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	==Why play Nighthaunt?==		==Why play Nighthaunt?==
	* You like ~~ghosts or~~ painting glow effects.		* You like painting glow effects.
	* Your favorite scene in Lord of the Rings was the part where the Army of the Dead wiped the floor with Sauron's forces!		* Your favorite scene in Lord of the Rings was the part where the Army of the Dead wiped the floor with Sauron's forces.
			* Admittedly, there is something comical about playing an army of ghosts.
			* Your favorite holiday is Halloween.

	'''Pros'''		'''Pros'''

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Named Characters

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	*'''[https://www.games-workshop.com/resources/PDF/Downloads//ENG_Lady_Olynder.pdf Lady Olynder, Mortarch of Grief]:''' (215pts, {{AOSKeyword\|Emerald Host}}) First new Mortarch since the End Times and your faction leader, making her always general. She is all about dealing mortal wounds on the enemy in multiple ways: is surrounded by banshees that deal 6 Spirit Host attacks in melee and in every shooting phase picks an enemy unit within 12" and inflicting mortal wounds on it on a 2+ roll (the wounds are equal to the roll result) and then heals D3 wounds on herself if she managed to kill at least a model. Her exclusive spell takes an enemy unit and gives it -1 to their hit rolls and +1 to the hit rolls made against it in melee, and once per battle she can raise d6 wounds worth of models for every {{AOSKeyword\|Summonable}} unit on the board. In addition, she has a 12" bubble that lets her negate enemy commands issued on a 5+, letting the enemy waste their command points while you can keep pressing your advantages. If you're looking for a support general it's a toss up between this and a generic general with Ruler of the Spirit Hosts - RotSH can heal multiple models from one unit rather than one per unit, but importantly doesn't use a command point. Olynder isn't really a support unit like her model suggests; she's an assassin that you drop in to your enemies backside or deathstar and wreak havoc upon them with mortal wounds, your other units have better damage-to-point ratio but since hers is almost entirely with mortal wounds you bypass a lot of those 3+/2+ saves with rerolls fuckers that you have a hard time with.		*'''[https://www.games-workshop.com/resources/PDF/Downloads//ENG_Lady_Olynder.pdf Lady Olynder, Mortarch of Grief]:''' (215pts, {{AOSKeyword\|Emerald Host}}) First new Mortarch since the End Times and your faction leader, making her always general. She is all about dealing mortal wounds on the enemy in multiple ways: is surrounded by banshees that deal 6 Spirit Host attacks in melee and in every shooting phase picks an enemy unit within 12" and inflicting mortal wounds on it on a 2+ roll (the wounds are equal to the roll result) and then heals D3 wounds on herself if she managed to kill at least a model. Her exclusive spell takes an enemy unit and gives it -1 to their hit rolls and +1 to the hit rolls made against it in melee, and once per battle she can raise d6 wounds worth of models for every {{AOSKeyword\|Summonable}} unit on the board. In addition, she has a 12" bubble that lets her negate enemy commands issued on a 5+, letting the enemy waste their command points while you can keep pressing your advantages. If you're looking for a support general it's a toss up between this and a generic general with Ruler of the Spirit Hosts - RotSH can heal multiple models from one unit rather than one per unit, but importantly doesn't use a command point. Olynder isn't really a support unit like her model suggests; she's an assassin that you drop in to your enemies backside or deathstar and wreak havoc upon them with mortal wounds, your other units have better damage-to-point ratio but since hers is almost entirely with mortal wounds you bypass a lot of those 3+/2+ saves with rerolls fuckers that you have a hard time with.
	** Be careful using this gal. While 7 wounds with a 4+ unrendable save and a 4+ ward is good, the fact that she needs to be fairly close to the fighting makes her more vulnerable.		** Be careful using this gal. While 7 wounds with a 4+ unrendable save and a 4+ ward is good, the fact that she needs to be fairly close to the fighting makes her more vulnerable.
	** Unlike the mounted Mortarchs, Olynder isn't a monster and does benefit from the Look Out Sir, which coupled with her unrendable save and ward increases her survivability. ~~She rivals~~ Arkhan (11 wounds, "heal 2 wounds ~~each time~~ he kills something in combat", 6+ ward~~, keyword buffs~~ and rocking a 3 wound auto-heal per turn) ~~for squishiest Mortarch and isn't as tough as~~ Katakros (20 wounds, 3+ armor, 6+ ward and the option to auto-heal 3 wounds on himself a turn), Mannfred (11 wounds, 3+ armor, healing D3 wounds a turn if he kills anything in CC, 6+ ward and negating the first wound or mortal wound he suffers in each phase) and Neferata (11 wounds, 3+ armor, ~~superior CC~~ healing to ~~Arkhan and Mannfred~~, 6+ ward, her immune to rend spell and her 1- hit debuff aura).		** Unlike the mounted Mortarchs, Olynder isn't a monster and does benefit from the Look Out Sir, which coupled with her unrendable save and ward increases her survivability. Despite that, her low wound count and lack of healing makes her debatably the squishiest Mortarch compared to Arkhan (14 wounds, "heal up to six wounds a turn if he kills something in combat", 3+ armor, 6+ ward and rocking a 3 wound auto-heal per turn), Katakros (20 wounds, 3+ armor, 6+ ward and the option to auto-heal 3 wounds on himself a turn), Mannfred (14 wounds, 3+ armor, healing up to 6 wounds a turn if he kills anything in CC, 6+ ward and negating the first wound or mortal wound he suffers in each phase) and Neferata (14 wounds, 3+ armor, healing up to 6 wounds a turn if she kills anything in CC, 6+ ward, her immune to rend spell and her 1- hit debuff aura).
	**<ASSEMBLY TIP> Gaps ahoy! There is a bulb that helps you to align the 3 pieces that make up her veil and headpiece. Snip that bulb off so you can still get rid of gaps whilst keeping her entire veil as a subassembly for easier painting. Her entire assembly is also resting on one single damned stalk of her gown. Find a way to stabilize her if you don't want to be the one grieving.		**<ASSEMBLY TIP> Gaps ahoy! There is a bulb that helps you to align the 3 pieces that make up her veil and headpiece. Snip that bulb off so you can still get rid of gaps whilst keeping her entire veil as a subassembly for easier painting. Her entire assembly is also resting on one single damned stalk of her gown. Find a way to stabilize her if you don't want to be the one grieving.

