Imagine traveling back in time and telling someone witnessing the End Times that its 2024 and Warhammer Fantasy is back and the two most populous armies are Tomb Kings and Breonnians.
My god, I love the Dwarfs so much. Every image I see of them looks awesome and makes me want to try my hand at building an army of short kings so badly!
Always is a long time. Once upon a time they both did D4 (yes, really). Would have been surprising for them to have been different what with them both being the same model, but then if you added extra crew to the thing it could do anything up to 2D4+1...
@@cavemansam8400 That doesn't ring any bells to me, but I only really have any grasp at all of what went on in 2nd, 3rd, 6th & 8th along with with the new game. So who knows? Been looking at the 2nd Edition rules as that's when my Dwarf bombard model comes from (think 3rd probably existed by the time I bought it). Rather than multiple wounds they did multiple hits (D6) to models in a 2" wide 48" corridor - you had to roll to hit each model in the first place though. The 3rd Ed ones dropped off in strength for every foot of range. I like the advice in the rulebook 'Rather than using a tape measure you may wish to make your own firing stick'.
Ooh yay more old world stuff! Hope bretonnia get a good score. I’m gonna finish this video later tonight while I paint my Knight Errants command groups
So having played a few legacy factions cause, Fuck you GW i want my vampire counts and Daemons. i can say with certainty, that the Daemons are borked. If they are going up against a faction with relatively few magic attacks they are pretty hard to put down. A nurgle based army in particular as they get regens on top of that. However, any factions with high concentration of magic attacks will utterly roll them over. Brettonians, warriors of chaos and high elves in particular laugh at daemons. Armor is so rare in the daemons faction that you depend on that ward save and the moment it's stripped away on multiple fronts you are on the clock. Also they made creating an army rather more difficult, as it's very good based rather then mix and match. might be a downside might not. it is for me as i had to bulk up on core troops to make a proper army.
Empire also has the ability to field inexpensive heroes that can be mounted on griffons and pegasus. This isnt very common . Orcs need lords to field Wyverns , Dark Elves need an entire unique more expensive hero to mount the Manticore , Vampire counts need lords for the Abyssal Terror and so on . I have yet to see anyone take advantage of this and im not sure why. 4 griffons in 2k points would be hard for most armies to deal with.
Empire characters aren't that cheap when you look at the statlines A Bret Baron is 45pts less than a grand master for 1 less initiative, the loss of stubborn and immune to psychology but the GAIN of a native ward save
So about those ethereal dragoms. You know how jezzails are one of the skaven best friends with dealing with monsters in total? Well they are magical weapons as well😂
The actual warriors in WoC lineup are a far cry from what they used to be. Having a core unit with 2 attacks and WS 5 is something I made a nightmare out of for many people I went up against. I hope they fix the infantry going forward to get that 7th-8th edition feel back. This time without the horde rules.
I hVe seen normal archers cut down monsters in a turn. Viletide is great but very short range. Have a large block of archers shooting at a large target like a ghorghon or a block of gor, and you're fishing for wounds anyhow. Honestly, I was shocked when 20 peasants with bows killed my ghorgon turn 2.
This sums up Beastmen methinks... Beastmen are great in "fair" Warhammer but they absolutely lack the tools to be better than average in the competitive metagame right now. They're slow, don't have a premier Monster and have to rely on Viletide and it's very short threat range to handle the Dragon lords. I love them, but they're very mid for tournament play.
That comment was someone else's, not mine, can't recall whom, but def sums up my thoughts on them. I still adore my beastmen, though , but not great competitive meta right now at all.
What about the legacy factions? Sure, they will not get their Arcane Journals but they are the core of Warhammer Fantasy just as the fully supported factions. Please, do not treat them as the second-tier factions.
@@mathewcooper8505 I agree. Knights should be better, inner circle should be core, cannons should be D6 wounds. Again… hit or miss. Even with a D6 what they are targeting is most likely to survive.
@@Tangodownmtndew I hope it’s a good journal for you! If it’s anything like the Bret journal I hope you’ll be happy. Elite troops might get moved into core: faction and army of infamy exclusive items… it will be great I’m sure
