boozy
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Post by boozy on Jan 21, 2018 14:38:37 GMT
I saw the Barnabas2 model the other day, and was smitten. It is absolutely gorgeous. I want to put him on the table.
Trick is, I have no idea how to build a list for him. Hunter's Mark is great for warbeasts, and everbody gets Pathfinder and functional +2DEF is good too. But that applies to infantry as well, and I want my Bokor for the feat. There's no Cauldron yet, and I don't know which theme to put him in.
Can anyone who's managed to unlock him drop some wisdom?
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bacon
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Post by bacon on Jan 21, 2018 17:58:14 GMT
I haven't used him yet but I can tell you what ive seen. He has good synergy with boneswarms' and bull snappers' animi, using spiny growth to up his armor and the boneswarm can sit nearby granting the minus 2 to hit via swarm. When the croc pot releases that will help both barnabas and the boneswarm too. Outside of that you'd want one disposable unit so that you have a feat. Outside of that the list is pretty flexible. He doesn't personally make anything hit harder so you'll need to take that into account when list building. As to theme he's good in both, since he can get pretty much everything he wants in both themes.
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Post by Gaston on Jan 22, 2018 0:05:48 GMT
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Post by polydox on Jan 22, 2018 16:06:32 GMT
i like the idea of taking him with boneswarms. with EoBN and swarm the opponent is at -4 to hit BLoB and anything within reach. would keep a blindwalker near by as well so you can keep bone shakers up to give the -2 arm auras. then if you take wrong eye, large portions of your army becomes rather difficult to hit in melee.
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rainxtn
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Post by rainxtn on Jan 23, 2018 19:18:37 GMT
I'm going to be putting him on the table for the first time tonight, and this is the list I'm using.
Barnabas 2 (Will Work For Food) -Gatorman Soul Slave -Blackhide Wrastler -Blackhide Wrastler -Bull Snapper
Wrong Eye & Snapjaw Eilish Garrity Gremlin Swarm
Farrow Bone Grinders (min) Farrow Valkyries Farrow Valkyries Cylena & Nyss Hunters
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flogger
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Post by flogger on Jan 23, 2018 20:24:25 GMT
Until the Cauldron comes I BLoB like this:
Theme: Will Work For Food
3 / 3 Free Cards 75 / 75 Army Barnabas, Lord of Blood - WB: +23 - Barnabas, Lord of Blood (Cont.) - Gatorman Soul Slave - PC: 0 - Dracodile - PC: 36 (Battlegroup Points Used: 23) - Blackhide Wrastler - PC: 16 - Boneswarm - PC: 7
Wrong Eye - Wrong Eye & Snapjaw: 17 Bone Shrine - PC: 2 Orin Midwinter, Rogue Inquisitor - PC: 0 Swamp Gobber River Raider - 3 Raiders: 0 Swamp Gobber River Raider - 3 Raiders: 4
Farrow Valkyries - Leader & 2 Grunts: 8 Farrow Valkyries - Leader & 2 Grunts: 8
I've noticed I do need to double river raiders for the feat turn. Removing Valkyries is a little too painful. But once the cauldron comes that won't be necessary anymore.
I've considered exchanging the Boneswarm for a Bull Snapper, +2ARM might be worth more than DEF17 against living. But I'm not sure yet. I'd like them both to be able to change if I face living models or not. ARM20 is sweet on a caster.
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Post by theghost on Jan 25, 2018 16:02:31 GMT
Id like some pointers on how to get use out of his feat, what do you spend all those resources on?
Do you send barny to do the dirty work himself?
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Post by danfromchicago on Jan 25, 2018 19:50:04 GMT
Last night I filled up on corpses, I healed the Wrastler for 2d3, and I grabbed a couple of FURY.
Barney went in and killed a StormRaptor.
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flogger
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Post by flogger on Jan 26, 2018 8:49:52 GMT
Id like some pointers on how to get use out of his feat, what do you spend all those resources on? Do you send barny to do the dirty work himself? Barney does a lot of dirty work himself. But sometimes I use it to: Cast 2x Rage, once on Wrastler and once on Snapjaw, then cast Execration and Onslaught is upkept for free thanks to the soul slave. Then I charge and use my 2 attacks (one bought), feat and go full on corpse and fury kill a heavy or 2. Splitting attacks on 2 of them is great thanks to grievous, removing the mind does enough to for them do be unable to hit you.
