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| Pretty sure this not Alarielle. |
My list was this..
2498
10 drops
LORDS
Lv.4 Archmage, High Magic = 285
Book of Hoeth, Crown
HEROES
BSB Noble, Dragon Prince = 161
Enchanted Shield, Dawnstone, PoFool
Lv.1 Mage, High Magic = 110
Scroll
CORE
30x Spearmen (FC, SoDiscipline) = 315
15x Archers, Mus = 160
14x Archers, Mus = 150
SPECIAL
27x White Lions (FC, BotWD) = 431
9x Dragon Princes (FC, CShield, BoEFlame) = 306
RARE
Frostheart Phoenix = 240
Frostheart Phoenix = 240
Great Eagle = 50
Great Eagle = 50
His list consisted of..
A big unit of Ghouls with a Ghoul King and Lv.4 Master Necro with Peripat
3x units of Dire Wolves chaff
A big unit of Grave Guard, Wight King BSB and Banner of Barrows
One Terrorgheist and Mortis Engine
A unit of Vargheists, I think 4-5 strong
My notes:
- OK first of all, I was overwhelmed by his magic. The Peripat is insanely good and the Mortis Engine's +2 to cast was bonkers most of the time. Most of the magic phases saw a good number of dice, but his ability to store 2 and use 2 in any of his casting and dispel phases was great. Definitely overpowered my Lv.4 even with the Book of Hoeth. VC guys take note: This combo is super strong.
- My Archers do a good job at killing chaff. He makes the mistake of Vanguarding and moving too far up and gets 2 of his 3 dog units eaten alive by my Archers. By letting Soul Quench go through, the dogs were dead rotten meat. His Terrorgheist flew up but was unable to allocate a decent target aside from my Archer unit. He screams at it and kills a few and that's OK with me. Because I have a more mobile army, I relocated most of my units on the far right and basically left my Spearmen to hold my left flank. With this one maneuver, I moved to kill with the full weight of my White Lions, Dragon Princes and both Phoenixes in a wide, sweeping arc of combo-charging death.
- Once again, the Frostheart Phoenixes prove to be awesome. Despite a minor mistake that left my Dragon Princes way out of position, I still managed to double charge his Grave Guard unit with my both my Frostheart Phoenixes. I guess the Princes of Caledor let their arrogance get to them and in doing so, were a turn late to save my White Lions from his Ghoul King. Together, they inflicted heavy, heavy casualties onto the unit. Throughout the magic phase, I did not roll a negative modifier for Attuned to Magic once, and most of the time I was rolling with 4+ Ward and +1A. Two of my Phoenixes chewed through 30 or so Grave Guard in 2 rounds of combat. S6 stomps are ridiculous and the -S modifier continues to impress me.
- Banner of the World Dragon stopped the crap out of Curse of Years. He was rolling ridiculously hot and I think I lost 2 White Lions total in 2 rounds (I failed to dispel it) of it being on. The Dragon Princes were a bit unlucky, on the turn that I failed to dispel it again, 3 of them went down. I have to keep remembering to take stacking High Magic ward saves and the Dragon Armor's natural 6+ ward save. Lucas was kind enough to remind me a couple of times.
- I miscasted a crap ton this game, I think 3 times. All of the wounds generated from these were saved by the Banner of the World Dragon due to the miscast being magical attacks. Sadly, the only thing worth noting is that I had Fiery Convocation dispelled on a crucial turn due to him having so many DD from Peripat. The rest of my magic was unimpressive except for Hand of Glory making my White Lions' unit WS7 vs. WS3 Ghouls. This negated a ton of damage.
- Well, his Ghoul King got into combat with my White Lion's unit and to my surprise, revealed absolutely zero magic weapons and continued to eat through 8 Lions per turn. It was horrifying, but thankfully Stubborn kept them in the fight. The unit eventually got whipped out, but not before my Dragon Princes and Phoenixes charge into the flanks and pop the unit due to combat res.
Things to try next time:
- I really want to try bringing only one Frostheart Phoenix just to see how it feels. Although 2x is the sweet spot, I think one will be decent since my meta doesn't have a ton of cannons so far. I'm just afraid that if the Frostheart dies, I'll be missing a vital support tool for my army.
- Putting an Ironcurse Icon onto my Lv.1 supporting Mage carrying High Magic has a chance to improve his unit's ward save to 5+ vs. Warmachines.
- I think I'll drop the Dragon Princes into MSU units for 5-6x with Mus and that's it. The bigger unit was definitely fun to play with, but I'm not so sure how excited I am to take them again. I will miss that BSB though, the protection of 1+ re-rollable combined with Dragon Armor is great. Potion of Foolhardiness is also a must-have I think in that circumstance. Perhaps a Star Lance, Enchanted Shield + PoFools for more damage. That remains to be seen.
- I want to give Phoenix Guard a try, but it's just so damn expensive that I have to drop the Phoenix or replace the White Lions. What kind of banner should I put on the PG? As of now, I'm thinking of just putting the Banner of Eternal Flame on them and call it a day. Put the Archmage in there and have him spam High Magic to bring the unit up to a 3+ ward. Sounds good, will try definitely.
Going back a little:
In the first game I had with my Star Dragon, I think I definitely want to keep the Star Dragon focused on killing bigger units. This might sound kinda low-tier, but I think I'll be sporting the Star Lance on him for a couple of games. Sword of Might is good when combined with OTS on the Star Dragon, but that's meant for more killing rank and file. Besides, the thought of 10 S7 attacks coming their way when they'll hopefully be at -S and ASL is just shit your pants worthy.
