Personally, I like the initiative and the video format. You should keep making them. Suggestions: Make a tier list of: 1. Generic Units 2. Subfaction specific unique heroes 3. Large models 4. Subfactions - primarily because from the video I got an impression that Vyrkos is something I shouldn't lean towards, but in my experience is the most versatile of the subfactions as your unique heroes can get artifacts and command traits. These are just some of the things you can work on. Keep at it!
Thank you for the great feedback. I agree with you that Vyrkos has a lot of versatility (helps when GW is obsessed with named Vyrkos heroes 😂) and a decent win rate right now. I was just hesitant to endorse it too much for new players simply on the sheer number of models it usually takes to purchase and paint compared to other bloodlines. I am working on a video where I break down the subfactions in more detail and talk about some starter lists. 😁👍
As someone about to start up a soulblight collection, this really helped me set the correct expectations, and helped me make purchase priorities, so thank you
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 Be aware that this guide is outdated as we are now in fourth edition.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.
thanks for this video dude! Found a local group to play with and am currently 3d printing some proxies to test out before I pull the trigger on official kits! Honestly, the Bloodknights themselves were enough to make we want to start collecting!
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.
I’m so new to minis and age of sigmar. Supper helpful as I. Am attracted to all the undead goodness :) Would love to see more on each faction deep dive
Welcome to the hobby! Funny you should mention that, I will be releasing a series of videos about the individual bloodlines. The first one is on legion of blood and I should have it done in the next few days 😄
i would love to see a quick video on a good starter 2k army that doesnt have too much to remember for beginners. all of my friends only really want to do 2k
@@nopaintnogains948 very helpful thank you. Also curious if you run any type of discord or anything where I can find more info. I’m brand new to all of this. Thank you
No discord (yet). If you let me know what content/questions you have I can make a video to help. It might also help others with similar questions in the future. This content format is new to me as most of my videos are about model painting 😁
I'm new to Sigmar so this was very helpful for me. I would love to see more videos like this from you. This is one of the better army guides I've found and it's easily the best Soulblight one I've seen.
Thank you for your kind words! I'm glad the guide was helpful for you. I appreciate the positive feedback, and I'll definitely work on more videos like that. If you have any specific topics you'd like to see, feel free to let me know. Happy gaming!
For Deathly Invocation, can you heal Wight Kings by 3 wounds each turn and can they use the ability on themselves? They are summonable after all. That would almost make the mounted ones unkillable, especially in Vyrkos with the Phylactery. 7 wounds, 3+ save, 5+ ward, heal 3 wounds every SBGL Hero phase.
Great Video. Vampire Counts were my favourite army back in Warhammer Fantasy, and Soulblight Gravelords are great Hiers to them… I just can’t stand that they didn’t bring back Vlad Von Carstein 🧛🏻♂️ So, when the next video for an other Army?
Oh man I totally forgot about him! 😆 that’s another great addition, especially if someone manages to snag the old start collecting box to support the Grave Guard. Good catch!
Vengorian lord is not keyword locked sure but it has abilities that only work with units you’d only ever run in Avengorii. I’d never run a vengorian lord outside of Avengorii. Lauka Vai, the named variant, however is a very self sufficient and effective hero monster priced at the same 300 points
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
I would love to do other armies but unfortunately I mostly play Soulblight. It would not feel right to comment on something I do not have enough experience playing.
I wish I had seen this video before i started my collection...I have a ton of models for age of sigmar and now realize I either will have some sitting on the shelf collecting dust or I am gonna have to purchase more models to flesh out other armies
My issue with the current start collecting box are the Vargheists. They’re that weird kind of in between unit that can’t decide what it’s role is. They’re too expensive for chaff / trash objective grabbing mobs, those are fell bats, and they’re not as strong / durable as a unit of blood knights would be in kastelai. All in all they just don’t have a clear role on the roster meaning that they’d be the first unit I’d cut to fit something else
Hi i'm having a hard time with the hunger ability of the blood Knights for example. So if they attack a unit and do some damage and then the enemy unit attacks back, do the knights heal the wounds they got from the enemy unit or do they have to attack last to heal their wounds?
