Volkhov Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 1 hour ago, nine7six said: Is everyone building the greatblade on the guard? Any reason not to? If anything I think the consensus I’ve heard is the opposite. If you’re running sword guard it’s only a slight mathematical boost that myself and most people I’ve talked to aren’t going to bother with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sception Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 8 hours ago, Scurvydog said: Yea, they just really get shafted with the rest, the command ability loses a ton of value due to the battalion doing the same thing for free. It loses some value, but not as much as you might (or I did) think. Battalion ability has limited range from the hero, only applies to the two units in the battalion. A cav army is going to run more than the 2 kavalos units in the lance, but isnt going to run two lances, because you won't want two lieges. Stalliarch lets you retreat & charge with units outside of the lance, or lance units not in range of the liege, while the battalion lets you retreat and charge with lance units in ramge of the hero without spending rd points. Compare to shield corps. Everyone likes that battalion and it just lets one unit a turn do something they could have done anyway, just without spending a point. Same deal. While the lance is still good for staliarchs, and staliarchs will definitely want to run it, I don't deny that it does more for other legions, and that doesn't feel right. But the combination is still good. While I won't defend their command trait or artifact, the legion trait and command ability really are quite good, and they're good in ways that meaningfully change how the army builds and plays, which is what subfaction rules should do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sception Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, nine7six said: Is everyone building the greatblade on the guard? Any reason not to? Reasons to field them: better than spears, helps narrow the gap between spears and swords. Fractionally better than swords without the nadirite buff spell, which won't be up on all your units all the time Look cool, if you think they look cool Reasons not to field them: Have to roll their attacks separately, which is a hassle Look bad, if you think they look bad Only comfortably fit on one of the unit's bodies, resulting in either awkward assembly or a chorus line effect in your front rank if you field multiples. Honestly, the arm fit for morteks is kind of bad in general. Edited November 16, 2019 by Sception 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keggers Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 5 hours ago, nine7six said: Is everyone building the greatblade on the guard? Any reason not to? Maybe I'm an idiot, partially because I cut out all the parts without referencing instructions, but I could not figure out which torso the greatblade fit on... tried numerous times but couldn't get a solid fit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scurvydog Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 11 hours ago, Koujow said: I was reading the article on Goonhammer earlier and it suggests that the bravery penalty from Praetorian can stack when multiple units are around. I know that if, for example, you had Vokmortian near an enemy, they would get -2 Bravery (-1 from Praetorian and -1 from Vokmortian's ability), but the article suggests that if another unit was also nearby, the bonus would increase to -3. Is that right? That is wrong unfortunately, the rule is they get -1 if near any Praetorians, does not matter how many, still just -1. 8 hours ago, nine7six said: Is everyone building the greatblade on the guard? Any reason not to? Just about pointless in a unit of swords, you get +1 to wound but no exploding hits on 6. It is mostly down to rule of cool vs convenience of rolling the same dice. For a spear unit the greatblades are worth it. Nothing in the warscroll says you cant give the greatblade to the Hekatos (just like stormcast do with their primes), so even in a 20 man spear unit, you will get 5 attacks with a bit of rend on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACBelMutie Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Has anyone played against Slaanesh or Flesh-eaters? I'm in trouble to beat them beacause they always hit first with a lot of attacks (Keepers and GKoT attack twice) and if they take double turn it's impossible. How do you counter that? They usually play with batalions, so Its quite difficult to go first too. Greetings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackmcmahon Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Anybody tried stalliarch Lords with a bunch of mortek guard to swarm with undead clanrats? Could even model rat skulls on them. Run/retreat/charge on defensive blob seems like it'd be really tough to lose objectives,.but I don't know if losing the save is worth the maneuverability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sception Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 (edited) 40 minutes ago, jackmcmahon said: Anybody tried stalliarch Lords with a bunch of mortek guard to swarm with undead clanrats? Could even model rat skulls on them. Run/retreat/charge on defensive blob seems like it'd be really tough to lose objectives,.but I don't know if losing the save is worth the maneuverability. Stalliarch flee & charge ca is for mounted models only - kavalos, liege, soulmason, arkhan, nagash. Doesn't work for zandtos because he has the pretorian keyword. The run & charge legion trait works for anyone except the pretorian named characters. Edited November 16, 2019 by Sception 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackmcmahon Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Damn 1dchan or w.e...i have the book but have been using that site when on my phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinthMusketeer Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 17 hours ago, nine7six said: Is everyone building the greatblade on the guard? Any reason not to? Nope, you should be. And should give the first one to the champion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 22 hours ago, Koujow said: I was reading the article on Goonhammer earlier and it suggests that the bravery penalty from Praetorian can stack when multiple units are around. I know that if, for example, you had Vokmortian near an enemy, they would get -2 Bravery (-1 from Praetorian and -1 from Vokmortian's ability), but the article suggests that if another unit was also nearby, the bonus would increase to -3. Is that right? It does not stack. it says: “Subtract 1 from the Bravery characteristic of enemy units while they are within 12" of any friendly MORTIS PRAETORIANS units.” So when you