Warcry/Tactics/Soulblight Gravelords

Faction Overview

More like Deathrattle & friends but whatever. Using the Necromancer as centre point, the Skeletons and Grave Guard are meant to drown your enemy in bodies... which is the same as in AoS, really.

Pros

• Hordes of Fighters: You can easily send entire lines of skeletons to block enemy advances and claim objectives.
• Resurrection: Self explanatory. You can bring back the chaff your enemy slays.

Cons

• The Leader is the Heart: Just like in standard AoS, the Necromancer is the key to success. Once he’s dead, you might as well forfeit.
• Slow: Outside of Leader reliant abilities, you have a base 3" move.

Abilities Overview

• [Double] Shambling Horde: A fighter can use this ability only if they are within 6" of a visible friendly fighter with the Leader runemark. This fighter can make a bonus move action a number of inches equal to the value of this ability. (SKELETON

CHAMPION, SENESCHAL, GRAVE GUARD, SKELETON WARRIOR, and DEADWALKER ZOMBIE)

• [Double] Chosen Champion: A fighter can use this ability only if they are within 6" of a visible friendly fighter with the Leader runemark. Add 1 to the Attacks and Strength of attack actions made by this fighter this activation. (Seneschal and Skeleton Champion)

• [Double] Cursed Weapon: Until the end of this fighters activation, add 1 damage to their hits and critical hits for attacks with a range of 3 or less. (Seneschal and Grave Guard)

• [Double] Beheading Strike: Add the value of this ability to the damage points allocated to enemy fighters by each hit or critical hit from the next attack action made by this fighter this activation that has a Range characteristic of 3" or less. (, both Wight Kings)

• [Triple] Necrotic Siphon: Pick a visible friendly fighter within 6", allocate damage to them equal to the value of this ability. Then remove double that amount from this fighter. (Necromancer)

• [Triple] Summon Undead: Pick a friendly fighter that has been taken down. Set them up again wholly within 3" of this fighter and remove damage points from them equal to the value of this ability. They no longer count as having been taken down. (Leader)

• Blood-maddened Feeding Frenzy (Triple, Vargheist): perform a bonus move or attack after killing an enemy.

• Thirst for Blood (Triple, Vampire Lord, Kastellan, Vargoyle, Blood Knight): heal back after taking down an enemy fighter.

• [Quad] Vanhel's Danse Macabre: A number of visible friendly fighters equal to the value of this ability within 6" can each make a bonus move or attack action - they do not all have to take the same action. (Leader)

• Deathly Charge (Quad, Blood Knights and Black Knights with respective leaders): damage an enemy once you finish a move action next to him.

Fighter's Overview

Leaders

Necromancer

• Stats: Movement 4"; Toughness 4; Wounds 25; 195 Pts.
  • Runemarks: Mystic, Leader
  • Weapons:
    • Blast-Range 3-7"; Attacks 2; Strength 3; Damage 3/6
    • Club-Range 2"; Attacks 3; Strength 4; Damage 1/4
  • Fighter Commentary

Wight King

Wight King with Tomb Blade

• Stats: Movement 3"; Toughness 5; Wounds 25; 200 Pts.
• Runemarks: Leader, Berserker
• Weapons:
  • Sword-Range 1"; Attacks 4; Strength 4; Damage 2/5
• Fighter Commentary

Wight King

• Stats: Movement 3"; Toughness 4; Wounds 25; 200 Pts.
• Runemarks: Leader, Berserker
• Weapons:
  • Axe-Range 1"; Attacks 4; Strength 5; Damage 3/5
• Fighter Commentary

Vampire Lord

• Stats: Movement 4"; Toughness 4; Wounds 25; 235 Pts.
• Runemarks: Leader, Terrifying, Fly
• Weapons:
  • sword-Range 1"; Attacks 4; Strength 4; Damage 2/6
• Fighter Commentary

Kastellan

• Stats: Movement 8"; Toughness 4; Wounds 25; 250 Pts.
• Runemarks: Leader, Terrifying, Mount
• Weapons:
  • Sword-Range 1"; Attacks 4; Strength 4; Damage 2/5
• Fighter Commentary

Varggoyle

• Stats: Movement 10"; Toughness 4; Wounds 30; 300 Pts.
• Runemarks: Leader, Terrifying, Fly
• Weapons:
  • Claw-Range 1"; Attacks 4; Strength 4; Damage 2/5
• Fighter Commentary

Fighters

Skeleton Champion

• Stats: Movement 3"; Toughness 4; Wounds 12; 80 Pts.
• Runemarks: Champion
• Weapons:
  • Sword-Range 1"; Attacks 4; Strength 3; Damage 1/3
• Fighter Commentary

