Awwh yay!! That's what I love to hear! I'm so glad you found this guide helpful! :) I'll have alot more OBR guides beginner and advanced this year coming to the channel too! ^^
Hey! Nice list. I was wondering if you might advise me on some tweaks. I'm going for 1500 pts, just playing with a couple of friends, long time 40k players but we all new to AoS. Gonna use your list as the base, but want to swap out the crawler. Also gonna go for crematorians, cos splodey recursioney skelebobs sounds fun. Would really like to involve morghast harbingers and necropolis stalkers if possible, because the models are just gorgeous. Great videos, very informative. Thanks :D
Thanks for the kind words Dragzen! :) I'd absolutely love to help. Welcome to the AoS side of the fence. It sounds like you've got a good grasp on what you like and will enjoy and that's ace! ^^ Taking the base list and making the changes you've listed leaves us at 1190pts. So another 310pts to play with. This is a really awkward number for OBR as its enough for one more unit but not two due to our expensive nature. I'd say some spell support would benefit you nicely and at this level the Soulmason is a fantastic hero for that. He gets two casts and is a loremaster so knows all the spells in the OBR tome. This gives you real flexibility in support buffs as and when. If you went down that road you'd either be able to take 10 more Mortek Guard. For screening/capping/exploding purposes. Or you could take some endless spells. The Mortek would probably be the more all round take. Which puts the list at 1480 and looks like this: Boneshaper Soulmason x20 Mortek Guard x10 Mortek Guard x5 Kavalos Deathriders x3 Stalkers Harvester x2 Morghasts 1480pts. I hope this helps gives you some ideas, thanks again for the kind words. If you're interested I have a Lakey Wargames Discord now and always more advice floating around in there from myself and other members. :)
Great question Kevin! :) I would say this list is still not a bad place to start at all. As per the previous book and reasoning in this video. Alot/all of these units in this list are very core to the OBR and how you will most likely want to collect/built out from for a very balanced army going forwards. Of course the rules of the units and points have changed with the new edition. So tactics wise the list won't work the same. And might not quite total up points wise as it did at the time. But the core principle and from a collecting point of view I would say this still stands very strongly in my opinion. :) I'll have to look into maybe recreating a new 1k for 4th edition in mind. ^^
100% Chris! More than happy to lend my opinions on it. :) If you have Discord too feel free to join the Lakey Wargames one and post up in the OBR room, we have a fair few OBR lads around and might be able to all offer different ideas for you. ^^ But if not, pop it here and I'll take a look for you for sure. :)
That looks like a really solid Arkhan list already to be honest with you Chris! Got a new amount of tools to deal with multiple problems in here which is great to see. :) One thing I might suggest is you have the extra slot in your battalion you could split the Archai into two groups of two? I know it's tempting for single buff stacking on more of them in one place buut you'll have so more flexibility in providing multiple threats to the enemies backlines and spread out the command use shut down to a couple of areas on the table which can really make a big impact. Also if they get focused by a unit with mass shooting they can only drop two and not spill extra damage over into the others from a single source. It will also let you have two tries at rolling at big fights first charge. And you can still just have them fly around together if you want to throw 4 of them at one target. ^^ Just a little tweak but on the whole, I really like the look of that list. :)
I personally think he is best in SBGL and then okay in NH. Bonereapers is for sure the hardest place to use him because we're so much more expensive you don't really get too much choice on what to bring with him. You'd probably get more miles out of using both Arkhan and Kata with their higher points cost being just a little less these days. But if you really wanted to run it a blob of Mortek for main objective capture, some msu KDR and your flavour of hero either a liege to go with them or a Boneshaper to double down on that Mortek block. Combined with Nagash's healing they will stand nicely. Then you will have enough room for a flavour unit, like a Harvester or some Archi to add a little punch. And never leave home without that good old spell portal! :) I haven't tried him personally with new OBR yet though.
I like this list. as you say, something to try in every phase, and bit of both default battle line options. I'd like to see some of the big units in there since they are a key oart of how the army plays comoetitively these days, but at 1000 points there's not really room, and nothing I'd be inclined to drop for them.
