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40 minutes ago, BaylorCorvette said:
could give a Khorne Daemon Prince "The Crimson Crown" artifact, so that he can use his command ability once per battle round for free.
Yeah, it makes sense to use that artefact with the best warscroll command we have access to. He can still take Hew the Foe.
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On 1/7/2020 at 6:06 AM, ArmyOfGrodd said:
Has anyone put together any Bloodcrusher lists since the price drop?
I've been trying, but I find Khorne Daemons a little bit awkward in general. I think you need to do one or two units of 9 Crushers to ensure the benefit of their main "thing" (and to get value from the Reapers command). That's a very unwieldy footprint.
Alternatively, maybe you spam units of 3 in a Blood Host and get much better value from the Bloodlords command? The Rage Thirster likes Bloodlords I guess. It's hard for me to look past Reapers though...
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Just now, xking said:
I looked it up again, you right.
It's still cold comfort though, to be honest... 120 for that and his single-use whatever. That's it. He's awful in combat, but he's supposed to be an elite combat Knight and a paragon among his peers.
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8 hours ago, xking said:
Also, he's a hero Banner Bearer that does not have an aura affect? Terrible.
Vexillor's aura effect is reroll charges wholly within 18".
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15 hours ago, THUNDERHAMMER said:
It's a shame you can't take the ruinbringer warband in the khorne allegiance.
Why not?
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10 hours ago, Smooth criminal said:
Eventually I arrived to conclusion that the mongers already do the thing chosens want to do
I think the thing the Chosen want to do is inflict mortal wounds and seek more with rerolls.
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41 minutes ago, LeSwordfish said:
Sounds like the Daemon Prince is the best bet for my army then, though I'll need to drop something to take him. Is there any particularly fantastic artefact for him? Can't go wrong with the Thronebreakers Torc, which also leaves my Bloodsecrator free to take the Thermalrider's cloak - but the Torc goes perfectly well on the Bloodsecrator too, so the prince could have some other thing.
I think I'll be using the Torc almost exclusively on the Damon Prince. My Secrator barely gets picked on anymore. People absolutely loathe Priests, Skullreapers and Bloodthirsters in my experience, and I suspect the Prince will have a massive target over his head once the full import of his command becomes known haha.
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On 12/8/2019 at 6:52 AM, Lucur said:
I think Decimators are fine without starsoul maces
What the maces provide is some usefulness against ANY opposing unit. In Skyborne Slayers you often get to choose your initial match-up, but thereafter you will frequently not get the choice because of how laughably slow they are.
Some armies don't even have large units.
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8 hours ago, Smooth criminal said:
Battalion makes going low drop very easy. It's also very flexible. Just take all your std stuff, pick shrines instead of priests and add bloodsecrator/mongers.
What are you referring to here? The Bloodmarked Warband? How have you become aware of battalion composition? Thanks.
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This is mine. Inspired by AdamR quite a while ago. What I like about it is that the only units that are deployed on the field are the birdman and the birds (who give him Look out, Sir! - initially anyway). Very CP-hungry, but the airdrop psych game often ties people in knots.
Allegiance: Stormcast Eternals
- Stormhost: Anvils of the Heldenhammer
Lord-Veritant (120)
- General
- Trait: Deathly Aura
- Prayer: Translocation
Lord-Celestant (100)
- Artefact: Sword of Judgement
Knight-Azyros (100)
- Artefact: Soulthief
5 x Liberators (100)
- Warblade & Shield
- 1x Grandblades
5 x Liberators (100)
- Warblade & Shield
- 1x Grandblades
5 x Judicators (160)
- Boltstorm Crossbows
- 1x Shockbolt Bows
5 x Judicators (160)
- Boltstorm Crossbows
- 1x Shockbolt Bows
5 x Decimators (180)
- 2x Starsoul Maces
5 x Protectors (180)
- 2x Starsoul Maces
9 x Vanguard-Raptors with Longstrike Crossbows (510)
3 x Aetherwings (50)
Skyborne Slayers (190)
Total: 2000 / 2000
Extra Command Points: 2
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 110
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This is my Astral Templars list. The skyborne gun platform and a hammer of Evocators do the killing, and the Aetherwings interfere to keep them unmolested, improve combat selection, cap objectives, delay the enemy from claiming objectives etc.
Allegiance: Stormcast Eternals
- Stormhost: Astral Templars
Knight-Incantor (140)
- General
- Trait: Dauntless Hunters
- Spell: Azyrite Halo
Lord-Ordinator (140)
Knight-Azyros (100)
- Artefact: Godbeast Plate
Knight-Heraldor (100)
5 x Liberators (100)
- Warblade & Shield
- 1x Grandblades
5 x Liberators (100)
- Warblade & Shield
- 1x Grandblades
5 x Liberators (100)
- Warblade & Shield
- 1x Grandblades
10 x Evocators (440)
- 10x Grandstaves
- Lore of Invigoration: Speed of Lightning
3 x Vanguard-Raptors with Hurricane Crossbows (140)
3 x Aetherwings (50)
3 x Aetherwings (50)
3 x Aetherwings (50)
3 x Aetherwings (50)
Celestar Ballista (110)
Celestar Ballista (110)
Celestar Ballista (110)
Celestar Ballista (110)
Total: 2000 / 2000
Extra Command Points: 0
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 138
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These are great. Love the expanded Battleline options and clever ways of making units a bit more useful without going nuts with points changes. Thematically, I reckon Protectors fit Hallowed Knights perfectly (in fact there's already book art!).
