Post by dekken on Nov 7, 2022 23:00:18 GMT
I realize of course that the armies are not set in stone or anything like that (maybe this will be outdated before any significant responses) but I have a few concerns with the current Circle army (Devourer's Host) that I would like to get some outside thoughts on. 
All in all I am quite looking forward to MK4 and I can't wait to get some games in but here are my worries currently affecting my list designs.
1) Fury Management - For some reason they left all of the fury management models (Shifting Stones and Druid Wilder in particluar) out of the Devourer's Host army list. This seems like it could be a huge concern for a caster like Kromac who clearly wants to spam warbeasts. This is especially concerning because I think Frenzy will be a LOT scarier in MK4 which brings me to my next concern...
2) Primal/Frenzy - The Primal animus feels so much more dangerous in MK4 because enemy models can now walk out of the engagement without taking any free-strikes. Yes, I know they will lose their combat action now but this would've been FAR more punishing before especially with boosted free-strikes from heavies. Now, the enemy can quite easily reposition themselves with much less penalty and damn near guarantee your beasts frenzy on each other instead of their models. Frenzy in general I think can be mitigated with fury management solos but Primal just seems too risky now unless your essentially ending the game with it.
Anyway, those are my main concerns and I'm planning to play very soon with some friends. I just really wanted to get some other opinions and see what you guys think. Also, please share your concerns and potential solutions! Maybe we just have to start thinking of circle list design in a new light.
Cheers!
All in all I am quite looking forward to MK4 and I can't wait to get some games in but here are my worries currently affecting my list designs.
1) Fury Management - For some reason they left all of the fury management models (Shifting Stones and Druid Wilder in particluar) out of the Devourer's Host army list. This seems like it could be a huge concern for a caster like Kromac who clearly wants to spam warbeasts. This is especially concerning because I think Frenzy will be a LOT scarier in MK4 which brings me to my next concern...
2) Primal/Frenzy - The Primal animus feels so much more dangerous in MK4 because enemy models can now walk out of the engagement without taking any free-strikes. Yes, I know they will lose their combat action now but this would've been FAR more punishing before especially with boosted free-strikes from heavies. Now, the enemy can quite easily reposition themselves with much less penalty and damn near guarantee your beasts frenzy on each other instead of their models. Frenzy in general I think can be mitigated with fury management solos but Primal just seems too risky now unless your essentially ending the game with it.
Anyway, those are my main concerns and I'm planning to play very soon with some friends. I just really wanted to get some other opinions and see what you guys think. Also, please share your concerns and potential solutions! Maybe we just have to start thinking of circle list design in a new light.
Cheers!
