Post by olaf on Nov 25, 2021 15:37:47 GMT
My legion of steel attempt:
Strakhov 2
Greylord Adjunct Requisition 0
Demolisher 16
Demolisher 16
Destroyer 13
Destroyer 13
Iron Fang Kovnik Req 0
Iron Fang Kovnik Req 0
Harlowe Holdemhigh
Uhlan Kovnik Markov 7
Uhlan Max 17
Uhlan Max 17
Should be 17 points.
Thoughts:
I don't think it's very good. To few models. I gave up on it being very good to. I think i might have fun playing it. At least a couple of times.
I'd absolutely put last stand on an uhlan unit if I felt like it.
Unfortnately you can't put quicken and last stand on the same unit because they're both upkeeps which is annoying.
If you don't throw away your uhlans you could theoretically get one unit up to arm 26, dropping to arm 24 once they sink a shot or two into the kovniks. They would be engaged with an enemy so they wouldn't actually be able to do much because they can't charge but they could at least die slowly. The other would be on arm 24.
I'd probably swap Harlowe and Markov against another jack if we had any that cost 10 points.
The line of thought goes - legion of steel isn't very good, just run something ifp and then run a warjack heavy list.
But what all ifp wants most of all is a buff to their speed and str because reasonable threat ranges and damage is their schtick and that's what you want to boost to make them great.
And we don't 'have any caster that really buffs spd and str of a warrior unit AND buffs warjacks in any significant way.
So just run uhlans because I miss uhlans.
I'd run vlad2 if I could just have a unit of rifle corps in the list. Just one.
Since the req points are so bad maybe the best legion of steel list is one that doesn't use any themes? How much do you really loose from it? Two free kovniks and an adjunct? 11 points? That's probably the real solution. It's just one marauder.
Strakhov 2
Greylord Adjunct Requisition 0
Demolisher 16
Demolisher 16
Destroyer 13
Destroyer 13
Iron Fang Kovnik Req 0
Iron Fang Kovnik Req 0
Harlowe Holdemhigh
Uhlan Kovnik Markov 7
Uhlan Max 17
Uhlan Max 17
Should be 17 points.
Thoughts:
I don't think it's very good. To few models. I gave up on it being very good to. I think i might have fun playing it. At least a couple of times.
I'd absolutely put last stand on an uhlan unit if I felt like it.
Unfortnately you can't put quicken and last stand on the same unit because they're both upkeeps which is annoying.
If you don't throw away your uhlans you could theoretically get one unit up to arm 26, dropping to arm 24 once they sink a shot or two into the kovniks. They would be engaged with an enemy so they wouldn't actually be able to do much because they can't charge but they could at least die slowly. The other would be on arm 24.
I'd probably swap Harlowe and Markov against another jack if we had any that cost 10 points.
The line of thought goes - legion of steel isn't very good, just run something ifp and then run a warjack heavy list.
But what all ifp wants most of all is a buff to their speed and str because reasonable threat ranges and damage is their schtick and that's what you want to boost to make them great.
And we don't 'have any caster that really buffs spd and str of a warrior unit AND buffs warjacks in any significant way.
So just run uhlans because I miss uhlans.
I'd run vlad2 if I could just have a unit of rifle corps in the list. Just one.
Since the req points are so bad maybe the best legion of steel list is one that doesn't use any themes? How much do you really loose from it? Two free kovniks and an adjunct? 11 points? That's probably the real solution. It's just one marauder.