09-12-2013, 12:25 PM
(09-12-2013, 05:37 AM)Simian Wrote: So, with my drive next year to start doing some WFB and my love of all things dwarfy, i thought i'd try and glean some forum wisdom from the more experienced players among you.
What i was thinking (and i know this may all change when the new book is out), and tell me if im wrong on any of these, is:
Lord on shield (actually this is a bar top as my lord is the landlord of this drunken throng. question is this the best way to run a lord? and what runes should i be considering? he'll be in a big unit of....
28 Warriors with Shields and hand weapons again is this the best way to run these? and is 28 enough, i was thinking 5 ranks of 6 dwarfs....this is my main question actually, what is the best way to run blocks of warriors (ranks and file wise)? these are the Black skull pass models mainly so i cant change them to great weapons easily. and of course banner/musician and champ.
i have cannons too, 2 of them, i assume its worth putting an engineer with these? is it worth looking at great engineers too?
thunderers, i have 20ish of these, 2 units of 10 or one big unit of 20? and what is really the difference. my gut feel is 2 of 10.
I have plenty of the slayer models too but from what i understand these are generally considered crap, but if you had to run them (mainly as i like the fluff for them) what would you do?
the other units in the book im going to worry about when the new book comes out i think.
any thoughts/suggestions/advice would be good so go nuts!
I tend to run my lord with Master rune of swiftness / Rune of Cleaving / Rune of Stone / Master Rune of Spite and a shield. Sounds good on shieldbearers for a toughness 5 1+ armour / 4+ Ward save, always striking first at strength 5.
The size of the warrior unit is good too though I would run them as long beards for the extra Strength/WS if they have hand weapons and shields instead of great weapons.
I tend to run my Thunderers in a unit of 20 with shields so they can fight in melee as well. I also like to run Quarellers with Great weapons as they are great for shooting and melee.
Cannons are brilliant - I always take rune of forging as well and an engineer and rune of reloading if possible.
It is worth having a Runesmith or Runelord handy for games against wizard lords as the anti-magic is a lifesaver with master rune of balance and runes of spell breaking (especially against Skaven Grey Seers)
I have never used slayers, but the unbreakable rule and weapon options sound good against higher toughness enemy.
At 1750pts these are my Lists. The second is if I am facing nasty magic-
1. Dwarf Lord
Master Rune of Swiftness, Spite / Rune of Cleaving, Stone / Shield
Dwarf Thane
Battle Standard / Master Rune of Gromril / Rune of Cleaving, Speed x2
28 Dwarf Warriors
Full Command / Great Weapons
20 Dwarf Quarrellers
Full Command / Great Weapons
20 Dwarf Thunderers
Full Command / Shields
Dwarf Cannon
Engineer (Brace of Pistols) / Rune of Forging, Reloading
Dwarf Grudge Thrower
Engineer (Brace of Pistols) / Rune of Penetrating x2, Reloading
Dwarf Bolt Thrower
Engineer (Brace of Pistols)
Dwarf Bolt Thrower
Engineer (Brace of Pistols)
2. Dwarf Runelord
Master Rune of Balance / Rune of Spellbreaking x2, Stone / Shield
Dwarf Thane
Battle Standard / Master Rune of Gromril / Rune of Cleaving, Speed x2
29 Dwarf Warriors
Full Command / Great Weapons
20 Dwarf Quarrellers
Full Command / Great Weapons
19 Dwarf Thunderers
Full Command / Shields
Dwarf Cannon
Engineer (Brace of Pistols) / Rune of Forging, Reloading
Dwarf Grudge Thrower
Engineer (Brace of Pistols) / Rune of Penetrating x2, Reloading
Dwarf Bolt Thrower
Engineer (Brace of Pistols)
Dwarf Bolt Thrower
Engineer (Brace of Pistols)
40k - Orks