Thanks Malisteen! :) Yeah I agree, I tried a few things with a unit of 3 in but it's just very awkward with how expensive OBR already is. That said, they would be the next include ontop of this once you go past the 1k I think. Like you could just put 3 Immortis or Stalkers in here and take yourself up to 1250 with a few points to play for a Triumph or something. :)
my own narrative/fluffy null myriad 1k is soulmason, boneshaper, 20 morteks, 5 riders, 3 immortis. More magic, including a guy with a big hat plus an elite bodyguard unit to highlight his stature and importance, as befits the null myriads fluff and personality. But admittedly not as good a list for new players just learning the game as it doesn't incorporate monsters or the shooting phase, and it relies more on the terrain to stand in as an impressive centerpiece where your list has two behemoths for visual impact - the catapult in particular is an imposing model. shame it doesn't hit harder. by the time they've lowered its points enough to match its current minimal impact it could end up being the fewest points per unit volume of physical space occupied by any model in the game.
Oh I like that a lot from both a gaming and narrative perspective. Very nice! :) Agreed on the Crawler. I understand in an army so good in combat they didn't want us to have access to awesome ranged firepower aswell but still. For the amazingness of the miniature it definitely deserves more love from a rules stand point than it has. ^^ Maybe in the 4.0 tome ey? haha.
Just getting into the faction for this new year and this is super helpful!
Awwh yay!! That's what I love to hear! I'm so glad you found this guide helpful! :)
I'll have alot more OBR guides beginner and advanced this year coming to the channel too! ^^
Hey! Nice list. I was wondering if you might advise me on some tweaks. I'm going for 1500 pts, just playing with a couple of friends, long time 40k players but we all new to AoS. Gonna use your list as the base, but want to swap out the crawler. Also gonna go for crematorians, cos splodey recursioney skelebobs sounds fun.
Would really like to involve morghast harbingers and necropolis stalkers if possible, because the models are just gorgeous.
Great videos, very informative.
Thanks :D
Thanks for the kind words Dragzen! :)
I'd absolutely love to help. Welcome to the AoS side of the fence. It sounds like you've got a good grasp on what you like and will enjoy and that's ace! ^^
Taking the base list and making the changes you've listed leaves us at 1190pts. So another 310pts to play with. This is a really awkward number for OBR as its enough for one more unit but not two due to our expensive nature.
I'd say some spell support would benefit you nicely and at this level the Soulmason is a fantastic hero for that. He gets two casts and is a loremaster so knows all the spells in the OBR tome. This gives you real flexibility in support buffs as and when.
If you went down that road you'd either be able to take 10 more Mortek Guard. For screening/capping/exploding purposes. Or you could take some endless spells. The Mortek would probably be the more all round take. Which puts the list at 1480 and looks like this:
Boneshaper
Soulmason
x20 Mortek Guard
x10 Mortek Guard
x5 Kavalos Deathriders
x3 Stalkers
Harvester
x2 Morghasts
1480pts.
I hope this helps gives you some ideas, thanks again for the kind words. If you're interested I have a Lakey Wargames Discord now and always more advice floating around in there from myself and other members. :)
@@LakeyWargames thanks man! Great food for thought :D
How does this list hold up for 4th edition?
Great question Kevin! :)
I would say this list is still not a bad place to start at all. As per the previous book and reasoning in this video. Alot/all of these units in this list are very core to the OBR and how you will most likely want to collect/built out from for a very balanced army going forwards.
Of course the rules of the units and points have changed with the new edition. So tactics wise the list won't work the same. And might not quite total up points wise as it did at the time.
But the core principle and from a collecting point of view I would say this still stands very strongly in my opinion. :)
I'll have to look into maybe recreating a new 1k for 4th edition in mind. ^^
Hey I’m new and am building a list currently for Bonereapers, could I share it with you and you give me feedback?
