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Hissing Hybrid Metamorph






Firstly, I’d like to say I’m not a competitive player. Me and my friends like to make competent lists but we are by no means tournament players. So I was wandering a few things before I dive right into them.

1. Will I be, “that guy,” by using them? I’ve heard a lot of obnoxious horror stories about the army. I heard the battletome helped this a bit, and can I avoid it as well with how I make lists?

2. Are they as fun as they seem? Chucking forests all over the place and teleporting around sounds really fun.

3. How many Wyldwoods do you sort of need? I can only really afford 2 atm, is that enough to get started?
   
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1. No. Some people don't like dealing with wyldwoods but the army is no where near "that guy" status.

2. They can be very fun but there's also a lot of limitations that can feel rather nitpicky and frustrating. I find it to be an army that can feel great when things are going well, but a little limited when it gets behind.

3. The new wyldwoods are a lot more flexible than the old. I think you'd want at least 3, probably 4, but 2 is enough to get started.
   
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Hissing Hybrid Metamorph






Ah thanks for the reply. I’ll work on getting a couple more Wyldwoods in the future.
   
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Look for the old kits on the cheap. One base counts as a complete new wyldwood kit.

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Sylvaneth have an almost contradictory playstyle that lends itself to being quite frustrating to play against indeed. My main army is Sylvaneth, so I know well that when I'm having a good game, it can be annoying for the other player.

Placement and usage for forests, various teleporting abilities, all our healing and magic ability, and the strong range we have tend to be annoying.

Sylvaneth can be highly mobile with their teleporting, but they're also highly defensive due to wanting to stay in the forests and hold objectives from there. We can be anywhere on the map, and rarely be out of position so long as you're inside your happy trees.

I know you're not asking specifically for 'how' to play the army with this thread, but I feel like knowing more about how it operates can help you answer the questions you have.

If you're wholly within a piece of area terrain, you get Cover. A nice +1 to your army save. Those Dryads with their base 5+ Armor save, if they're in a unit of 10 or more, and sitting inside a forest, suddenly become a 3+ armor save. So much more survivable, and not to mention their -1 to hit from being near a forest! Everything in your army except the big monsters like Treelords will gain Cover from being inside forests.

Sylvaneth have four ways to teleport.
1. Deployment phase, put the unit off to the side instead of on the table. End of any movement phase, place them wholly within 6" of a Forest and 9" away from enemy models. Only half of your armies units can do this, but avoid putting wizards in there unless it's Drycha. You won't be able to cast spells the turn you put them on the board, since movement is after hero phase.
2. Forests built-in teleport. Any unit in your army wholly within 3"(or 6" cant recall rn) of a forest may teleport to wholly within 6" of a forest, 9" away from an enemy. This teleport may only be used once per turn.
3. Treelords have their own separate Teleport ability they may use, separate from the second teleport.
4. Tree-Revenants with Waypipes can teleport from anywhere on the board to anywhere on the board, 9" away from enemy models.

And then on top of this, your army is quite solid when it comes to melee and ranged damage output, and strong magic. So, you may frustrate your opponent if you play well and have a good game. The key thing to keep in mind is that there are many ways to handle a sylvaneth army, and for the other player, entering a forest isn't a death sentence for them. You're not *that* likely to die, or even take damage by entering forests when you're not Sylvaneth.

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Hissing Hybrid Metamorph






Thanks for the post Thadin, that’s all good stuff to know. With a limited amount of Woods I won’t have too much mobility unfortunately but it may help my opponent not hate me haha. And I’ll be sure to let them know about it not being too bad getting into the Woods.
   
 
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