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So "optimized" may mean "troll" in this instance...

Allherd - 2000

Pestilent Thong - 200
-Bestlord (Blade of the Desecrator) - 90
-Brie Shaman (General-Dominator, The Knowing Eye, Vicious Stranglethorns) - 100
-Doombeef - 120
-Doombeef - 120
-Ungors x10 - 60
-Ungors x10 - 60
-Gors x30 - 210

3 Jabberscythes - 480

5 Cockthrices - 500

Cogs - 60

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Would you not be over behemoth limit?

Nearly 3k+ points of Slaanesh (AoS)
2500 points of Ironjawz
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Carnith wrote:
Would you not be over behemoth limit?

His list only has three Behemoths.

'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents
cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable
defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'

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I was unaware a monster was not a behemoth.

Nearly 3k+ points of Slaanesh (AoS)
2500 points of Ironjawz
Too many points of Space Marines. 
   
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There are several.

At any rate, any comments? How well do people actually think it would perform? I want to try it out for giggles and I will report back when I do

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Non-behemoth monsters are unusual, but not unheard of. See the Khorgorath. I would have said Beasts of Nurgle too, but they are not actually monsters despite their size. I'm thinking of doing a Cockatrice-based list too (got some owlbears and griffons that would make nice proxies) and would love to hear how this goes.
   
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Pestilent Thong? Used undergarment from a troll stripper?
Better be worth it for 200pts.

List looks fun.

Jabberscythes already out of stock on GW woo.
   
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Looks fun!
All those mortal wounds could rip apart a small elite (Stormcast?) army!!

Chris
   
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That's a crapload of old monsters! Threat overload, though cockatrices really have such crappy saves, wouldn't take too long to get rid of. Jabberslythes can really really mess people up though, I want 3 of those too.
   
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 Malathrim wrote:
That's a crapload of old monsters! Threat overload, though cockatrices really have such crappy saves, wouldn't take too long to get rid of. Jabberslythes can really really mess people up though, I want 3 of those too.
I figure at 10 pts a wound they are not actually that squishy simply because they are so dam cheep.


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Also, I realized I forgot cogs and get an extra cp from the battalion (derp) so the final list will only have 5 cockthrices but add in cogs, 10x ungors, and swap the big squad for 30 gors.

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So I finally got around to testing this list, it performed as expected. Bestigor & gors came in the backfield and died early but provided enough of a threat that they had to be dealt with, and even with terrible luck on MW shooting from the cockatrices the first two rounds (only one hit out of 10 shots which hit on 4+) I had a strong upper hand in the mid-board between them, jabbers, and bulls. Bray shaman & ungors camped herdstone and summoned the whole game, in particular brought in a chimera round two.

My takeaways:

-With a 14" shooting attack that does an automatic d6 mortal wounds and +2 to charge rolls, a chimera has no business being summoned, period. Having good odds to bring it in round two (guaranteed by round 3) is ridiculous.

-Related to the above, the allherd ability to trade CP for summon points shouldn't exist IMO.

-Doombulls are among the best heroes in the game at 120 points. Just a beatstick that is more durable and hits way harder than anything else at remotely the same cost.

-It is good that gors cost as few points as they do, they are pretty bad; the 32mm base size hurts them a lot. I would definitely go ungors in the future just because of the base size advantage.

-Cockatrice shooting isn't well designed. It would be one thing if they were slower and/or the range was shorter but 12" fly plus 10" shoot means they can easily snipe out characters & support models. Yet it is also very inconsistent; for example I had one go three rounds doing nothing then suddenly deal 5 MWs to kill a character and it was not much fun for anyone involved. It felt like they were either way too strong or way too weak with no in between.

-Pestilent thong was fun and I found the cost to be quite appropriate even as high as it is. Having your guys do a few MWs as a parting gift was a nice upside to having lost a unit.

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