Our command abilities are dire and few, and I came specifically to check this out. I have to say, I think the LO and LCOD changes are perfect!
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39 minutes ago, Smooth criminal said:
I can see mortal horde build being a thing. Secrator+bloodstoker+shrine quadruples the effectiveness of a weak horde unit, it's only a matter of willing to asemble 3x40 marauders.
Although they don't get in on battalions, I think I prefer a block of 40 Marauders to partner with a Brazen Fury Warshrine these days. They've got a smaller base, they buff themselves (plus I've got some sweet Frostgrave plastic barbarians for them too, so I'm probably a bit biased in that respect). It's certainly not like the good days though, with Secrator battleshock immunity and no wholly within. 😞
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9 hours ago, Agent of Chaos said:
I had the fortune of playing against Matt in my second game and it was awesome to see his mastery of the game and the tools available to khorne first hand
I got to see him play at CanCon this year. Seems like a great guy. Cheers for the tourney report. Well done.
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8 hours ago, Smooth criminal said:
Good luck trying to convince opponents and organisers that you don't need a hero
I don't think he's suggesting that he doesn't need a hero to use command abilities, but rather that he doesn't need to measure from a hero to the unit using Leave None Alive.
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1 hour ago, WindstormSCR said:
I'm still sad about the loss of Order Draconis and Eldritch Council. mostly eldritch council
I'd like to hope that means there are plans for them in another tome.
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On 8/26/2019 at 1:21 AM, Maturin said:
Thanks Roark.
So how do you play them ? Judicators holding objectives while libs participates in combat ?The army is quite fragile (110ish wounds), so the shooting phase is critical. I usually opt to go second in order to force the enemy to spread out. I then airdrop mostly in the enemy's face and target the biggest Hero/Monster threats with the Raptors, Celestant (Sword of Judgement +3 command points) and Protectors. I'm hopefully able to use the Judicators to start working on a horde to assist the Decimators. Active objective grabbers in Turns 1 and 2 are usually just the dog, birds and birdman.
The enemy army is very often quite crippled and desynergised by end Turn 2.
The decision as to whether to deploy or airdrop the Raptors depends on the scenario and enemy army. Obviously I want to be able to use the Anvils command from Turn 1, but I don't want them to be shot up or ambushed by a lower-drop force.
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17 hours ago, Maturin said:
What would be a good complement to the Skyborne slayers ?
BTW, do they count towards the number of units that can be used with Scions of the Storm ?I'm running a min Slayers plus 9 Longstrikes plus Veritant, Azyros and Aetherwings. The Slayers' deployment rule is separate, they don't count toward Scions. In some games, the only units I deploy on the field are the Azyros and birds (for Look out, Sir!). ;-)
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On 8/20/2019 at 1:14 PM, John Silver said:
Lord-Veritant
- Prayer : TranslocationMate, with 12 Anvils Hurricanes, I'd even consider running Blessed Weapons on this guy. You're gonna be throwing a LOT of dice...
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11 hours ago, PJetski said:
You can use them in Matched Play but not in pitched battles. If it's not in GHB2019 it's not legal for pitched battles.
Yeah, it would be helpful if this included battalions too...
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7 hours ago, Nizrah said:
What do you think about this?
I like his spell (2 in 1) and reroll saves of 1 bubble. The Phalanx is cool and has the potential to make Sequitors really aggressive but, with all the price hikes AND the increased cost of Lynus and his unique battalions, it's just really hard to write a list that has all the elements I need...
You can make a nasty combat testudo, but there's no points left over to support it with much of anything.
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58 minutes ago, CommissarRotke said:
What other Lord would you recommend buying for players who started with the Soul Wars set?
I don't think there's anything wrong at all with the Lord-Arcanum for 160, or the mounted one for 220. Both units have a lot going on. I wouldn't take the foot guy outside of a Stormhost though, coz his command is a bit naff.
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1 hour ago, PrimeElectrid said:
3 Stormcast players in the top 10 at Blackout this weekend, great work 👍
The guy who came 8th had some strange allies that I've never seen before (list here). As you can see, he's used that list more than once with good results. I confess I've never looked twice at those Ironweld units...
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2 hours ago, Agent of Chaos said:
Question is, when exactly does the effect take place?
Sounds like a damn good candidate for an FAQ to me. RAW it can be any time during the combat phase. Don't see why it couldn't be straight after your opponent rolled his piddly bird-dog attacks but before it ran away.
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AoS 2 - Blades of Khorne Discussion
in Chaos
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I'm kinda surprised that people aren't appreciating the potential of Chosen, especially in concert with two of the best Slaves units in the game: the Warshrine and Chaos Marauders. I think these 3 make a very good symbiotic trio in, say, a Goretide Gore Pilgrims list.
Chosen are basically budget Skullreapers IMO. One less attack, but faster, with a Bravery debuff and a great buff for Marauders (who, when fighting in two ranks with attacks buffs, are absolutely brutal). At 10 for 280, that's 80 less than the alternative MW infantry hammer option of Skullreapers. With both units under the shadow of a Brazen Fury Warshrine, you have a passive ward save, maybe battleshock immunity, and a range of options to further increase durability or fish for MWs (and additional Rend -1 wounds).
I think these guys are a killer trio.