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Thankyou! i was waiting to see if anyone was willing, I have not played a game with stormcast yet and only played a few games of AOS in total. i dont mind proxying heros if it helps or getting a new box or 2 but would be nice to have a target. I have a fair amount but its very random stuff. Heres what ive got:
- -Stardrake
- -Yndrasta x2
- -Bastian
- -Gotrek
- -Knight Azyros
- -Knight Venator
- -Lord Aquilor
- -Lord Celestant on Dracoth
- -Lord Arcanum
- -Lord relictor
- -Lord imperitant
- -Knight Vexillor with apotheosis banner
- -Knight Arcanum x3
- -Knight Questor
- 30 Vindicators
- 9 Annihilators
- 6 Praetors
- 10 Liberators
- 3 Prosecutors
- 3 Retributors
- 4 vanguard palladors
- 5 Vanguard hunters
- 3 Vanguard raptors
- 2 Ballista
- 3 Evocators on Dracoline
Proper mish mash
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Would anyone be willing to turn a list of what I have into a somewhat functioning list?
I apologize if this seems very lazy on my part!
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Now we can can get dracoths as battleline im toying with the idea of a fully mounted army. Has anyone tried it yet?
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14 hours ago, readercolin said:
There are 3 ways this can go.
Way 1, you only have 1 opponent, but you can't play particularly frequently. Lets be honest here, if you got to play once a quarter, it isn't going to really matter that you are playing the exact same armies against each other, unless the power imbalance between the two lists is rather extreme (ex. top tier Lumineth list vs stormcast starter sets). In this case, you can play for years and it still feels fresh, or one or both of you can get a new unit to add to your army and change how it works fairly significantly. On top of that, you can expect a new book to change things up every 3-5 years.
Way 2, you can only get out occasionally to play, and almost always against the same opponent. But said opponent can play against other people (ex. I can get to the store at 7pm once a month, and Dave is always up for a game with me). Here it is more similar to way 1, where each time you play isn't getting particularly stale, but one or both of you can spice things up by choosing a different subfaction, or changing out a unit or two. Additionally, if you are playing from the GHB, you can make a point of trying each mission out, and even if you play once a week, you are still looking at playing each mission a grand total of 4 times before the next years GHB drops.
Way 3, you have a regular opponent and you are playing 1-3 games a week with them (ex. a partner or roommate that you can play with). Here is where things can get pretty stale, especially if you have smaller armies. If I have exactly 2k points of Stormcast, and you have exactly 2k points of Orruks, games are going to start feeling pretty samey, and you can't really change much (especially since changing your stormhost has SUCH a BIG impact 🙄). Here, I would recommend looking at a variety of ways to change things up. Do a Path to Glory adventure, with some sort of start and end point. Take and build an Anvil of Apotheosis character with a "slow grow" framework. Try out siege battles, or do some sort of narrative thing. Get the old Open War battleplan cards (or make new ones with the new Open War rules) to randomize things. Try playing with some handicaps. Or if games are consistently onesided, start at 1500 points, and then for each win the next game the winner has to play an additional 50 points down while the loser gets to play 50 points up. Eventually you will settle at a "balanced" game for your respective armies.
All this being said, the BIGGEST way to keep it fresh is to get more models, or after a point, more armies. Going from 2k points to 2500 points is enough that you can swap 500 points out of your list each time and end up with 3-4 slightly different lists. Going back to the stormcast example, if I have say, an Imperitant, 15 liberators/vindictors/sequitors for battleline, and then I have Fulminators, Longstrikes, an Ordinator + 3-4 ballista's, and 6 annihilators, I can basically choose 3 of the 4 packages, with the army operating a bit differently depending upon which package I choose to run. This isn't forcing a huge purchase out of me to be able to field the different packages, but can still produce some variety when they hit the table. That being said, while the above is fairly easy to do with Stormcast... it isn't going to help you too much if you chose Sons of Behemat as your army choice (if you chose that army though... you did it to yourself).
However, with enough play, even some variety in a single list can lead to staleness, which is where additional armies come in. Here you can make a drastic change - ex. having stormcast and Tzeentch, where it is a completely different playstyle and you can keep things fresh with something brand new. Or, you can look to make smaller changes - ex. having stormcast and building Cities of Sigmar. Here Stormcast can have 1/4 cities units be part of their army in a Stormkeep, and Cities can have 1/4 of their units be Stormcast. So if for example I decide that I want some Irondrakes, I can bring a squad of 20 of them in a stormkeep to test things out, and then as I expand my cities army instead have my stalwart dwarves get some backup in the form of a block of Fulminators to act as heavy cavalry.
Excellent advise and thankyou for such a thorough write up. We get together once a week and either paint or play. We are not yet up to the 2k mark just yet. I have idoneth and sce and he has orruk warclans.
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These are all really useful ideas. Thankyou!!
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If you only have one opponent how do you keep your games from geting stale. Im not there yet btw. If your army isnt changing much and their army isnt changing much surely it becomes very repeatitive? almost knowing the result before you play, sucking for both parties
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Thanks for the advice, Why would you suggest Dhom hain? If i pull off the pin what would be the biggest hammer to hit him with? the turtle?
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Also my opponent has Ironjawz and will probably take Gordrak next game, His damage looks insane, whats his weakness that i can target? it seems like Gordrak alone will rip through my army..
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Ive only played 1 game of age of sigmar so ive not got much experience at all so any help is greatly appreciated.
I was thinking of a list like this, ive not put enclave as not sure what would suit.
Volturnos 260
Eidolon of the storm
Ishlaen Guard 155
Ishlaen Guard 155
Ishlaen Guard 155
Allopex x2 250
Allopex x2 250
Leviadon 280
Aetherwings 65
2000pts
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10 hours ago, DocKeule said:
In a FB group someone swapped the eels for Slaanesh seekers (just the mounts) so it looked like sea horse cavalry. It looked spot on but is kind of expensive.
Thats something ive not considered, thankyou for the idea
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Hi Guys i am looking to start an Idoneth deepkin army and in general i like the model range but i am not a big fan of the eels. Have any of you converted them or use alterative models?
Cheeky question - Im looking for someone to make me a list
in Stormcast Eternals
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This is really helpful!