Soulblight Gravelords Army Building - What to Buy Next After Spearhead Set

[languid mica]

Hi.
I had contact with Wfb about 30 years ago and I collected miniatures more than I played them 🤣

A few months ago I returned to battle games - first Kill Team which I really like, then Wh40k which I didn't like very much, so now I want to try with AoS.

So I bought a Spearhead set to have some Base units and be able to start playing something there, but you know - I'm going to try to play "normal" aos so i heve a question - what would you advise to buy to the Spearhead set?

Thank you in advance for your help.

Soulblight Gravelords Army Building - What to Buy Next After Spearhead Set

[dapper lodge]

Rules update is dropping tomorrow, so give us like a day to digest and we’ll get back to you

[faint skiff]

A good place to start is the summonables. If you’re just looking for what’s meta, wait until the rules drop yes, but generally speaking, having skeletons, dire wolves, and/or a unit of zombies gives you the base infantry for the faction. Just buy what you like and what you want to see on the tabletop if you’re just playing them for fun

[quiet whale]

Summonables? What

I would buy some blood knights and barrow knights/guard with some skeletons and a centrepiece

[languid mica]

Thanks. I didn't know it

[dapper lodge]

Summonable is a keyword on Deadwalker and Deathrattle, it makes them interact favorably with Deathly Invocation and all that fun stuff

[quiet whale]

No it isnt

[languid mica]

Thanks. Aos is a kind of escape from orcs with kt and 40k, so the more variety the better.
For me, it's a return to my childhood when I collected vampire counts (and I can't get over how much these figurines have changed over the years - I recommend watching Nagasha 🤣).

[quiet whale]

There isnt such a keyword on either of those

[quiet whale]

The interact keyword for the invocation is deathrattle or deadwalker

[dapper lodge]

Then they must have taken it off in 4th, that’s how it worked in 3rd

[quiet whale]

Aj

Ah

that would make sense

[dapper lodge]

The distinction mattered because there were some Deathrattle/Deadwalker units that did not interact with Deathly Invo back then, but I guess they all do now, so it’s no longer necessary

[faint skiff]

What he said ☝🏿

I’m using 3.0 lingo but basically all the cheap chaff infantry that you can summon back half of. Great for board control and objective grabbing

[obsidian fractal]

@languid mica If you want to go heavier into Skeletons then the Barrow Army box is good and comes with army book. The new Spearhead that isn't out yet is basically a smaller version of that too, though it would give you 40 old Skeletons and only 10 Barrow Guard. If you want to go more into Vampires, the Vampire Lord on nightmare steed is a fantastic new model, but a bit pricey

[languid mica]

Is the approximate time of this update known?

[quiet whale]

Now

[languid mica]

I don't see any big changes... At least in points.

[quiet whale]

There is some in other ways that change list building priorities

[languid mica]

Oh, damn, I'm a total beginner And I can't catch these things

You would be so kind and write in your free time what has changed that affects vampires
Maybe it will make it easier for me to decide which way to go with building an army.

[quiet whale]

Im not really that good at knowing it either, the reason @dapper lodge said to give it a few more days is due to the better players only now (2h ago) fully being able to take in all the rules and theorycraft accordingly, but if its vamp heavy you wanna go you probably want a VLoNS and vhordrai eventually, or a neferata and then fill with what you like