check whether a unit is within the debuff, you verify that it is within any and that unit receives the debuff. If it were to stack it would say “for each”, or rephrase it to each OBR unit giving -1 bravery around them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kokoshi Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Hi everyone, I'm thinking about two lists for 1000pt games, my usual gaming size (and usually Meeting Engagement). Both lists are designed without specific Legions. Optimization would simply mean going Petrifex. Katakros 500 10 Mortek Guards (Swords) 130 5 Kavalos Deathriders (Swords) 180 5 Kavalos Deathriders (Swords) 180 990/1000 Liege Kavalos 200 Mortisan Soulmason 140 (Empower Weapons) 20 Mortek Guards (Swords) 260 5 Kavalos Deathriders (Swords) 180 Gothizzar Harverster (Bludgeons) 200 970/1000 What are your thoughts on Katakros in small format games ? I tried to use only Battlelines with him for board control or mobility. Would he be overkill ? Thanks in advance ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldy751 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Catapult done! 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldy751 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 I used the catapult in battle yesterday. Its fantastic. I played against stormcast and its perfect for sniping those support heroes. Its also good to just fire at units and such. Im going to get at least one more of them later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amradiel Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 This was the first 2K list I wrote after flipping trough the book. The general idea is to keep the heroes alive and grind down the enemy. I'm looking for improvements and I should add that I have not played any death armies in AoS before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuradin Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Goldy751 said: Catapult done! Nice! How many sub-assemblies did you have to do to get it painted? I am still hoping a wraithbone undercoat with seraphim sepia shade Will work on those big surfaces.. but Will take me a while to get to painting that big hunk of a modell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldy751 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Nuradin said: Nice! How many sub-assemblies did you have to do to get it painted? I am still hoping a wraithbone undercoat with seraphim sepia shade Will work on those big surfaces.. but Will take me a while to get to painting that big hunk of a modell! I did a lot of sub assemblies on this model. I had to becouse i basically drybrushed the entire model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwendar Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 4 hours ago, Goldy751 said: Catapult done! I like it, great job. I'm still struggling to find a scheme. I know I'm doing jade weapons\shields with copper or gold as the metallics throughout, but thinking of a complementary color to use for the bone is what's getting to me as I don't want to use a standard bone color. Maybe I'll go with gray...or a mars red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christophe Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 31 minutes ago, Gwendar said: I like it, great job. I'm still struggling to find a scheme. I know I'm doing jade weapons\shields with copper or gold as the metallics throughout, but thinking of a complementary color to use for the bone is what's getting to me as I don't want to use a standard bone color. Maybe I'll go with gray...or a mars red. Black would work nicely with your scheme, with reddish leather. Salamanders Chapter style. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwendar Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 6 minutes ago, christophe said: Black would work nicely with your scheme, with reddish leather. Salamanders Chapter style. I zenithal prime, so yeah I think hitting them with a 2:1 Black Templar\Medium mix would be good for the highlights to show through. Really like that red leather suggestion too.. I may have a good ink for that I can airbrush on. I think I may throw together a test model later once I'm done magnetizing this ludicrously large terrain piece. Thanks for the suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sception Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 23 hours ago, NinthMusketeer said: Nope, you should be. And should give the first one to the champion. In smaller units, yeah, if you take one or nore greatblades the first should go on the champion. In larger units you might want to keep the champion in the middle of the unit inatead of the front, for the various wholly within 6" of a mortek hekatos abilities, in which case the greatblades should be on regular troopers who you can keep in front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volkhov Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Sception said: In smaller units, yeah, if you take one or nore greatblades the first should go on the champion. In larger units you might want to keep the champion in the middle of the unit inatead of the front, for the various wholly within 6" of a mortek hekatos abilities, in which case the greatblades should be on regular troopers who you can keep in front. I keep seeing this “keep the hekatos in The center so his unit is within 6” of him” warning for using the command abilities, but it doesn’t matter where he is since the abilities read can trigger if you are either wholly within 6” of a Hekatos OR if the unit includes a hekatos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sception Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Volkhov said: I keep seeing this “keep the hekatos in The center so his unit is within 6” of him” warning for using the command abilities, but it doesn’t matter where he is since the abilities read can trigger if you are either wholly within 6” of a Hekatos OR if the unit includes a hekatos. Im away from book, but my recollection is "has hekatos keyword or fully within 6" of a mortek hekatos or fully within 12" on a bonereaper hero". Just having a hekatos in the unit wasn't enough. But again, im away from book, so could be wrong. Edited November 17, 2019 by Sception Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volkhov Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Both Shieldwall and Deathrider Wedge only require the unit to include a Hekatos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sception Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 4 minutes ago, Volkhov said: Both Shieldwall and Deathrider Wedge only require the unit to include a Hekatos What about the death save, +3 move ca, and petrifex -1 rend ca? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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