The real question:
Alarielle - Is she worth it compared to a Lv.4 AM with Book of Hoeth? Here's what I'm going to do with her: Put her in a unit of White Lions and take 1 spell from High Magic (defaults to Drain Magic), 3 from Light. BSB tots Banner of Avelorn for +4 to cast from Lore of Light. The White Lions have Banner of the World Dragon. She gives the White Lions 5+ ward vs. non-magical attacks and I always have Drain Magic so I have a chance to pump up that ward. Otherwise, I have a 2+ ward vs. all magical attacks, weapons and spells. The unit will also have a Lv.1 supporting Light mage in case I get Banishment.
Alarielle - Is she worth it compared to a Lv.4 AM with Book of Hoeth? Here's what I'm going to do with her: Put her in a unit of White Lions and take 1 spell from High Magic (defaults to Drain Magic), 3 from Light. BSB tots Banner of Avelorn for +4 to cast from Lore of Light. The White Lions have Banner of the World Dragon. She gives the White Lions 5+ ward vs. non-magical attacks and I always have Drain Magic so I have a chance to pump up that ward. Otherwise, I have a 2+ ward vs. all magical attacks, weapons and spells. The unit will also have a Lv.1 supporting Light mage in case I get Banishment.
Hero,
ReplyDeleteI've had a single game so far vs Tomb Kings. Went with 30xArchers(really happy with the load out on them), 3x 5 Ellyrians to finish out Core(again, really happy with how this went, as my opponent was overwhelmed first turn, was absolutely unprepared for vanguard horsies in his face from HE). Special went to 18 PG(Razor Standard) and 21 WL(Banner of the World Dragon). Rares were a Frosty and 2 RBT's. Character kits were the Loremaster with AoC and scroll, the AM with BoH and 4++ and a BSB with the +1 Str sword, Dragon Armor, and Shield of Merwyrm. I have to say that the PG were the MVP's alongside the Phoenix. The rerolls combined with Hand of Glory just completely make that unit. Along with the AM beefing their ward? Nothing could stop them. My WL were the exact opposite. They were chewed up by the Tomb Guard like red-headed step children. I think, unless you fully kit them out with characters and items, the WL stand as much chance to be a liability as Swordmasters will be.
Otherwise you are spot on with the Loremaster, in my opinion. Playing with HE now is a completely different magic phase than previously. No Banner of Sorcery means no dependable 7+ dice per phase. That means that as much as I liked the Loremaster, he did jack-crap in the magic phase. He did more in close combat for me honestly.
I'm eager to see how DP's do for me. I think a brick of them with a Prince and Noble, then the AM in the PG with points spread out elsewhere will be a good show. I'm of a similar mind with you in terms of the BotWD. It is good in quite a few situations, but it is what I'm seeing as a 'boring' good. Any uncomped HE list will have it, much like the Hellheart and 2 cannons for OK. Very hum-drum.
If you get a chance to field Allarielle, please post how it goes! I'm excited to see a nice list for her, with a Handmaiden and a BSB to exhibit all her good stuff.
Thanks for the posts!
Yo Hero!
ReplyDeleteBig fan of the blog so thanks for putting the effort in. Also, I just wanted your opinion on a list I plan on running when I get my army back from overseas.
Prince on Star Drag with Star lance, shield of Merwyrm, Drag Armour
Caradryan on Ashtari and noble BSB with BotWD, DA, shield, lance
15 silverhelms shields FCS
2 x 5 Reavers FCS bows + spears
5x DP FCS shrieking blade Charmed Shield
2x Tiranoc Chariot (single unit)
Flamespyre Pheonix
Total points 2388
Was going for the whole rapid attack aspect but am very out of practice of the game (Last time I played elves we still had Imrik!)
Cheers n have a good un
Hey man, just wanted to point out Shield of Mewyrm doesn't work on mounted guys. Dragon Armor might be too expensive too, try the normal armor + Dragon Helm instead. Rest looks like fun.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely excited to try out the Phoenix Guard. In fact, if you keep the Phoenix Guard close to your Frosthearts, there's a chance the enemy cannons will stop short and get saved by a Phoenix Guard's 4+ (or 3+!). Take that!
ReplyDeleteWhy dont you try the helms as core, instead of spearmen. They look really good to me right now, as the got there movement boosted.
ReplyDeleteI definitely think the Loremaster is just an alternative to the Archmage, fielding both like you said is going to leave the other out in the cold. I am interested in seeing what sort of lists the Loremaster shines in. He has so much potential with all those spells, but I haven't found a build I am happy with as he needs the BoH to economise his dice as much as possible. I think he could do great things in a solid infantry army.
ReplyDeleteI think the WLs need the AM to give them a ward and this seems like a really good combination with the BotWD, to prevent damage done by the AM.
ReplyDeleteI like heros plan a lot.
I can only see this happen on turn one... so I dont think thats a plan
ReplyDeleteReally? Derp should have read the parry rule more carefully! Thanks for the advice shall tweak it and see how it works, only thing I'm not 100% on is the dragon as I could drop it to a Moon and get a third Tiranoc, guess I'll just have to experiment.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the feedback though
how would this happen? I thought only monstrous units could "stop" a cannonball - but I might be wrong about this
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