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Whats the best unit/character in the WoC Army book to take on a hellpit abomination?

I'm playing in a 2,500pt tournament in a few weaks and there will be a Skaven player who will use 2-3 of these things

I was thinking either knights with lances or warriors with great weapons but i'm not sure what else might work

Any thoughts?

A Lore of Tzeentch sorcerer has a legitimate chance of killing one each magic phase, if he gets the right spells cast.

Any unit that has banner of eternal flame would do the trick, a horde of marauders charging it with flails should take it down with average rolling, I wouldn't worry about one too much, hellcannons can also do the job, ruby ring of ruin it to rid it of its save then every unit in your list could wreck it

Ruby Ring would only take a way its save for the magic phase however, so it wouldn't necessarily ensure that "every unit" would be able to wreck it.

Agreed, however, that Banner of Eternal Flame and or Tzeentch/Fire magic would put it in its place!

Halberd Khorne warriors with flaming banner

As said above.

Also lvl1 with fire ball blasting it.

Any tz sorcerer because they can all get flickering fire which murders them and gateway could do it as well.

Fire shouldn't be overlooked it's spells may lack finesse, but they're nasty. Add to that that if he blocks the regiment with eternal flame banner if you have sword of rhuin you can make other units have firey attacks also .

Johnny-Crass wrote:Halberd Khorne warriors with flaming banner

Or MoK Choosen with haleberds with said banner

So basically burn the thing to death, then hack it to bits? lol alright thanks

Yes, that works with just about anything you may face in Warhammer fantasy I recon

Are you suggesting fire attacks just because it loses it's regeneration abilities?

Generally yes, as that is the main thing keeping the HPA up and killing.

Ya the regen cant be modified which is sad so we just negate it.

But ya general idea is have warriors cut it into small pieces that are on fire.

Have fire magic cook it up nicely. Its only toughness 5 so halberd warriors will wound on a 4+ The thing is you dont want it in cc with you for long because it will murder your warriors.

Ya thats what i was afraid of, it murdering my warriors after long periods of time

Fire attacks have the double benefit of ignoring its regeneration save, but also preventing it from rolling on the "TOO HORRIBLE TO DIE" chart. The last thing you want is for your non-flamy warriors to finally drag it down, only for it to get right back up at full strength...

That would be bad.

Never knew it could come back because usually flickering fire leaves it in ashes.