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Excited for you to join the undead ranks! Keep in mind this video was done for 3rd edition. We are now in 4th edition. I have an updated guide if you're interested.

@@nopaintnogains948 Perfect to watch while I wait for rescaled Bloodknight Proxies!

Thank you for the comment. Be aware that this guide is outdated as we are now in fourth edition. I still think the purchase boxes are good info but the way the army building works is different now. I have an updated guide if you’re interested.

You use the effects of the amulet as a reaction to their cast. As such you can only react to one of their casts during that phase. Sure you can use the reaction again again on another turn so it’s not a once per game but it’s a big nerf from how it functioned last edition.

Absolutely. You are correct and I didn’t even think of it. I’ll make sure the fix my wording for any future videos. Thank you for the feedback. 😀👍

I agree that Lash is the best option out of the three. I just can't say that its an auto-include for all lists since its still a gamble to use. Sure a small gamble, but rolling a 1 does happen. I don't want to even mention waste away anymore. My heart aches too much 🥲

I would play with what you have and see how you like the army. Depending on your experience you can add to your collection to build the list/playstyle you find most enjoyable.

Drop the car gheists and a block of graveguard and bring neferata. She can make the 10 blood knights ethereal, meaning they ignore all rend, with a base 3+ save

2 units of 3 Vargheists are solid for objective pressure and battle tactics. Grave Guard are SBGL's best unit, straight-up. Vhordrai with reinforced Blood Knights is great. Necromancer loves reinforced Grave Guard. 2 drops, 2 spells, but not much room for manifestations. Honestly looks great. Give it a try. (Still recommend keeping the Vargheists separate.)

Sekhar can be used in any list you have the points for. I think I would run her with a block of Grave Guard to give her the 5+ ward.

I had to take a TH-cam hobby break due to work. But things have finally settled down. Working on the 4th Ed video 😁👍

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Let the white layer dry before applying the light blue.

Glad I could help!

Yea, that’s a mistake on my part. Nothing wrong with being the guy who helps clarify the rules 😁 thank you for pointing it out

Ha, appreciate that :) great vid though. (Neffys -1 to hit debuff is friendly units in 12" though aswell not enemies)

Yup.

For any model with The Hunger, they heal wounds after they have fought. So they would have to fight after the enemy to heal.

Just an example of a real use situation: 1. Good: Prince Vhordrai gets a spell cast at him and takes 3 wounds, then he gets charged and loses 8 wounds when that enemy activates. Then later Vhordrai attacks that squad, he deals 9 wounds, thus he will gain 6 Wounds (the cap for The Hunger) putting him back to full. 2) Bad: Vhordrai cast his spell for First Strike on his turn. Then takes 3W from spell, and gets charged. He attacks due to Fights First, dealing 9W, he will heal 3W from The Hunger (cant exceed max HP), then loses 8W on the activation. Now instead he is down 8W

I build my competitive lists by researching current meta not only in Soulblight but other factions as well. Looking at the current GHB and tactics and building around the completion of these tactics with the most point per performance optimal units (as well as what I find fun). I am happy to look over a list you are considering and give my feedback on it.

@nopaintnogains948 Oh, thank you! I've yet to find a local community nearby, so I appreciate it. - Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords - Army Type: Legion of Blood - Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses - Triumph: Bloodthirsty LEADERS Neferata (410) - Spells: Waste Away Vengorian Lord (300) - General - Command Traits: Doomed Minions - Artefacts of Power: Cloak of Mists and Shadows - Spells: Flaming Weapon Vampire Lord (150) - Spells: Hoarfrost Necromancer (100) - Spells: Merciless Blizzard BATTLELINE Deathrattle Skeletons (220) - Skeleton Champion - Standard Bearer Deathrattle Skeletons (110) - Skeleton Champion - Standard Bearer Deathrattle Skeletons (110) OTHER Blood Knights (210) - Kastellan - Standard Bearer Grave Guard (160) - Seneschal - Standard Bearer - Hornblower - Great Wight Blade Blood Knights (210) - Kastellan - Standard Bearer TOTAL POINTS: 1980/2000 I bought the vanguard box alongside a skeleton box and really wanted to use blood knights because I think they're cool, lol. Instead of reinforced skeletons, I was considering 2 units of dire wolves as a screen for my blood knights, but didn't know if they would be a waste of 300 points.

@@anon_domini6603 Happy to help in any way I can. I highly recommend joining the AoS Coach Discord server. Great source of community feedback and knowledge. Regarding your list, I would personally drop the 10 Grave Guard as you normally want them in a block of 20 to really deal significant damage, at 10 I feel like the points can be better spent on a unit of Zombies or Dire Wolves. You could run the two units of Wolves with 2 base units of Skeletons or with one 20 block of Skeletons. The Wolves aren't a waste of 300 points, you want to use them to grab objectives and potentially die early so you can work towards your Grand Strategy. I would test out a few games with two list variations: 1. Make the Blood Knights a block of 10 and pair them with Nefy casting Dark Mist on them to make them a very tanky unit to remove. 2. A list with reinforced skeletons and one with two units of 10 with the wolves. Best way to know what works for you is to also play as many games as you can. That way you'll learn the units you like to play and how you like to play them. Hope this was helpful and try to get other peoples opinions too. I'm just one guy after all

@nopaintnogains948 thank you! I went ahead and made two separate lists on the AoS app following your recommendations, and I joined that discord! You help make this hobby super welcoming for newcomers. You deserve more views and subscriptions

@@anon_domini6603 Hey thanks for the super kind words. I am by no means an expert and still mess up a ton. Just love the game, Soulblight, and hobby in general. If I can provide a small fraction of help to someone I am happy.

