Soulblight Gravelords Warscroll Review: Bloodseeker Palanquin, Mortis Engine

In this video TheJTJ reviews the Warscroll for Bloodseeker Palanquin and Mortis Engine. I cover their abilities and discuss some tactics for each.

 

 

 

Bloodseeker Palanquin

• Cost
  • 290
• Notes:
  • Vampire
  • Malignant
  • Hero
  • Wizard
  • Behemoth
• Max wound output:
  • 24
• Average wound output:
  • 5
• Thoughts:
  • Not a front line fighter, but could spike and take out weak units.

 

• The Good
  • 14” move at full health
  • Fly
  • Big base for back line buffing.
  • Motal wound output potential
  • Fine vintage goes great with BK
• The Bad
  • 4+ save
  • no The Hunger
  • Wail of the Damned needs 4+
• Thoughts
  • Not a bad option for a backline hero, that buffs and sits behind your hoard of troops.
  • Damage output is very up and down, so is the MW output, all require good rolls and cannot be counted on every turn, but very nice when they spike.

 

• Thoughts on Bloodlines
  • Legion of Blood
    • extra D3 run from BS, and No negative modifiers on Deathrattle in 12”
    • Sanguine Blur and Soulbound Garment Or Oubliette Arcana
    • Great buff unit for this Bloodline keing of the Bloodline battletraits
  • Legion of Night
    • Undending will and Morghegs Claw
      • Great way to buff everything in 12”
    • Thoughts on Bloodlines
      • Legion of Blood
        • extra D3 run from BS, and No negative modifiers on Deathrattle in 12”
        • Sanguine Blur and Soulbound Garment Or Oubliette Arcana
        • Great buff unit for this Bloodline keing of the Bloodline battletraits
  • Legion of Night
    • Undending will and Morghegs Claw
      • Great way to buff everything in 12”
  • Vyrkos Dynasty
    • +1 wound for Deathrattle and Deadwalkers in 9” and reroll casting.
    • Command trait- pick one!
    • Artefact – Arcane Tome or Spell lore
  • Kastelai Dynasty
    • Can keep up with your BK
    • Swift and Deadly and Fragment of the keep
    • Use it at a mobile BK buffing platform. Use the MW output to weaken units for your BKs to take out.
    • Look at the potential with “A Fine Vintage” and BKs.
  • Avengorii Dynasty
    • I would not take a general here. Probably not the best Bloodline to use in

 

• •  Spell
    • Blood Siphon
      • Good range potential to hit for D6, but need rolls to go your way.
    • B+
  • Unit Rating
    • A-
      • Lots of utility as a back line hero
      • Great way to buff BKs

 

 

Mortis Engine

 

• Cost
  • 200
• Notes:
  • Malignant
  • Behemoths
• Max wound output:
  • 18
• Average wound output:
  • 4
• Thoughts:
  • Does not like Melee combat

 

• The Good
  • 14” move at full health
  • Fly
  • +1 casting
• The Bad
  • 4+ save
  • Not a Hero
  • Why not a caster?

 

•  Thoughts
  • Just sad this unit is not a hero or monster, or caster… Or something
  • Has the chance to do some MW in 12”.
  • 200 points is not bad, but what is this doing for your list?
  • +1 to cast is nice, but Corpse cart does it also for less.
  • Feels it wants to sit back and do mortal wounds, but the output is not great enough to justify the cost. Religuiary should be D6 at least.

 

• Unit Rating
  • C+
    • Seems to be at odds with itself.
    • For 200 points take a unit of Blood Knights or Belladamma Volga.

 

 

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