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Just getting into Warmachine and I am damned determined to run Assault Kommandos. Yes, I have read every single post about how they are a weak choice. Too bad. I'm running them. Help me with the rest please! ]

pVlad
-Drago
-Demolisher

min Assault Kommandos
-2 flamers

min Assault Kommandos
-2 flamers

Iron Fang Kovnik
Iron Fang Kovnik

Great Bears


Basic idea is keep the AKs on each side with a kovnik with each to let them march right along. Vlad can hit them with magical boop spell when they need to Assault and Battery chaff to clear lanes for the bears and jacks.

Thoughts?

After playing my first game (not with this list) and getting the advice of a local Khador player, I've amended the list to:

pVlad
Kodiak
Spriggan
War Dog

max Assault Kommandos
2 flamethrower attachments
Iron Fang Kovnik

Great Bears

Widowmakers

I'd personally run something like this.

Vladimir The Dark Prince
Drago - 8
War dog - 1
Doom Reavers (Leader and 5 Grunts) - 6
Assault Kommandos -8
Assault Kommando Flamer -2
Widowmakers (Leader and 3 Grunts) - 4
Winter Guard Infantry (Leader and 9 Grunts) - 6
Winter Guard Infantry Officer & Standard - 2
1 Winter Guard Infantry Rocketeer - 1
Kovnik Jozef Grigorovich - 2

I'd run a single Jack at 35 pts, and Drago and Vlad are BFF's. Doom Reavers are incredibly deadly by themselves, but put them under Signs and Portents, and they will Berserk the board clear if able, (S&P is an aura spell, so Spell Ward doesn't matter).Winter Guard Death Star is Khador's swiss army knife, plus it's always fun rolling four dice to hit under S&P and Kovnik Joe.

I like your own list. It might be the best way to run AK´s.

So I've done a lot of looking at what I want to run for a 2 list 50pt format which is common around my area. Here's what I came up with:

List1

pVlad
War Dog
Spriggan

Max AKs
-3 flamethrowers
Doom Reavers
Great Bears
Greylord Ternion
Widowmakers

Gorman di Wulfe
IF Kovnik
Reinholdt

Gun Carriage

List 2

Strakhov
Sylys
Spriggan
Kodiak

Doom Reavers
Great Bears
Greylord Ternion
Kayazy Eliminators
Widowmakers

Koldun Lord
Reinholdt
Widowmaker Marksman

Gun Carriage

Very similar I know, but the only other models I have available right now are pSorscha, Black Ivan, Juggernaut, and Shocktroopers (lol)

I feel the 2 warcasters create a vastly different game with similar units, pVlad with a large clump of S&P units that have a TON of cloud effects all over them and Strakhov playing an annoying control game with sentry gun carriage pumping out 4 plops and the standard Strakhov lance assassin run sitting there, poised to strike.

Are these viable? Don't really want to run a Konquest, but I really really like the gun carriage model and I know it will kick butt with sentry AND S&P.