Beastmen Army Book Analysis, Character Builds and Tactics

grandmasterwang I am happy we can exchange here our experiences , points of view and strategies.
One of the best part of the game is planning the list and the strategy.
It 's a continuous research for a new and better set up.

I am really really glad you  liked it!
Thanks for the link.
As soon as I can I will check it .I am very curious!

The short answer is my beasts were packed up when I moved house and haven’t come out since. My main focus at present is the blood bowl competition but on the fantasy front I’m currently only playing with my wood elves. The beasts will come out again but with a Minotaur heavy build in the next showing 😀

Lore of Shadow
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Lore Attribute - Smoke and Mirrors: (Average) While you do have to get a bit clever to wring any use of this thing, it can potentially get your mage's skillet out of the fire, or help put characters in better situations, and all effectively for free.

0. Melkoth's Mystifying Miasma: (Gold-Standard) Remember when I said that Wyssan's Wildform is arguably the best signature spell in the game? Meet its competition. The ability to lower enemy movement puts all sort of unit avoidance shenanigans into play, lowering Ballistic Skill is a fantastic way to combat small-arms shooting, and debuffing Weapon Skill and/or Initiative can swing a combat your way. An absolute gem of a spell.

1. Steed of Shadows: (Conditional) Useful for advancing characters such as lone Doombulls to enemy lines quickly. Otherwise... not much to see here.

2. The Enfeebling Foe: (Above-average) Reducing enemy Strength can swing combats and help keep a lot of your guys alive, and its being a Remains in Play spell means that it will sap enemy dice before it goes away.

3. The Withering: (Above-average) A potentially backbreaking spell, this spell can help even the humblest regiments of Gors chew through big tough monsters with little trouble. Being Remains in Play means that your opponent has to expend resources to make it go away, which is always nice.

4. The Penumbral Pendulum: (Conditional) A "cannonball" that has unreliable range and allows an Initiative test to avoid. There's better stuff to be had in this Lore.

5. Pit of Shades: (Above-average) Another one of the infamous "nuke" spells, this one has several perks, one of which being that you get to choose the unit you're going to dump it on, and that the range and casting cost are pretty decent. You can't cast it into combat and the template does have a chance of scattering, but those are mostly nitpicks. A great spell to have.

6. Okkam's Mindrazor: (Gold-Standard) Another amazing spell, this spell will give even the most humble Ungor a massive boost to their effective Strength, making Beastmen's already accurate attacks exponentially more dangerous. While we're not as fast or as high up on the Leadership scale as some of the other armies that use this to great effect (notably the Elves), we usually have a heck of a lot more guys benefiting from it.

Overall: (Gold-Standard) I consider this the best Lore we have access to overall. I heartily recommend a few low-level Bray-Shamans so you can cast Miasma multiple times per turn as the absolute minimum you should bring.


Lord of shadow is the beastman jam and in my personal opinion a level 4 is the best option

Shooting a Penumbral Pendulum at a ogre deathstar with the rune maw is hilarious you don't cause much damage true but its a start !

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Gor Herd [385pts]: Champion [10pts], Musician [5pts], Standard Bearer [10pts]

. Rules: Beastmen Ambush, Primal Fury

. 45x Gor [360pts]: 45x Additional Hand Weapon [45pts]




Tuskgor Chariot [80pts]




Tuskgor Chariot [80pts]

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Tuskgor Chariot [80pts]


Gor herd will be deployed with our 2 shaman 
I tried them in Horde formation.
They are a good and solid Unit.

( honestly with my shamans I was never able to cast nothing !!!! ....my 2 lev 1 shamans are not effective in casting  but 
I can say I always used  with profits  the scroll and dark rain item) !
Before melee you can also decide to leave them behind .
I left them in combat each on the opposite corner of the horde.

Chariots are really useful 
they cover flank ...they have good stats and they can help my special troops with a flank charge 
Play them....!

Rare [275pts] +



Ghorgon [275pts]

. Rules: Bloodgreed, Frenzy, Immune to Psychology, Large Target, Strength from Flesh, Stubborn, Swallow Whole, Terror, Thunderstomp

. Model: Ghorgon, Weapon: Hand Weapon

I had finally my model painted. I could not wait to play it and once I did I was really amazed by this unit

Something to keep in mind.
 
1) he can be deployed on a flank due to his High leadership 
2) he is frenzy ....so can be safe to have a chariot  escorting him 
chariot can charge on a flank, helping in fight,  help in chasing unit 
3) In case we front cannons we will be happy to use dark rain item .
It's a huge protection but not always can save us.
anyway our ghorghon has several wounds ( 6!!!) and can survive also to a cannon ball.
then maybe the turn after he is in melee and before dying can mess up enemy lines...ehehhe


I hope you like the list  I am playing it .
It's really a thing.
In case you need to know more ...please ask.

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in case you  cannot play special Character ...then shame on you!
Taurox deserves to lead our troops and you should try somehow to play it.
In case really you cannot swap him with a Doomull ( up to you the set up ..)
If you want to keep the list as it is then you will have less then 100 points available  for him  
so try something like this ---
- armour of destiny 
- sword of swift slaying 
- the other 's trickster's shard 
- shield
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DO not be worried about magic phase ...we are not  here for casting 
DO not be worried of dispelling ..we have a scroll..but something will pass. we can bear it! 
DO Not be shy ....we are here to mince enemies....so..DO IT 
Fear does not exist in this dojo, does it?

so remember 
...FEAR NOT.