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I think the title says it all. I'm in the market to start collecting trollbloods and know the game is in transition, so I thought I'd come to the folks who have played for a bit or have seen the changes and know what they will do to the game.

Any solid choices for trollbloods? I love nearly all of the minis, so I'm pretty open to suggestions. Though, the big beasties are what really make me interested most.

So with that, any thoughts?

Any of the four Dire Trolls and either of the Doomshaper Warlocks to run them.

If you have the coin, get a Dire Troll Mauler Extreme, it's an awesome model.

I did the same about a month back.

I got the Battlebox.
Madrak, Axer light warbeast, and 2 Impaler light warbeasts.
Also the Dire Troll Mauler heavy warbeast.

I am told that the units to get are:
Trollkin Champions
Kriel Warriors
the unit attachment
Kriel Stone Bearer
Stone Scribe Chroniclers
and Fell Caller.
Also, Troll Whelps if you plan to run beast heavy.

Personally, I plan to get Champions and Fennblades, and Troll Whelps. And the online store KiltLifter as a Fell Caller.
I am going to try to run without the Kriel Stone and see how I do.

Some thoughts on Hoarluk Doomshaper.

He's a caster/warbeast warlock

To leverage Warbeast melee, you go with:

Hoarluk (-6)
Axer (6)
Bouncer (5) Protection
Mauler (9) Crazy fighty
Mulg (11) Expensive character 'beast

Which brings you to 25 points.

Krielstone Bearer and Scribes (3)
Elder Krielstone Unit attachment (1)
Minimum Champions (6)

35 points.

DISCLAIMER: Not sure how well this will run. I think anti-melee builds will
hose it as it has no ranged effects whatsoever. Also I didn't leave room for Whelps,
which now grant Fury management for warbeasts.

Doomshaper is probably the best caster we have for running with lots of beasts. I haven't tried him out in Mk 2 yet, but I'm looking forward to it.

I'd go for Champions, Fell Caller, and Krielstone Bearer with UA as your first priority after getting your warlock and Beasts.

I realy like the bests from the battle box, all good choices for just about any warlock.

whitekong wrote:I realy like the bests from the battle box, all good choices for just about any warlock.

I think they should have included a different light in place of the Impaler, though. Maybe
include something else that would have the possibility of a blister purchase outside of
the battlebox, though I'm not sure which light warbeast would work in that case.