8th Ed. Lore of Beasts

so i was looking through the new spells once the new book came out and i fell in love with the transformation of kadon from teh lore of beats. the spell is amazing, and with a 24+ casting value it won't be easy to dispell in following turn either. just throw a bunch on dice at and you get an awesome monster.
the problem is that our frog can't use it for some retarded reason so i was looking for a new army to play it arround that spell. something that can use the lore of beasts and can work well together with a big monster... or 2.

my question is: what army would be best suited for this purpose. i'm not looking for a sure thing that wins everytime ofcourse, i'm looking for something fun to play.

any ideas?

 

I would say High Elves or Dark Elves. You could try it out on a Vampire Counts army, but I don't think it would be as successful.

 

Also, if you look at the Battle Report in the new Rulebook (Two Skaven armies, Bretts, and Wood Elves) a Wood Elf player uses it so basically.. Any Elves

And where does it say that the Slann can't use it?

 

The new lizardmen FAQ states the Slann can not cast the spell.

 

A little confused.. If you are going to start a new army just to get a spell to turn your wizard into a dragon, why not just use an army that can already take a dragon and buy it? Then it cannot get dispelled.

I'd probably go with elves or Empire though if you did want to take it. Maybe VC, a vamp can take forbidden lore, then if it does happen to get dispelled while you are in combat they are still facing a vampire lord rather than a soft mage.

 

Thanks I KNEW it wasn't in the actual rulebook!

 

i'm not looking for something resonable ofcourse, but HE might be fun to take some dragons from the book and add an extra one through the spell. DE can't use it unfortunately, not that i like them all that much.


i actually have to check HE's for prices, thx for the feedback

 

High Elves are going to be in the starter set out in sep, and the models are looking awesome, also they are getting a wave of new models in october which look great. I run Defenders of Ulthuan, which is a decent HE forum. Though I must say, to be honest HE might not suit your needs. Unless you already like their models. A Prince on Dragon is great, but not as powerful now with stepping up, steadfast, and the dragon unable to negate ranks from the flank. It is also very expensive and won't really leave you the points for the also expensive archmage to ensure you can turn him into a dragon. Depends on what sort of army you are looking to play. One option may be the dragon mage, which is a hero choice, and will give you a dragon and leave space for an archmage to take beasts.

 

Where are the new models for High Elves posted at Strewart?

 

The Island of Blood minis can be seen on GW's "A Blog of Two Gamers" blog. As far as I know, there aren't any pictures of the models set to be released in October yet. Although, there is speculation on which models will be released:

 

Here are the first pics posted. Asrodrig is correct that there are now Eavy Metal painted pics on the GW blog, which make the models look even more spectacular.

And yeah no photos of the october releases yet unfortunately...

 

i was thinking prince on dragon, dragonmage and a lvl 1 wizard with the choose your own spells item to get the transformation and throw 6 dice at it. i do realise its a suicidal list and it doesn't stand a chance against much, but i'd ike to try it out. probably just gonna borrow a friends HE and proxy teh dragons to see how it plays out. don't really have that kind of money right now