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Why play Nighthaunt?

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	*Our army-specific Endless Spells suck crunch-wise, either being overcosted for what they do or too unreliable.		*Our army-specific Endless Spells suck crunch-wise, either being overcosted for what they do or too unreliable.
	*Like a lot of Death armies, your heroes are the chain that binds the army together. If they get killed you might as well go back to the grave.		*Like a lot of Death armies, your heroes are the chain that binds the army together. If they get killed you might as well go back to the grave.
	*13 hero options to choose from. Not all of them are good, though, and a third of them are exclusive to the Soul Wars box. If you want to play with them, either find a friend to split the box with, buy the ~~heroe~~, sell the Stormcast on eBay, or be prepared to start a Stormcast Army too.		*13 hero options to choose from. Not all of them are good, though, and a third of them are exclusive to the Soul Wars box. If you want to play with them, either find a friend to split the box with, buy the heroes, sell the Stormcast on eBay, or be prepared to start a Stormcast Army too.
	*A lot of your units have low wounds characteristics, so high damage attacks and (ironically) mortal wounds will hurt you bad.		*A lot of your units have low wounds characteristics, so high damage attacks and (ironically) mortal wounds will hurt you bad.
	*Depending on your opinion of mono-pose models, you will either love or hate the Nighthaunt range.		*Depending on your opinion of mono-pose models, you will either love or hate the Nighthaunt range.

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Artefacts of Power

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	*'''Cloak of the Waxing Moon:''' Subtract 1 from the enemy's attack stat when attacking the bearer.		*'''Cloak of the Waxing Moon:''' Subtract 1 from the enemy's attack stat when attacking the bearer.
	*'''Pendant of the Fell Wind:''' Enemies within 3" of the bearer take -1 to ~~hit~~. Pretty effective since this can also affect neighboring battles.		*'''Pendant of the Fell Wind:''' Enemies within 3" of the bearer take -1 to wound. Pretty effective since this can also affect neighboring battles.
	*'''Midnight Tome:''' {{AOSKeyword\|Wizards}} only. Once per battle, the bearer can auto-cast a spell on a 12 and make it unable to be unbound, making it an automatic summoning of an Endless Spell.		*'''Midnight Tome:''' {{AOSKeyword\|Wizards}} only. Once per battle, the bearer can auto-cast a spell on a 12 and make it unable to be unbound, making it an automatic summoning of an Endless Spell.
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Others

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	**The Quicksilver Dead make these Harridans more dangerous by negating any wards. This makes them even more dangerous against foes that rely on wards like daemons on top of their frenzy of attacks.		**The Quicksilver Dead make these Harridans more dangerous by negating any wards. This makes them even more dangerous against foes that rely on wards like daemons on top of their frenzy of attacks.

