The Book of Skeletons of Annellintia

[nate the dawg]

Originally Posted by vegietarian18

I would think that the problem with playing Iskra is how frail she is. Iskra can go down really quickly to heavy fire, and she will be your opponents main target if she is your only hero.

That's very true. In my experience, if you play too aggressively, Iskra drops pretty quickly after having summoned the Rechets.

However, if you keep her in a significantly safe position (height, LoS obstruction, in Raelin's aura, etc), her 4 Life for 50 points could go a long way. I still think, while not very economical, Cyprien best compliments the Skeletons. His 6 Life and 4 Def will keep him in the game for some time, even with sustained fire. Just keep attacking with the squad, then use Cyp for clean-up.

Sonya is a good boost to Cyp, but depending upon the points, she could limit the number of squads you draft. Nicholas seems as though he's better off with some Thralls.

I think that Iskra is a decent option for the Skeletons, but I'd still take the Rechets (and hope I don't lose Iskra before they can be summoned!).

[sixthflagbearer]

If you use these with Nicholas, they will do well vs squads, while you can get thralls for the heroes.

Skellies x2
Nicholas
Thralls x5

500, 14

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Originally Posted by sixthflagbearer

If you use these with Nicholas, they will do well vs squads, while you can get thralls for the heroes.

Skellies x2
Nicholas
Thralls x5

500, 14

Nice! Things don't look pretty for that army if/when Nick goes down though. I think I'd be more likely to play that build at 550, where I could drop a couple of Thralls for another squad of the Skeletons.

[Arch-vile]

That's a pretty good idea. Nick and skellies take down squads, thralls for heroes. And everyone heals/ returns from the grave. That could be annoying to play against. (Fun to play though... hehehe).

A Cyprien, Sonya, Iskra, retchets, Marcu, and skellies VS Nick and his thralls would be a neat battle. I think the skeletons would have the advantage there due to no resurrection limitations (thralls need Nick to kill a non-undead).

[Hive Lord 1233]

Sonya has the added bonus of evening out your point total if you happen to be playing odd amounts of Skellies.

IE-

Skellies x3- 315
Cyprien- 465
Sonya- 510

If your playing 600 points, you could go with-

Raelin v1- 590
And your favorite 10 point Ninja for filler.

[screwDriver]

Woohoo, skeletons for the Esenwein family of vampires. This should make a very interesting themed army. Am eager to try them out, although I'd be using proxies.

And some shameless advertisement... a few weeks ago, I posted my custom lich, Mal Sayela. It would be an honor if you guys can give him a try with these skeleton army. Comments and suggestions to make him a better unit would be greatly appreciated. Also, the lich was designed with the intention to work with Undead Common Squads, so you can try him with these guys too...

Death Knights of Valkrill
Deathstrike Thrall (C3V)
Phantom Knights
Preyblood Thrall (C3V)
Shades of Bleakwoode
Skeletons of Annellintia (C3V)
Zombies of Morindan

[Son of Arathorn]

Anybody care to take a guess on Power Ranking? They seem like a solid B+ if not an A-. Synergy with Cyprien, Nicholas, Sonya and Iskra, solid movement ability, decent offensive output against bread 'n butter squads, and much better survivability than most squads in their price range, when you count Necromancy and Reanimation.

[Sir Dendrik]

Originally Posted by Son of Arathorn

Anybody care to take a guess on Power Ranking? They seem like a solid B+ if not an A-. Synergy with Cyprien, Nicholas, Sonya and Iskra, solid movement ability, decent offensive output against bread 'n butter squads, and much better survivability than most squads in their price range, when you count Necromancy and Reanimation.

I wouldn't rank them that high, actually. They're a solid B from what I saw in the game I played with them. Effectively they're a 52.5 point squad that halves the number of start zone spaces they use, and move 6 figures a turn. This is pretty good, and they're very thematic, but I wouldn't take them to a tournament.

[MegaSilver]

Originally Posted by Sir Dendrik

I wouldn't rank them that high, actually. They're a solid B from what I saw in the game I played with them. Effectively they're a 52.5 point squad that halves the number of start zone spaces they use, and move 6 figures a turn. This is pretty good, and they're very thematic, but I wouldn't take them to a tournament.

I would disagree there.

They are very powerful, especially backed with the right Vampire. They play similar to the Zombies: they are a slow-moving fast army. They just cannot come back as easily as the Zombies.

[Son of Arathorn]

Originally Posted by MegaSilver

I would disagree there.

They are very powerful, especially backed with the right Vampire. They play similar to the Zombies: they are a slow-moving fast army. They just cannot come back as easily as the Zombies.

I psuedo-disagree, , in that while they can't come back as many times in a single turn as the Zombies, they will always come back in a turn, if you control their Vampire. In short, even if they can't attack, or if they whiff their attacks, they can still revive a member of the squad. Also, you can use Skellies that have been resurrected on that turn, as opposed to the Zombies, whose newly made undead have to wait until their next turn.

In regards to their mobility, they move even faster with Cyprien, since he can drop a few behind the enemy lines or near glyphs while the rest of the horde advances.

[Lyrgard]

the pdf link doesn't seem to work. Am I the only one with this problem ?

[ZBeeblebrox]

Originally Posted by Lyrgard

the pdf link doesn't seem to work. Am I the only one with this problem ?

The link is fixed...sorry for any inconvenience.