slaanesh: I see what you're saying with the models looking a bit same-y, but I've never come across in 40k anyone who plays Slaanesh ever, besides me, so I still think they look great. I do vastly prefer the old Daemonette models, but seriously ****** those things, as their arms will never stay on. But the grab girls have their charm. I can stand getting a second Greater Daemon, but I would build her as Shalaxai. Would the army be doable with 1x KoS and 1x Shalaxai, the received wisdom being that you need 2 KoS? Currently they're coming a near second in my thinking, but that could change with your input! Tzeentch: Obviously the LVO results show that Tzeentch is functional with pure (or near pure) Daemons. I should also mention that, playing 40k, I have some Arcanite models, in bird-gors. And just to add some variety to my line-up of DPs, and because I dislike the Herald models, I have an Ogroid and Gaunt summoner on and off disc. So I have many options here. I have no interest in, and a distaste for the meta, so I won't be running the list that will hopefully be nerfed. But that LoC, flamers, and horror are strong makes me happy, as this is what Tzeentch should be about. For now I'm thinking of starting here, just to learn the ropes, as it's always good to start with a functional army. My worry is that it's a shooting/psychic army in a melee game, so might not be representative of AoS in general, and so not the best intro. General Again: One further question: I don't really see people running DPs, which is odd to me, as they're basically the only good unit Chaos has in 40k. Is there a reason for this? I do love my Princes, and have plenty of them, and was particularly hoping that they could substitute in for those extra Greater Daemons which I'm so averse to getting. I will mention that my aversion to multiple Greater Daemons is that I see them as centrepiece models, and mathematics necessitates that you can't have two things in a centre. Which is to say that they should be striking, and more than one makes them less so.
  5. Thanks for the advice, guys! As I already have all the models, I'll inevitably give them all a go, but, as per common consensus, I'll start with Tzeentch while getting hang of the game! Thanks so much!
  6. Hi Folks, I'm a recent convert to AoS, and I've spent the last couple of weeks collecting all of the information I can. Departing from my fixation on Chaos, I really like the look of Gloomspite Gitz. I think that their models are really beautiful, and I love that the army can basically be played with a focus on four different things: Grots, Squigs, Spiders, and Trolls (the theme each of which I love). Although I want to focus on Squiggs, I hear that it is the part of the Battletome that perhaps least rewards focus. And I figured that it might be best to start off with a good core of Grots, which I can include some of in every list going into the future, and build my collection from there. I was wondering, then, whether the following list would be decent: 1x Skagrott, the Loonking 1x Loonboss 2x Fungoid Cave Shaman 60x Stabbas w/ Spears 60x Stabbas w/ Spears 6x Squig Herd 10x Sneaky Snufflers 10x Sneaky Snufflers 5x Loonsmasha Fanatics 5x Loonsmasha Fanatics 1x Bad Moon Loonshrine 1x Mork's Mighty Mushrooms 1x Scraskuttle's Arachnacauldron 1x Quicksilver Swords I basically just included all of the units that focus on Grots, and figured that bodies and magic were the way they win games. Not wanting to buy and paint too many Grots, though, I haven't gone OTT. I have watched a bunch of videos, but haven't really looked into competitive lists/tacticas (not that competitive is at all my interest). Do note that I, like all rational people, don't do resin. Any thoughts/advice would be hugely appreciated!
  7. Hi Folks, So I'm a dedicated all-things-Chaos 40k player who has recently developed an interest into AoS, and wanted to ask your advice on getting into the hobby. I have a large collection of Daemons (I need to update my signature), and thought that they would be a convenient first port of call for entering the business. I was wondering which of the AoS armies (DoK, MKoN, DoT, HoS) provide the most options for a decent army composed only (or overwhelmingly primarily) of Daemons. I have basically 2 of every unit that Daemons offer, except for Greater Daemons. So perhaps I'll refine my question to which army provides the best option for a decent Daemon force that doesn't necessitate having 3 (or even 2) Greater Daemons? Any advice would be much appreciated!
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