Got a couple of 2.5 games in today against an old friend and long term opponent. WoC Vs WoC
I was running
++ Standard (Warriors of Chaos - Army Book (2013-4) -V8.8.0.) [2,499pts] +++ Uncategorised +- Army Size: Army (0-2999 points)
+ Lords +Archaon [580pts]: AB - The Armour of Morkar, AB - The Crown of Domination, AB - The Eye of Sheerian, AB - The Slayer of Kings, Lore of Shadow, Wizard Level 2
+ Heroes +Chaos Sorcerer [231pts]: Lore of Fire, Wizard Level 2
. Barded Chaos Steed
. Chaos Mutations & Powers: Chaos Familiar
. Magic Items: BRB - Talisman of Preservation
Exalted Hero [203pts]: Battle Standard Bearer, Shield
. Chaos Mutations & Powers: Scaled Skin
. Magic Items: BRB - Sword of Striking, BRB - Talisman of Endurance
+ Core +Chaos Warhounds [40pts]. 5x Chaos Warhound: 5x Vanguard special rule
Chaos Warhounds [40pts]. 5x Chaos Warhound: 5x Vanguard special rule
Chaos Warriors [360pts]: Champion, Musician, Standard Bearer
. 22x Chaos Warrior: 22x Shields
Marauder Horsemen [190pts]: Musician, Standard Bearer
. 10x Marauder Horsemen: 10x Light armour, 10x Shields, 10x Spears
+ Special +Dragon Ogres [204pts]. 3x Dragon Ogre: 3x Great weapons
Dragon Ogres [204pts]. 3x Dragon Ogre: 3x Great weapons
+ Rare +Dragon Ogre Shaggoth [227pts]: Great weapons
Dragon Ogre Shaggoth [220pts]: Additional hand weapons
++ Total: [2,499pts] ++Created with
BattleScribeHe had something along the line of...
Lv4 shadow in 3 ranks of hw/ shield warriors
BSB and Festus in 4 rank deep GW chosen
Flail marauders
2x dogs
3 GW dragon ogres
3 bloodcrushers
Cannon
Game 1 was over nearly as it started. His cannon misfired on turn one, destroying itself and a nearby unit. Which I found hilarious... Then my turn one, Archaon miscast sucking himself and half his unit in to the void!! The rest of the game consisted of units picking each other off and resulted in a draw, with the majority of stuff dead.
Game 2 was meeting engagement, another draw, with is both retaining our power units with respective characters whilst the rest of the armies matched themselves against weaker opponents taking each other out piecemeal.
Both great games though - learned a few things...
Dragon Ogres great on paper but very swingy, either they're doing loads of wounds or none. I ran 2 units of 3 in the firs game and 1 unit of 6 in the second. I'll definitely keep them as 2 units moving forward, they absolutely perform better this way.
Running archaon the BSB felt really redundant with my list, having nothing panic within his range anyway, I'll likely drop him and rely on Archaon's break test rerolls.
I LOVE Shaggoths, small footprint but nice wounds and attacks. Definitely running these again. For sure they are no chimera, but considering chimera are comped, I'd say a great replacement. Definitely my MVP of bother games
Great day though, though I found 5+ hours of gaming particularly taxing!