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I think 2 or 3 Units of 3 Eels in Bounty Hunters can do a lot of damage against CV. They take the +1 damage very well and their movement is a very big advantage now. I just put them back in my list actually

@PrimeElectrid That sounds interesting and plausible. What is the source of this info?

I would only take the turtle in Nautilar. It's a lot of points, but having something rend -3 in your army is quite valuable (especially with relatively little MW output).

Yeah Mannfred together with Blood Knights (and Vhordrai) is amazing. I recently switched back to Kastelai with Vhordrai, Mannfred, Vengorian Lord, 3x5 Blood Knights and 2x10 wolves. I had a good win against Ironjawz (maw crusha, rogue idol, pigs) where my opponent got a double turn and I didn't. I would think that the combination of Mannfred and Blood knights works better in Kastelai, but will also give it a try in Vyrkos. Yesterday I watched the honest wargamer movie about LVO and heard there were only 2 Kastelai lists and 6 Vyrkos lists. I'm very curious what those Vyrkos lists would look like.

So what would be a competitive Vyrkos army composition that would do well in tournaments? I have the feeling Vyrkos has more potential, but I have always had better results with Kastelai so far. For Vyrkos I would think about 2x20 GG, some wolves (either 1 block of 30 or multiple blocks or 10?), Bella and/or Radukar? Furthermore I'm a big fan of both Vhordrai and Mannfred. They work well together, but might not both fit in a Vyrkos list due to their points and the other heroes + bodies that need to be included.

I have to say that this is my general problem with Grave Guard. Once they get into combat they kill everything, but they can also die easily before getting into combat (or immediately after their first attack). This happened a bit too often now and I'm having a go with blood knights again. When running GG I'll also put them just within 3' of a zombie screen so they can counter attack. This however only works well against enemies without shooting. Simply hoping for the 9' charge after popping them from a gravesite (which can easily be guarded) is not reliable enough imo

Exciting! Any idea what we can expect?

Solid choice Skreech. Next to my much loved Skaven army I also started a Soulblight Army. Absolutely no regrets. It's a great army to play and instead of swarming the board with clanrats, you can now do it with zombies 😉 Vykros seems indeed a good and fun entry point, with a playstyle that can be somewhat like Skaven. Enjoy!

I think the combination of Vhordrai and VLoZD is very powerful, also due to the command ability. I played 2 games with below list and absolutely smashed my opponent.

Once again congratulations with great result. I have thankfully saved your list and ordered a Vengorian Lord. Usually I run a double dragon list (see list few posts ago). As for the Blood Knights, can we put both units in reserve? I thought it was just 1 unit if we run 2 in total. Thanks

Hi guys, I played 2 games with below list (against Big Waagh and Kruleboyz) and in both games I tabled my opponent in turn 2. Last game I used the Rousing Commander command trait (since swift and deadly wasn't really needed). In both games my blood knights were mostly not in range of my general (but performed very well elsewhere on the board). Because of this I am considering to run this list in Vyrkos. I would then take the hunter's snare command trait and Sangsyron artifact (great combo with flaming weapon), and swap the unit of grave guard for 2 units of dire wolves. I think the list still has plenty of damage output but will improve the casting and survivability of Belladamma and improve objective play. What are your thoughts on these changes? Thanks

I had some similar dilemmas and worked towards 3 main lists (2 Kastelai, 1 Vyrkos). They all have Vordrai or VLoZD, Belladamma, 20 grave guard, 2x5 blood knights, 20 zombies. Options are a Coven Throne, VLoZD, Vengorian Lord, 2x10 Dire wolves, 20 zombies. This is actually also my queue for painting.

Nice! I put Toughened Sinews on my HPA and works great. I really like those 2 models on the right, where did get them from?

That's a great batrep and very interesting to read. How was the lack of a bell/warpseer for BS immunity? I think it should still be manageable, but not everyone always agrees with me 😉 My standard list looks somewhat similar and in general I have Thanquol included. However, against certain opponents I also drop him, since he does not always make up for his points then. I would personally include a unit of 6 jezzails. It's decent MW output and together with the windlaunchers, you could do some nice hero sniping.