NOTES/CORRECTIONS: -1:37:36: Not a correction, just something I forgot to cover on Queen Maladrix's section. I spend a second focusing on the fact that she's a Queen, which for VC players, means she can bond with Crypt Guardians! Not that you'd take them over her Honor Guard if you had them, but might be fun to throw one or two mummies in as honorary Honor Guards. -1:44:35: Just some follow-up thoughts on Thyraxis Dragoon I didn't cover in my section on him here. I forgot in my comparison with Tor-Kul-Na the fact that giving up Trample Stomp is a big downside to taking Thyraxis. While it's true that with careful play you can win many matchups with Tor-Kul-Na without Trample Stomping, it's such an important tool to have in an event where you might come into small/medium-heavy armies. Great way to thin out commons and auto-wound into tougher heroes. So while TKN's 25 points more expensive, you have to decide if getting those 25 extra points with Maddening Chitter is worth giving up Trample Stomp. Maybe it is in some matchups, maybe not. The other item I forgot with Thyraxis is that an opponent facing Thyraxis can, if I understand the card right, make use of their fakeout X marker as a decoy that the Thyraxis player could choose if they score a Chitter roll. Still very excited for Thyraxis mechanically, but I'm not sure he'll dethrone TKN as my preferred competitive Hivelord. We shall see.
Ordo+concan+ thorgrim + Raelin ( if available) scares me. 8 defense, 7 range, 3 attacks of 4. Not even factoring height. Visually, I love the harpoon bears so much more than the frost claws, the glowing eye is a fun detail! Thanks for the thoughts on these these units Also, In my playing with him, sonlen hits like a truck once you engage, but really struggles once he's engaged with a couple squad figures. He really should be used like Cyprian, targeting a unit that strayed from the pack, and eliminating them...but he doesn't have stealth flying to make this easy to use
Thanks for the comment, and that terrifying prospect with Ordo. While a scary thing to face, it makes me happy that the Ordo give a compelling reason to dust off Concan and bring him to more events. By no means a bad unit, but I've yet to see him at any event I've been to since I started going competitive. And regarding Sonlen, Dragon Assault makes him sound pretty offensively powerful. And he's still got his range, so very versatile.
2:10:50 Leo here! Keep up the good work on these videos! So according to the lore found in the rule book of the new master set for the scenario “The Shattered Table”, it hints that Revna may have taken the life of another valkyrie. Speaking to my friend that works at Renegade that came to one of our tournaments, this is Renegade’s way to legally get around Valkrill since they can’t use him since Wizards of the coast owns him.
My man! Appreciate the comment and insight! That's really cool info. When I opened the Master Set manual and read that scenario, my initial take was "someone's framing her" for that murder. But from the sound of it, it likely was her as a way to get Valkrill out of the picture and not mention him again as proper official Heroscape carries on outside of Wizards. Probably for the best, and certainly implies that Revna is a sinister force. However, if she killed Valkrill because she thought he was a terrible evil that needed to be destroyed, there's a more sympathetic way to view Revna. That would be the sort of writing I'd love to see. Either way, I can mourn the implied (and likely forever unconfirmed) loss of Valkrill at the hands of Revna, but can celebrate her replacing him in the aesthetics and lore. Great food for thought, so thank you again!
@@doggindays2631 of course! Would love for the lore to take a sympathetic approach to Revna! To me she doesn’t seem evil. She’s more true neutral to me.
1:37:43 I'm definitely in that group. She's been in my top 2 figures in all of AoA since the beginning of the Haslab campaign. Maladrix and Scavorith were by far my 2 favorites. And Maladrix has really good abilities/synergy with the Honor Guard. Not looking forward to any other figures more than her and her guard!
This is the first time I've seen Heroscape figures that worry me in terms of their power. The Knight Primus and the Centaur Wizard in particular seem really pushed. But I really hope I'm wrong!
Queen Maladrix seems quite powerful to me. She has an autokill, double attack, and bonding with a 5 unit squad. So potentially 7 attacks per turn, plus the aforementioned autokill at the end of the round. Tor-Kul-Na and his Nagrubs have always been my favorite army to use, and the Queen and her Honor Guard may just take their place. They look so fun to use. Edit: Also, I forgot to mention; if Queen Maladrix dies, you can save your order markers by transfering them to the Festering Honor Guard army card, as well as buffing them. Super strong hero/squad synergy
I can certainly see that concern on a few. Primus looks great, Ordo have lots of potential, and I'm personally very worried about Q11 (though he goes well with an army I adore, so I should be celebrating). Interesting you think Halushia might be OP. That 7 Move with 5 Attack is pretty threatening, plus bonding with familiars. We've got lots to explore in the coming months...
Wave 3 units were legal today in our Massachusetts event, by using a reasonable proxy. The official cards are public, no need to wait if you wanna try these units today!
That must've been fun, and I respect you guys being chill enough to allow proxying. Totally get the idea behind proxying before one owns the figures. I've proxied a few times with figures I don't have for other classic/DnD/VC units, and it's certainly a good way to get a feel for their mechanics. But especially with these new official releases, I tend to delay until I get their actual figures. Personal preference...though I might make an exception with Thyraxis... Appreciate the comment!
