Prepare to be Amazed: Sylvaneth's Unbelievable New Army

[@teambadgerwargaming]

Arch Rev gives him +1 Wound too

[@mjpegasus1079]

*puts down Slaves to Darkness book and listens

[@SaltySeadogKP14]

I'm here for the plant puns

[@thehonestwargamerstreams]

thankyou!!

[@thesoothsayer9223]

this video did not disappoinsettia

[@brodycampbell4992]

plant punnets??

[@TheLunchBreakPainter]

Always liked the Sylvaneth Aesthetic…this is stunning!

[@JustAGuyDrawing]

Belthanos and this army of renown have really pushed me over the edge into getting into Sylvaneth, even if the ability to play without trees doesn't stick around in 4th I can still see it as a good way to get started collecting. That said I really do hope they branch off (heh) and give Sylvaneth players two kinds of play styles like there is with Seraphon in 4th though.

[@gump1119]

This dude is gonna be ZOOMING like 24" across the table. And a ward, thank goodness. So sick.

[@thehonestwargamerstreams]

Hes so good

[@johnthompson4969]

All the units in this AoR are cracking, too. A totally new way to play Sylvaneth, "Green Light"

[@richardhellsten2771]

Dealbreaker for me is that I don’t think these Armies of Renown are sticking around and I don’t want to have to convert this back into a Sylvaneth army after next summer.

[@kosherbeefcake]

For real.

[@Thaumatolgist]

Would it take much conversion though? You'll likely just have a few more Kurnoth Hunters and Bugs than you'd normally field?

[@richardhellsten2771]

I'd have to buy a bunch of trees. No thanks

[@Kazerole]

WarComm said in a comment thread that the * on attack AND damage was a blunder and going to be fixed

[@DemandredTaim]

Would really like it if Armies of Renown stick around if they allowed allying in the core army. You army retains the intent and function, and allied units don't get special rules. But they keep making armies that can't have wizards which is frustrating.

[@rotmirerob]

this new guy is so cool and i may actually need to hop in on a new kurnoth/spiterider army

[@georgesutherlandhoward4417]

Arch-Revenant with Warsinger for +3" of movement + the Kurnothi Warhorn means you have Kurnoth Hunters with 8" movement that can run and charge. Fuckin' ey.

[@mjpegasus1079]

Pun game hasn’t changed much since I’ve been away, Rob sir

[@andywardle2988]

So pumped for this guy to jazz up my sylvaneth army!

[@gammafighter]

I'm really excited by this model and warscroll. I'm interested in Warhammer and I love Sylvaneth, but I haven't been able to pull the trigger just yet. I can come imagine this being a very aggressive list that isn't great at defending, but I really do hope the army of renown gets more rules- specifically to increase durability. Kurnoths have 5 wounds per model which, even with a 3+ save is not incredible for 200+ points per unit. In all of my list building, I always include Lady of Vines for her 5+ ward spell. I worry about the kurnoth hunters getting shredded without that. It seems like kurnoth hunters are actually quite weak compared to units of similar points in other armies. I think what makes them strong is being able to teleport to hit almost anywhere, then strike and fade back to safety. With a whole army of them, I'm not sure how they'll fare. Other than that, I am very interested in this army. I love kurnoth hunters models and warscrolls. I even theorycrafted a kurnoth heavy list shortly before Belthanos was announced. And I love the mechanic where the revenant seeker can bring back models. I just have trouble fitting them into lists normally. This army certainly makes that easier!

[@kyles8707]

Hey Rob, just a heads up- when you were streaming this live I tried to follow the twitch link in your twitter bio and it led to a dead end. Could just be me but maybe worth looking into so people end up on your channel 👍

[@thehonestwargamerstreams]

Really appreciate that

[@JJacobsson]

Came for the in-depth Warhammer information. Stayed for the Sylvaneth puns.

[@Speario99]

Branching out......perfection.

[@cjmountian367]

Starship Troopers!!!!

[@scheikundeiscool4086]

Giving Sylvaneth armies a better missle to send around is going to make them much more powerfull.

[@juapa2803]

Are we talking 9” pile in +2” range attacks on the bugs?

[@davidwasilewski]

The power creep seems to be becoming more palpable as we creep towards the end of 3rd edition.

[@Woody-ub7jv]

Both new big characters would be super good in fyreslayers , all we need now is a fyreslayers model…

[@Lucillevt4011]

Belthanos looks sick asf, might actually be able to start an army I want to play in AoS. Might have to sell off or trade my stormcast eternals for space though.

