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AoS Seraphon in low point games

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Hello all,

I was hoping for some direction on some list building, and/or battle reports. I haven't played since Fantasy, and have 4k+ worth of models that have been collecting dust the last year or so. Since my locals are starting to pick up AOS, I am going to take my army out of hiding for some fun. Also, I had just started to play when Fantasy kicked the bucket. So I was pretty new to Fantasy as well.

My store is starting up an escalation league with games starting at 1000pts, pushing up to 2500. However, as I am reading through the warscrolls and I am not quite seeing how I can build a good list at such a low point cost. It seems I want to take large units, which would hurt me ,(point wise), if I wanted to take any stompies, or solos.

Any suggestions, or direction on what works best in low point games? Looking for some basic Seraphon strategies.


Thanks
 
Hello, welcome aboard !

Let me link you a 1000points list suggested by @InfamousBeany that seems to be one of our strongest at this league :

"As resident purveyor of fine cheddar, I present to you a tasty little 1000 point list:


Scar-Vet on Cold One- 100

Empire Jade Battlemage- 100

Saurus Warriorsx10 - 100

Saurus Warriorsx10- 100

Bastiladon- 300

Bastiladon- 300

This will give you:
  • 4D6 Rend -1 attacks that do 2 Damage each at 20" (and woe betide any demon player you run into).
  • 2 of the hardest to kill monsters in the game.
  • A wizard that can then heal those hard to kill monsters back up (and then make them even tougher for a turn).
  • A solid block of infantry that can move 10" a turn to grab objectives, not to mention ignoring rend -1.
  • A fairly fast General with a decent command ability and great tarpit-removal attacks.
  • A lack of friends.
If you want to keep solely in Seraphon, you could drop the battlemage for a Starpriest, and then maybe replace the warriors for guard, but I really think the Jade wizard is worth its weight in gold in lower points value games. Your opponents will throw a lot of hate at your bastiladons, and if you can undo all their work with one spell cast... it can be pretty brutal."
 
Seraphage said:
Hello, welcome aboard !

Let me link you a 1000points list suggested by @InfamousBeany that seems to be one of our strongest at this league :

"As resident purveyor of fine cheddar, I present to you a tasty little 1000 point list:


Scar-Vet on Cold One- 100

Empire Jade Battlemage- 100

Saurus Warriorsx10 - 100

Saurus Warriorsx10- 100

Bastiladon- 300

Bastiladon- 300

This will give you:
  • 4D6 Rend -1 attacks that do 2 Damage each at 20" (and woe betide any demon player you run into).
  • 2 of the hardest to kill monsters in the game.
  • A wizard that can then heal those hard to kill monsters back up (and then make them even tougher for a turn).
  • A solid block of infantry that can move 10" a turn to grab objectives, not to mention ignoring rend -1.
  • A fairly fast General with a decent command ability and great tarpit-removal attacks.
  • A lack of friends.
If you want to keep solely in Seraphon, you could drop the battlemage for a Starpriest, and then maybe replace the warriors for guard, but I really think the Jade wizard is worth its weight in gold in lower points value games. Your opponents will throw a lot of hate at your bastiladons, and if you can undo all their work with one spell cast... it can be pretty brutal."
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lol! That sounds pretty awesome! I will give this list a try, but we have a lot of new players. I'd like them to keep playing. I made that mistake with my necrons. woops. :( lol.

Thank you!! I am likely going to try this list on a more veteran player. It sounds fun!
 
Killer Angel said:
Double basti is really strong, but afaik you could have none! it would be helpful if you tell us what models do you have. ;)
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I have more than I could ever need. I own everything, and in most cases double or triple of the Dinos. Basically, 4k plus in points. Hundreds of Saurus Warriors. :)
 
Perfect.

At this point the question is more: how much do you want to stomp your opponents?

Because Beany's double basti list is a mean green killing machine, but it will lose you friends... unless your friends are the kind that at 1000 pts field Beastclaw with Frostlord on Stonehorn AND Thundertusk; or Death with Mourningul. In this case doble basti is fine.

If you want something less cheesy, still strong but also with some nice versatility, at 1000 pts I usually suggest this:

Saurus Scar Veteran on Carno - 260 (general)
Skin Star Priest - 100
Saurus Knights x 5 - 120
Saurus Warriors x 10 - 100
Chama skinks x 5 - 120
Bastiladon - 300
 
Killer Angel said:
Perfect.

At this point the question is more: how much do you want to stomp your opponents?

Because Beany's double basti list is a mean green killing machine, but it will lose you friends... unless your friends are the kind that at 1000 pts field Beastclaw with Frostlord on Stonehorn AND Thundertusk; or Death with Mourningul. In this case doble basti is fine.

If you want something less cheesy, still strong but also with some nice versatility, at 1000 pts I usually suggest this:

Saurus Scar Veteran on Carno - 260 (general)
Skin Star Priest - 100
Saurus Knights x 5 - 120
Saurus Warriors x 10 - 100
Chama skinks x 5 - 120
Bastiladon - 300
Click to expand...


lol, ya, we have a lot of new players. New to AOS, and new to table top in general. I want to be easy going at first. I am also new to AOS, but not table top. So, it is still a learning situation for me as well.

That list doesn't seem too harsh, but is still solid. I DO love my Bastiladon(s), or I call him Spike(s). ( Land before time thing). I am going to give this list a try. I had a list in mind,but it's very basic just to get the benefits. Pretty much a Priest, many Saurus warriors, and a Bastiladon.

thank you guys!!! I really appreciate the input. The league doesn't start for a couple weeks,, but I will post the updates on how the game went.
 
Hey guys,

The players at our store are all relatively new. We only have one player that likes to min/max and take insane things in low point games but nobody really plays against him lol.

She has the following in her collection that we have found so far:

Slaan mage priest
Star seer
star priest
Carnisaur
2 bastilidons (one on sprue, one build with sun engine)
2 stegadons (in process of being built). One metal one new plastic
19 temple guard
46 skinks with javs
6 New on sprue ripperdactles
68 saurus warriors hws
30 saurus warriors spears
16 Saurus warriors New on sprue
1 sunblood
1 skarred vet
2 cav skarred vets
16 saurus cav

So that is what she has to work with so far.
 
Pretty sweet army at this point! Lots of potential.
 
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