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Hoping to get the Nighthaunt half of Soul Wars. And, I have a box of Hexwraiths from an earlier Death army I was working on. So, the Soul Wars box + Hexwraiths = 1000 points. What would be the best next step?

Thanks

SG

Well... Nagash is pretty busted. He's something to consider if you are wanting tourney glory.

The Black Coach is fun. I'm not sure how OP it is ... I know in legion of nagash book its not that good.

A second Soul Wars box.

Not kidding, you're going to want units of 20 Chainrasps and the price is a bit prohibitive. Getting duplicates of everything in there isn't a bad thing.

Get 30 grimgasts and a black coach

I am just starting out with Nighthaunts now as well.

I got the Black Coach and the half of the Soul Wars box, What should be my next steps?

What Heros should I get? What other units?

 Sasori wrote:
I am just starting out with Nighthaunts now as well.

I got the Black Coach and the half of the Soul Wars box, What should be my next steps?

What Heros should I get? What other units?

Get a second Soul Wars box half. Chainrasps are a big part of the army working well and the price($40 for 10) hurts badly.
The Tormented Spirits box that is Direct Order has Hexwraiths, Spirit Host, and a Cairn Wraith for a discounted price.

Heroes...get what you want. There are not many that don't work out too well.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Sasori wrote:
I am just starting out with Nighthaunts now as well.

I got the Black Coach and the half of the Soul Wars box, What should be my next steps?

What Heros should I get? What other units?

Get a second Soul Wars box half. Chainrasps are a big part of the army working well and the price($40 for 10) hurts badly.
The Tormented Spirits box that is Direct Order has Hexwraiths, Spirit Host, and a Cairn Wraith for a discounted price.

Heroes...get what you want. There are not many that don't work out too well.

That sounds like a plan. I'll ebay another half of the Soul Wars box, and grab the gw spirit box.

Thanks!

Spirit Hosts are pretty good, and they count as battleline, in case you don't want to crank out another 20 chainrasps so soon.

gonna jump on this instead of creating a duplicated thread.

i colleced NH before they was main feature army so im simply looking to update the army. (sort of filling in the missing links)
the intension for the army is drop in games at the gw/local club, and my preferd style is non summon elite.

this is what i have:
1 tomb banshe
2 cairn wraith
9 spirit hosts
10 hexwraith
1 black coach
1 morngul

what am i missing to get this soup to work? (allso, are thouse NH endless spells of any use?)

my idea back in the day was that the spirirts would be the core (thus if i should run them 3x3 or 1x9 idk) assisted by the cairn wraiths.
the hex was ment to be objective grabbers due to their speed, the banshee to be my general and chill in the back, the black coach to be the road block due to its huge amount of wounds as there was no way of leveling it as it required death wizzards, something that NH dident have.
the morngul was bought back in GHB16 when it WAS good as my heavy hitter(never ending exploding 6s for hits, 2 dmg per attack, -2 rend) now as i see it, its price point has gone down but in return its overnerfed and not shure if it is even worth it to bring.

 FrozenDwarf wrote:
gonna jump on this instead of creating a duplicated thread.

i colleced NH before they was main feature army so im simply looking to update the army. (sort of filling in the missing links)
the intension for the army is drop in games at the gw/local club, and my preferd style is non summon elite.

this is what i have:
1 tomb banshe
2 cairn wraith
9 spirit hosts
10 hexwraith
1 black coach
1 morngul

what am i missing to get this soup to work? (allso, are thouse NH endless spells of any use?)

my idea back in the day was that the spirirts would be the core (thus if i should run them 3x3 or 1x9 idk) assisted by the cairn wraiths.
the hex was ment to be objective grabbers due to their speed, the banshee to be my general and chill in the back, the black coach to be the road block due to its huge amount of wounds as there was no way of leveling it as it required death wizzards, something that NH dident have.
the morngul was bought back in GHB16 when it WAS good as my heavy hitter(never ending exploding 6s for hits, 2 dmg per attack, -2 rend) now as i see it, its price point has gone down but in return its overnerfed and not shure if it is even worth it to bring.

I'd get 40 chain rasps and 30 grimghast reapers. I'd also get either the briar queen or some guardians of souls for your spell casting needs. A knight of shrouds on horse or another warlord with a command ability would help. If you want a better knight of shrouds get a vampire lord.

Are there matched play rules available and legal for the Briar queen?

 Sasori wrote:
Are there matched play rules available and legal for the Briar queen?

Yes, go to their entry at the GW site, under downloads they have an AoS Warscroll, along with the Stormcast faction. Below both Warscrolls is the cost for matched play.

Linky: https://www.games-workshop.com/resources/PDF/Downloads//aos_warscroll_thorns_of_the_briar_queen_en.pdf

 nels1031 wrote:

 Sasori wrote:
Are there matched play rules available and legal for the Briar queen?

Yes, go to their entry at the GW site, under downloads they have an AoS Warscroll, along with the Stormcast faction. Below both Warscrolls is the cost for matched play.

Linky: https://www.games-workshop.com/resources/PDF/Downloads//aos_warscroll_thorns_of_the_briar_queen_en.pdf

Thanks, I'm still trying to get used to being able to just go on the website to get stats.... haha.

Love the model, seems a bit expensive for her and her entourage for 150 though.

 Sasori wrote:

 nels1031 wrote:

 Sasori wrote:
Are there matched play rules available and legal for the Briar queen?

Yes, go to their entry at the GW site, under downloads they have an AoS Warscroll, along with the Stormcast faction. Below both Warscrolls is the cost for matched play.

Linky: https://www.games-workshop.com/resources/PDF/Downloads//aos_warscroll_thorns_of_the_briar_queen_en.pdf

Thanks, I'm still trying to get used to being able to just go on the website to get stats.... haha.

Love the model, seems a bit expensive for her and her entourage for 150 though.

She is actually pretty cheap all things considered. The 6 thorns are more or less straight Chainraps, with a different reroll ability (so that is actually functions). Chainrasps are 8 points each, so they bring roughly 48 points worth of value. That means you are effectively only paying 102 points for her (NHs cheapest wizard outside that being 140). And she has a pretty solid signature spell.

The problem comes with how hero dependent NH is already and the benefits other heroes can provide to your units. GoS giving +1 to wound, KoS giving +1 attacks, ST giving rerolls.

Its not so much a matter of if shes worth it imo, but rather if you will have the points left to purchase her once you get the characters you need.