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Post by thorpyuk on Jul 26, 2022 16:39:14 GMT
Hi all, would love your feedback on the following infantry-only list. Note that this list is designed to be competitive in a friendly game vs a Norse list... no magic phase. Its not a fluffy tournament list by any means!
++ Standard (Dwarfs - Army Book (2014-2) -V8.8.0.) [1,998pts] ++
+ Uncategorised +
- Army Size: Army (0-2999 points)
+ Lords +
Lord [238pts]: Shield, Shieldbearers
. Ancestral Heirlooms and Runes: Rune of Fury (1st rune), Rune of Might (1st rune)
+ Heroes +
Dragon Slayer [80pts]: Rune of Cleaving (1st rune)
Thane [114pts]: Battle Standard Bearer, Dwarf Pistol, Shield
. Ancestral Heirlooms and Runes: Rune of Fire (1st rune), Rune of Speed
Thane [104pts]: Dwarf Pistol, Oath Stone, Shield
. Ancestral Heirlooms and Runes: Rune of Speed
+ Core +
Dwarf Warriors [500pts]: Champion, Musician, Standard Bearer
. 47x Dwarf Warrior: 47x Great Weapons
+ Special +
Hammerers [390pts]: 20x Hammerer
. Champion: Rune of Speed
. Musician
. Standard Bearer: Master Rune of Grotch One-Eye
Ironbreakers [310pts]: 20x Ironbreaker
. Champion: Shield
. Musician
. Standard Bearer
Slayers [262pts]: 19x Slayer
. Giant Slayer: Rune of Fire (1st rune)
++ Total: [1,998pts] ++
The plan with these is just to make them very tough to shift! They'd deploy from left to right:
Slayers (with dragonslayer)
Warrior horde (with BSB)
Lord on shieldbearers
Hammerers
Ironbreakers (with oath stone thane)
This means I have one flank unbreakable due to the Slayers, and one immovable mass of ironbreakers with Thane on oath stone on the other.
My main threat is from his Valykeries which have the etherial rule, hence each unit has a magical attack.
The entire army would be covered by a combination action of:
Groth one eye
BSB
Generals leadership
Meaning no matter what the combat res, I'd be rolling leadership on re-rollable Ld 10.
The plan is to grind him down enough to break through with one or more of my units...
Thoughts?
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Post by knoffles on Jul 27, 2022 16:18:58 GMT
The initial thing I thought of is, if your lord is in with the hammerers and your dragon slayer is with the slayers, then the champions in those units wouldn’t necessarily need magic weapons. This would save you a few points to give a better rune(s) to the heroes, as you would also remove the combos required to fit all of them with cheap runes or give the 2 thanes a rune of stone to bump their survivability.
That aside it looks fun.
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Post by grandmasterwang on Jul 28, 2022 10:33:52 GMT
I personally love it and think it will look amazing on the tabletop.
Hopefully you get the armywide hatred and lucky charge rolls for the +1 strength.
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Post by thorpyuk on Jul 29, 2022 11:09:45 GMT
Thanks all... I'm hoping that his army list doesn't include masses of shooting units! My plan is to be unbreakable, grind him down until one or more of his units break, and then mop up!
How do I post images on here? I have some stored on my bugmans brewery login, but no matter what I try, I can't seem to link them here?
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Post by thorpyuk on Jul 29, 2022 14:09:26 GMT
The initial thing I thought of is, if your lord is in with the hammerers and your dragon slayer is with the slayers, then the champions in those units wouldn’t necessarily need magic weapons. This would save you a few points to give a better rune(s) to the heroes, as you would also remove the combos required to fit all of them with cheap runes or give the 2 thanes a rune of stone to bump their survivability. That aside it looks fun. Knoffles, it's a fair shout with reducing the costs of runic weapons on champion level (Hammerer champ, Giant slayer), but TBH, because etherial are probably the biggest problem if i cant kill them, i'd sooner keep every single man i can with a magical attack! |
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Post by knoffles on Jul 30, 2022 14:23:57 GMT
Thanks all... I'm hoping that his army list doesn't include masses of shooting units! My plan is to be unbreakable, grind him down until one or more of his units break, and then mop up! How do I post images on here? I have some stored on my bugmans brewery login, but no matter what I try, I can't seem to link them here? You either need to put the images on a 3rd party site like imgur and then link them to your post using the bb code link or use the Tapatalk app to post on the site. Because the site is effectively free hosting, there is very limited storage space so the ability to directly upload is turned off for most users. |
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Post by jamesacon on Jul 30, 2022 22:00:13 GMT
Hi there,
I'm just curious about what a Norse army is. What are valkeries?
