Soulblight Gravelords Tactics: Spells
In this video TheJTJ breaks down the Soulblight Gravelords Battletome. I go over an in depth analysis of the Spells. This is part 8 in the full tactical breakdown of the SBGL army.
- Locus of Shyish
- Invigorating Aura
- B-
- Unit cannot benefit more that one time– no Locus
- Only works on Summonable untis
- B-
- Lore of Vampires
- Blades of Shyish
- C+
- Nice on Combat Vampire Lord
- But you need to get in close, and its only 1 MW on a 3+
- Spirit Gale
- B
- Swingy and not consistent.
- Average roll is 7
- Average leadership in the game is 7 so low chance to do anything
- But if you combo it with other bravery debuffs it could get a few wounds in.
- B
- Soulpike
- B
- Swingy
- It’s a max 12 mw spell, but the odds are around 4 MW.
- It could deter a charge on a low wound model however.
- B
- Amethystine Pinions
- A-
- 6” movement is always nice
- Locus does not work on it! I miss the days of 12” extra move.
- Small board in 3.0 means this is still very useful.
- A-
- Vile Transference
- F
- On 20 wound enemy model you will get 1.5 wounds back
- F
- Amaranthine Orb
- B+
- Death not affected and requires 2+ then D3 rolls
- Used to be 4+ =D6
- Not the worst spell, if you are in a good position you could hit several units and its low casting cost.
- B+
- C+
- Blades of Shyish
- Lore of the Deathmages
- Overwhelming Dread
- A+
- -1 hit is Great
- Locus lets you debuff mutiple units.
- Last till your next hero phase.
- Fading Vigour
- A+
- Great debuff
- -1 attack of all the units Melee weapons
- Locus will let you put it on 2 units.
- Lore of the Deathmages
- Spectral Grasp
- B
- Situational, but on some maps Very good
- The terrain feature needs to be Wholly Within.
- 0 has small board so could be easier to slow down units.
- B
- Prison of Grief
- B
- 5+ is inconsistent
- But game winning if it goes off.
- B
- Decrepify
- A+
- Big debuff
- Locus lets you put it on 2 units.
- Low casting cost
- This will hamstring many heavy hitters in the game
- A+
- Soul Harvest
- A-
- Solid choice a front line caster
- Wish this was in lore of vampires.
- A-
- Spectral Grasp
- A+
- A+
- Casting cost are low, however 2 many spells need additional rolls to make them function.
- Locus is one of the best Allegiance Abilities in the game.
- Lore of Vampires is a bit meh, but lore of Deathmages is Very good! Game winning when it goes off.
- I think you will see the vampires taking the same spells over and over.
- Manfreed and Nefratata are going to benefit immensely from these spells.
- Look to stack your debuffs correctly. There are many other ways in the book and to give units -1 to hit and wound. Make sure you understand the combos and bring appropriate spells.
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