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 just want to be able to play skeletons with some vampires and learn the game better. I played FEC before the new stuff came out in the end of AoS 2, they were fun but it was so alpha strikey I was either mopping up or getting mopped fast, which wasn’t really conducive to me learning and getting better at the game overall, and find an army I can stick with. Soulblight allows me to make my Barrow Kingdom and not get alpha striked so hard. I’m also broke overall and just want to play and not get crushed all the time because my list sucks. I’m hoping this video can help me out with my skeleton dream! Currently I have the new Soulblight starter with Black Knights, Mounted Wight King and 20 Grave Guard but I also have a necromancer, 2 boxes of skeletons and a remaining old box of FEC to make a VLoZD, but I’m aiming to at least get some more Black Knights and a foot slogging Wight King as well as a Vampire Lord on foot! I’m sad Vargheists suck though, I like their looks more than crypt flayers, and their old lore is really cool too.
I’m not sure if this video will be too helpful in your skeletal dream as it’s more of an overview. I will be releasing a couple more videos where I focus more on the specific bloodlines and will make sure to include my take on a full skeletal army just for you and others like you 😀
This is just what I needed to make a decision to start an AOS army, definitely getting the soulblight gravelords! One question.. what do you think about the new BattleForce box? Is it worth it to start an army?
Thank you for checking out the video. Means a whole lot knowing it’s helping people out. The new battle force box is a pretty good deal. A lot of places will also sell it for a 15% or so discount so check with your local game store before ordering from GW directly. Also, I would recommend building the Vengorian Lord as Lauka’Vai - that way you have the option to run the named character or just tell your opponent that it’s a generic Veng Lord (most people don’t care as long as you clarify at the start of game).
My biggest issue with the vanguard box (right now) is that blood knights aren’t amazing, partially because of their warscroll and partially because of how weak Kastelai is. I also don’t love Vargheists. They’re great models and look amazing with a decent paint job, but they cost a lot of points and fall over to a stiff breeze.
I agree. Blood Knights have the potential to be amazing but fall short with their current rules. The recent points drop is a step in the right direction. I think giving them back their pseudo retreat and charge to maximize their damage or possibly even make them viable to fight in two ranks like Chaos Knights would make them more appealing. Especially when current Soulblight rules lean so heavily on supporting summonable units.
@@nopaintnogains948 yeah I do like the points drops. And don’t get me wrong, I love Kastelai and I run blood knights in my Kastelai lists even though I think Askurgan Trueblades are just better. For how much they cost out the gate, I don’t think they should’ve changed their old rule as much as they did. While Kastelai wasn’t the best way to play the old book, it was at least viable to take 20 blood knights back then
The key words is preference here. You cannot shame people for there preferences. Being fat says something about your life habits and your health and this turn away a lot of people.
Personally, I like the initiative and the video format. You should keep making them.
Suggestions:
Make a tier list of:
1. Generic Units
2. Subfaction specific unique heroes
3. Large models
4. Subfactions - primarily because from the video I got an impression that Vyrkos is something I shouldn't lean towards, but in my experience is the most versatile of the subfactions as your unique heroes can get artifacts and command traits.
These are just some of the things you can work on.
Keep at it!
Thank you for the great feedback. I agree with you that Vyrkos has a lot of versatility (helps when GW is obsessed with named Vyrkos heroes 😂) and a decent win rate right now. I was just hesitant to endorse it too much for new players simply on the sheer number of models it usually takes to purchase and paint compared to other bloodlines. I am working on a video where I break down the subfactions in more detail and talk about some starter lists. 😁👍
@@nopaintnogains948fun fact: Vyrkos has more named heroes than Hammers of Sigmar.
This is the perfect video I could have found, I’ve been debating getting into sigmar for a long time
Happy to hear you enjoyed the video😁
DO IT!
As someone about to start up a soulblight collection, this really helped me set the correct expectations, and helped me make purchase priorities, so thank you
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.
Soulblight gravelords (mainly legion of blood) is my main army so im happy to see this and potentially helping new gravlords rise up!