Skeleton Warrior with Ancient Blade

• Stats: Movement 3"; Toughness 4; Wounds 8; 55 Pts.
• Weapons:
  • Sword-Range 1"; Attacks 3; Strength 3; Damage 1/3
• Fighter Commentary

Skeleton Warrior with Ancient Spear

• Stats: Movement 3"; Toughness 4; Wounds 8; 55 Pts.
• Weapons:
  • Spear-Range 2"; Attacks 2; Strength 3; Damage 1/4
• Fighter Commentary

Zombie

• Stats: Movement 3"; Toughness 4; Wounds 10; 55 Pts.
• Weapons:
  • claw-Range 1"; Attacks 2; Strength 3; Damage 1/4
• Fighter Commentary takes the worst aspects of Skeleton Warrior with spear and sword for +2 more wounds.

Grave Guard with Great Wight Blade

• Stats: Movement 3"; Toughness 3; Wounds 10; 85 Pts.
• Runemarks: Elite
• Weapons:
  • Sword-Range 1"; Attacks 3; Strength 5; Damage 2/5
• Fighter Commentary

Grave Guard with Wight Blade and Crypt Shield

• Stats: Movement 3"; Toughness 4; Wounds 10; 90 Pts.
• Runemarks: Elite
• Weapons:
  • Sword-Range 1"; Attacks 3; Strength 4; Damage 2/4
• Fighter Commentary

Seneshal

• Stats: Movement 3"; Toughness 3; Wounds 15; 120 Pts.
• Runemarks: Elite
• Weapons:
  • Sword-Range 1"; Attacks 4; Strength 5; Damage 2/5
• Fighter Commentary

Black Knight

• Stats: Movement 10"; Toughness 4; Wounds 25; 135 Pts.
• Runemarks: Mount
• Weapons:
  • spear-Range 2"; Attacks 2; Strength 3; Damage 1/4
• Fighter Commentary

Hell Knight

• Stats: Movement 10"; Toughness 4; Wounds 25; 185 Pts.
• Runemarks: Champion, Mount
• Weapons:
  • Spear-Range 2"; Attacks 2; Strength 3; Damage 2/4
• Fighter Commentary

Blood Knight

• Stats: Movement 8"; Toughness 5; Wounds 22; 195 Pts.
• Runemarks: Terrifying, Mount
• Weapons:
  • Spear-Range 2"; Attacks 2; Strength 4; Damage 2/4
• Fighter Commentary

Vargheist

• Stats: Movement 10"; Toughness 4; Wounds 30; 235 Pts.
• Runemarks: Ferocious, Fly
• Weapons:
  • Claw-Range 1"; Attacks 5; Strength 4; Damage 2/4
• Fighter Commentary

Minions, Thralls, and Allies

Allies

Lone Necromancer

• Stats: Movement 4"; Toughness 4; Wounds 25; 170 Pts.
  • Weapons:
    • Ranged-Range 3-7"; Attacks 2; Strength 3; Damage 3/8
    • Staff-Range 2"; Attacks 3; Strength 4; Damage 1/4
• Abilities
  • [Double] Necrotic Siphon : Pick another visible friendly fighter within 6" of this fighter. Allocate a number of damage points to that fighter equal to the value of this ability. Then, remove a number of damage points from this fighter equal to double the value of this ability.
  • [Quad] Vanhel's Danse Macabre : A number of visible fighters equal to the value of this ability that are within 6" of this fighter can each make a bonus move action or a bonus attack action.

Wight King

• Stats: Movement 4"; Toughness 4; Wounds 25; 175 Pts.
  • Weapons:
    • Sword-Range 1"; Attacks 4; Strength 4; Damage 2/5
• Abilities
  • [Triple] Beheading Strike : Add the value of this ability to the damage points allocated to enemy fighters by each hit or critical hit from the next attack action made by this fighter this activation that has a Range characteristic of 3" or less.

Example Builds

Build extracted from Reedo's lists [1].

- 1 Necromancer (Leader)
- 5 Skeleton Warriors with Ancient Spear
- 6 Grave Guards with Great Wight Blade

TOTAL: 980 pts.

Build extracted from SloaneRanger69's comment on reddit [2].

- 1 Necromancer (Leader)
- 1 Seneshal
- 2 Grave Guards with Great Wight Blade
- 2 Grave Guards with Wight Blade and Crypt Shield
- 3 Skeleton Warriors with Ancient Blade
- 3 Skeleton Warriors with Ancient Spear

TOTAL: 995 pts.

A build that doesn't leave any points on the table

- 1 Necromancer (Leader)
- 1 Seneshal
- 4 Grave Guards with Great Wight Blade
- 2 Grave Guards with Wight Blade and Crypt Shield
- 3 Skeleton Warriors with Ancient Spear

TOTAL: 1000 pts.

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