Neforon

Hello fellow Lord-Regents! Been doing well with Lumineth since the beginning in my mildly competitive hometown meta, but as of 3.0 I find myself in need of strategizing more often (which I love). So after lurking for a long time, I've finally decided to step into the light and bring to bear some questions to practice your tactical acumen on. I'm quite the lengthy typer though, so I'll bold my questions and extrapolate on them below. Feel free to answer any question or add some of your own! a) Battle tactics: which ones do you find easy to score for us? Especially in the first rounds I'm not always sure which ones to go for. Lumineth are very castle-y and most BT's force you to move out of your bubbles. Ironically, I find Ferocious Advance difficult, since I play a lot of Vanari. Breaking Shining Company just to run three units feels really bad. I'm curious what order you usually go for? Of course it depends on every battle, but usually you can kind of plan the order a little bit. B) What are our anvil units? Personally I've never rated Stoneguard very highly (though I want some, since I love the models). Even though they appear to be our obvious anvil unit, I reckon the Cowtain would be better suited for that. Wardens used to do the trick for me, but in 3.0, I've noticed Wardens can't hold their ground against anything anymore. 4+ just doesn't cut it and if they unbind my Protection of Hysh, they're screwed. So what do you use as an anvil? C) What are our screen units? With Wardens dropping like flies, I find myself in need of screens to protect them. Wardens are a big part of our damage output (I usually run 1 group of 10 and 1 of 20 Wardens). I usually use Dawnriders for that, since Hordes are not really a thing anymore (aside from some specific armies) and their value has kinda dropped. But when they screen, they die to everything. Hence I'm considering Stoneguard again. I've heard that even a squad of 5 is fine as a roadblock and might even survive against moderate damage. What's your experience been and what do you use to screen units? D) What are our hammer units? Lumineth don't really do any spike damage, so finding a hammer unit apart from Eltharion and possibly the literal hammer from the cows, might be a little optimistic. I still wonder though where you find your damage in the lists. With all the 4+ Wards on SCE heroes now and big heroes/monsters (Gargants, I'm looking at you) dominating the scene, we need burst damage more than ever, right? Anything you've found that works well apart from 30 Wardens or 60 Sentinels? E) Heroes: which are auto-includes in your lists? I've hardly ever run a list without bringing my Cathaller and lately I've been bringing my freshly painted Lord-Regent as well. The cathaller is still fine as a tool to absorb quartz or for the bravery immunity, but she dies more easily than before, now that the board is smaller and things can more easily reach her. I also find myself putting her in the Shrine, which makes her immobile and harder to bubblewrap. The Lord-Regent is great as a failsafe to guarantee the value of your Vanari troops and I usually make him the General nowadays, instead of the Cathaller. His 3+ save is great and his movement makes him very flexible. Which heroes do you tend to always bring? What role do they fulfill? F) Shrine Luminor: who's your Shrine Guardian? I've only recently started using the Shrine and I've been struggling to maintain its value. Primarily, I'm unsure where to place it. The front line opens the Guardian up to a lot of charges, but too far back messes with its range. I actually thing our Bannerblade would be a great pick for the Shrine: he's not really a necessairy piece for the army. He's useful with the Arcane Tome and the totem keyword makes it easier to spend the free CP each turn. What do you put inside the Shrine usually? G) Battalions: which ones do you usually take? Battle-regiment seems great, but I long for extra CP and artefacts. Which ones do you like and what do you put in each battalion? Big post, haha! I'm very curious to see what knowledge you have to share. Maybe some of it is in time for my battle against the new SCE tomorrow. Have a fantastic weekend everyone!