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Hello! I just wanted to let you guys know that the official v1.0 version of the rules of 9th age has been published! link: http://www.the-ninth-age.com/index.php?simple-page/ The game is now complete, and won't be changing in the near future (the next patch won't be until 2017, probably). So it's ti...

Hey Josse! I think we played against each other in Brugges (Belgian GT) a couple of years back, a Wood Elf Mirror match! If that's you, looking forward to meeting you again some day (if the Belgian tournament scene ever wakes up from its slumber!) I like your list, I can see where you're going with ...

Greetings! I have posted a battle report of my Wood Elves (with NO shooting) against High Elves, using the 9th age Alpha ruleset. Here's a link for it over at TWF, I think it might help with the debate. I hope to be able to make more reports and give more feedback to the 9th age team, but it looks a...

Risking to sound a bit heretical, here's my top 3: - Best 3: Wardancers: their killing blow dance only got better, and they still excel at keeping characters in death stars honest. They can almost reliably stop an enemy charge for a turn with their 3+ ward, especially in a wood. Finally, with their ...

Target saturation is certainly a way to handle the cannon threat, but the problem doesn't lie with the imperial cannons. Factor in the flaming hits from Skullcannons, the re-rolls on artillery dice from Dwarven artillery, the fact that there's rarely just one cannon around... (Not to mention the pre...

I've been using Wildwood Rangers ever since the new book came out: 2 units of 17 with Standard and Musician. To me, the big advantage of WWR is the large number of high strength attacks. They pump out s5 attacks regardless of charging/magic and that's something that I need with my gaming style. The ...

I may be a bit biased, but Wood Elf hordes really seem to me a waste of points. Sure, 30 Wildwood rangers are a great asset to have, but they are also relatively easy to avoid or redirect. Plus, a very good target for warmachine fire, seeing how many kills a well placed template will yield. I think ...

Thanks for your feedback, it's much appreciated. Nice to hear about the Branchwraith, I agree that she's very good value for money at 65 points. Re: Treekin: Well, it's one of these units that will always lose out in comparison to Wild Riders, because -lets face it- everything is less effective than...

@Sidewinder: I came off a bit harsh in my last post. Nothing is a problem, after all it's a game of toy soldiers and we're all out to have fun. But the topic at hand is combat-oriented wood elves and, to an extent, why it's not effective or popular. It is in this context that I see "problems&qu...

Re: protecting treemen/TMA There are two ways to approach this issue. Either you hug terrain (buildings, stone walls, large impassable terrain pieces or big hills) and wait it out until cannons are dealt with or engaged (usually turn 3 or so), or you go all out attack and hope that target saturation...

To say that WR's and WH's are the only real combat units in the book is over-generalizing. Sure in the likely optimal Avoidance build they are. But WWR, Treemen, EG or Sisters with characters, Dragons can still fight. It is worth exploring other possibilities before consigning combat lists to the d...

So what you're really saying is that we can expect a slew of new SmithF battlereports. :p Well, yes! Although warhammer occupies a much smaller part of my free time during the summer months, I'll try to do a couple of them soon enough! @Etherdude: Even with the rangers, it's far from being a "...

Hey, thanks for the replies! I do agree that the new glade guard are no longer what they used to be when it comes to deleting one unit per turn (s4 glade guard hitting on 3's used to do this quite well). But if you look at the bigger picture, it was not what the wood elves needed in order to win. He...

The Branchwraith addition is actually a good idea! I'd much rather risk losing that 65 point model than my lvl4, and 5+ regen is nothing to sniff at. On the other hand, it would significantly weaken the rest of your magic phase (being an 8+ to cast means 2 dice minimum for a lvl1 wizard, and these a...

Hello, here's an issue that has become apparent to me after a handful of games with the new wood elves: The number of shots is no longer an indicator of how powerful a shooting phase you're bringing. Hagbane and trueflight arrows usually mean that your 10 gladeguard are performing a task that would ...

Life on its own doesn't cut it for me, to be honest: The Earthblood is nice to have, but your mage has to be in the front rank of the unit, a sitting duck against mage hunters (sure, initiative 5 is not bad but there's a lot of mage hunters with higher initiative/ASF out there). Flesh to stone is aw...

I will second the opinion that the WWR are not comparable to the eternal guard in terms of battlefield roles. They cost the same amount of points, but that's something you could say for a Dwarf Hammerer and a Thunderer, too. I play a mobile force focused on combat troops, with just enough shooting t...

While in theory you're right, (my) experience shows that they can still fulfill battlefield roles that no other unit in our army can. Namely, assisting in combo charges without giving up Combat Resolution points. Having a unit that can reliably go toe to toe with hard-hitting foes and not suffer man...

The problem with the list above is the lack of high strength attacks. Granted, the WR can take on pretty much anything on the charge and come out on top, but an experienced general will take advantage of frenzy and/or trim them down from afar before committing. I think that this is where Treemen, tr...

seanr wrote:

SmithF wrote:Fun fact:I've already had my shadowdancer auto kill an arachnarok spider on full wounds...

How did he possibly manage that?

Potion of strength, savage beast of horros and the extra attack dance! (and pretty decent rolling!)

+1for the miasma-treewhack combo, though 60pts is a bit pricey...

Potion of strength has always been a mainstay for my wardancer characters before, and the shdowdancer surely benefits from it: with rerolls to hit and high ws you're looking at 5 high strength attacks, perhaps more depending on spells ( beast of horros!). A good option is to use the ward save dance ...

Consider this a placeholder for a comprehensive post. In short, I think that a lot of thought goes into list building, which is good, but it's the actual maneuvering on the field that will win the battle. So a tactica, of sorts, should focus on the stratagems one can use to tackle bigger and more po...

I've incorporated a 20 strong dryad unit in my army and find that they certainly have their uses: being T4 with ItP means that they provide good protection vs ranged attacks to a lvl4 mage, better than the old-style wardancer bunker. If people shoot at them, these are shots that aren't targetting my...

Good article, it will certainly help out the newcomers! Being a fan of a combat-oriented force, I have mainly used the Lore of Beasts. I'll echo the comment of Drstrangelove concerning the Flock of Doom. It is an excellent spell and one that I rarely leave behind; One of the biggest threats out ther...

Hello The first one could be quite effective, but I can see predict a lot of frustration due to the 4 Eagle Riders. The second list is far more innovative and people will be glad to face some of the rarely seen choices, namely a Stag rider and a Unicorn rider. In terms of effectiveness, I'd probably...