Keep it up
Picked up some models for the army last weekend and this has been extremely helpful!
thanks for this video dude! Found a local group to play with and am currently 3d printing some proxies to test out before I pull the trigger on official kits! Honestly, the Bloodknights themselves were enough to make we want to start collecting!
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!
I’m so new to minis and age of sigmar. Supper helpful as I. Am attracted to all the undead goodness :)
Would love to see more on each faction deep dive
Welcome to the hobby! Funny you should mention that, I will be releasing a series of videos about the individual bloodlines. The first one is on legion of blood and I should have it done in the next few days 😄
After the holidays I will order something from your links. Look forward to videos after this mayby beast lords etc
This format was perfect. I subbed because it was so helpful, keep it up
Thanks for the sub!
Downloaded this video for the plane ride! Thanks for the updated guide
Very handy video. I'm new to soulblight, just started collecting :)
Incredibly helpful. Just got my book and first few models which was almost exactly what you recommended. Thanks so much for this video!
Love your video. Keep the Soulblight Gravelords' love. Greatings from Mexico.
Thank you! Really means a lot to see that it’s been helping people in the community. 😄
i would love to see a quick video on a good starter 2k army that doesnt have too much to remember for beginners. all of my friends only really want to do 2k
That’s a great idea. I can work on something like that. Thanks for the input and I hope you found the video helpful.
@@nopaintnogains948 very helpful thank you. Also curious if you run any type of discord or anything where I can find more info. I’m brand new to all of this. Thank you
No discord (yet). If you let me know what content/questions you have I can make a video to help. It might also help others with similar questions in the future. This content format is new to me as most of my videos are about model painting 😁
I'm new to Sigmar so this was very helpful for me. I would love to see more videos like this from you. This is one of the better army guides I've found and it's easily the best Soulblight one I've seen.
Thank you for your kind words! I'm glad the guide was helpful for you. I appreciate the positive feedback, and I'll definitely work on more videos like that. If you have any specific topics you'd like to see, feel free to let me know. Happy gaming!
Thanks! Just bought two battleforces and a nagash
For Deathly Invocation, can you heal Wight Kings by 3 wounds each turn and can they use the ability on themselves? They are summonable after all. That would almost make the mounted ones unkillable, especially in Vyrkos with the Phylactery. 7 wounds, 3+ save, 5+ ward, heal 3 wounds every SBGL Hero phase.
Yes you can. And they can come back once slain as well.
Amazing advice!
Well greetings fellow SBGL enthusiast, good job!
Thank you! 😁👍
Very good! Thanks!
Was looking to getting into AoS and this was exactly what I needed.
Love to hear new people joining the hobby!
Great Video. Vampire Counts were my favourite army back in Warhammer Fantasy, and Soulblight Gravelords are great Hiers to them… I just can’t stand that they didn’t bring back Vlad Von Carstein 🧛🏻♂️
So, when the next video for an other Army?
Soulblights are my fav Sigmar army next to the Maggot kin of nurgle I'm surprised you did not talk about the Mountless wight king.
Oh man I totally forgot about him! 😆 that’s another great addition, especially if someone manages to snag the old start collecting box to support the Grave Guard. Good catch!
This is amazing help! Thanlyou for the vid!!
You’re welcome! Thank you for checking it out.
Vengorian lord is not keyword locked sure but it has abilities that only work with units you’d only ever run in Avengorii. I’d never run a vengorian lord outside of Avengorii. Lauka Vai, the named variant, however is a very self sufficient and effective hero monster priced at the same 300 points
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 this. While I don't play SBGL anymore, I'd love to see other armies like StD or Cities.
I would love to do other armies but unfortunately I mostly play Soulblight. It would not feel right to comment on something I do not have enough experience playing.
Liked and subscribed for a fellow soulblight enthusiast
Thank you!
I wish I had seen this video before i started my collection...I have a ton of models for age of sigmar and now realize I either will have some sitting on the shelf collecting dust or I am gonna have to purchase more models to flesh out other armies
Really really well done mate.
Thanks a lot!
