Another advantage is also that the knights get to take their stupidity on 3d6 dropping highest, making them super reliable. I have failed LD10 rerolled stupidity before (only once ever, but it still sticks in my mind because it lost me the game ). It also more easily allows them to operate away from...

Here are some of the renders. I think they finally finished all the renders so hopefully we move to printing soon. ***NOTE THAT IF THERE ARE SPOILER TAGS THEY ARE NSFW**** This first one is going to be the general. http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y100/datalink7/Warhammer/Dread%20Elves/Varanith_zpsf...

I would strongly recommend taking the Cult Priest off of the Altar, and running a separate BSB on foot instead. My reasoning for this is: ⋅ The BSB now on foot can join the Tower Guard, making them Stubborn. This hugely increases their staying power even if they get into a poor combat (wh...

I got hooked into the Toughest Girls of the Galaxy 2 kickstarter's Dark Elves We want pictures! The raptor bus is said to work fine in most meta, so you should be well off. This said, the results of ETC confirmed that DE has a sub-par army book. I would expect an immediate, post-ETC quick fix to al...

Hell all, After Age of Sigmar came out, I quit playing all GW games. I felt that AoS was both a bad game and a punch in the face to old games (I've been playing over 20 years myself). However, I got hooked into the Toughest Girls of the Galaxy 2 kickstarter's Dark Elves, and looking at 9th Age, I'm ...

The advantage of choosing last, I would think, would be that you can adjust your spell selection to fit what the other three spells are. While it might not up your chances for a specific strategy (providing you are right Dalamar but I'm not a math person either and didn't double check you), it would...

Sadly there are many things I feel we struggle against this edition. The combination of 8th ed rules and the new books have not really taken away from us, but given to others. Much like globalization is causing in the modern world, many well off army books are losing their relative power to others....

Point for point, Witch Elves with Cauldron beat Phoenix Guard. Only time this changes is when Frost Phoenix joins the fray. Making up the cost of phoenix in more witch elves won't cut it, but at the price of the frost phoenix you can bring 3 bolt throwers which should be able to deal with it. I'm b...

It's a good option for an Assassin with Manbane. Wounds almost everything, including most monsters, on a 2+.

Note that I didn't say the Assassin itself was a good option

Point for point, Witch Elves with Cauldron beat Phoenix Guard. Only time this changes is when Frost Phoenix joins the fray. Making up the cost of phoenix in more witch elves won't cut it, but at the price of the frost phoenix you can bring 3 bolt throwers which should be able to deal with it. I'm b...

You do realize she's a wizard right? With word of pain from the tome. I'm not saying it's a sure thing, but it's certainly a nasty surprise for an overconfident character. I do realize that she is a wizard. And the DP is a wizard as well, so I was just leaving out those calculations as kind of a wa...

Actually my current two towers list contains a dragon riding level 4 with black amulet and ots. She can take on most solo combat lords (DPs etc) and support my infantry with powerful charges. How can she take on a DP? The DP does ~1.7 wounds to her a turn. In return, the Black Amulet does ~1.1, the...

marcopollo,

Thank you for explaining. I honestly (not trolling here) did not see where you were coming from, which is why I asked for a better explanation.

I still think you are dead wrong. But at least I see that there is a thought process behind your viewpoint, not just a wish that it were so.

I'll post some battle reports in the next few days. Won't be super detailed as I didn't take notes but will give a gist. I didn't miss the Level 4 as much as I missed a dispel scroll. I found that I didn't need the offensive capability of a good magic phase to be effective, but did miss having some ...

Just wanted to say that I just won the tournament with this list. Tabled my opponents all three times.

I've been playing for 20 years now, and I still don't see how you get your interpretation. Though it doesn't really matter about items in the past. I really matters what is going on with this edition. Even using just plain English would disagree with you. If I attack you with, say, my fists, I still...

If those cannons are firing at my shrine, I'm happy. It means they're not shooting at far more valuable cauldron or level 4 on a dragon. Obviously if you bring one, a good player won't be targeting the shrine until that is dealt with. Regardless, the shrine seems a poorer choice to me than simply m...

So after taking your comments into consideration, I came up with this list. 2500 Pts - Dark Elves Roster Lords Dreadlord , 291 pts (General; Heavy Armour; Sea Dragon Cloak; Lance; Charmed Shield; Dawnstone; Cloak of Twilight; Dark Pegasus) Heroes Master , 139 pts (Lance; Heavy Armour; Sea Dragon Clo...

I know I haven't been updating. I have been doing some work but it hasn't been as much as I've wanted. I'm part way through painting the Statue of Khaine for the CoB but nothing ready to show yet. That being said, I'm wanting to convert my Malus Darkblade model into a Master on Cold One BSB. Going t...

Unmounted, you might try life. Doesn't help you with 1+, but it would help you survive war machines. There are three spells that would help. Regen, +Toughness (not against cannon but against hellblaster), and Regrowth to get them back.

Best used with Executioners.

Ad1. If the enemy isn't steadfast then it doesn't matter shrine or not. Executioners rarely win combat by 1 or 2 points. Ad4. Except when there's a character in that file, forcing him to waste his attacks on the shrine is priceless. If I didn't have the shrine, I would have to spend at least 144 po...

While I normally play 2 units of 10 knights, I find they tend to die a lot. I use them with nothing at all to just punch units or hopefully bunkers in the face. My units tend not to be a target so much since they have nothing at all however, once you start adding to them the "Glass Cannon"...

Yes. Poison works that way and "to hit" is mentioned in the rules so that it is clear on the intent. "To hit" is not mentioned in the rules for chillblade. And this is where the confusion comes from. How do you infer that, just because "to hit" is not mentioned, chillb...

I understand what you are saying Data. But it does say that Attacks wound automatically. Sounds pretty clear to me. But if you want the last word on this. Be my guest. It's not about having the last word. I honestly have this belief that you are reading it wrong and I'm trying to make it clearer. H...

I've tried to use it because I love the model. But I haven't found it to be worth the cost. Every loss but one I have with 8th Dark Elves are in a list including the Bloodwrack Shrine (I'm 13-4 I think right now). I took a Two Towers list to a tournament and went 1-2 with it, and it was never effect...