AoS Campaign with increasing points-now 2500

Well, yesterday FEC won against Sylvaneth. wipe out, 1500-0 kill points.

So i guess i should be proud of my "result".

 

The battle vs vermins ended with a very bitter defeat, 25-24 pts, with me rolling thrice a 2 for the roll to see the turn.
In the last 2 turns I was able to vaguely compete just because of summons and teleport, and in one case it costed me 5 points… but the truth is that it all boils down to the fact that our army is terribly outdated.

A Slann costs 260 pts. Casts 3 spells or summons.
A Verminlord Warpseer costs 260 pts. Casts 2 spells (one of them for d6 MW and halves move), it's a combat monster that comes with 12 pts, a save 4+ rerollable and feel no pain 5+.

40 skinks cost 240 pts.
40 plague monks cost 240 pts. They do 120 Attacks that hit at 4+ rerollable, each 6 at a rend -1, and and each 6 to wound does double damage. they can do mortal wounds to a nearby unit and can do mortal wounds when killed in cc. And this by themselves, naked, without any external support, and without loss of bonuses when reduced in numbers.

an army with this kind of power, even if severely crippled by an Alpha strike, can still play the game and win, simply because their units are much more powerful then ours. This is the kind of handicap we're currently playing with.

 

we should have 3 omre rounds.

The next one will be 2.000 pts, i will go against Blades of Khorne or something khorne-related.

The list played by my next opponent in the last round:

Skarbrand
Bloodthirster
Bloodsecrator
Bloodstoker
3 x 20 Bloodreavers
2 x 10 Bloodreavers

 

Still don't know the battleplan, so I'm toying with some ideas…

Comments and suggestions would be appreciated.

1st LIST - shooting thunderquake

thunderquake starhost 120
2 x bastiladon - 560
EotG 220
4 x razors + handlers 200

Slann 260
Astrolith 160

10 skinks 60
10 skinks 60
20 skinks 120

still 240 pts. Scarvet on carno? Stegadon? 2 x 3 Terradons?

Anyway, move toward the centre with my starhost and shoot everythin, screened by 20 skinks, use teleported steggy or scarvet.


2nd LIST - the dread summoner

Slann 260
2 x EotG 440
Dread Saurian 420
(balewind wortex 40)

Shadowstrike starhost 180
5 chama skinks 120
10 skinks 60
starpriest or priest 80
6 rippers 280

2 x 10 skinks 120

I don't know if i can really ripperstrike some deamon if they are screened, but I've got rippers and dread saurian so i should be able to create problems, while skinks and summoned units fill the gaps


3rd LIST - the eternal dread

Slann 260
2 x EotG / stegadon 440
Dread Saurian 420
starpriest or priest 80
(cronomantic cogs 60)

Eternal starhost 150
15 guards 270
2 x 5 guards 180
warden 140

Defensive buffs on dread by starpriest or priest, teleport and cause havoc, while guards control objectives. Shooting by steggies or MW / summons by EotG, must decide which i should field.

 

I would pick a steggy mostly because of the additional move granted by Alpha.
This would let me have an almost sure LoSaT + successful charge.

 

I don't own a third engine.
We are not fixed about equipment of the models, but the model itself must be the right one

 

I only lack bodies so my summons need to bring skinks on the table. Or sauri.

 

ERRATA CORRIGE. This round will be at 1750 pts, with the limitations of 2000 pts armies.

so, if we're working on the thunderquake list, it could be:

1st LIST - shooting thunderquake

thunderquake starhost 120
2 x bastiladon - 560
EotG 220
4 x sallies + handlers 200

Slann 260
Astrolith 160

10 skinks 60
10 skinks 60
5 saurus K. 90

(endless spell: quicksilver swords 20 - playing against khorne, it's golden)

 

Now i know the battleplan.
STARSTRIKE!

this should be good, as it gives me time to summon units to take control of the board in the last phases, when points will count.
Of course, there's the downside that also khorne will accumulate blood points with the units i plan to kill...