-
The forum software have been upgraded to the latest version.
If you notice anything that looks off, or does not work, please let us know.
For more information, click here.
8th Ed. how do u get rid of warmachines
- Thread starter icesea12
- Start date
Slann
Scalenex
Keeper of the Indexes
- Messages
- 11,452
- Likes Received
- 20,359
- Trophy Points
- 113
On tournament day I play a bunch of new people. My Chameleon Skinks basically have a free run of my opponents artillery lines.
Anyone who has played me once or twice tends to get very good at deploying their forces so as to seal up their artillery. It takes me twice the Chamo Skinks and twice the time to take out war machines on foes expecting Chamo Skinks.
Terradons work well if they don't have non-template shooting to take them down.
In the new book, one strategy I'd really like to try is using Spirit Leech (aimed by an Arcane Vassal) to take down War Machines. Either with a WD Slann or a High Magic Slann that swapped for a Death spell.
Anyone who has played me once or twice tends to get very good at deploying their forces so as to seal up their artillery. It takes me twice the Chamo Skinks and twice the time to take out war machines on foes expecting Chamo Skinks.
Terradons work well if they don't have non-template shooting to take them down.
In the new book, one strategy I'd really like to try is using Spirit Leech (aimed by an Arcane Vassal) to take down War Machines. Either with a WD Slann or a High Magic Slann that swapped for a Death spell.
Troglodon
Lizardmatt
New Member
- Messages
- 611
- Likes Received
- 13
- Trophy Points
- 0
It depends on the machine that needs to die...
Empire and Dwarves lack the ability to effectively move and fire.
As such, terradons work really well.
Elves (high/dark) can turn and shoot, and -2 to hit still results in terradons taking too many hits. A unit of ~12 shooters is enough to force a panic test. That's bad news for the LD5 flanking terradons.
Chameleons are good, the extra -1 to hit is nice, but you still have problems with BS based shooting. Being T2, those crappy S3 shots still wound too often.
My opponents have been castling up warmachines to protect against the terradons and chameleons, which leaves them very vulnerable to comet (go Tetto Eko!). I raked a gunline with a big tetto comet (came down bottom half of turn 2, with 4 markers, dishing out S8 hits; killed 2 cannons, a hellblaster and the engineer).
Speaking of Tetto, I've used his vanguard ability to rush up skink cohorts and salamanders. Both do just fine at killing warmachines.
I think the Spirit Leech through the skink is awesome. Warmachines often end up outside of the generals LD bubble and not only should you kill the machine, but you should pick up a power die in the process. Death Magic gives you 3 direct damage spells, 2 of which are very good (hint, warmachines have no strength, so 2D6 - strength = 2D6). The high toughness makes the 3rd death spell less attractive.
I also like skink chief with cloak of feathers. Light armor, enchanted shield and scaly skin gives him 3+ armor. He can charge out of a skink unit turn 2 typically. Init 6 and 3 S4 attacks is decent. At 82 points, he's pretty cheap.
-Matt
Empire and Dwarves lack the ability to effectively move and fire.
As such, terradons work really well.
Elves (high/dark) can turn and shoot, and -2 to hit still results in terradons taking too many hits. A unit of ~12 shooters is enough to force a panic test. That's bad news for the LD5 flanking terradons.
Chameleons are good, the extra -1 to hit is nice, but you still have problems with BS based shooting. Being T2, those crappy S3 shots still wound too often.
My opponents have been castling up warmachines to protect against the terradons and chameleons, which leaves them very vulnerable to comet (go Tetto Eko!). I raked a gunline with a big tetto comet (came down bottom half of turn 2, with 4 markers, dishing out S8 hits; killed 2 cannons, a hellblaster and the engineer).
Speaking of Tetto, I've used his vanguard ability to rush up skink cohorts and salamanders. Both do just fine at killing warmachines.
I think the Spirit Leech through the skink is awesome. Warmachines often end up outside of the generals LD bubble and not only should you kill the machine, but you should pick up a power die in the process. Death Magic gives you 3 direct damage spells, 2 of which are very good (hint, warmachines have no strength, so 2D6 - strength = 2D6). The high toughness makes the 3rd death spell less attractive.
I also like skink chief with cloak of feathers. Light armor, enchanted shield and scaly skin gives him 3+ armor. He can charge out of a skink unit turn 2 typically. Init 6 and 3 S4 attacks is decent. At 82 points, he's pretty cheap.
-Matt
