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by Irishranger
Mon May 11, 2015 11:46 am
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Understanding the German Comp pack C.O.M.B.A.T. 8.1
Replies: 12
Views: 5949

Re: Understanding the German Comp pack C.O.M.B.A.T. 8.1

Seems straight forward enough to break, cav bus either dp or sh botwd, mounted bsb, giantblade prince on horse, lvl 4 with scroll on high or death on horse, 3 rbts, frosty, filler. Job done.
by Irishranger
Fri May 08, 2015 11:06 am
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Crossroads GT - Anyone know?
Replies: 32
Views: 11745

Re: Crossroads GT - Anyone know?

I was over there for a few months due to work.
by Irishranger
Tue May 05, 2015 11:26 am
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin
Replies: 178
Views: 56461

Re: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin

Actually is anyone here going to the 6 nations as player, merc or otherwise?
by Irishranger
Tue May 05, 2015 11:25 am
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin
Replies: 178
Views: 56461

Re: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin

@Curu Actually I don't find DE to be a hard matchup in ETC for HE. In a world where no really fight that much, their advantage in close combat means less, compared to having an army wide BSB. I also tend to find both our magic and shooting stronger. I sorta see the magic but shooting really? They h...
by Irishranger
Fri May 01, 2015 12:00 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin
Replies: 178
Views: 56461

Re: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/64080473/My_Events/Call%20to%20War/Call%20to%20War%202015/Lists_v1.pdf Lists are up for call to war which uses ETC, I think Colin Power's HE list is illegal... Sent you pm on twf but I assure you my list is fine as the book on a loremaster is not a comp point(see...
by Irishranger
Wed Apr 01, 2015 8:10 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Crossroads GT - Anyone know?
Replies: 32
Views: 11745

Re: Crossroads GT - Anyone know?

Hi Irishranger, I have a question, is it ETC ruling that Loremaster can use Lore of Undeath signature spell or is it considered regular way of laying now? Cheers! ETC ruling, can't say for other systems though I suspect swedish will follow eventually as I know both systems try to look at the other ...
by Irishranger
Wed Apr 01, 2015 7:00 pm
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: HE light council @ Crossroads
Replies: 8
Views: 5118

Re: HE light council @ Crossroads

From what I remember I had speed of light, earth blood and a -1 to hit spell(not sure about this) during the fight. the only characters in the unit were the lvl 4 who sat on the edge out of combat and the loremaster. He rolled up dwellers so I had to split the characters between the archers and the ...
by Irishranger
Tue Mar 31, 2015 1:21 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Crossroads GT - Anyone know?
Replies: 32
Views: 11745

Re: Crossroads GT - Anyone know?

Write ups http://www.ulthuan.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=68773 Under the current rules loremaster is fantastic, he can take the book, gets the undeath sig, fights and adds so many options with 9 spells. As for light council vs Star dragon, you can play the ranged game better unless unforging ...
by Irishranger
Tue Mar 31, 2015 1:14 pm
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: HE light council @ Crossroads
Replies: 8
Views: 5118

HE light council @ Crossroads

A few people said they'd be interested in reports on my games at the spring crossroads GT so here they are. This was under the ETC 2.5.1 comp which is Banner of the World Dragon 3 choices ● Frostheart Phoenix 1 choice ● Strength 6 or more Flying Large Target above 2 2 choices each ● 3 or more mounte...
by Irishranger
Mon Mar 30, 2015 11:44 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Crossroads GT - Anyone know?
Replies: 32
Views: 11745

Re: Crossroads GT - Anyone know?

I got 6th overall and 2nd on pure BPs. The list was AM lvl 4 light ironcurse LM sword of anti heroes, 4++ parry shield, book of hoeth Mage lvl 1 light scroll BSB GW, DA, Flaming banner 15 archers full com 2x 5 reavers bows and spears 2x 5 helms shields 28 WL full com botwd eagle 4x RBTs Frosty 2398 ...
by Irishranger
Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:50 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin
Replies: 178
Views: 56461

Re: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin

The advantages offered by the star dragon aren't just +1 to some stats. WS7 means ws3 hits on 5+ instead of 4+ which matters against gutstars, nurgle stuff and monsters. Also hitting ws 6 stuff like other characters and blight kings on 3's helps a lot when you have no rerolls. S&T7 helps versus ...
by Irishranger
Mon Mar 09, 2015 2:09 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin
Replies: 178
Views: 56461