[@kchaze]

I have a decent 2000 point Sylvaneth army...I need to figure out how to get this guy in the mix

[@AvatarOfNateP]

Looking forward to the FAQ. RAW Alarielle can summon him.

[@JackCawood]

So you pick a screen as your quarry... Kill it turn 1 and then be plus 1 to the table for the rest of the game. Seems a pretty good way to hit the better bonuses going later into the game.

[@adamaltmann7039]

Harmony chords are lost at the end of each battle round.

[@JackCawood]

@@adamaltmann7039 yes and they are generated again at the start of the battle round, bullet point 3 says you get one for each quarry you’ve destroyed in the battle.

[@Jacoooify]

​@@adamaltmann7039yes but one of the checks for getting Chords at the beginning of each round is "receive 1 for each quarry destroyed during the *battle*". So like Jack says, kill an easy target round 1 and that's 1 point at the start of the round for the rest of the game.

[@JJacobsson]

"And most of that is going to be brown." SIR! Please!

[@adamcarr1387]

So excited to have a completely kurnoth army

[@dephonnelzy5536]

Oh they changed the rules with the ko renown Hella fast so you'd be surprised

[@LuiBei1994]

I feel like aos points make games way smaller than 40k. This almost feels like a squishy and somehow smaller army of adeptus custodes.

[@jacenchrisbaker]

This guy just seems -good-. Opens up a new style of play for Sylvaneth, as well as just being a solid scroll. Think Sylvaneth benefits more from him than SCE do from Relictor-on-Dagron in comparison, and also think this guy could still be good in whatever 4E is.

[@redsven7624]

The puns are growing on me

[@mattammendolia4558]

What is yhe base size gor the model? I couldnt catch it no matter how many times i replayed it and the closed captioning didnt help, either.

[@jamesjohnson1290]

Imo the army of renown seems legit, though I think the character will be strongest in a non army of renown. The ability to leap all around the battlefield will be SO good.

[@thehonestwargamerstreams]

Going to be good in a normal sylvaneth army

[@RybackStun]

You may have convinced me to pick this up and actually TRY and play AoS again! Love the overview and the small model count potential for the AoR.

[@thehonestwargamerstreams]

Oh wow! you got this!!

[@ShesDeadJimMUSIC]

I don't even know what a Sigmar is, I'm just here for the puns.

[@biker222]

Could you use his ability on faction terrain?

[@archghoul]

Bud, this video has me lumbering to fetch my wallet. I've been pondering branching out into a new army, and I just can't leaf this opportunity alone. I'm really rooting for this guy to stay good come aos4.0... In all seriousness, this guy is great. Even works decently as an ally as all his buffs buff himself. breadofgold stamp of approval.

[@WillisRude]

Honestly I think its an actively terrible way for new players to get into the hobby. You hit it on the head with the "don't drop a bunch of money for something that's going to only be here for 6 months." Having a very narrow collection of units that only work in one way is just going to set a new player up for failure really quick.

[@adamcarr1387]

Currently the units in this set preform really well outside the ROR so I don't think this one is that bad, that being said I wish they released him separately now

[@earlscott982]

Ionios is a more of ranged utility piece not a combat piece.

[@thehonestwargamerstreams]

hes defo not a ranged piece at 9" but a support piece defo

[@markpandelidis2079]

​​@@thehonestwargamerstreamshis flame ranged attack is 12". But ya, not a ranged unit. He's quite flighty at 33 output plus all the chip damage.

[@markpandelidis2079]

I'm not sure I agree that he's fightier than Ionus. He's certainly close, but Ionus can do 33 damage with his ranged attack, plus D3 every hero phase, plus the prayer damage. So you're looking at average 37 damage output potential on a unit that can't heal. Belthanos sits at 28 and his damage drops off DRASTICALLY at 7 wounds because of how his bracket works. He loses 9 damage potential to go from 28 to 19. Other than that though I think you're right, he's great.

[@markpandelidis2079]

@philipbowles5397 Belthanos' Average damage is 10 ya. Ionus is 15 when you add his ranged. The cap is higher, so ya you're right, he can spike higher. But the rend on Belthanos isn't higher. It's higher on average, but they both have attacks at -2 and -3. Scour will do additional damage if you hit your opponent with unleash hell. It'll do additional damage if you hit something that can never heal. And ya the prayer is on a 3+ but it's 18". So even without a chain, it still hits for D3. Plus he can auto chant if he wants, so it can be guaranteed. So you're looking at 17 damage on average most of the time.