I was about to say that you might have picked up the second edition battle tome. I am sorry to hear that happened to you. The way their ability works is that after the charge you pick 1 enemy unit within 1" of this unit. You roll 2 dice for each model black knight model, on 5+ the target suffers 1 mortal wound. You do not need to have the entire black knight unit within 1" just at least 1 knight model

You bring up some good points. I agree with you that Vargheist are currently in a weird spot and definitely need to be looked at and reworked to fit a specific role. I do however feel as though the Veng Lord is a strong piece even outside of Avengorii. Monster, wizard, with rend reduction, the hunger and not keyworded is a big thing. For someone who is brand new and looking to learn the box offers a lot of pieces with different game components at a reasonable price. I find Lauka Vai to be fantastic in LoN but I would rather take the regular Vengo in any other bloodline. The beauty of this game is that we can have our opinions and still be correct since our experiences are all shaped by our local meta 😁 love the detailed comment! Keep ‘em coming!

@er4din903 A tourney list for Kastellai Dynasty uses a Vengorian Lord with Undead Blademaster and Fragment of the Keep to get the Kastellai buff when another model receives one, and then has 2 "if in engagement range of this model" auras/debuffs to lower Rend of attacks by enemies by 1, and -1 on Wound rolls against your army. His heal a monster to full is considered extraneous and he is still good enough to take in other chapters, although Kastellai is the 2nd best use Ive seen to Avengorii

Thanks for the comment! I’m slowly working on LoN and a video about the Regiments of Renown usable in Soulblight. Takes me a while due to work schedule to get things made, recorded, and edited but stick around. They are coming!

Blood Knights used to be a core unit when the book first launched. You would take a reinforced unit and apply Dark Mist on them making them a very difficult piece to remove. They fell out of favor with subsequent points nerfs. Their problem comes more from the fact that the current book format favors Summonable very heavily. That coupled with how expensive core LoB units are make it difficult to justify bringing Blood Knights. You can for sure try running something like: Nefy, VLoZD, Vamp Lord, Dire Wolves, Dire Wolves, Skeletons x2, Blood Knights, Blood Knights (Maybe 1 unit reinforced and have Nefy use Dark Mist again). But I can't guarantee it will perform exceptionally well. Hope this ramble made sense and helped :)

It did! Thanks for the response!@@nopaintnogains948

Thank you for checking out the video, really means a lot. It would be a fun thematic list, but I wouldn't call it competitive....It's also a tough question. I will assume you mean all the characters from the Curse City board game box for the list. I would prob use something like this: Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords - Army Type: Vyrkos LEADER 1 x Radukar the Wolf (130) 1 x Gorslav the Gravekeeper (140) 1 x Torgillius the Chamberlain (180) 1 x Watch Captain Halgrim (100) 1 x Necromancer (100) BATTLELINE 40 x Deadwalker Zombies (150) 40 x Deadwalker Zombies (150) 30 x Deathrattle Skeletons (110) 10 x Dire Wolves (150) OTHER 2 x Kosargi Nightguard (80) 1 x Vargskyr (90) 3 x Vyrkos Blood-born (90) TOTAL POINTS: (1990/2000)

Yes you can. And they can come back once slain as well.

If you're looking for a wound heavy list then I would recommend Vyrkos. The low hero cost allows for a lot of room to flood the board with models.

You are correct. Each Vamp Lord can use Crimson Feast so long as they do not target the same Summonable unit. This works b/c the wording on the ability does not classify Crimson Feast as a command and as such is not subject to core rule 6.1

@@nopaintnogains948 Thanks!

Thanks for checking it out. Let me know what you think!

You can for sure run them in other bloodlines, the issue becomes efficiency. GW really loves locking in Vyrkos named character abilities to Vyrkos. Some that can still work in my opinion would be Ivya Volga, Kritza, and Lady Annika. Although they have the Vyrkos keyword their warscroll abilities aren't tied to the Vyrkos bloodline. All other Vyrkos heroes seem to affect Vyrkos keyworded units so they really suffer being in another bloodline. However, if your goal is to just play what looks cool then you can put them anywhere

Thank you so much for the kind words! I really appreciate your support and I'm thrilled to be creating content for the AoS community.

@@nopaintnogains948 I just say it like I see it. If you're gauging interest for topics, I'd like to cast my vote for a Kastelai video next. The point cost reduction across the board has piqued my interest.

I have Kastelai and LoN in the works. The next one I’m looking to post is on the regiments of renown usable in Soulblight and some lists I’m curious about trying.

@@nopaintnogains948 looking forward to those, thanks again