State of Play: Vampire Counts with James Ramsey
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- Опубликовано: 1 дек 2024
- Long time Team England player and coach James Ramsey joins Edward after his back to back GT wins to talk all things Vampire Counts!
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Good vid! You’re a great interviewer and GJ to James for taking two wins.
Thank you very much! I'll be aiming to talk to top players about their army of choice whenever I can
"I try not to be too competitive..." LOL! Multiple ME is overpowered with the stacking and a NPE for opponents, especially outside of a tournament. I have run one with my VC and feel that is very good.
Ramsey is speaking from the experience of an International 40k Player, so he doesn't mean he's trying to take less competitive list - he's trying not to fall into the same experience as his 40k play where he had to travel frequently and commit huge chunks of his life to the game.
Vampire Counts Noisemarine List.
THINGS ARE GOING TO GET LOUD NOW!
WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU
So much Vampire Count goodness, great interview!
Glad you enjoyed it!
So cool to get professional Necromancer advise and experience!=D
I read the list in the other comments and it was very enlightening!
Especially about the unit sizes, that was something I was really struggling to get "right", or well, efficient.
could you share a link to his lists?
@@przemkop82 The list is posted under sauceman3462 comment here on this video
i have made a for fun list very similar to the list of james but without a mortis engine(2 master necro on foot and 2 banshee) but with 2 small necromancer extra with a wight bsb and with 2 spirit hosts and 2x corpse chart with upgrade WT (played behind all the 4 unit of zombie) + grave guard with5+regen you dont give a point at your opponent XD..... the problem is you struggle way more to make a big gap of points
Yeah sounds solid, I've very tempted to mess around with a grave guard bunker that holds as many Wight Lords as possible.
Competitive? Not particularly, but a beefy unit for sure
@@CloseOrder in this list i have 1 bsb with crown of the damned (or the ptotection talisman if you ar not that greedy) on foot and for tank all the enemy heroes a wight lord on steed with accursed armor and charmed shield + lucky stone for t6 armor 2+ 5+regen and a possible 1 time ts5+ save in the grave guards...and have worked quite well for now 😄
if you will try your idea probably 4/5 vanilla wight in a unit with only stendard and no other command grup is the way to go
Well, I just learned a lot !!!
Many thanks Gents 🙏
Our pleasure!
Great vid! I really dislike the mechanics in the VC book as they seem to have a feeling of inevitability about them, there is so little counter play bar spending BIG on items that are almost always not that good except vs VC. VC are defo top tier but I don't think they're like, overturned to the extreme... They are just not a fun army to play against when they lean into this one gimik and have a lot of feel bad factor to them. I thnk you can see they were never designed with the same care as the major armies.
The competitive gaming scene is really cool, I was part of it for years, but I've veered away from this stuff a lot recently as its very flat and mechanical to me. Cool vid guys!
I think you've nailed it, they're not super OP - but they are interactive
Nice chap! VC are one of the most if not the most powerful army in tOW but winning 2 GT in a row requires competence and there’s nothing wrong in being competitive in a competitive environment!
James is an absolute gem, always relish any opportunity to spend time with him!
Really enjoyed this thanks :)
I think the 40pt tax on a wight character to be able to take grave guard as core is absolute filth 😂 defo feels like it should be kings only
It is cheap, plus having them in the front rank is nothing but benefit at that cost. Tempted to play around with a "deathstar" where half the front rank is just cheap cleaving blow characters
*killing blow* @@CloseOrder
I just wish you shared links to his lists!
++ Characters [999 pts] ++
Master Necromancer [405 pts]
(Hand weapon, Level 4 Wizard, General, Mortis Engine, Sceptre Of De Noirot, Spell Familiar, Necromancy)
Master Necromancer [370 pts]
(Hand weapon, Level 4 Wizard, General, Mortis Engine, Spell Familiar, Necromancy)
Wight Lord [44 pts]
(Great Weapon, Heavy armour, On foot)
Tomb Banshee [90 pts]
(Hand weapon)
Tomb Banshee [90 pts]
(Hand weapon)
++ Core Units [590 pts] ++
20 Zombies [60 pts]
(Hand weapon)
20 Zombies [60 pts]
(Hand weapon)
20 Zombies [60 pts]
(Hand weapon)
29 Grave Guard [410 pts]
(Great weapons (replace shields), Heavy armour, Seneschal, Standard bearer [Drakenhof Banner])
++ Rare Units [410 pts] ++
Terrorgheist [205 pts]
(Filth-encrusted talons, Rancid Maw, Calloused Hide (light armor))
Terrorgheist [205 pts]
(Filth-encrusted talons, Rancid Maw, Calloused Hide (light armor))
Already planning my double viletide list for next time 😂
Why stop at 2? 👀
@@CloseOrder because beastmen got hit hard on the 0-1 per 1000 rules 😭
@@jackcrop Oh bummer! I guess it had to even out over the Chaos factions, Warriors of Chaos got your additional model space.
@@CloseOrder haha. Pesky warriors. They got all the toys.
(moved)
Dohills block vision to large target?
They do, they're infinitely tall in terms of line of sight
what about 3 mortis engines? One lvl 4 and 2 lvl 1s (with familiars)
A level 2 with a spell Familiar on Mortis Engine knows 3 spells casting on +4 (if near both Engines) as a psuedo level 4.
While a level 1 near 3 engines is similar (bar spells known), it's also got the opportunity cost of preventing you running multiple Banshee's/cutting down on the Terrorgheist count.
That said, play around with it! I'd love to hear if you find success with a different combination of the good units - the games still in such an early state what seems to be the "best" might actually be not quite there yet!
@@CloseOrder it has that cost, but it brings the benefit of +3 movement to a small bubble nearby haha. Movement 7 zombies/graveguard and fly (12) vargheists seem amazing! Are you playing in the squarebased tournament on warhall btw?
I am indeed! Playing a Troll Horde list with Boar Boys
Warhammer tournament scene is so toxic, I love the game but would never advise new players into it
You obviously don't attend events then - this is patently false.