Ulthuan

[/quote] It sounds like you were making some progress against the support units, despite the outrageous saves of the Warlocks. Also that the Witch Elf combat came too soon, before you had a chance to threaten it's flanks or get a cast of Convocation off. I get that the sheer insanity of that deathst...

ok I just played game 3 vs Dark elves. I was wrong about a couple things.... first off, my opponent brought a Witch elf deathstar, with 40 witch elves and the cauldron of blood with Hellebron on the cauldron. he also had a seperate larger unit of dreadspears housing his BSB and sorceress Lord. there...

This is an excellent response, exactly what I am looking for. I always bring either a frost phoenix or caradryan, its my favorite model. I like the idea of using a better armor save to protect against the vamp, my opponent does frequently bring the +2 attacks sword bc he knows I play High elves and ...

Do you think the Anointed of Asuryan is our best “challenge accepter”? How would you build a High elf challenge acceptor? I need a character that can out combat a Vampire counts Blender lord. Much of the power of a blender lord comes from: always strikes first, a magic weapon, and the ability “red f...

I wont even play watchtower against Vampire counts. Once they get in there, you cant get them out

In my games I'm currently wrestling with how the hell to put a dent into 3++ PG. Dwellers below, final transmutation, melekoths and pit of shades, curse of the horned rat (kills them too efficiently). There is a nurgle spell tbat gets them pretty good too, i dont remember what it was but i had to k...

Game 1 vs the Vampire counts ended in a nearly flawless High elf victory. I thought he would take manfred but he didn't, he took a blender lord on a horse, in a unit of ~15 black knights, but his general was a Lv4 necro. His vamp was a Lv2 of death, he also had a backup lv2 necro of vampires. He bro...

Ok so I made some modifications based off the feedback. I didn't realize gem of sunfire was user only, for whatever reason i thought it conferred to the unit. that significantly limits its usefulness… I took the handmaiden out completely. I agree for 140 points, it isn't doing twice the work of a si...

I'd be tempted to boost the Archmage's Ward to the 4+ item if you can because you'll often want to be casting with the Loremaster and hence not boosting Shield of Saphery. one other point that shouldn't be ignored is the fact that we are playing with the 4d6 (dispel is highest 2 dice) rules. what I...

Am I right in thinking the Handmaiden will try to gain Flaming attacks from the Eternal Flame banner? I was actually going to put the handmaiden in the sisters of averlorn during certain matchups, most notably VC (i know the guy brings spririt hosts and hexwraiths), skaven (to knock wounds off the ...

How does this list look like it would do in an all comer's situation? I will be playing against skaven, Dark elves (and there are no witch elves), lizardmen, vampire counts and Demons (khorne and Nurgle mix) ++ Standard (High Elves - Army Book (2013-4) -V8.8.0.) [2,997pts] ++ - Army Size: Army (3000...

Fully agree with Dwellers, I did try to cast it.. twice? during that game? I got throne on turn 1, and my opponent never tried to dispel it the whole game. I was prioritizing Flesh to stone and regrowth more so than dwellers. I had the Banner of Averlorn in the Lions unit, so it seemed like a waste ...

' I have tried spearelves twice now, I am still not convinced. I will keep trying though. in WAP, I have run a block of 30 spears in a 6x5 formation, if you aren't running the banner of the world dragon elsewhere, this significantly increases their survivability. I find that when my spears die, it ...

Isn't dreaded's casting value 25? 6 dice give an average of 21, which means that you on average manage to get it with a lvl4. Add in a few IF, and it's a bit more than average. But getting it 12 times without fail sounds lucky. Don't feel too bad about that then :) Still, it's always nice to come u...

Caradryan on Ashtari Slightly risky perhaps given the Storm Banner but seemed to really work out for you taldarinzphoenix. 13 Silver helms, full command Without mounted characters I'd have been tempted to split this unit. he lost 3 wizard levels, lost all his spells except scorch Payback's a bitch!...