What are the chances of us getting an update to this great video for 4th edition? Like, pretty please
I had to take a RUclips hobby break due to work. But things have finally settled down. Working on the 4th Ed video 😁👍
@@nopaintnogains948 \o/
My issue with the current start collecting box are the Vargheists. They’re that weird kind of in between unit that can’t decide what it’s role is. They’re too expensive for chaff / trash objective grabbing mobs, those are fell bats, and they’re not as strong / durable as a unit of blood knights would be in kastelai. All in all they just don’t have a clear role on the roster meaning that they’d be the first unit I’d cut to fit something else
which would be best for a weight heavy list ?
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.
Hi i'm having a hard time with the hunger ability of the blood Knights for example.
So if they attack a unit and do some damage and then the enemy unit attacks back, do the knights heal the wounds they got from the enemy unit or do they have to attack last to heal their wounds?
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
Could you please make a video about std as well?
So helpful!
Glad it was helpful!
I just want to be able to play skeletons with some vampires and learn the game better. I played FEC before the new stuff came out in the end of AoS 2, they were fun but it was so alpha strikey I was either mopping up or getting mopped fast, which wasn’t really conducive to me learning and getting better at the game overall, and find an army I can stick with. Soulblight allows me to make my Barrow Kingdom and not get alpha striked so hard. I’m also broke overall and just want to play and not get crushed all the time because my list sucks. I’m hoping this video can help me out with my skeleton dream!
Currently I have the new Soulblight starter with Black Knights, Mounted Wight King and 20 Grave Guard but I also have a necromancer, 2 boxes of skeletons and a remaining old box of FEC to make a VLoZD, but I’m aiming to at least get some more Black Knights and a foot slogging Wight King as well as a Vampire Lord on foot! I’m sad Vargheists suck though, I like their looks more than crypt flayers, and their old lore is really cool too.
I’m not sure if this video will be too helpful in your skeletal dream as it’s more of an overview. I will be releasing a couple more videos where I focus more on the specific bloodlines and will make sure to include my take on a full skeletal army just for you and others like you 😀
This is just what I needed to make a decision to start an AOS army, definitely getting the soulblight gravelords! One question.. what do you think about the new BattleForce box? Is it worth it to start an army?
Thank you for checking out the video. Means a whole lot knowing it’s helping people out. The new battle force box is a pretty good deal. A lot of places will also sell it for a 15% or so discount so check with your local game store before ordering from GW directly. Also, I would recommend building the Vengorian Lord as Lauka’Vai - that way you have the option to run the named character or just tell your opponent that it’s a generic Veng Lord (most people don’t care as long as you clarify at the start of game).
My biggest issue with the vanguard box (right now) is that blood knights aren’t amazing, partially because of their warscroll and partially because of how weak Kastelai is. I also don’t love Vargheists. They’re great models and look amazing with a decent paint job, but they cost a lot of points and fall over to a stiff breeze.
I agree. Blood Knights have the potential to be amazing but fall short with their current rules. The recent points drop is a step in the right direction. I think giving them back their pseudo retreat and charge to maximize their damage or possibly even make them viable to fight in two ranks like Chaos Knights would make them more appealing. Especially when current Soulblight rules lean so heavily on supporting summonable units.
@@nopaintnogains948 yeah I do like the points drops. And don’t get me wrong, I love Kastelai and I run blood knights in my Kastelai lists even though I think Askurgan Trueblades are just better. For how much they cost out the gate, I don’t think they should’ve changed their old rule as much as they did. While Kastelai wasn’t the best way to play the old book, it was at least viable to take 20 blood knights back then
Very sigma
Can u paint rainbow six siege black ice pls!!!
Who is on the cover of their book?
I think it is just a vampire lord.
audio spike jumpscare at 00:00
I missed that. So sorry. Will work to avoid in the future.
If experience is an issue with making guides for other armies, why not bring guests on?
It's something I can try to work on with local scene (no promises). Thank you for checking out the channel and the feedback 😀
Zombies? Skellies? 3d print that shiz
The key words is preference here. You cannot shame people for there preferences. Being fat says something about your life habits and your health and this turn away a lot of people.
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directions unclear, bought Nagash, resurecting all the deathrattle
😂