Darkling Covens Army Shift from GH19
Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2019 9:26 pm
Hi,
The General's Handbook 2019 was released recently with some points drops for the Darkling Covens. How do you think this will affect the army builds going forward ?
A rough breakdown of the changes are:
Dreadspears & Bleakswords - These dropped to 90/320. I don't think these units are good enough to be used in a decent numbers, especially with the next unit's change
BlackGuard - Dropped to 120/320 (320 for 30). These now compete with Executioners for our most points efficient killer. I can see more Black Guard being used now, probably 2 Black Guard blobs and an Executioner blob
Sorceress on Black Dragon - went down another 20 to 260. A few more will probably be seen, even if they are very fragile. Personally to offset this I'll be giving mine the command trait an artefact to make it -2 to hit.
Other notable changes for Darkling Coven allies are Drakespear Knights went down 20 to 120, Deepkin Morrsarr went up 30 to 170 and Corsair hoard discount make them very tempting at 80/240 (yes the last 10 are effectively free).
Whats your thoughts on the GH19 changes ?
The General's Handbook 2019 was released recently with some points drops for the Darkling Covens. How do you think this will affect the army builds going forward ?
A rough breakdown of the changes are:
Dreadspears & Bleakswords - These dropped to 90/320. I don't think these units are good enough to be used in a decent numbers, especially with the next unit's change
BlackGuard - Dropped to 120/320 (320 for 30). These now compete with Executioners for our most points efficient killer. I can see more Black Guard being used now, probably 2 Black Guard blobs and an Executioner blob
Sorceress on Black Dragon - went down another 20 to 260. A few more will probably be seen, even if they are very fragile. Personally to offset this I'll be giving mine the command trait an artefact to make it -2 to hit.
Other notable changes for Darkling Coven allies are Drakespear Knights went down 20 to 120, Deepkin Morrsarr went up 30 to 170 and Corsair hoard discount make them very tempting at 80/240 (yes the last 10 are effectively free).
Whats your thoughts on the GH19 changes ?