The only time I rely on the Pendant is in games where I face DOC, and that is because the unkillable BSB is one of the few things I own that can reliably eliminate 12 flamers. Otherwise, I don't take it in about half the games I play, and I have the same distribution of losses and wins regardless of...

I really like this list, and I actually don't think it is as cheesey as you think. I've always felt that the thing that makes BG deathstars so nasty is the fact that they are accompanied by dual hydras, unkillable BSBs, large screens of harpies, and shades with first turn charging assassins. However...

I agree with deathknight27, and I think the mathhammer actually supports his theory. Sure there is a 300% increase in casting power from using a lv1 to using a lv2, but that doesen't mean that it makes the lv2 effective. For example, if I'm understanding the analysis correctly, your mathhammer state...

Who would really be crazy enough to let their flesh hounds near a hydra anyway? In most games you can set up deployment to where they don't have a choice. i.e. in my army the flesh hounds can charge my battle line of dedicated cc units, where my hydra will be counter-charging or they can charge the...

Greetings everyone. Also a side question. Does anyone know if Malekith knows of Morathis worshiping slaanesh and the ruling of the cult of pleasure? cheers. In the druchii 6th ed book, there is a story, where Morathi speaks to Malekith of pacts she has made with slaanesh, so I would say the answer ...

Favorite Druchii saying from the back of 6th ed book:

"We are the most civilized race in the world, we have more exquisite ways to kill then any other."

An army that is 90% made up of one unit. An example is the shade deathstar which has 50 great weapon wielding shades, BSB with the standard of hag graef, Pendant noble, ring of hotek/null talisman characters and possibly an assassin. The rest of the army is usually comprised of small units of DR or ...

When using warriors for static CR, I find that it is useful to not go less then 20 for reasons stated before. I think a unit of 10 Warriors could work for a cheap flanker unit. I personally, don't use them, because I use 10 corsairs as my cheap flanker units. They work better for the purposes of my ...

The pendant of khaleth is a good defensive item, but it is defending a dreadlord or master, a dark elf character doesn't impact the game that much. A 35 point item that makes a 2-3 wound character largely immune to high strength attacks isn't game breaking for anyones army. If it were a blood thirs...

So, if an elf got plenty of years for training, why are there so much S3 Elves??? And I'm talking of Highelves and Woodelves, too. Most of the enemy units are wounded on 2+ and they have Deathblow. S3 is ok. Yes, but most elf training relies more on survival through agility, finesse and discipline ...

Balor wrote:@Camaris:
Take a Druchii Warrior with six points and then a Skaven with 5 points.
Please compare rules and profile and then answer it yourself.

Well, let's see; for about the same points I get 20 clanrats with FC, and a ratling gun? I think I'll take the clanrat any day.

Okay, maybe it is possible to lose. But my Core units would cost 6 points...Hello? I wont play something cheap with these rules...it is unfair!!! And I want to play assassins...as a hero choice. The assassins now are full heroes with no hero choice...absolutely unfair...you see, even if I want to, ...

If you don't care about fluff, Lokhir and Hellebron both do well in ASF BG; you'll however need to build your army around this unit by providing screens, etc, since a hail of doom arrow or some other equivalent nightmare will ruin your day very fast. However, you can also field them in their respect...

There was a period of time that I stopped running the khainite elites(exec and WE). The reason being is that as everyone as been saying, they're kind of a hit or miss unit. In some games you watch as they annihilate half the enemy army all by themselves, while in other games they get shot to pieces ...

Wow lots of good stuff, I think in my case killing the hero is my best bet. If you're planning on facing them in combat, watch out for the amber pendant, which makes you always strike last, and/or annoyance of netlings, in a challenge you hit on 6s or their regen armor. When I face EG, I just shoot...

Is the spell infernal gateway affected by the Ring of Hotek? My friend claims that it isn't, but I haven't yet gotten the chance to read the WOC book to verify this, yet.

@Weenth: The Vargulf has five wounds and regeneration like the War Hydra, so for the purposes of THIS combat result the Hydra and the Vargulf will perform equally. Two Treekin have 6 wounds with a 5+ ward save, meaning the assassin will kill one of the treekin if he's lucky. For the most part, I agr...

Thanks for all the comments! I definitely like the idea of this shadow assault army, and will probably go with that.

My local gaming group is doing this campaign/tournament thing, where we have to make a couple 2500 pt lists; my opponents will be HE, WOC, Brettonia, and WE. My new lists have taken to experimenting with units that I rarely use, and as a result, I have decided to try out the dragon mage. My biggest ...

Well for one, you should not be charging 1+ armor save troops with a shade unit and expecting to win even if you have the ROK/Manbane assassin in it. After all, everyone is going to hit on S5 at most, which makes their armor save 3+. This is a space marine save. There is a reason that the adeptus as...

Yes this is one of my worries, and I think that is why my WOC opponent has changed his list so drastically, since I've decimated a few of his lists that contained nornal duders. I'm thinking the key is to going to be to rely heavily on the flee charge reaction by setting up some baits etc... The hig...

I was wondering if anyone has experience fighting a WOC fluff beast list led by Kholek Suneater and Throgg, since I may have to face this shortly. The list will probably contain at least two units of Trolls, Dragon Ogres, Spawn, warhounds and maybe some marauder horsemen. The list I am currently usi...

Thanks for taking a look! I know that their isn't a ton of high strength stuff in the list but I am hoping that I can bait/delay anything overly threatening with my harpies and dark riders. The army is designed to fight and hopefully win through static CR. I will see how it goes. You may have a tou...

The only occasions on which he will not be the first striking is when attacking a model with the Nightshroud (VC), a model with the Noxious Vapours (DoC), or a Keeper of Secrets, who has an even higher Initiative value. Assassins and a Keeper of Secrets both have I10. As a result of this, using the...

Only problem I see is your Dreadlord on dragon is using a basic hand weapon? Not utilising the dragon hammer to the full extent there. Ya, I gave him crimson death when I calculated his points value, but for some reason made a typo when I was typing the list. I have included this in the edit. 10 co...