WE, BG or Executioners?

Blackrainey · Post by **Blackrainey** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 6:08 am

I'm looking to expand my army with ether WE, BG or Executioners.
But im not sure what would be the better asset at this point.

I currently have:
2x 14 Rxbs
20x Spears
10x CoK
20x Corsairs (edit)
1x Socceress

Dirty Mac · Post by **Dirty Mac** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 6:19 am

I am new so i might be wrong, but what about corsairs?

A group of 20 (5x4) with extra hand weapon and the Sea serpent standard, would get you 20 attacks re-rollable on first round, 25 attacks if you bless them with the cauldron.
most people would choose KB i think.
And they are slavers , which means if the opponent flees , you can make him re roll the highest d6 if you want.

Blackrainey · Post by **Blackrainey** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 7:37 am

I have a unit of corsairs to sorry. I left them out. Edited.

Don't have a cauldron, should I think about getting one of those instead of WE/BG etc?

Tzelok · Post by **Tzelok** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 8:20 am

I'd say get some more spears. If you will be playing larger sized games you will need a bigger block to stand up to other army's big blocks.

The Cauldron is a great unit, it can increase the versatility of any army and makes an awesome BSB. You can't go wrong there.

As for which special unit to pick, the answer is depends.

Executioners for hard hitting vs high toughness or armour opponents

Which elves for large hordes of weak enemies

BG for a balance of both.

The virgin forest · Post by **The virgin forest** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:16 am

My love goes to the khainites, the witch elves never disappoint, and neither does a 30 man horde unit of executioners - and with these units and cauldron bsb, you've got a battleline that just won't budge.

With a little magic to boost them units like witch elves can dish out enormous amounts of high damage attacks, on the other hand so will a horde of executioners, while the execs need protection to cross the field and get over their ASL. In general the witches need less babysitting than the execs.

Oh, and get some shades and dark riders too

Enkiel · Post by **Enkiel** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 12:41 pm

BG or WE, really depends on what you play against the most.

WE with Armor piercing Banner can make quick work of small units of just about anything without too much armor save, but will die in drove in the following turn.

BG hit a bit less, but have more staying power.

A cauldron is definately a must, but i'm not sure i'd recommend gettingi t at this point.

Tethlis · Post by **Tethlis** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 6:19 pm

The exact same conversation is also unfolding here:

http://www.druchii.net/viewtopic.php?t=67715

Blackrainey · Post by **Blackrainey** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 8:26 pm

@Tethlis: I did see that before but hadn't realised it had started discussing WE as well.

I'll mostly be playing High Elves and Empire.

I think I know what to get next now. Thanks guys, you've been a huge help.