DE Special Infantry in the End Times: BG viable?
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2015 9:36 pm
Hail!
I'm new to these parts, but I think this is the right section to post my questions.
Part 1:
As a fairly new DE player, I'm a bit stumped on what elite infantry block to take. I currently got 3 packs of unassembled Executioners/Black Guard and want to gear them up as a deathstar, forming the core of large-scale armies (2500+ pts). A semi-competitive to competitive list is my goal, even though our local tournaments are more in the 1500 pts range usually. However I'm unsure whether to assemble them as BG or Execs.
The rest of my army looks as follows:
Sorceress on foot
Peg SS
3x10 Darkshards
3x5 Dark Riders
10 Witch Elves
15 CoK
3 RBT
Hydra
10 Doomfire Warlocks
Kharybdiss
The question is obviously "what I'd like to do" with the deathstar. Executioners are obviously better at breaking heavy armor, but I'd like to run a CoK bus which would kinda compete with them in this role, whereas Black Guard are inherently Stubborn and dish out more attacks on the base - without going too much into detail.
Part 2:
Vanilla DE aside, I'd like to gear up for EoT battles, which are usually at 5000 pts in our local store. In a combined elven army, how would you setup a block of these guys? Is it a good idea to put in a CoB if Alarielle is in the list and hanging back with, say, a small bunker of Phoenix Guard (4++/4+Reg) in range? Couldn't one just run Hellebron to give the unit +1 attack and maybe a Razor Standard? Or is there a way to make them more durable/hard hitting?
Thanks in advance!
I'm new to these parts, but I think this is the right section to post my questions.
Part 1:
As a fairly new DE player, I'm a bit stumped on what elite infantry block to take. I currently got 3 packs of unassembled Executioners/Black Guard and want to gear them up as a deathstar, forming the core of large-scale armies (2500+ pts). A semi-competitive to competitive list is my goal, even though our local tournaments are more in the 1500 pts range usually. However I'm unsure whether to assemble them as BG or Execs.
The rest of my army looks as follows:
Sorceress on foot
Peg SS
3x10 Darkshards
3x5 Dark Riders
10 Witch Elves
15 CoK
3 RBT
Hydra
10 Doomfire Warlocks
Kharybdiss
The question is obviously "what I'd like to do" with the deathstar. Executioners are obviously better at breaking heavy armor, but I'd like to run a CoK bus which would kinda compete with them in this role, whereas Black Guard are inherently Stubborn and dish out more attacks on the base - without going too much into detail.
Part 2:
Vanilla DE aside, I'd like to gear up for EoT battles, which are usually at 5000 pts in our local store. In a combined elven army, how would you setup a block of these guys? Is it a good idea to put in a CoB if Alarielle is in the list and hanging back with, say, a small bunker of Phoenix Guard (4++/4+Reg) in range? Couldn't one just run Hellebron to give the unit +1 attack and maybe a Razor Standard? Or is there a way to make them more durable/hard hitting?
Thanks in advance!