After dar too much deliberating and changing I have come up with my tournament list for a local 2400 tournament I'm going to in February. I have 2 or 3 practice games until then, so any ideas would be appreciated as I can try them out in the other games.
LORD
S Sorceress, Dispell Scroll, 4++ talisman, Dark Steed. Dark Magic
HEROES
Death Hag, BSB, Cauldron of Blood, Cry of War.
Master, Peg, CoT, Lance, Shield, SDC, HA.
CORE
28 Witch Elves, FC
5 DR RxB, shields, musician
9 DR Shields, Full Command
SPECIAL
30 Executioners FC, Banner of Swiftness
Hydra
2 Bolt Throwers
RARE
5 Warlocks
5 Warlocks
The 9 DR act as the Sorceress bunker, and also 'reserves', that can quickly get around the battleground, and help swing a combat where it might be needed / help fleeing units exit the board in a prompt and timely manner. With the SS in there, and a PoD, that should very much win a even combat between some units. No RxBs for these so I could get one more just for numbers, but they should be out of harms way until the melees start anyway.
With a 4++ ward save and hopefully a few wounds gained from Dark Magic, she might well be able to leave the DRs at later parts of the game, to go cast spells where she is needed, and resist any stray shooting or magic she might get her way, will play that by ear, as the battle goes along.
The warlocks / dark riders will be the redirector / war machine hunters. The peg hero will hunt for juicy targets / hunt war machines. My biggest fear is the execs (and to a lesser extent the WEs being decimated before they can get to the safety of melee!)
CoB in WE, making a nice horde and running towards juicy targets. Execs doing the same.
I wanted the Kharidbyss, but that would have put me over the 7.0 swedish comp limit, so why not bring the old Hydra out. Hopefully people will still use him as a target of cannons etc ... thus taking fire off my WE and Execs.
All sound good plans, which I will no doubt not put into use like I should, but lets see what happens.
Any feedback would be appreciated.
2400pt Tounament list (swedish Comp.)
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Re: 2400pt Tounament list (swedish Comp.)
Seems fine to me.
The Hydra benefits greatly from Fiery Breath upgrade.
Is your SS Level 4 or 3?
The Hydra benefits greatly from Fiery Breath upgrade.
Is your SS Level 4 or 3?
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Re: 2400pt Tounament list (swedish Comp.)
Whats the score on this list?
If you are near a 7, I think that's too low.
I would drop the Executioners to 27. 30 is a -36 comp hit whereas 27 is only -29.
Cloak of Twilight is awesome, but is it -8 comp points awesome? Something to think about..
Similarly, Warlocks are awesome. But that second unit is basically an additional -12 penalty.
Don't get me wrong, your list looks strong, but if you have a score near 7... you'll need to be tabling people in order to compete for the best scores. I think you need to game the Swede system a little better and look hard at where the big penalties are coming from.
The above 3 examples were the ones that jumped out to me, but I'm sure you could tighten it up a little. Metal magic isn't penalized under Swede, I'd think of switching to that if you want to trim even more points.
If you are near a 7, I think that's too low.
I would drop the Executioners to 27. 30 is a -36 comp hit whereas 27 is only -29.
Cloak of Twilight is awesome, but is it -8 comp points awesome? Something to think about..
Similarly, Warlocks are awesome. But that second unit is basically an additional -12 penalty.
Don't get me wrong, your list looks strong, but if you have a score near 7... you'll need to be tabling people in order to compete for the best scores. I think you need to game the Swede system a little better and look hard at where the big penalties are coming from.
The above 3 examples were the ones that jumped out to me, but I'm sure you could tighten it up a little. Metal magic isn't penalized under Swede, I'd think of switching to that if you want to trim even more points.
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Re: 2400pt Tounament list (swedish Comp.)
Thanks for the replies.
The Hydra fiery breath would have put me over the 7 score on the swedish score unfortunatley. The sorceress is Lvl 4.
I think I didn't word it correctly Poisonblade, the comp is a normal 0-20 for each game without swedish points taken into account in the scoring, but each army list can onlyscore a minimum of 7 points, so it's best to get close to that figure.
The Hydra fiery breath would have put me over the 7 score on the swedish score unfortunatley. The sorceress is Lvl 4.
I think I didn't word it correctly Poisonblade, the comp is a normal 0-20 for each game without swedish points taken into account in the scoring, but each army list can onlyscore a minimum of 7 points, so it's best to get close to that figure.
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Re: 2400pt Tounament list (swedish Comp.)
Shearov wrote:Thanks for the replies.
The Hydra fiery breath would have put me over the 7 score on the swedish score unfortunatley. The sorceress is Lvl 4.
I think I didn't word it correctly Poisonblade, the comp is a normal 0-20 for each game without swedish points taken into account in the scoring, but each army list can onlyscore a minimum of 7 points, so it's best to get close to that figure.
Ohhhh, yeah that changes things quite a bit
You can pretty much ignore most of my post then.
Although... if you drop the Executioners to 27, you should be able to get the fiery breath in. I think it's worth it.
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