	*'''Craventhrone Guard:''' ('''SUMMONABLE''', 95pts, Min:4, Battleline if Kurdoss Valentian is in the army), The Arena of Shades has finally provided the <s>Nighthaunt</s> Death with dedicated shooting, and it does not disappoint. These spooks carry crossbows that shoot through cover to compensate for the rather meh 4+/4+/-1/1 at short range. While they have the ward save native to the rest of the army, they'll still need someone to draw attention before sniping down the enemy.		*'''Craventhrone Guard:''' ('''SUMMONABLE''', 95pts, Min:5, Battleline if Kurdoss Valentian is in the army), The Arena of Shades has finally provided the <s>Nighthaunt</s> Death with dedicated shooting, and it does not disappoint. These spooks carry crossbows that shoot through cover to compensate for the rather meh 4+/4+/-1/1 at short range. While they have the ward save native to the rest of the army, they'll still need someone to draw attention before sniping down the enemy.

	*'''[https://www.games-workshop.com/resources/PDF/Downloads//aos_warscroll_thorns_of_the_briar_queen_en.pdf Thorns of the Briar Queen]:''' ('''SUMMONABLE''', 0pts) The Briar Queen's personal squad of six Chainrasps; can't be taken without her. In lieu of numbers, they reroll ones if an enemy unit is within 3" of 2 models of theirs(so almost always). Otherwise, a slightly undermanned Chainrasp Horde. Use them as a road bump, or something to tie up ranged units or warmachines.		*'''[https://www.games-workshop.com/resources/PDF/Downloads//aos_warscroll_thorns_of_the_briar_queen_en.pdf Thorns of the Briar Queen]:''' ('''SUMMONABLE''', 0pts) The Briar Queen's personal squad of six Chainrasps; can't be taken without her. In lieu of numbers, they reroll ones if an enemy unit is within 3" of 2 models of theirs(so almost always). Otherwise, a slightly undermanned Chainrasp Horde. Use them as a road bump, or something to tie up ranged units or warmachines.

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	{{anchor\|FWMourngul}}		{{anchor\|FWMourngul}}
	*'''[https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/resources/fw_site/fw_pdfs/aos_warscrolls/Downloads-AoS/aos-warscroll-mourngul.pdf Mourngul] (Forgeworld):''' (270pts) As of each new edition a whole bunch of FW big boys have had stat changes, and the latest batch have been good to the Mourngul. First, while he has the same unrendable 4+ save, he gained the ability to heal D3 wounds if he kills anyone in combat. Between this , 10 wounds and a -1 to hit aura this ghastly monster is tough in combat but vulnerable to shooting, though the latter can be mitigated by ~~putting him within 12" of your general for that sweet~~ 6+ ~~Deathless~~ save. In combat his attacks deal 2 mortal wounds on a 6+ to hit, which is good (especially against well armoured heroes). With 8 attacks this is very scary; note that it's an unmodified hit roll, so a Knight of Shrouds on foot won't affect its mortal wound generation but the mounted one will. Fact is, the Mourngul was never a real beatstick, more of a distraction Carnifex. Yet you have a whole army of synergies and rules to play with, so he has a place in your lists.		*'''[https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/resources/fw_site/fw_pdfs/aos_warscrolls/Downloads-AoS/aos-warscroll-mourngul.pdf Mourngul] (Forgeworld):''' (270pts) As of each new edition a whole bunch of FW big boys have had stat changes, and the latest batch have been good to the Mourngul. First, while he has the same unrendable 4+ save, he gained the ability to heal D3 wounds if he kills anyone in combat. Between this , 10 wounds and a -1 to hit aura this ghastly monster is tough in combat but vulnerable to shooting, though the latter can be mitigated by a 6+ Ward save. In combat his attacks deal 2 mortal wounds on a 6+ to hit, which is good (especially against well armoured heroes). With 8 attacks this is very scary; note that it's an unmodified hit roll, so a Knight of Shrouds on foot won't affect its mortal wound generation but the mounted one will. Fact is, the Mourngul was never a real beatstick, more of a distraction Carnifex. Yet you have a whole army of synergies and rules to play with, so he has a place in your lists.
	** If the FW Model is too expensive, simply build two Mournghouls from one Aleguzzler Gargant - and you still have the lower half left to build a zombie gargant.		** If the FW Model is too expensive, simply build two Mournghouls from one Aleguzzler Gargant - and you still have the lower half left to build a zombie gargant.
	**The Mourngul is no longer the all-star that he was in GA:Death back in AoS 1.0, but after some serious point drops and being the only Monster available for Nighthaunt (gaining access to the new Monster benefits in the 3.0 Core Rules and Matched Play Battlepacks), he's a decent choice. The key to using this monster is mostly in picking his fights, and helping support other units already wedged into combat. His -1 to hit aura helps keep other units alive, while throwing down some MW with his claws and the Stomp Titanic Duel can up his damage even further, and he can shut down enemy Command Abilities while being able to take some hits between his ghost ~~save~~, hit debuff and healing ability ~~(and that's before factoring in Deathless saves)~~. He can't finish off whole units on his own, but he can certainly eat through a wave of chaff, gives elites second thoughts and draw attacks (and attention) from more important units.		**The Mourngul is no longer the all-star that he was in GA:Death back in AoS 1.0, but after some serious point drops and being the only Monster available for Nighthaunt (gaining access to the new Monster benefits in the 3.0 Core Rules and Matched Play Battlepacks), he's a decent choice. The key to using this monster is mostly in picking his fights, and helping support other units already wedged into combat. His -1 to hit aura helps keep other units alive, while throwing down some MW with his claws and the Stomp Titanic Duel can up his damage even further, and he can shut down enemy Command Abilities while being able to take some hits between his ghost saves, hit debuff and healing ability. He can't finish off whole units on his own, but he can certainly eat through a wave of chaff, gives elites second thoughts and draw attacks (and attention) from more important units.

