Wednesday, June 19, 2013

The Main Event, The Showstopper!

So, after doing some thinking, numbercrafting, and reviewing my experiences from past games I've come to the conclusion that, In order to have a fighting chance in the current meta of Warriors, High elves, and against the Death stars (ogres, vampire knight busses etc) I had to do some changes to the list.

The List!
 Supreme Sorceress @ 285.0 Pts
     General; Magic Level 4; Lore of Shadow
     Sacrificial Dagger [25.0]

Death Hag @ 225.0 Pts
     Poison Attacks; Cauldron of Blood; Frenzy; 2ndWeapon; Battle Standard

Sorceress @ 160.0 Pts
     Magic Level 2; Lore of Metal
     Dispel Scroll [25.0]

Master @ 187.0 Pts (Mr Norris)
     Great Weapon; Heavy Armour; Sea Dragon Cloak
     Dragonhelm [10.0]
     Pendant of Khaeleth [35.0]

     1 Dark Pegasus @ [50.0] Pts

15 Dark Elf Repeater Crossbowmen @ 180.0 Pts
     Rptr Crossbow; Light Armour; Shield; Standard; Musician

29 Dark Elf Warriors @ 240.0 Pts
     Spear; Light Armour; Shield; Standard; Musician
     Standard of Discipline [15.0]

     1 Lordling @ [6.0] Pts

5 Dark Riders @ 117.0 Pts
     Spear; Rptr Crossbow; Light Armour; Musician

5 Dark Riders @ 117.0 Pts
     Spear; Rptr Crossbow; Light Armour; Musician

5 Harpies @ 55.0 Pts

Dark Elf Assassin @ 151.0 Pts
     2ndWeapon
     Manbane [25.0]
     Rending Star [30.0]

5 Shades @ 85.0 Pts
     2ndWeapon; Rptr Crossbow

19 Black Guard @ 320.0 Pts
     Halberd; Heavy Armour; Standard; Musician
     Banner of Murder [25.0]

     1 Tower Master @ [14.0] Pts
          Halberd; Heavy Armour

1 Reaper Bolt Thrower @ 100.0 Pts

1 Reaper Bolt Thrower @ 100.0 Pts

1 War Hydra @ 175.0 Pts

 Models in Army: 99

Total Army Cost: 2497.0

Gone are the corsairs. they require 30 strong to even have a fighting chance, in addition to having models left after their first combat. In comes, what the internet has colorfully labeled as THE SHOWSTOPPER, and yes that requires all caps...

Now, why does the internet call him the show stopper, some call him chuck norris, well, he has a 2+ armor save in close combat, a reverse ward save, a great weapon(so str 6) and a 2+ ward vs flaming. he is the Anti-meta. If the bolt throwers, assassin, and metal magic all fail to kill things, his job is designed to just run his happy ass into those monsterous calv units, deamon princes, phoenix's etc and just tie them up.. I'll take a 187 point hero to tie up their 300+ point unit any day.

Now, the only downside of this list is the lack of magic to deal with ethereal units. Ethereals are less and less popular these days thanks to the deamon princes, phoenix's, chocobos, crusher of dreams, etc. hell, even vampire counts are going away from more than just the 2-3 spirit hosts due to the shift and they can easily be ground off by combat rez, and now can be overran.

I'm wondering if it's shifted TOO towards the meta and no longer balanced..


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