AoS How to build an AoS Army?

when you build an AoS army, can you put whatever you want? For example can I have an army of seraphon fightibg along demons of Chaos ( that to me sounds ridiculos).

The thing is that I havent found anything in the rules that states that you can't and the only thing cose to a restriction that I have found so far was in white dwarf:


What do you guys thibk about this, and how are you playing it?

 

I'm planning on having a combined force of Stormcast Eternals and Seriphon, plus some individual models from other order factions that I like the look of *coughcoughhighelfdragoncoughcough*. Personally, I would never ally my lizards with chaos (in any form), but a temporary alliance between them and destruction/undead armies would be feasible and okay. Really, it is all personal preference, although I have a feeling lots of players will stick to feasible alliances. I doubt we would see many Seriphon-chaos armies, for example, but if you have a good, logical backstory, I say go for it.

 

There is no restrictions.
It is happy play time.
"I waaaant....a bloodthirster, backed by Dwarf cannons....oh, and Tomb King archers!"

 

Thanks for the answers guys, I thibk I will be stiking with order armies as well, I dont like the idea of convining bad guys with good guys!

The high elves aliance sounds nice though! I thibk I will also go for somethibg similar specially if they get new awesome models

@Phatmotha-phucka @Kor-Lot-Ko

 

I will stay seraphon only for now. But I think there is no problem mixing armies together... If you leave the background aside even storm cast and chaos should be alright ... If maybe someone only has a starter set and wants to play all his models in a big game...

 

Also you generally get better synergy and bonuses for staying with one army.

 

Good point. Look at the starpriest... His spell as positive effects on seraphon units and negative on any other...

 

I think no restrictions are a blessing for people who simply wants to play with the miniatures they like.

Just like what happens to you, @Xlanax_lot , it would sound weird to me to field a sunblood near a demon prince, but I admit it would be wonderful to see them a little converted and painted with a common color scheme in order to have them battle together!

Wouldn't be nice to see an army of black saurus with flaming eyes running into battle among hordes of bloodletters, while a firebreathing winged oldblood charges his enemy mounting his Jaggernaut?
Or maybe some black-and-green-painted Stormcast Eternals well fitted into a Nurgle's WoC army...

I hope we will see more hybrid armies in the future, even if, as you said, they don't synergise well in play.

Now that you mention it... Following the rules literally, if I face another Seraphon player and I want to use my Starpriest's "Summon Starlight" spell to nerf one of his units, THEORICALLY it wouldn't cause any negative effects on that unit!

 

I would stick mostly with the bigger alliances like Order, Death, Destruction and Chaos. But so long as it fits the fluff (especially your own) it's ok!
For my own army it will be Order based, but with multiplayer I see myself allied with Death or Destruction.. screw Chaos..

 

I play it in two ways. My Stormcast, Skaven, and Troll armies are all themed and designed to look cool rather than win (everyone wields hammers even if archers, everyone is Clan Eshin, everyone is a troll,) but I have a competitive Seraphon army that I built using my tactical theories for AoS in addition to the normal synergies. I made a thread that served as an introduction to my tactica theory, based around certain roles that must be fulfilled such as the obvious ones like Assassins and Monster Hunters, but then also the less obvious ones such as Cripplers. Take a look.
http://www.lustria-online.com/threads/specialist-army-roles.16880/

 

I heard something that dark elves only pretend to be on order side now to wait for the right time to destroy their former and present allies...

 

To answer the OP topic -
You don't.
You don't build armies in AoS. It's taking people a long time to get their heads around this idea. AoS is about the models. You use the models you like. Pure and simple. It's not armies, it's not tournaments, it's not balance...It's "put your cool painted models on the table and have fun."

 

Only time will tell. Personally I'd love it if they took an alternate approach to the Dark Elves, though, going for extremely sinister anti-heroes.

That's not entirely true. I and many of my friends are taking advantage of the new format to create great themed armies. Troll armies, Black Orc armies, Clan Eshin armies. We're building armies that we want to see and play, not to win with.

 

Which ideas? The Dark Elves, the Black Orcs, the Trolls, or the Skaven? I ask because I'll take credit for all of them except the Orcs, my friend made that army so I'd feel wrong claiming that as "my idea."

 

Ah, right.
I proposed the DE idea to a friend a while ago when we were discussing how GW has an opportunity to create a proper flowing, continuous narrative now. Namely, I brought up that I thought it'd be interesting that as the Dark Elves are currently basically on everyone's payroll at the same time, only allegedly loyal to Sigmar's plan as they sneakily have fingers in everyone's pies, if Malerion, being the incarnate and god of Shadows which basically makes him the god of lies, deception, and tricks, was the only one of Sigmar's old Incarnate-God posse that was still truly loyal. Not to Sigmar, Malerion's no bitch. But to Order itself. Playing up the ambiguity of the Exiles, really throwing their loyalties into question, making them ever more sinister and deceptive, and totally obscuring who they're really working with would basically make them the perfect espionage race. Contrast this to the High Elves who are led by prick-king Tyrion, who is the god of light and therefore seen as a beacon of good and justice who can easily be trusted, but in reality he's a total loose cannon who is very prone to going off and doing his own thing whether or not everyone around him is saying it's a good idea or not. I rather enjoy that contrast.
Though of course, the Dark Elves would still be pretty dark. They're still scary, sadistic, murder-happy slavers. They just understand the weight of the danger that Chaos poses, and Malerion did display the ability to be a very wise ruler in the End Times.

That's just my thoughts, though. Also I now want to make a Cult of Valkia army because I dislike Khorne but adore Valkia.