[@markpandelidis2079]

@@philipbowles5397 mhm, I'm not arguing those things. What I said, plain and simple, was that I didn't agree that Ionus is less fighty, which is what Rob said. Also, I don't ROUND UP when it's less than .5 because if it's less than .5 you're averaging low not averaging high. So it's not 12 in my books, it's 10. The likelihood of scour happening IS high since on a unit that doesn't heal, it never goes away. You can unleash at 6", which means the unit you're hitting doesn't have to charge Ionus. When it's your turn, you can hit multiple units with his ranged attack, with 9 attacks you could likely hit at least 2 units comfortably and do 1 single damage to scour them. He blatantly has more output than Belthanos. Not to mention the drop off from his table is significantly less. At 7 wounds Belthanos loses 9 damage, Ionus loses 2. So over the course of multiple rounds, Ionus will completely outmatch Belthanos. Don't get me wrong, I love the model and his rules (Belthanos) I was only stating that I didn't agree that he was more fighty.

[@markpandelidis2079]

@@philipbowles5397 scour can effect ANY unit. I feel like you're thinking it's only working on heroes. Units that can't heal make up 90% of the game. Heroes can usually heal sure, but alot of armies can't. Orruk warclans can't heal outside of a warchanter. Ogors can heal once per game basically. Gitz have no healing. Rally doesn't count. Returning models count. Most armies can't "heal" their squad units. So being able to spread scour over multiple units, not "most" of them having a 3+, I don't know where you think most units have a 3+ save. Average right now is closer to 4+ skewing high towards 5+. So alot of times you can hit 2 units at the start of the game, and TWICE per phase (end of EACH hero phase) they might take D3. Those units will potentially take D3 9 times. If you hit 2 units per round, the numbers are inconceivable because there's so many variables. Not only that but even if a unit heals, it only removes the scour, the heal is negated. Which on something like a Zombie Dragon that just got hit with unleash hell and now they can't heal 6 wounds in the next combat phase, is detrimental to that unit. It may be alot to keep track of, but it's easy to make some scour tokens and it's a dice game. So I'm Kool with it. It has way more effect and power than just chip damage. But that's also a big part of it, he also shut off inspiring presence, adding insult to injury if they took some chip damage and now can't inspire to save models from battleshock. Anyway, I think we've said all that needs to be said. I personally like Ionus, I think he's incredibly powerful and I'm excited for him being in the game.

[@markpandelidis2079]

@philipbowles5397 it's 100% NOT optional. Read it again. Word for word it says "When a player uses an ability that allows them to heal any wounds that have been allocated to a unit, INSTEAD of healing ANY wounds allocated to that unit, that unit IS no longer soulburned." It is not optional. It turns off that healing. It's not even about the damage. It shuts off healing. Period.

[@nicksurename5392]

Maths wise the Dragon is a better fighter than Big bug if you count the dragons shooting.

[@Kazerole]

Don’t have the math yet. The mount’s attack line is bugged ;). Gonna be fixed

[@balemoran3168]

Doing my best to be all happy for the people getting new fun stuff in the dawn bringers books but as a fyreslayer main I am feeling totally shit on by GW right now.

[@kellyhoesing2573]

But now you can ignore other Fyreslayers players wards!

[@martinjrgensen8234]

Jokes on you for choosing a tiny faction 😂

[@mangohub3252]

I don’t know much about the rules but this guys just sick af gonna buy him

[@thehonestwargamerstreams]

Hes awesome

[@mangohub3252]

@@thehonestwargamerstreams first AOS kit I’ll be buying just because he’s cool

[@ahbleza13]

This guy looks and plays incredible, I wish he was a good ally for Cities of Sigmar but seems like there’s not much synergy at all.

[@ollieclark2808]

Why is he so much cheaper and better than the Stormcast guy... annoying

[@simonhogg5476]

Doubt he will stay at 360, before looking at his cost and reading the Warscroll he instantly looks like a 400pts character.

[@bryanhooker5640]

This was made literally for me. I am new to the game. Having a hard time with find a list. (Any lists that are tier) But then i saw this guy and I am in. There is gonna be a premade list for him? perfect. I will make the belthanos list first to get into the game, then learn the game. He looks super cool.

[@HarryBuddhaPalm]

I highly doubt that they "literally" made this army just for you. In fact, I'd wager that they don't know who the hell you are.

[@Dybvad1992]

​@@HarryBuddhaPalmStop being a wanker mate🤦