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Post by zwergenkrieger on Feb 13, 2018 18:30:17 GMT
Hi guys, today I got my BLoB. Pretty awesome model. Unfortunately I do not know what to do with him. No matter what list I write, I immediately think: Jaga Jaga or Rask can do it better. Do you think that there is anything about his rules set that cries: take me or you will miss that rule / ability? Regarding the Cauldron: if you try to include it in lists, there are suddenly a lot of things you want to also get into your lists, ie Bone Swarms (and Bokur + Shambkers if you´re running Blindwater). That consumes quite a bit of points. Gaston said in his thread that he is going to run him as a defensive beast brick. DEF14 and star crossed are a thing here. That means Wrong Eye and Snapjaw. Well, right now I got the impression that this might be the right way to build lists, though it means that you´re rather tightly packed which I normally try to avoid. Regarding his battlegroup: do you think that a Wrastler is mandatory? It eats up so much points, but that animus is sweeeeett. Barnabas 2 (Will Work For Food) -Gatorman Soul Slave -Blackhide Wrastler -Blackhide Wrastler -Bull Snapper Wrong Eye & Snapjaw Eilish Garrity Gremlin Swarm Farrow Bone Grinders (min) Farrow Valkyries Farrow Valkyries Cylena & Nyss Hunters I came up with almost the exact same list today. Maybe I give it a ride on saturday... Well, that´s it. What are you going to run with him?
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Post by ghoulio on Feb 13, 2018 21:41:02 GMT
This is the list I have been using so far:
Theme: The Blindwater Congregation 2 / 2 Free Cards 75 / 75 Army
Barnabas, Lord of Blood - WB: +23 - Barnabas, Lord of Blood (Cont.) - Gatorman Soul Slave - PC: 5 - Blackhide Wrastler - PC: 16 (Battlegroup Points Used: 16) - Boneswarm - PC: 7 (Battlegroup Points Used: 7) - Bull Snapper - PC: 0
Wrong Eye - Wrong Eye & Snapjaw: 17 - Snapjaw Totem Hunter - PC: 0 Gatorman Witch Doctor - PC: 4
Gatorman Bokor & Bog Trog Swamp Shamblers - Bokor & 9 Grunts: 10 Gatorman Posse (Blindwater) - Leader & 4 Grunts: 16 - Void Leech - PC: 1 Gatorman Posse (Blindwater) - Leader & 4 Grunts: 16 - Void Leech - PC: 1 Boil Master & Spirit Cauldron - Boil Master & Spirit Cauldron: 5
It seems like a lot of support (well...it is haha) but I find it worth it. Basically the army just runs interference allowing Barnabas to get into place to start murdering things. Every game I have gotten into the later turns and it seems each turn Barnabas lives makes it just that much harder to kill him. So far I have only faced hordes with it so it's probably doing better than it would into Warmachine. Even if it is not totally optimized it is still very fun.
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Post by danfromchicago on Feb 13, 2018 22:35:31 GMT
I'll get my Spirit Cauldron tomorrow, and I'll run: conflictchamber.com/#cb201b_-0vjK4cbN4djWfFbFjXfgjOkbkcMinion Army - 75 / 75 points [Theme] The Blindwater Congregation (Barnabas 2) Barnabas, Lord of Blood [+23] - Blackhide Wrastler [16] - Boneswarm [7] - Bull Snapper [0(5)] - Gatorman Soul Slave [0(5)] Swamp Gobber Chef [1] Wrong Eye [17] Boil Master & Spirit Cauldron [5] Croak Raiders (max) [16] Gatorman Bokor & Bog Trog Swamp Shamblers [10] Gatorman Posse (min) [10] Gatorman Posse (max) [16] The Spirit Cauldron has lots of models it can support deppending on the situation. Boneswarm early, Barney/Shamblers mid, anything late
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2018 17:09:20 GMT
I want to run him with a dracodile. Not sure if it is any good, but figure I'll try it anyway. Void leech is on the crock pot cause I had a point left over.
Minions - blob
Theme: Will Work For Food 3 / 3 Free Cards 75 / 75 Army
Barnabas, Lord of Blood - WB: +23 - Barnabas, Lord of Blood (Cont.) - Dracodile - PC: 36 (Battlegroup Points Used: 23) - Blackhide Wrastler - PC: 16 - Boneswarm - PC: 7
Totem Hunter - PC: 0 Wrong Eye - Wrong Eye & Snapjaw: 17 - Snapjaw Eilish Garrity, the Occultist - PC: 0 Kwaak Slickspine & Gub, Croak Sorcerers - PC: 0
Farrow Bone Grinders - Leader & 5 Grunts: 8 Farrow Valkyries - Leader & 2 Grunts: 8 Boil Master & Spirit Cauldron - Boil Master & Spirit Cauldron: 5 - Void Leech - PC: 1
THEME: Will Work For Food
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Post by Gaston on Feb 18, 2018 17:24:40 GMT
No leeches on pots, Warroom bug.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2018 19:04:57 GMT
gdamnit warroom. guess i should read cards. gobber chef it is.
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