DE: Time to try out some Wyches

This is the type of girl you bring home to mom.

For tonight's game, I'm going to introduce a unit of Wyches to support my Kabal.  I've bounced and forth on which Cult I would like to get into my game, and I think I settled upon the Cult of Strife.  Yes, this was a big change to what I was thinking before (Red Grief) but this is primarily because I want to justify taking a CC unit in a predominately shooty army.

My general philosophy with army building is this:  The more you detract from the focus of your army (in my case, it's shooting), the less effective your army will be overall.  I will be covering this topic more in-depth in Friday's post, but for now, let's talk about why I'm going to take the Cult of Strife.

First, the list:

1998 // 7 CP

Black Heart Battalion +3 CP

HQ:

Archon, Djin Blade, Blaster, PGL = 96

Warlord Trait: Labyrinthine Cunning

Archon, Huskblade, Blaster, PGL = 96

Raider, Dark Lance = 85

TROOP:

10x Warriors, 2x Blaster, Dark Lance = 114

Raider, Dark Lance = 85

199

10x Warriors, 2x Blaster, Dark Lance = 114

Raider, Dark Lance = 85

199

10x Warriors, 2x Blaster, Dark Lance = 114

Raider, Dark Lance = 85

199

10x Warriors, 2x Blaster, Dark Lance = 114

Raider, Dark Lance = 85

199

HEAVY:

Ravager, 3x Dinsintegrators = 125

Ravager, 3x Dinsintegrators = 125

Ravager, 3x Dinsintegrators = 125

+++

Black Heart Air Wing +1 CP

FLYER:

Razorwing, 2x Dinsintegrators = 135

Razorwing, 2x Dinsintegrators = 135

Razorwing, 2x Dinsintegrators = 135

+++

Strife Patrol +0 CP

HQ:

Succubus, Adrenalight, Whip = 54

Warlord Trait: Blood Dancer

TROOP:

9x Wyches, Grave Lotus, Agonizer/BP, Shardnet = 91

The rest of the army should be pretty explanatory since it's pretty much the same old same old.  Where this is really different is that I'm spending 243 points for a CC component in the army that is delivered using a Raider.  For the delivery of Wyches, I want to try both:  Footslogging an epic ton of 20 girls up the table and see what happens to them, or just have them ride in a Raider that can hopefully protect them from harmful fire.  For tonight's game, I want to try the Raider because that's what I know.  Don't worry though, I absolutely plan on trying a 20-girl footslog and just run them up the board like cats on fire (or laced with drugs).

Cunning and Blood Dancer.  Why not, let's try it.

I'm also going to commit 2 CPs to take an extra Warlord trait for Blood Dancer and take an extra Artifact.  The reason why I'm doing this is to keep Cunning in play so I can hopefully get a refund for this upfront expenditure on precious resources.  I'm also crazy about Blood Dancer on Strife because that Warlord trait is INSANE with the Triptch Whip.  The whip is basically a +3 attack Agonizer that when you factor in Strife's +1 attack bonus and Adrenalight's +1, you have a 9 attack Succubus that hits on 2s, re-roll 1s, and Blood Dancer (Cult specific Warlord trait) allows you to count each 6 to Hit as 3 hits instead of 1.  I'll let you do the math for this because this makes her one of the most destructive single-wound infantry blenders in the game.  Is it worth the 2 CP?  Probably not.  Does she still die like a bitch if she fails her 4++ and subsequent 6+++?  Of course.  However, I'm feeling extra greedy tonight and I also want to keep Writ of the Living Muse for extra lels.  Otherwise, I might try keeping 6 KP so I have 2 for sure uses of Agents of Vect and just keep the Warlord trait and not the artifact (Living Muse).

Oh, and Shardnets.  Shardnets got a huge improvement because as long as you have this in the unit, your opponent only rolls D3 to get away while you roll D6.  Get dunked on son.  The more I type, the more inclined I am to take a giant unit of Wyches and just say F it.  For now, I'm going to buy a Black Heart Raider for my Archons that I'll end up lending to the ladies to use since transports (like Raiders and Venoms) are not cult specific.  That means anyone can use them and they still retain their bonus (like the 6+++).  This also means you might be able to pull off some potentially crazy combinations in the future (like Flayed Skull lending a +3" movement Raider for the Wyches!) but that's another story for another time.

Let me know what you think:  Should I go big and walk the Wyches?  Are Raiders still the best delivery mechanism?  Yes, I'm very aware of WWPs as an option as well.