gummyofallbears wrote:Blackmanes are very strong rn, and you have played to their strong suits very well.
They are very good at providing support for things like assassins or standalone units, providing you go first.
However, just a quick little gripe, is your list battleforged?
To benefit from the Blackmanes formation you must have the core choice that are the blackmanes and then at least one auxiliary.
provided you have an auxiliary choice then this list is very strong
I think you are confusing the Wolf Claw Strike Force which requires 1 command, 1 core and 1 auxiliary. But the Blackmanes alone are listed in the formations with a few less benefits but still. Check up the compendium on BoK.
I played a game last night and was up against some Traitor's Hate list which had:
Kharn + 5 terminators in a Land Raider
10
CSM in a Rhino
10
CSM in a Rhino
5-6 Chaos Bikers with a Khorne Lord on a beast
1 demon prince
2 T6 tarpit models that died way faster than expected
1 Hellbrute
We were playing Maelstrom along the length of the table
The highlights of the match:
- Lukas challenges the Demon Prince, promptly gets killed along with this squad but takes the bastard with him.
- Kharn fell in disfavor to Khorne following some cowardice.
Kharn and his terminators shot up Ragnar's squad along with the help of some nearby
CSM that disembarked from a Rhino. I lost a few guys no biggie. Kharn and friends charge. I challenge Kharn but instead he sends his chaos champion to face Ragnar. Kharn and friends kill the whole squad except Ragnar who is without a scratch. Ragnar kills the 4 terminators leaving Kharn and 1 other. Ragnar fails his morale check and flees but because of the terminator Kharn cannot sweep and keep Ragnar locked.
My turn a nearby squad of Grey Hunters with a plasma gun gun down Kharn and the last terminator. Khorne was disappointed Kharn did not have the balls to face the Young King and did not protect him. He died.
Ragnar turns his attention to the 10
CSM who shot his squad. Charges them killing 6 out of 10. The squad breaks and is promptly swept. Ragnar proceeds to walk the battlefield alone bustying up transports with melta bombs and wrecking face because he's Ragnar. Unfortunately he met a lascannon shot from the land raider and missed his invul save :(
Culexus Assassin did not have any psykers to play with but he still managed to annoy people and finished off the Chaos Lord with an instant death strike (he only had 1 wound left but it's the cool factor).
I lost on points because he got lucky on some cards but at the end he had:
5
CSM, 1 rhino, 1 land raider
I had
1 full squad of Long Fangs
1 full squad of scouts
4 squads of Grey Hunters (all lost about 1-2 models)
Arjac and his terminator friends
All in all, not bad. Not bad at all.
Might look into making a version with 1 squad of long Fangs instead of 2, keep the termis but remove Arjac and remove the Culexus.
Add a Wyrmstorm Brotherhood with Njal and 2 other Rune Priests and Murderfang.
