The legion if you want to run a lot of cavalry, everything here is tailor built to make mounted units better At the start of the battle round roll a d6 for every unit you have (including the above ones) and on a 6 gain an RDP.

Thanks for your advice, Steve. If the idea of an iron-willed army of disciplined undead soldiers sounds appealing to you, the Ossiarch Bonereapers are for you. Grab a copy of Battletome: Ossiarch Bonereapers and a box of Mortek Guard to get started before the new edition of Warhammer Age of Sigmar arrives. The stances were naturally shifted away from the rerolls. Instead they offer +1 to Hit, Wound, Saves or +1 damage (sorry, no more -1 on precision). You’re still going to want to use Precision stance almost all the time, even without the Rend, extra damage is hard to argue with mathematically, and you can always Bludgeon. Morghast Archai and Morghast Harbingers Horsey friends are basically the same from last edition in role, being a solid medium cavalry unit that’s just a bit slower than last edition, down to 10″. They’ve gained Unstoppable Charge just like their Liege bosses, letting you roll a number of dice equal to their unmodified charge roll and dealing a mortal wound to their target for each 5+. This is not only free, its great, as it also allows you to pile in an additional 3″ if you’ve charged – these guys are a lot faster than they look, and what they’ve lost in speed they’ve gained in mobility. to make that absolutely clear, Deathrider Wedge is a redone command ability allowing you to charge over enemy units with 3 or fewer wounds. So, to be clear, this unit can move 13″, then charge 2d6+1″ over enemy units, then pile in 6″. That is a supremely mobile unit. Behemoth Gothizzar Harvester

Feaster of Souls lets you heal the number of wounds you inflicted in combat, now capped at six rather than two, and while his spirit companions have lost their mortal wounds on 6+, his former command ability First of the Mortarchs is now baked in and always active, rather than costing a command or Relentless Discipline point. His healing is improved as well, giving him the chance to resurrect Immortis Guard and Necropolis Stalkers on a 3+ while keeping his “three units within 24″ heal or resurrect three wounds” ability. Curse of Years remains unchanged, being a potent psychological weapon that could do infinite damage (well, fifty) on your opponent but mathematically does about three. Steve: Are there any armies that can offer up a counter-punch to the armies you have mentioned above? You’ll enjoy this Warhammer Age of Sigmar army if you want a force that is extremely reliable and durable, yet can strike with overwhelming force when commanded by its deathly masters. The Ossiarch Bonereapers army is disciplined, durable, hard-hitting, magically potent, but can be tactically brittle. They can overwhelm objectives with troops that are hard to (permanently) kill, while you pare away your opponent’s best units with your own elites. Just beware enemy mortal wounds, or your units becoming mired in situations that they’re not suited for.

So terrifying is the reputation of the Mortis Praetorians that it reduces the Bravery of nearby foes – nasty! In terms of the current leading factions, both Kharadron Overlords (18 placings) and Seraphon (15 placings) stand out, followed by Disciples of Tzeentch (12), Fyreslayers (9), Ossiarch Bonereapers (8), Stormcast Eternals (8), Cities of Sigmar (8), Orruk Warclans (8), Ogor Mawtribes (7), Idoneth Deepkin (6), Skaventide (5), and the remaining factions. The new edition of Warhammer Age of Sigmar brings big changes to every faction in the game. We’ve already taken a look at the Stormcast Eternals , Orruk Warclans , and the mortal followers of Chaos, among others. We’ve rounded up all the faction articles here if you’re after a specific one. Today, we take a closer look at the Ossiarch Bonereapers , an army hand-crafted by Nagash to carve out new territory across the Mortal Realms. Since General’s Handbook 2020 arrived, there have been 25 events with five or more rounds held using 2,000-point armies across 13 different countries. In these events, 21 different allegiances have registered a top-5 placing, comprising 44 different sub-factions – so there are plenty of options for those players wanting to place well at events. Lords of the Ossiarch Empire: This essentially let’s you include Nagash or Arkhan in your Ossiarch Bonereaper lists. They gain the OSSIARCH BONEREAPERS keyword, but you can’t use mercenaries. This comes with a few caveats you should be aware of. Both Nagash and Arkhan received a price hikes and their warscrolls were also changed to better fit in the new army, it is also not clear if they can benefit from subfactions, the book does not directly state that they can’t, but all named characters in the book already have subfactions. As of writing we would say go for it but keep your eyeballs peeled for the errata.Overall though Ossiarch Bonereapers remain relatively strong. They have above average baseline stats and while they have their own system of “Command Points”, separate from the main system they can be a powerful asset. They are a powerful terminator army that you can slowly push up the field and hold your ground against many other armies. Ossiarch Bonereaper victory usually comes from a slow and delibrate push to victory, outlasting your opponent and destroying them before they wear you down. 3.0 Changes Core Rules Formerly run and charge for your whole army, this is now re-roll charges for units with a mount, which is… not a lot of units, though this hilariously does include the Mortisan Soulmason. A flat nerf, and not enough to make the faction, especially viable given how good some of the other subfactions are. Ivory Host Steve: That’s a good point; it’s always nice to see a variety of units in lists. Finally, do you have any thoughts on how you would go about designing an army list that would work to counter some of the things we have discussed here? The important healer/caster. He heals a nearby unit passively during every hero phase and can resurrect dead models just as easily. His signature spell isn’t great, but you aren’t bringing him along for that- grab a Lore spell! 3. Mortek Guard