That is an excellent walkthrough of the potential of corsair handbows, hat's off to you mypantsarefree13 I had mostly settled on ahw myself, but looking at the maths maybe I will try the handbows and see what they can do for me. Don't forget you are likely to often be moving and shooting also thoug...

The Hydra was made to tackle Skaven, methinks Most Skaven will struggle to get a wound in when they are targeting a small chariot frontage, hit on 4's, wound on 6's, and then only half of those can wound through the scaly skin. Skaven certainly will not have the attacks to wipe it out in one or even...

Anyone try to use bigger units of hand bow equipped corsairs, like 20+? I've tried up to 35, usually with full command and +1M banner, deployed 7-wide. Most of the time, count on hitting on 5's due to long range + multi-shot (or multi-shot and stand and shoot). The loss of 7 attacks for 30 shots (d...

Are we playing the same game here? Warhammer, right? I think this is unnecessary. We're all just trying to help. If you can post your own list that would be great. I agree with Dalamar that if you are against WoC, and have shooting capability, then by all means deploy back and get at least one extr...

I have also found that most of my opponents who use cannons like to fudge the rules a lot on how they target. For instance, you cannot fire the cannon in such a way that it has a chance to hit one of their own targets. So since the cannon could roll a 10, twice, that's a 20 inch line across the boa...

Yeah, I felt bad for him, too. I rolled much more sixes than I should have. We joked that. Must have cooked dice, so they had me use their dice. First batch roll of 5 got me 3 sixes, then I got my reroll to hit and got another two sixes.

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I had a 3 person free-for-all game vs. dwarfs and tomb kings. We each had 2500 points. My list: Dreadlord on Dragon -armor of destiny, dawnstone, potion of strength, sea cloak, lance, shield Death Hag -cauldron, BSB Master -peg, +1 armor, lance, cloak of twilight WE x 35 w/full cmd, razor std. Corsa...

I've used the cauldron in three games now, twice with a horde of witches and once with corsairs. It's just brutal, with witches + cauldron being a unit that can be almost impossible for some armies to beat. Today I played a three person game and divided my army in half to tackle both tomb kings and ...

I have. The spell isn't hard to cast and most opponents are worried about our other spells. Especially on a peg it's not hard to throw the template centered on an infantry unit and get enough kills to generate 2-3 wounds.

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CR seems to be a problem. Easy to flank that horde unit with infantry that can negate my own ranks and potential steadfast. I tried to cover my flanks but the overrun changed that; my support units couldn't keep up, and since my WE unit was aimed at his center, my opponent had support units of his ...

Those instances do happen but usually if the enemy unit flees it's not right on the edge of the battlefield. Monsters are safest in combat away from shooting. Therefore I only find Terror positive in instances against opponents with Fear.... This way they wont flee and still have to take Fear tests....

I don't know....the cauldron is expensive enough that you want to use its abilities each round. Neither CoK or Executioners wound many things worse than rolling a 1 anyway. You don't need the cauldron in this case. Anything T5 or higher is usually a small part of the opponents army, and thus the cau...

Have two stories with the cauldron under my belt: * my group plays with the RAW rules for the cauldron, so I put it in a corsair unit with handbows to get a round of shooting in prior to being charged and then another standing and shooting. Never got to shoot as I'd rather charge the targets I had i...

Easier to get the first time reading it if you don't have previous editions of psychology rules in your head.

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OMG what can't they do? I'm tickled pink that they now have access to GWs. I fight OK a lot and they need that extra strength to tackle Ironblasters. Against anyone besides OK or Dwarfs I give them AHW and call it a day. I've only ever used 5-man units but I see the potential on paper for larger uni...

Its not like I am saying that VC should use SH ftw. They are just a very cheap and effective. And if played well they can be that proverbial "rock in the shoe". And it is not like we can't deal with them. But trying to find a cost effective way dealing while not needing to deviate from ou...

Very inventive! And with minimal greenstuff, I love it. Better check your hobby room--consider this stolen

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AMAZING conversions. I'm a conversion junkie, and this just got me itchin' for a fix.

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I really like the assassin hiding behind a wall. Great idea!

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Sometimes you've GOT to prevent that cannon from firing that one crucial turn, and the only way to get a unit into combat with it is with a flyer... but he didn't leave enough room in front for a 40x40 base to fit. At that point, harpies are the only choice. They do one thing that no other DE chaff...

Shadow, Drop toughness with Wihtering for all of your shooing units, and pit of shades big blocks of low init troops. Drop movement and WS with Miasma to set up favorable charges, and to help force combat in to your favour. Totally agree with Dirty Mac. That many shooting attacks deserve a good Wit...

When the new book hit the streets we all saw the synergy between WEs and a Hag w/Cauldron. What initially looked good on paper proved it's value on the tabletop. Some DE veterans voiced that they think the Cauldron was a new fad that would soon prove to be points-inefficient and fade into the backgr...

I'm not a big fan of leadership-bomb lists. They're polorized lists that either win or lose in the list-building stage of the game, which to me is gimmicky. I don't mind losing to tactics and/or luck but I do mind losing before my models even hit the table, or conversely winning before my opponent d...

Black Guard are very very pricey. Their special hatred is redundant most of the time, yet you still pay for it. Stubborn is only important if you plan on losing a fight, which you shouldn't be with expensive T3 elves. Their attacks aren't spectacular. This said, they still kick butt, just not as eff...

Yup. I get it. But Spirit hosts are able to pick their fights and can sacrifice themselves for long durations as speed bumps. They can get into the back field easy and pick off RBT and lone mages. They can even torpedo bunkers with a reasonable chance to kill off sorceresses. And for 45 pts that is...