Re: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin

While I'm rather pissed off that the build I was testing for the last 3 months just got banned as 'collateral damage', I am rather interested in the Teclis + 4 rbt list that opened up. Hopefully we can go back to the previous HE comp but keep Teclis at 4.
by Irishranger
Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:41 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: ETC Draft 2.5
Replies: 205
Views: 55520

Re: ETC Draft 2.5

Honestly, the details are undecided. I think the discussion would be more productive if you assumed they were whatever-you-think-is-best rather than epople getting hung up on details. What would a truly bad matchup for this list be? Empire light council, high elf light council, Dark elves with mora...
by Irishranger
Fri Feb 20, 2015 3:12 pm
Forum: 8th ed - Tactics Forum
Topic: Aggressive high elves?
Replies: 15
Views: 15405

Re: Aggressive high elves?

I do wonder what happens when the unstoppable force hits the immovable object. It tends not to be a case of the unstoppable force hitting the object but rather missing it, via chaff(lizards), fast evasion units(DE) or arcs of death(Dwarf gunlines). Then one of two things tend to happen, the aggress...
by Irishranger
Tue Feb 17, 2015 12:25 am
Forum: 8th ed - Tactics Forum
Topic: ETC Restrictions and the Points Denial Play Style
Replies: 5
Views: 7662

Re: ETC Restrictions and the Points Denial Play Style

You can work it so there is about 75% in one silver helm deathstar with botwd. Not sure why you'd want to. Played a game vs lizards who'd done something like that with TG. Killed everything else and sniped a few skink priests out for a 16-4. 18-2 if he didnt IF a comet and searing doom as I went in ...
by Irishranger
Fri Jan 30, 2015 1:57 am
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: ETC Draft 2.5
Replies: 205
Views: 55520

Re: ETC Draft 2

The high elf comp is hard but you can still make strong lists under it. I wont say too much but look at previous ETC lists that worked well, some of the strong ones still fit. Dropping the banner to cost 2 choices means that the helmbus that ran rampant last year fits in again(banner(2), mounted, rb...
by Irishranger
Sat Jan 24, 2015 5:36 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: SCGT
Replies: 20
Views: 9355

Re: SCGT

Work permitting I hope to make it but how much of an effort depends on the comp tbh.
by Irishranger
Wed Jun 04, 2014 10:42 pm
Forum: 8th ed - Tactics Forum
Topic: What are high elves uniquely good at?
Replies: 20
Views: 9127

Re: What are high elves uniquely good at?

Strong magic items. There is no magic item in the game that comes even close to the banner even disregarding price. Add in the book which is still probably in the top 5 items and the golden crown and shield of the myrwyrm both of which provide excellent protection for the price. Star lance and reave...
by Irishranger
Sat Jan 11, 2014 2:22 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: ETC Draft 2 - High Elves Discussion
Replies: 34
Views: 7497

Re: ETC Draft 2 - High Elves Discussion

Personally I'm quite happy with the comp as the 3 relevant lines are reasonably light. Last 2 lines do nothing and as such I dont care whether they are in or out. I think the infantry lists will do the best as they can get book+ banner +scroll and rely least on the restricted frosty, I can see the c...
by Irishranger
Fri Jan 10, 2014 1:51 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: High Elf Highest Tiered Army???
Replies: 66
Views: 11135

Re: High Elf Highest Tiered Army???

I would easily put high elves as a top 5 army ad I think anyone who tries to argue that they arent top half at least is mad( or in denial :wink: ). Yes we aren't as versatile as skaven or as resilient as demons or WoC but we do have massive mobility, hitting power and against the right target we can...
by Irishranger
Sat Dec 07, 2013 12:36 pm
Forum: 8th ed - Army Lists
Topic: Compendium of ETC lists
Replies: 22
Views: 3295

Re: Compendium of ETC lists

This got rather bigger than I expected so I'll do my best to answer the main points. First off the light council, I really like the list and played with it a bit however I feel it relies rather heavily on the book+banner combo that the ARcom want to ban. I have my doubts about its ability to work wi...
by Irishranger
Wed Dec 04, 2013 12:26 pm
Forum: 8th ed - Army Lists
Topic: Compendium of ETC lists
Replies: 22
Views: 3295

