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So I haven't actually played a single game of warmcahine yet; so far just a warhammer 40k player. But I'm looking to start up a cygnar army.

My local game store is having a sale and so I want to pick up a 500pt list off the get go. Thing is its so hard to decide where to go with a system you've never played. I really like the idea behind Darius and his little repair bots so I read a few books and put a list together.


Army Points: 496


Captain E. Dominic Darius 93
Squire 18
Lancer 76
Ol' Rowdy 121
Lancer 76
Field Mechaniks (6/6) 20
Sword Knights 6 56
Stormsmith 12
Stormsmith 12
Stormsmith 12
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At first I had dropped the stormsmith and lancer and had a centurion for all out warjack power to go along with darius. But soon realized I had very few models and almost no ranged attacks that I figured would lead to me getting kited and sniped away.

I also thought about dropping ol'rowdy and replacing him with a centurion to save me some pts and take a 2nd feild mechaniks group...but I just like the sound of some of ol'rowdys specials. Like counter charge and being able to allocate his dmg wherever you want.

Can I please get some thoughts and suggestions on this list if its even competitive at all?'
Thanks!

Excuse me, please but as your caster is Darius what do you need Mechanics for? And Sword Knights? Darius is all about JACKS. He has nothing to do with infantry. With 2 Lancers and only one heavy you're simply wasting his potential. I'd take an Ironclad. Or two. Or even three. The more heavies, the better. This is the way Darius works.

He's probably trying to get flanking for the swordknights from the two reach Lancers, and it's
not a bad idea. However, maz is right, you need more warjacks to go with Darius. In mark I it's
the Centurion if you can manage.

Generally the one troop choice I see being used with Darius is Gun Mages. For jacks, like malfred suggests, Centurions as they are a lot of bang for the buck.

Thanks for the replies. The reason I tossed the sword knights in there is because I figured Darius focus would only be able to really "jack" one Jack. So I wanted some more man power that could operate on its own. And they get damage bonus for having the jacks around. Like I said i have yet to play a single game of warmachine this is all just assumptions that's why I'm asking you guys lol...


I could drop a lancer and the stormsmith and replace them with a Centurion...I could see that being very deadly.

I also think having at least that one unit of swordknights makes it alot harder for your enemy to avoid you, turning 2-3 targets into a wall of pwnage. And would also draw my enemies eyes away from the mechaniks for a while and maybe even give the storm knights time to get some cover or outright blocked LOS

Alls I know just reading warmachine rule books makes me excited to play! lol

I'm also looking into using haley instead...I like that she actually has spells that seem like spells unlike darius.

Don't just look at his Focus stat. His feat and spells affect more than one jack, and his
feat is limited by the number of half-jacks he has out on the table.

A Darius list is a moving wall of jacks that can deliver a nasty, tough to stop punch.