Thanks
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Post by thorpyuk on Jul 31, 2022 5:50:37 GMT
Hi there, I'm just curious about what a Norse army is. What are valkeries? Thanks Hi Jamesacon, it's an unofficial version that looks like it was based on 7th edition rather than 8th. Here's a link to the book. Valkyries are an etherial unit: issuu.com/staviouscrowe/docs/warhammer_armies_-_norse |
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Post by grandmasterwang on Aug 5, 2022 13:31:36 GMT
Thanks all... I'm hoping that his army list doesn't include masses of shooting units! My plan is to be unbreakable, grind him down until one or more of his units break, and then mop up! How do I post images on here? I have some stored on my bugmans brewery login, but no matter what I try, I can't seem to link them here? I use Tapatalk to post pictures. Is there anyway to sneak a Strollaz rune on say the Ironbreakers? That way it will be harder for them to avoid you and shoot you up. |
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Post by thorpyuk on Aug 30, 2022 20:34:10 GMT
Hi all, thought I'd swing back with a report on how it went. The list performed brilliantly & I can honestly reccommend it to anyone playing a 2k game against shooting-lite opposition (although you'll need runesmiths too). It's a good thing I had ironbreakers on one flank & Slayers on the other as I faced a pincer movement with 2 hard units on each flank- a unit of half-giants on one and a unit of trolls on the other including the enemy general! Long & short of it is that my flank units held their ground long enough for the lord, hammerers and GW Warriors to do their business in the middle. Link to full writeup here: www.bugmansbrewery.com/topic/49572-8th-dwarfs-vs-norse-2000-pts/#entry555399 |
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Post by knoffles on Sept 6, 2022 9:39:19 GMT
Hi all, thought I'd swing back with a report on how it went. The list performed brilliantly & I can honestly reccommend it to anyone playing a 2k game against shooting-lite opposition (although you'll need runesmiths too). It's a good thing I had ironbreakers on one flank & Slayers on the other as I faced a pincer movement with 2 hard units on each flank- a unit of half-giants on one and a unit of trolls on the other including the enemy general! Long & short of it is that my flank units held their ground long enough for the lord, hammerers and GW Warriors to do their business in the middle. Link to full writeup here: www.bugmansbrewery.com/topic/49572-8th-dwarfs-vs-norse-2000-pts/#entry555399A solid victory. Quick question, what was the reason for not putting your lord in a unit? |
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Post by thorpyuk on Sept 6, 2022 19:37:30 GMT
Hi all, thought I'd swing back with a report on how it went. The list performed brilliantly & I can honestly reccommend it to anyone playing a 2k game against shooting-lite opposition (although you'll need runesmiths too). It's a good thing I had ironbreakers on one flank & Slayers on the other as I faced a pincer movement with 2 hard units on each flank- a unit of half-giants on one and a unit of trolls on the other including the enemy general! Long & short of it is that my flank units held their ground long enough for the lord, hammerers and GW Warriors to do their business in the middle. Link to full writeup here: www.bugmansbrewery.com/topic/49572-8th-dwarfs-vs-norse-2000-pts/#entry555399A solid victory. Quick question, what was the reason for not putting your lord in a unit? Good question... I wanted the flexibility to be able to move him around if required- if one unit or flank was struggling. I knew he'd benefit from 'look out sir' if shot so no huge benefit from being in the unit |
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Post by FvonSigmaringen on Sept 6, 2022 19:53:59 GMT
Well, there is a difference between a 4+ and a 2+ LoS ward save. Depending on your definition, it may not be not a huge, but certainly a clear benefit.
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Post by thorpyuk on Sept 6, 2022 20:29:10 GMT
Well, there is a difference between a 4+ and a 2+ LoS ward save. Depending on your definition, it may not be not a huge, but certainly a clear benefit. I didn't realise that, thanks Fvon, that's a really good shout! |
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