PrinceCharming said:
Anyone got a good tactica on this ?
Or maybe some bat reps where it is used, would like to see how other people play, as i tend to just break shit up hahaha
I haven't used a VL with wings, but I've used a SGK with wings (I like having both rerolls
and RF).
I'll be honest - most of the time he just stays in a unit (there are usually too many spells/archers/war-machines to risk him being in the open). However, it just gives me an additional option - if I need a longer charge, or want to charge over a unit into a mage bunker. Basically, I just like it as an extra option, rather than building my strategy around it in any way.
My typical build is:
SGK
- Ogre Blade
- DBG
- OTS
- Flying Horror
- Red Fury
- Beguile
I usually run him in a block of 40 Ghouls. So far, I've only actually jumped out of the unit once (but then, I've been trying other things recently and haven't used a winged Ghoul King in a while). It was a 2v2, with myself and
TK (Team Crumblefest) against WoC and Beastmen.
Now, unfortunately, most of the enemy army was opposite me. The
TK player's chariot unit was on the edge of the battlefield, and had very little to aim for. On the other hand, I was looking at a Gor
Horde (plus hero and 2 casters), 6 Minotaurs and a Doombull, Vilitch in a unit of Chosen, and a Ghorgon/Dragon-Ogre-Shaggoth tag-team.
Anyway, on my second turn, those units had all advanced and were worryingly close. I doubted that my army would survive the forthcoming turns (since the
TK player wouldn't be able to offer any assistance for a while). So, I thought I'd have some fun - I charged my SGK into Vilitch's chosen unit.
In the ensuing combat, he challenged with his unit champion, which I proceeded to mince. I believe I won combat, but he passed his Ld check. On his turn, he decided on an interesting gambit - he deliberately tried to miscast a spell with Vilitch, in the hopes of killing him and allowing his squad to attack my king. And, amazingly enough, he succeeded. Vilitch miscast, and got sucked into another dimension. The chosen lost a few models from the template, and my king took a wound. But, in the combat, I killed a few chosen, and he failed to wound me. He then proceeded to flee combat, and I cut down his unit, reforming to face his hellcannon.
In my turn, I charged his Hellcannon, and killed it in the resulting combat, before it got to strike (or stomp) me.
The rest of my army fought as best it could, but couldn't do much against about 1.5 armies worth of models. When the
TK player finally managed to get his models over, there was too much for him to handle. We called the game in our enemies' favour.
Nevertheless, my Ghoul King survived the entire game (we mainly stopped the game due to time limits) and it was incredibly fun to have him flying around alone.
