Sal4m4nd3r wrote:First, I know you said the spells are placeholders.. but those decisions can
def shape an army choice selection. Also each wizard can only know one Nurgle lore (so arcane shield and arcane bolt, unique spell, foul regen and one given spell).
I dont care for blight cyst. Especially mixed with a glotkin as it eats into the numbers of blightkings. I wouldn't even think of running the cyst unless I was running a MINIMUM of 30 kings. 15 is simply not enough to make the (essentially) 360 point battalion worth it. So I would go with the second list, but also drop the 10x monks and add a plague priest with censer. 10 monks wont do anything and this way you can get some extra buffs and long range mortal wound generation mechanic.
Also.. tome of 1000 poxes is kind of a waste of an artifact. +1 casting compared to witherstave is a no brainer
IMO. Rarely will that +1 actually make or break the one spell your trying to cast MAYBE two times a game. where as a 12" bubble of re-roll 6's to hit is HUGE.
When you put it that way it makes perfect sense, pretty costly batallion when you factor in running with the LoB. Noted on the changes to the second list as well.
What do you think about this version of Blightcyst? Swapped a few things around to be more inline with your suggestions, although I had trouble squeezing in the last 5 BK's so I went with 25 and a full group of Plaguebearers. I guess an alternative would be to use Marauders instead and squeeze the extra 5 back in for an even 2000/2000. Without a successful
BoP cast I don't think this list generates a decent amount of mortals though, which is kind of concerning.
Allegiance: Nurgle
LEADERS
Great Unclean One (340)
- General
- Bell and Bileblade
- Command Trait : Grandfather's Blessing
- Artefact : The Witherstave
- Lore of Virulence : Favoured Poxes
Lord of Blights (140)
- Artefact : Rustfang
Festus The Leechlord (140)
- Lore of Malignance : Blades of Putrefaction
UNITS
30 x Plaguebearers (320)
10 x Putrid Blightkings (320)
10 x Putrid Blightkings (320)
5 x Putrid Blightkings (160)
BATTALIONS
Blight Cyst (220)
TOTAL: 1960/2000 WOUNDS: 159
LEADERS: 3/6 BATTLELINES: 4 (3+) BEHEMOTHS: 1/4 ARTILLERY: 0/4
ALLIES: 0 / 400