Re: Compendium of ETC lists

I think Elindar covered most of my points but I'll give my reasoning below. The anointed is in the list to give the PG 3 things. Stubborn, MR2 and a few high strength attacks. While a prince can do this with obsidian amulet, and the crown, he is very vulnerable to being picked off in combat or snipe...
by Irishranger
Tue Dec 03, 2013 10:37 pm
Forum: 8th ed - Army Lists
Topic: Compendium of ETC lists
Replies: 22
Views: 3295

Compendium of ETC lists

ETC planning has started and this year I decided try to compile a list of all possible builds under the comp. Here are the 4 main list themes I see under the draft 1 comp. Each fills a different role and is based on the assumption that comp wont change drastically in our favor. E.g we have zero chan...
by Irishranger
Fri Nov 29, 2013 11:22 am
Forum: 8th ed - Army Lists
Topic: The most overpowered HE Tourney List. IT"S NOT EVEN FUN
Replies: 22
Views: 4486

Re: The most overpowered HE Tourney List. IT"S NOT EVEN FUN

Easy enough to beat the list, doom and darkness or treason of tzeentch with 2 hellcannons have a good chance of panicing the unit off turn 1(7 with no reroll or 6 with a reroll). The stubborn disc lord with flaming breath, ots and a 3++ will sit there smashing the unit to pieces and killing the char...
by Irishranger
Thu Nov 28, 2013 10:53 pm
Forum: 8th ed - Tactics Forum
Topic: Best way to kill dreadlord with 1+ rr and cloak?
Replies: 11
Views: 3087

Re: Best way to kill dreadlord with 1+ rr and cloak?

High magic, death snipes, searing doom and single bolts all work, a 3++ isnt really all that. Best solution is hitting him in the face with white lions, a starlance noble or a giant blade prince. Trick is to have enough threats to force him into combat early and then only offer him bad combats. E.g....
by Irishranger
Thu Nov 28, 2013 9:30 pm
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: The Cavalry Prince - List Design, Tactics, Battle Reports
Replies: 1821
Views: 841851

Re: The Cavalry Prince - List Design, Tactics, Battle Reports

I'm afraid I'm going to pile in on the swordmasters dont really cut it bandwagon. Yep they benefit more from high magic buffs but dragon princes do it better and if I want combat buffs I'll take shadow, light, metal or a loremaster. Yep they will smash up t3 models with low saves but most t3 low sav...
by Irishranger
Thu Nov 21, 2013 9:41 pm
Forum: 8th ed - Tactics Forum
Topic: I feel dirty.
Replies: 15
Views: 5490

Re: I feel dirty.

The best this list will do against any kind of decent opponent is a draw, unless that opponent is very unlucky. Actually if it was white lions with BotWD maybe the list could get a draw but Phoenix guard with life and no razor banner are shit. I'd bet on 3 skullcrushers to take the entire unit off....
by Irishranger
Thu Nov 21, 2013 9:31 pm
Forum: 8th ed - Tactics Forum
Topic: Archmage Loadout Question.
Replies: 8
Views: 2172

Re: Archmage Loadout Question.

Keep mages cheap. Most common causes of death for lvl 4s are falling down a hole, bunker unit fleeing or getting eaten by a flying combat monster. Wards help in precisely 0 of these cases unless you think you can roll 4+ wards till the mage beats down the chaos lord/greater demon etc. So dont give t...
by Irishranger
Sun Nov 10, 2013 9:07 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: ETC draft 1
Replies: 23
Views: 4898

Re: ETC draft 1

@Giladis I believe hitting the death am is part of a move to limit death overall due to last year where death was more common than the next 4 most popular lores combined. @jayzerus Not sure how the above hits people who dont take a phoenix, care to elaborate? I agree stooping book and banner is sill...
by Irishranger
Sun Nov 10, 2013 12:18 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: ETC draft 1
Replies: 23
Views: 4898

ETC draft 1

Full comp can be found here: http://warhammer.org.uk/phpBB/viewforum.php?f=18 If people want I can post up the full comp but it is a bit long. Below is the high elf portion, other relevant parts include max 450 points and 60 models per unit, 12 dice max per phase, can only add 2 power or dispel dice...