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AoS Stegadons

Thanks Ilkain, that’s how I interpreted it but just wanted to make sure. So I can assume it will almost always have rerolling of 1’s to hit which is great
 
So...looking for a Stegadon these days (at least in Australia) is really difficult, anyway to order GW items from another country through their website?
 
I love the Stegabow.

I think that the bow's range (and its impact) brings something to the Seraphon shooting phase that is largely missing from our warscrolls. While the Bastiladon's gem offers up similar shooting power, the two monsters, themselves, fill dramatically different roles.

It's unique in that way.

Back in 2016, I had my fun with them: putting one on the board for some early target-softening/positioning usually put my opponents in quite a mental tangle.

Often, my Stegadon was handled like a support piece and would survive into the mid-/late-game. And, that makes sense. It's kind of an odd profile.

On the one hand, it was a model that often wasn't worth engaging early/at a distance (especially when it was hanging *behind* approaching infantry units).

The bow seems fairly non-threatening in the bog picture, and the Stegadon just needs to be softened at most to be handleable in combat. It'd be an overcommitment to bring it down, right? There are better targets, right? It's not like it's necessarily hard to wound the Stegadon...

On the other hand, when that bow hits, it freaking hurts. And it keeps getting closer! So, ok, maybe throw a few early spells or shots its way (and away from, say, the Slann).

Most opted for the second choice: chaffing my original Stegabow, usually sending something out of position to do it.

But then I'd try to summon another Stegabow, and then all hell would break loose because they've now shifted their support role into a drive-the-masses-before-us role!

One was on the board the whole time, plucking away, not a huge threat... and now there's a buddy, suddenly changing the board state in a big way.

Two Bastiladons couldn't do quite the same thing imo. Just different roles.
 
Byte said:
Hello. I am new so..could you tell me what spell are you talking about?

Thanks.
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Sure. It's one of our brand new spells included in the GHB2019
The spell it's Stellar Tempest
Casting value 8+
roll a die for each model in the target unit, 1 MW for each 5+.
finally a serious anti horde tool and easily the best spell we have.
 
Killer Angel said:
Sure. It's one of our brand new spells included in the GHB2019
The spell it's Stellar Tempest
Casting value 8+
roll a die for each model in the target unit, 1 MW for each 5+.
finally a serious anti horde tool and easily the best spell we have.
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Very good spell!!!
Thanks
 
I do have a question on stegadons, as I do play death often I would greatly benefit from the anti hoard stuff especially against all those skeletons. However very frequently I also have to deal with big monsters and I do have some concern about them. As I regularly have to go up against zombie dragons, vampire lords on zombie dragons, Arkhan, and prince Vhordrai is there much chance of a stegadon surviving a round of combat with them? If they can I would definitely use them especially with the point reduction.
 
Lizerd said:
I As I regularly have to go up against zombie dragons, vampire lords on zombie dragons, Arkhan, and prince Vhordrai is there much chance of a stegadon surviving a round of combat with them? If they can I would definitely use them especially with the point reduction.
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By themselves? Nope..
You need to soften them, charge them and possible some protection (summon starlight...)
 
Yeah I don't think that we have anything that can go 1v1 against a VLoZD unbuffed, except a Dread Saurian. Maybe an Oldblood on Carnosaur but I wouldn't necessarily bet on that either.
A Stegadon will not make it on its own.

For the Stegadon you should ideally buff it up using Starlight and mystic shield, and you should try to soften up the enemy.
 
So with buffs it’s viable, that’s good to here. If with buffs it can atleast hold until support comes that works excellently. The hope is with LoSaT I should hopefully be able to avoid those situations. Thanks for the advice, it should be very helpful in a few matches I have upcoming
 
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