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NOTES/CORRECTIONS:
-1:37:36: Not a correction, just something I forgot to cover on Queen Maladrix's section. I spend a second focusing on the fact that she's a Queen, which for VC players, means she can bond with Crypt Guardians! Not that you'd take them over her Honor Guard if you had them, but might be fun to throw one or two mummies in as honorary Honor Guards.
-1:44:35: Just some follow-up thoughts on Thyraxis Dragoon I didn't cover in my section on him here. I forgot in my comparison with Tor-Kul-Na the fact that giving up Trample Stomp is a big downside to taking Thyraxis. While it's true that with careful play you can win many matchups with Tor-Kul-Na without Trample Stomping, it's such an important tool to have in an event where you might come into small/medium-heavy armies. Great way to thin out commons and auto-wound into tougher heroes. So while TKN's 25 points more expensive, you have to decide if getting those 25 extra points with Maddening Chitter is worth giving up Trample Stomp. Maybe it is in some matchups, maybe not. The other item I forgot with Thyraxis is that an opponent facing Thyraxis can, if I understand the card right, make use of their fakeout X marker as a decoy that the Thyraxis player could choose if they score a Chitter roll. Still very excited for Thyraxis mechanically, but I'm not sure he'll dethrone TKN as my preferred competitive Hivelord. We shall see.
Ordo+concan+ thorgrim + Raelin ( if available) scares me. 8 defense, 7 range, 3 attacks of 4. Not even factoring height. Visually, I love the harpoon bears so much more than the frost claws, the glowing eye is a fun detail!
Thanks for the thoughts on these these units
Also, In my playing with him, sonlen hits like a truck once you engage, but really struggles once he's engaged with a couple squad figures. He really should be used like Cyprian, targeting a unit that strayed from the pack, and eliminating them...but he doesn't have stealth flying to make this easy to use
Thanks for the comment, and that terrifying prospect with Ordo. While a scary thing to face, it makes me happy that the Ordo give a compelling reason to dust off Concan and bring him to more events. By no means a bad unit, but I've yet to see him at any event I've been to since I started going competitive. And regarding Sonlen, Dragon Assault makes him sound pretty offensively powerful. And he's still got his range, so very versatile.
2:10:50 Leo here! Keep up the good work on these videos! So according to the lore found in the rule book of the new master set for the scenario “The Shattered Table”, it hints that Revna may have taken the life of another valkyrie. Speaking to my friend that works at Renegade that came to one of our tournaments, this is Renegade’s way to legally get around Valkrill since they can’t use him since Wizards of the coast owns him.
My man! Appreciate the comment and insight! That's really cool info. When I opened the Master Set manual and read that scenario, my initial take was "someone's framing her" for that murder. But from the sound of it, it likely was her as a way to get Valkrill out of the picture and not mention him again as proper official Heroscape carries on outside of Wizards. Probably for the best, and certainly implies that Revna is a sinister force. However, if she killed Valkrill because she thought he was a terrible evil that needed to be destroyed, there's a more sympathetic way to view Revna. That would be the sort of writing I'd love to see. Either way, I can mourn the implied (and likely forever unconfirmed) loss of Valkrill at the hands of Revna, but can celebrate her replacing him in the aesthetics and lore. Great food for thought, so thank you again!
@@doggindays2631 of course! Would love for the lore to take a sympathetic approach to Revna! To me she doesn’t seem evil. She’s more true neutral to me.
1:37:43 I'm definitely in that group. She's been in my top 2 figures in all of AoA since the beginning of the Haslab campaign. Maladrix and Scavorith were by far my 2 favorites. And Maladrix has really good abilities/synergy with the Honor Guard. Not looking forward to any other figures more than her and her guard!
We LOVE the Queen!
This is the first time I've seen Heroscape figures that worry me in terms of their power. The Knight Primus and the Centaur Wizard in particular seem really pushed. But I really hope I'm wrong!
Queen Maladrix seems quite powerful to me. She has an autokill, double attack, and bonding with a 5 unit squad. So potentially 7 attacks per turn, plus the aforementioned autokill at the end of the round. Tor-Kul-Na and his Nagrubs have always been my favorite army to use, and the Queen and her Honor Guard may just take their place. They look so fun to use.
Edit: Also, I forgot to mention; if Queen Maladrix dies, you can save your order markers by transfering them to the Festering Honor Guard army card, as well as buffing them. Super strong hero/squad synergy
Primus is a variation of Grimnak.
I can certainly see that concern on a few. Primus looks great, Ordo have lots of potential, and I'm personally very worried about Q11 (though he goes well with an army I adore, so I should be celebrating). Interesting you think Halushia might be OP. That 7 Move with 5 Attack is pretty threatening, plus bonding with familiars. We've got lots to explore in the coming months...
Wave 3 units were legal today in our Massachusetts event, by using a reasonable proxy. The official cards are public, no need to wait if you wanna try these units today!
That must've been fun, and I respect you guys being chill enough to allow proxying. Totally get the idea behind proxying before one owns the figures. I've proxied a few times with figures I don't have for other classic/DnD/VC units, and it's certainly a good way to get a feel for their mechanics. But especially with these new official releases, I tend to delay until I get their actual figures. Personal preference...though I might make an exception with Thyraxis... Appreciate the comment!