[The Rumour Thread]

1 hour ago, Kramer said:

So maybe in the future another race figures out their own gnawhole style tunnelling. 

The baby proof version for non skaven.

[AoS 2 - Blades of Khorne Discussion]

30 minutes ago, Agent of Chaos said:

Why not? Every other new battletome army gets a free terrain piece (or several) that cant be removed from play. Why should Khorne miss out? Especially when its very thematic to have a Skull Shrine or Blood Pool on the field.

I dont think he was saying no to a new terrain piece, just that making the bloodsecrator ability free and permanent might be a bit OP.

[AoS 2 - Blades of Khorne Discussion]

33 minutes ago, Zamik said:

Thanks! Yeah, I was hoping since I hadn't seen a specific order of operations that prevented it that I could get away with it, just in case I mismeasure and leave an important unit out of his radius (although three blood tithe points is a lot to spend on fixing an unforced error like that).

It can also come in handy when the battle just naturally drifts further up the board.

Or if you're running gore pilgrims and one priest dies or you want to move them further up to boil some people.

It might be even more useful after the new tome, there is a good chance the bloodsecrator will be changed to "wholly within".

[AoS 2 - Blades of Khorne Discussion]

12 hours ago, Agent of Chaos said:

Council of Blood allows both Bloodthirsters to use their command abilities for free and none of the other characters have a command ability. Given you will start the game with 1 from the battalion plus 1 for your fist turn, the spawn is probably a good shout. Fits with the fluff of the list and gets you a bloodtithe point. Also a 4th unit to capture an objective while the heavy hitters do their thing. 

Personally I'd still prefer the command point. That way you can use wrath of khorne's ability twice in the first turn and still have one left to get a guaranteed 6 on a run roll.

I can see the benefit of a spawn, just personal preference I guess

[AoS 2 - Blades of Khorne Discussion]

15 hours ago, Dickbill said:

 

50 points, throw a spawn in there? Why not!

I would probably value the extra command point over 1 random spawn.

[AoS 2 - Gutbusters Discussion]

Hey guys, has anyone tried running a leadbelcher gunline list?

Do you think it would be decent or just not enough firepower at too short range to go all in?

[AoS 2 - Blades of Khorne Discussion]

1 hour ago, fredster4050 said:

Quick question; Can you use the Wrath of Khorne's Command Ability 'Lord of the Blood Hunt' on Khorne Daemon heroes, or only daemon units?

Heroes count as units of 1 model for all purposes.

So yes, works on heroes too.

[AoS 2 - Blades of Khorne Discussion]

20 minutes ago, Coyote said:

I’m looking at running a unit of 3+ Khorgoraths - Has anybody done this?  Any success?  

Im having to order Khorgoraths from EBay - have #2 and #3 on the way.

I've only ever run them as 1-2. They can be absolutely brutal.

I've always been worried using them in bigger blocks because of the potential battleshock losses

[AoS 2 - Blades of Khorne Discussion]

The chaos spawn kit is great for bits to convert your own khorgoraths

[AoS 2 - Blades of Khorne Discussion]

2 hours ago, Killax said:

Afterall, our cover art isn't new either

If I have to choose between new art and new rules, rules wins every time 😉

[AoS 2 - Blades of Khorne Discussion]

3 minutes ago, Xasz said:

It will "just" be Stormhosts/Temples for Khorne, meaning Goretide, Skullfiend Tribe, Iron Horde, Eight-blooded, Brazen Butchers, Axes of Skarbrand... to name a few.

Personally I'm fine with that.

Maybe there is more but I would just wait, it's not unlikely that we'll get the first real teaser this or next week.

That sounds awesome, as long as there aren't 7 ****** ones and 1 good one

[AoS 2 - Blades of Khorne Discussion]

3 hours ago, Roark said:

Nah, I mean like individual cults, philosophies or houses, like Kharadron and Daughters have. Sub-factions that have some character.

Oh right, I misunderstood. I was thinking along the lines of BoC where depending on keyword you had different allegiance abilities for the units.

That definitely would be a cool addition to the army.

[AoS 2 - Blades of Khorne Discussion]

1 hour ago, Roark said:

Is it greedy to hope for interesting sub-factions? I think I'm going to be a bit disappointed if the sub-factions are just Mortals, Daemons, Mixed. I haven't read all the other armies' tomes, but they all seem to have cool thematic ones with a bit of fluff. That's what I want too eh. 

How would you split it up further? I can't see daemons being turned into multiple sub factions but maybe mortals.

You could probably split them along the lines of "armoured/warrior" vs "non-armoured/tribal"

Reavers, priests, wrathmongers etc one side and bloodwarriors, skull crushers, lords of khorne etc on the other.

