My list featured a lvl 4 High Magic and lvl 2 Metal wizards, tooled up with book of Hoeth, banner of sorcery and the annulian crystal. Nasty magic phases. I am starting to like High Magic as a lore, all the spells are useful, they are easily cast, and the list is versatile. Metal is a killer against Brets though, and Mark was horrified in game 1 when Final Transmutation went off and he lost 4 knights and a prophetess turned to gold on the first turn. Very deadly spell.
We replayed the game, and the second time around it went a little better for him since Final Transmutation only killed knights, but the speedy elven cavalry got behind his lances and shredded his bows, while his knight were afraid to charge
swordmasters and were pummeled by magic.
Brets really need Life magic to buff and save knights, but he also doesn't have any special or rare units to play around with either. Big blocks of knights are juicy targets for smug elven mages carrying around the book of Hoeth. Lore of Metal is like krytonite against knights as well. Feeling better about facing Daemons next, now that I am getting the hang of these pointy ears and dirty tricks.
Ah! Such a shame to hear of a Bretonnian going down. But, High Elves are a horrible foe for them to face as that ASF disarms the lance's charge quite a bit.
ReplyDeleteYep, ASF coupled with some of the High Magic buffs (spells that grant stubborn & ward saves) really make it hard for Brets. They must get flesh to stone or something else off to cut down casualties against ASF.
ReplyDeleteMark notes that in this match-up his Brets lose both the magic and melee phases, perhaps draw on the shooting phase, so that's a recipe for a defeat unless the dice help out.
Oh, when the horror of that day. When will the nightmares stop?
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