One thing to note is that you should make sure you and your opponent know all the rules regarding Skaven. They have a lot of very specific ones. For instance, your opponent seems to be missing that the Storm Banner affects his shooting as much as yours. At least, in the errata it was changed to: Pa...

One query - did you find the 2 bolt throwers worth it? I've found 2 don't do much and 3 are the minimum to threaten an enemy. Having at least 3 can also tempt the enemy to send some forces against them, because they are more threatening - think of them as a 'stationary redirector', or more accurate...

thats 8th edition for you! there was a round of combat where i lost 7 lions, and he lost maybe 13 rats. 8th was known for lots of death, and overpowered magic. dreaded 13th is one of the most annoying and overpowered spells in the edition depending on the matchup. Demons, warriors of chaos, Elves, w...

I finally beat the Skaven! granted luck went my way a bit more this game, but I will take it. we played a 2500 point game, and my list was the follows: Lords: Alarielle the radiant, Life magic Heros: Life mage Lv2, dispel Scroll, ring of khaine (but i forgot i had it and didn't use it) Noble BSB, ba...

I would say that if your main combat block is a block of white lions that have a noble or mage in the block with the banner of courage, they will fail roughly 8% of their stubborn break tests in combat, or terror/panic checks etc. with a BSB, and no banner of courage, the chances of failing such a t...

This game admittedly went much better than the first because I did manage to kill a few things, but you are correct in that I felt oppressed by his dice, but thats fantasy. he rolled a result of a 7 on 2 of the 3 miscasts, which only took out 7-8 rats per miscast. I dont love trying to very specific...

Ok i played the game with a variation of the list we discussed what I ended up bringing was this: i brought an Archmage, shadow magic Lvl 4, 2+ crown of attrazar, book of hoeth (i figured id try to pit of shades the bell off the table) mage with high magic lv1 dispel scroll, ring of khaine BSB, Worl...

Thank you for the wonderful breakdown, I did not realize plague claw was also a warpstone weapon!

I feel much more confident going into the combat, Ill post a short play by play after the match!

Ok i have all the models except a mounted bsb but i have a silverhelm standard bearer I can proxy. I forgot about lichbone pendant! Thats better than a 2nd noble on points. I have little experience taking khaines ring on an actual mage, how do you like to use it? 1 die it to start off the magic phas...

I own about 6000 points of H elves, i dont own any dragons, Sisters of averlorn, or shadow warriors, but I have a solid collection of everything else, what would you recommend?

I asked the skaven player to bring the same list again. I am going to try to make the following modification: Archmage of shadow Lv4, Dispel scroll Noble BSB, Banner of the world dragon and Halberd Noble, Dragon armor, Halberd, Obsidian Amulet Core: 5x reavers, Bows 41 spearmen full command, banner ...

I have used some minor variations, but the one i used in the last game was this: Lord- Archmage, lore of shadow book of Hoeth, Talisman of preservation (I rolled wither, enfeeble, occams and took melekoths) Heros Noble BSB Shield of merwyrm and sword of might Mage Lv1 high magic- Dispel scroll Core:...

Ive played 3 games against a skaven player, and all three games, ive felt like i had lost the game before my turn 2. Between the stormvermin storm banner, some combination of the plague claw catapult, warp lightning cannon, doomwheel, and hellpit abomination, along side the scorch spell, plague spel...

Between the options of Teclis and Alarrielle, who do you think is the best Wizard we have access to as the go to caster or High magic? I know it isnt the most powerful of our lores, or the best use of Teclis (selecting loremaster of high magic) but in a 2500 or 3000 point list who reins supreme? If ...

i would almost think that an annulian crystal on a mage would get more work done over the course of a game than a dispel scroll. definitely up for debate, but high elves, banner of sorcery, and an archmage with staff of sorcery paired w/ a mage w/ annulian crystal is a pretty solid magic phase no ma...