100% Chris! More than happy to lend my opinions on it. :)
If you have Discord too feel free to join the Lakey Wargames one and post up in the OBR room, we have a fair few OBR lads around and might be able to all offer different ideas for you. ^^
But if not, pop it here and I'll take a look for you for sure. :)
@@LakeyWargames Army Faction: Ossiarch Bonereapers
- Army Subfaction: Null Myriad
- Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
- Triumphs: Inspired
LEADER
1 x Liege-Kavalos (180)*
1 x Arkhan the Black (380)*
- Spells: Drain Vitality
1 x Mortisan Boneshaper (140)*
- General
- Command Traits: Aura of Sterility
- Artefacts: Artisan’s Key
- Spells: Empower Nadirite Weapons
BATTLELINE
5 x Kavalos Deathriders (190)*
- Nadirite Blade
4 x Morghast Archai (220)*
- Spirit Halberd
20 x Mortek Guard (130)*
- Mortek Hekatos
- 2 x Necrophoros
- Nadirite Blade
- 2 x Soulcleaver Greatblade
3 x Immortis Guard (220)*
BEHEMOTH
1 x Gothizzar Harvester (160)*
TERRAIN
1 x Bone-tithe Nexus (0)
CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: (1970/2000)
Created with Warhammer Age of Sigmar: The App
That looks like a really solid Arkhan list already to be honest with you Chris! Got a new amount of tools to deal with multiple problems in here which is great to see. :)
One thing I might suggest is you have the extra slot in your battalion you could split the Archai into two groups of two? I know it's tempting for single buff stacking on more of them in one place buut you'll have so more flexibility in providing multiple threats to the enemies backlines and spread out the command use shut down to a couple of areas on the table which can really make a big impact. Also if they get focused by a unit with mass shooting they can only drop two and not spill extra damage over into the others from a single source. It will also let you have two tries at rolling at big fights first charge. And you can still just have them fly around together if you want to throw 4 of them at one target. ^^
Just a little tweak but on the whole, I really like the look of that list. :)
@@LakeyWargames is there a competitive way to run nagash with bonereapers?
I personally think he is best in SBGL and then okay in NH. Bonereapers is for sure the hardest place to use him because we're so much more expensive you don't really get too much choice on what to bring with him. You'd probably get more miles out of using both Arkhan and Kata with their higher points cost being just a little less these days.
But if you really wanted to run it a blob of Mortek for main objective capture, some msu KDR and your flavour of hero either a liege to go with them or a Boneshaper to double down on that Mortek block. Combined with Nagash's healing they will stand nicely. Then you will have enough room for a flavour unit, like a Harvester or some Archi to add a little punch. And never leave home without that good old spell portal! :)
I haven't tried him personally with new OBR yet though.
I like this list. as you say, something to try in every phase, and bit of both default battle line options.
I'd like to see some of the big units in there since they are a key oart of how the army plays comoetitively these days, but at 1000 points there's not really room, and nothing I'd be inclined to drop for them.
Thanks Malisteen! :)
Yeah I agree, I tried a few things with a unit of 3 in but it's just very awkward with how expensive OBR already is. That said, they would be the next include ontop of this once you go past the 1k I think. Like you could just put 3 Immortis or Stalkers in here and take yourself up to 1250 with a few points to play for a Triumph or something. :)
my own narrative/fluffy null myriad 1k is soulmason, boneshaper, 20 morteks, 5 riders, 3 immortis. More magic, including a guy with a big hat plus an elite bodyguard unit to highlight his stature and importance, as befits the null myriads fluff and personality.
But admittedly not as good a list for new players just learning the game as it doesn't incorporate monsters or the shooting phase, and it relies more on the terrain to stand in as an impressive centerpiece where your list has two behemoths for visual impact - the catapult in particular is an imposing model.
shame it doesn't hit harder. by the time they've lowered its points enough to match its current minimal impact it could end up being the fewest points per unit volume of physical space occupied by any model in the game.
Oh I like that a lot from both a gaming and narrative perspective. Very nice! :)
Agreed on the Crawler. I understand in an army so good in combat they didn't want us to have access to awesome ranged firepower aswell but still. For the amazingness of the miniature it definitely deserves more love from a rules stand point than it has. ^^
Maybe in the 4.0 tome ey? haha.