Ulthuan

No matter what amount of mental gymnastics you attempt to pull, I'm absolutely positive you're not going to find an opponent that agrees that you can make multiple maneuvers while marching, so you can keep arguing the rules are unclear, but I'd say it's kinda pointless.

The clarification for screening an impetuous unit with skirmishers doesn't make it harder to screen them, it clarifies that you can. Before folks were getting caught up and needlessly extrapolating from the word "may" that impetuous or frenzied units had to declare a charge if there was an...

I'll say this for Drain Magic, it has caused a couple of my opponents to miscast the dispel attempt in their conjuration phase a couple of times, once nullifying their casting for the rest of their turn. I wouldn't say it's useless either, it just requires more advantageous situations to use effecti...

You should give your characters Pure of Heart for free so they pass panic tests automatically and more importantly your BSB has an 18" ld9 bubble. You might also want to consider removing your Drakemaster from your Dragon Princes, if you charge them into characters, they can be challenged nulli...

And redress while giving ground.

That is a hell of a collection there. Have you inventoried to see what exactly you have? I'd be curious to know.

The big anti-monster build is a lv.4 Illusion Archmage mounted on either a Phoenix or Dragon equipped with the Dragon Slaying Sword or mounted on a Chariot (Tiranoc, Lion or Skycutter) to nullify the effects of any Monster Slayer or Killing Blow weapons it may run into, equipped with The White Sword...

@TyrrenAzureblade, maybe you even want your 2x7 SM dart to be charged in the flank by lowly State Troops for them to be slaughtered and unable to hit back.... Now you're legitimately thinking outside the box, this has some potential for interesting application. 14 Swordmasters without command model...

Marching doesn't allow manoeuvres so that's out. Drilled would allow you to redress before, but not after. In your example with the Knights, even without being able to redress at the end, I don't think that would necessarily be a bad place for the Swordmasters, but it could get dicey if the other tw...

Great weapon, full plate, Banner of Arcane Protection or Battle Banner, Seed of Rebirth, Talisman of Protection, Pure of Heart. I embed them in my Phoenix Guard to make them an absolute anvil. I'm still not sure which banner I like on the BSB, and which one I like in the Phoenix Guard, but I take bo...

Finished an entry into the WHFB Discord's Little Waaaaagh! competition and forgot to post it here! Time to go back into hibernation again until I muster the energy to paint ten more Sea Guard, a Skycutter and maybe another dragon with magnetized Dragon Mage, Archmage, and Prince (hoping to model him...

This army is looking GLORIOUS. Keep 'em coming!

Since my primary anvil unit is Phoenix Guard, Silver Helms are great for filling out core. In smaller point games, I like them in 5 model units, with the intention that they'll support combats by charging into flanks to disrupt and generate combat resolution. But in bigger point games, and if you in...

Completely agree with you there on a RAI level and this is what is currently played in our group. But wouldn't it be wonderful if GW did not leave so much open to our interpretation? Though after so many years of playing their games, what did I expect? :roll: You're not wrong. I went back to read t...

Axiem wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:40 pm Axiem

Is there a link to the rest of the lists? Curious to see what folks built!

This makes sense, even though the example image is not very helpful in that two models seem more or less equally distant to the charger. But if we assume the above to be as intended and the distance not being related to the charge distance, can't you create impossible charges with skirmishers? E.g....

The rules state you "move directly towards the closest model in the unit of skirmishers" and "as directly as possible into contact with the closest visible model in the target unit" both on pg.186. In General Principles on pg.92, Directly Towards is defined as moving to or from t...

Comps have been and should be made based on actual gameplay and practical experience with many many data points. The game's just not there yet. Again, if you agree with this comp, great, have at it. But to think it's actually well informed in any way is kidding yourself. If you like it, great I'm gl...

This comp is putting the cart before the horse in a big way. This guy is assuming a lot of things based off of feeling, and not actual data. I get that he's a power gamer and has stated as such in the Mountain Miniatures interview, but he in no way has any real information to comp things like this e...

I once made the mistake of charging Dwarf Hammerers in their front with my Cavalry Prince and Silver Helms, and won't be making that mistake again. Since I also play Dwarfs I can assume your opponent had the combo MRoHesitation+RoConfusion and then proceeded to wreck face :mrgreen: It was a low poi...

All that said, I don't think shooting is the thing that's going to win us games all on its own. It's a supplement. The more games I get in, the more I think building lists like we did in 7th, with bare minimum core and focusing on our Special and Rare choices, is what's going to get us wins. And fo...

In my game yesterday, a unit of 20 archers managed to remove a unit of 5 Chaos Knights in two rounds of shooting. Not quite making their points back, but it really helped remove an element that was threatening my center, and really helped me commit to sweeping into their right flank and completely a...

I haven't watched their battle reports specifically in a while, but it might have to do with the new terrain rules in the book?

Page 209 refers you back to page 146 in regards to how they attack, which states that models not in base to base contact can only make one attack. So characters would also only get one attack.

Five more Dragon Princes to add to the host.

I would like to say that the idea that you cast a spell and then run your mage away to prevent dispel attempts is both cowardly and very unsporting. Remember this isn't 40k or Magic the Gathering. You should be enjoying a game with others, even in a tournament environment, and not be trying to win ...

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What happened with your phoenix guard I find kind of concerning tbh. Combat now seems incredibly grindy, because of how break tests work it's near impossible to make a decisive blow in 6 turns, unless you can somehow reduce enemy leadership significantly, or maybe just use some deathstar type unit ...

Large Target is covered in the FAQ. They do block line of sight for other Large Targets.

This happened exactly in my game yesterday. My opponent had a unit of Great Weapon Full Plate Chaos Chosen on my left flank, I counter deployed with Phoenix Guard/BSB (Great Weapon, Battle Banner), I redressed them to 10 wide, and moved them up with the intention of receiving the charge. It also ser...