Age of Sigmar Army List Advice from GW

Edit: The PDF is unofficial, however its still a way to create army in AOS, which is better than what we had before.

This happened today.

Going Foward: 8th Ed Wood Elf Army Lists

What with the excitement of the Wood Elf book dying down it time to around to the serious business of writing army lists with the new Wood Elf army book. As i am going to the Horned Rat on May the 24th and 25th i present my list for that event (note this was a first impressions list, written before i had the book or played a game with the new Wood Elves)

The Horned Rat List

Level 4 on High Magic with Channeling Staff(185+35+15=240)

Level 4 on Life Magic(185+35=225)

Level 2 on Metal Magic (80+35=115)

Waystalker (90)

Waystalker (90)

Glade Captain with the Bow of Loren and the Hail of Doom Arrow (75+30+20=125)

20 Glade Guard with Musician, Standard and Hagbane Tips(15x20+10=310)

10 Glade Guard with Musician and Arcane Bodkins (17x10+10=180)

20 Glade Guard with Musician and Swiftshiver Shafts (16x20+10=330)

6 Treekin (270)

10 Waywatchers (10x20=200)

1 Treeman (225)

Total cost: 2340

Runefang Preparations

On the 26/27 of April this month i will be attending Runefang VII. Now the reason why i will be going to this tournament is because it will be using Swedish Comp to restrict what players can take. For those who don know Swedish Comp gives each unit in fantasy a points value. You subtract (or in some cases add) the points value of each unit in your army from 300 and once thats done divide the end result by ten, giving you a number which will be your Swedish Comp value for your army. Power gamy ultra fifthly lists may get a number as low as say 6, and super soft fluffy armies may get a number around 14 -16. For Runefang players arent allowed to bring an army with a SC vaule lower than 11.

Ask And The Forest Will Answer

When i got home from work today the following were waiting on my bed.

These were bought off were bought off the GW website, and before i go on let me explain. These units form part of my revamped Wood Elf army that i plan to enter in Runefang during April. I simply didn't have the time to find alternate Dryad or Waywatcher models, so feel to rail against me in the comment sections but keep in mind that i plan to buy a limited edition Wood Elf Army Book when they come on sale in may. On the positive side i order the models last Thursday and they arrived today (Tuesday) so well done GW on the speedy delivery,  but you never thought i would say that.

The Wild Hunt

So what with the announcement that Ruination, a 4000 point tournament to be held in January, will be going ahead i decided to write a list for it. Now i am not sure that i will be going to the tournament, but i like the idea of this list so much that i want someone who will be going to use it. SO without further ado here it is:

Wood Elves in Retrospect

Its been 5 months since i started my wood elves, during that time i have been in 3 tournaments and countless club games with them, i have learned a lot and and gained valuable tactical insight.  Until recently i have been running a 3S army, that being: Sticks, Shooters and Spells.  Now this army build relies on the glade guard shooting off or panicking infantry units and the treemen stomping on the others. However there a few issues, the first being that there aren't enough treemen (yes 3 isn't enough) to hold the line and block the infantry units, and the glade guard often cant do enough damage to shoot off or panic their units.

So the list has gone through a revision, gone is the 3S structure and in is a more close combat list, with glade guard being swapped out for Eternal Guard, and the Treeman Ancient swapped out for a close combat Highborn. The idea being that these close combat units go after the toughest infantry units with the treemen breaking (in theory) any bus unit on the field. Also included is a unit of wardancers who double up as a bunker for the level 4 spellweaver. So the new standard list looks something like:

Wood Elf Highborn w/ Twilight spear, Armour of the Fey and the Amber Pendant

Level 4 Spellweaver w/ Wand of the Wych Elm and Iron Curse Icon

Wood Elf BSB w/ Hail of Doom Arrow

Level 2 Spellsinger w/ Divination Orb

20 Glade Guard w/ Full Command and Banner of Eternal Flame

20 Glade Guard w/ Full Command

20 Eternal Guard w/ Full Command and Razor Standard

9 Wardancers w/ Musician

Treeman

Treeman

So in hindsight focusing on glade guard wasn't the way to go with so few combat units to finish off the weakened target. Hopefully this new list will be able to stand up in combat whilst still providing enough fire power to damage dangerous units. Untill next time.

Rex "I love trees" Foote

The Path to Skitterleap

With the submission of my Skitterleap list on the weekend it has been effectively set in stone, so here is what that list will look like.

Level 4 Life mage @ 250 points

Treeman Ancient w/ Annoyance of Nettlings @ 350 Points

Wood Elf Noble BSB w/ Hail of Doom Arrow @ 140 Points

Wood Elf Noble w/ Starfire arrow and Pageant of Shrikes @ 125 Points

20 Wood Elf Glade Guard w/ Standard Bearer,Musician and Banner of Eternal Flame         @ 268 Points

20 Wood Elf Glade Guard w/ Musician @ 246 Points

20 Wood Elf Glade Guard w/ Musician @ 246 Points

3 Treekin @ 195 Points

1 Treeman @ 285 Points

1 Treeman  @ 285 Points

                                                         

Total Points: 2390 

As a addition to this at the time of writing this post i am 6 glade guard away from a fully painted 2400 point army, which is good news all round.

The general plan for this list is that the glade guard and heroes shoot things, the tree men/kin hit things and the mage does magic things. Really thats all tactics wise, nice, simple and unable to be derailed by a opponent doing something completely unexpected.    

Until next time.
Rex