[AoS 2 - Blades of Khorne Discussion]

List from Rodrigo Duarte from LVO, came in 10th with this list.

Pretty unorthodox for list for a top 10 finish!

[AoS 2 - Blades of Khorne Discussion]

1 hour ago, mastercrafted said:

So they can get an easy +2 attacks with the portal and Deathbringer, +1 to wound off a juggerlord? Any others?

While bloodletters do get an easy reroll 1s to hit, and can run and charge with the WoK thirster. 

I'm still undecided myself on which way i wanna go with my own khorne army. I've been doing a mix, but i guess its best to choose mortal or Daemon? 

It's not that they are bad now, it's more that the benefits of running them in blobs of 30 are lower. Before the +1 hit effectively doubled your mortal wounds. Now it's just a handy buff.

[AoS 2 - Blades of Khorne Discussion]

2 hours ago, Killax said:

Cheers! Well I like the space they can occupy too. Plus a unit of 10 just has that little extra impact on the field, it's 20 wounds afterall. The main idea is to have a unit to support the Thirster with,or screen him.

This is a cool idea too: https://thehonestwargamer.com/aos-list-rundowns/cankhorne/?fbclid=IwAR1U3bwjNVGqsqBgrGXsGAcqRSuoaAa0R7ZTA7QrfjuS2ex2JjvBOYWVL1Y#Introduction 

Just jumped on here to post that link myself.

That's Matt Campbell's list and write up for his CanCon victory.

It's a really good write up, I definitely recommend reading it.

[The Rumour Thread]

Is it just me or is this rat a skaven noise marine?

[The Rumour Thread]

1 hour ago, Neffelo said:

I just hope the FEC get some new models. They really need to flesh-out that range some.

I don't know if it's been covered before but this was an idea I had re flesheaters.

Seeing as the fluff says how they are delusional and think they are chivalrous  knights, introduce some ghoul cavalry of some sort.

Then allow all bretonian models to be flesh eater courts (no conversion required).

If you use bretonian models, that represents how they see themselves, if you use the ghoulish models that's how the world sees them.

[AoS 2 - Blades of Khorne Discussion]

49 minutes ago, ledha said:

To be honest, everyone saw this change coming ahead. When old and new armies have 6+ abilities coming to unmodified 6 and you know a box with khorne deamons is coming, it was 99% sure it would hit the bloodletters too, ESPECIALLY since they are one of the main, if not THE main reason of this change

Not everyone. It's obvious to people who are following all the updates and reading the forums every day but not more casual players.

[AoS 2 - Blades of Khorne Discussion]

1 hour ago, Forrix said:

I know a guy who did that! He plays Idoneth now...

I'm one of them too haha, I'm hanging onto them though because you never know what the game will be like in a couple of years.

[AoS 2 - Blades of Khorne Discussion]

1 hour ago, mastercrafted said:

I use my IR thirster every game anyway just cos he looks so damn cool! But with regards to the warscrolls, decapitating blow hasnt been changed for heralds and Skull cannons yet (at least not on the AOS app) so might have time on our side. Could be an oversight, or they might be leaving it as is for single models?

Oh yeah, don’t get me wrong he is a beast either way. Just trying to help manage expectations. 

Imagine if you just bought 90+ bloodletters and then wrath and rapture came out.

[The Rumour Thread]

7 hours ago, Skreech Verminking said:

And the rats will raise,

Yes-yes fear the danger from beneath 

 

I always thought that was hemorrhoids 🤣

[AoS 2 - Blades of Khorne Discussion]

2 hours ago, mastercrafted said:

Outrageous carnage on a 5+ then? Thats pretty nice, with +1 to hit. Might have to try this combo with slaughterborn on my IR thirster. 

If your planning on making a IR bloodthirster I'd just like to point out that there is a good chance outrageous carnage will be changed to unmodified 6 in the future.

All the 6+ abilities seem to be going the way of the dodo

[AoS 2 - Blades of Khorne Discussion]

11 hours ago, Agent of Chaos said:

Last night I watched the new AOS Coach youtube show where Matt Campbell was interviewed and ran through each of his 6 games.

Have you got a link to that? Wouldn't mind watching it myself.

[The Rumour Thread]

6 minutes ago, novakai said:

speculation on my part, but if it is a model release

Plastic Tyrant/ Butcher

a named character

a Gobbapalooza style kit for Maneaters

a big centerpiece model something akin to a giant ironblaster or scraplauncher style unit

scrapyard terrain piece

If we get even half of that with a Battletome they will be my next army.