	==Battalions==		==Battalions==

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Artefacts of Power

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	All Artefacts in this list requires you to pick one of the bearer's melee weapons		All Artefacts in this list requires you to pick one of the bearer's melee weapons

	*'''Shadow's Edge:''' An unmodified hit roll of 6 using that weapon deals d3 mortal wounds and the attack sequence ends. ~~Basically gives them an improved Frightful Touch, note~~ that this does stack if they already have that rule. Kind of wasted on weapons with a damage stat higher than 1, but funny on a Cairn Wraith who can smack down 2+d3 MW each time he gets a 6.		*'''Shadow's Edge:''' An unmodified hit roll of 6 using that weapon deals d3 mortal wounds and the attack sequence ends. Note that this does stack if they already have that rule. Kind of wasted on weapons with a damage stat higher than 1, but funny on a Cairn Wraith who can smack down 2+d3 MW each time he gets a 6.
	*'''Reaper of Sorrows:''' Before attacking, roll 2D6. If the rolls exceed the target units Bravery then the Rend characteristic of this weapon is changed to -3. Since there is very little overlap between "units with low Bravery" and "units against which -3 Rend isn't wasted", better skip this one.		*'''Reaper of Sorrows:''' Before attacking, roll 2D6. If the rolls exceed the target units Bravery then the Rend characteristic of this weapon is changed to -3. Since there is very little overlap between "units with low Bravery" and "units against which -3 Rend isn't wasted", better skip this one.
	*'''Slitter:''' Every time the bearer is chosen to fight, but before piling in you can roll a dice against a model within 1". If the roll exceeds their wound characteristic, it is slain. Meaning you can pick the model you want to be removed from the unit, not your opponent. This can lead to some very interesting situations, considering the new rules for cohesion. [[Edgy\|Nothing personal, kid]].		*'''Slitter:''' Every time the bearer is chosen to fight, but before piling in you can roll a dice against a model within 1". If the roll exceeds their wound characteristic, it is slain. Meaning you can pick the model you want to be removed from the unit, not your opponent. This can lead to some very interesting situations, considering the new rules for cohesion. [[Edgy\|Nothing personal, kid]].

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Processions

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	<big style="color:purple;">'''The Scarlet Doom'''</big><br>		<big style="color:purple;">'''The Scarlet Doom'''</big><br>
	An army of ghosts who were posthumously defiled, they rise to seek vengeance against the perpetrators...and any ~~other unfortunate~~ living.		An army of ghosts of people who died gory deaths and/or were posthumously defiled. Rising during or after great bloodshed, they rise to seek vengeance against the perpetrators... and any living beings in the area.
	*'''Faction Trait - Vortex of Frenzied Violence:''' When a unit of Bladegheist Revenants charges, pick an enemy unit within 1". Roll a number of d6 equal to the number of models in the unit, dealing a mortal wound on each 5+.		*'''Faction Trait - Vortex of Frenzied Violence:''' When a unit of Bladegheist Revenants charges, pick an enemy unit within 1". Roll a number of d6 equal to the number of models in the unit, dealing a mortal wound on each 5+.
	*Bladegheist Revenants are unlocked as Battleline.		*Bladegheist Revenants are unlocked as Battleline.