So, today I'm going to post two lists im going to test in the nearest future. I decided to try and base on models I own, and minimize the amount of models I would need to get, but still build as effective lists as possible.
So far from caster I only own
- Butcher 3
- eSorscha
- Karchev
- pVladimir
- Zerkova
- Strakhov
From the beginning I decided to eliminate Karchev and Zerkova, because even tough they are very fun casters to play they fill the small gap of match-ups while building for 2 list steamrollers I'm going to need two lists that are all-rounders with some techs against different army lists.
Strakhov is a caster i have considered for a long time because he is very underestimated one. He has one of the best spell lists in Khador and his feat is often used wrong to make extra fast models, super extra fast. This feat shines with slow models to make them fast. For example normally SPD 4 Beast 09, becomes a monster with +4" of charge movement and charge for free. Occultation is a spell that makes all your infantry or support much more dependent and harder to kill. Strakhov so far has the best non-linear melee assassination option out of all Khadorean warcasters. Overrun combined with superiority and feat give you Beast 09 charging across half of the board and hitting very precisely due to Superiority. Release of Andrei Malakov gives your army new possibilities by adding another dangerous jack with Red Line that can assassinate enemy warcaster or hunt their anti heavy tech. Sentry is a great spell combined with mortar to get some interaction during opponents turn. It's great how this model under sentry can shoot each turn and clear enemy non armored models.
This is the list i considered if i chose Strakhov as my main caster:
Kommander Strakhov (*6pts)
* Beast-09 (11pts)
* Sylys Wyshnalyrr, the Seeker (2pts)
Great Bears of Gallowswood (5pts)
Lady Aiyana & Master Holt (4pts)
Widowmakers (Leader and 3 Grunts) (4pts)
Winter Guard Mortar Crew (Leader and Grunt) (3pts)
Winter Guard Rifle Corps (Leader and 9 Grunts) (8pts)
Eiryss, Angel of Retribution (3pts)
Kovnik Andrei Malakov (3pts)
* Spriggan (10pts)
Kovnik Jozef Grigorovich (2pts)
Reinholdt, Gobber Speculator (1pts)
I'm definitely going to test it one day, but i realized that even with the toolkit he offers the learning curve with him is very big, and i should learn how to use separately how to use models in his army to be able to combine it together with great effect.
You will probably wonder why i also dropped pVladimir at this point. There are two reasons. First is that i want to run under him Conquest very much because i see great potential here due to feat and S&P, second is that my main list is going to be Butch3r and he has so far Valachev that i would need also in Vlads list, I came up with.
So as you probably now know I'm going to learn how to play and paint lists for eSorscha and Butch3r. I guess i took a non ordinary point of view on those two casters and built two lists that i hope don't look common and bring something new to the metagaming. I'm going to write more tomorrow about the lists but here they are:
Kommander Zoktavir, The Butcher Unleashed (*4pts)
* Devastator (9pts)
* War dog (1pts)
Alexia Ciannor & the Risen (Alexia and 9 Risen Grunts) (5pts)
Cylena Raefyll & Nyss Hunters (Cylena and 9 Grunts) (10pts)
* Koldun Kapitan Valachev (2pts)
Press Gangers (Leader and 9 Grunts) (6pts)
Press Gangers (Leader and 9 Grunts) (6pts)
Bosun Grogspar (2pts)
Doc Killingsworth (2pts)
First Mate Hawk (2pts)
Lord Rockbottom (2pts)
Man-o-war Drakhun (with dismount) (5pts)
Saxon Orrik (2pts)
Forward Kommander Sorscha (*6pts)
* Behemoth (13pts)
* Sylys Wyshnalyrr, the Seeker (2pts)
Battle Mechaniks (Leader and 3 Grunts) (2pts)
Great Bears of Gallowswood (5pts)
Lady Aiyana & Master Holt (4pts)
Widowmakers (Leader and 3 Grunts) (4pts)
Winter Guard Infantry (Leader and 9 Grunts) (6pts)
* Winter Guard Infantry Officer & Standard (2pts)
* 2 Winter Guard Infantry Rocketeers (2pts)
Kovnik Andrei Malakov (3pts)
* Beast-09 (11pts)
Kovnik Jozef Grigorovich (2pts)
