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Magichammer - Build The Strongest Character in Warhammer: The Old World with Spells
Another ____hammer?
I don't make the rules, I just read them obsessively.
Last time we saw how Magic is going to be a dominant force in Warhammer: The Old World, but it's not as simple as adding a wizard and hoping for the best.
Understanding spell types and weaknesses can help you beat anything, and with some very careful choices and play, we can create the strongest character in Warhammer.
Spectral Assassin - to finish, we'll look at build that combines 2 lores and several items to create a nearly unstoppable Wizard that can reliably hunt and kill dragons. Full build below.
00:00 Intro
00:19 Overview
1:14 Enchantments & Hexes
2:25 (de)buffs Help the Underdog More
2:46 Defensive Buffs Suck
3:55 Offensive de(buffs) Scale Multiplicatively - Battle Lust Combos
4:40 Conveyance
5:03 Wizard Chariots
6:06 Magic Missiles
6:27 Viletide Combo
7:30 Countering Magic Missile Combos
7:46 Magical Vortexes (Vortices) are mostly the same (hard to use effectively)
8:46 Remains In Play can be super reliable
9:24 Assailment
9:54 Spectral Assassin Build: Strongest Character in the game
11:52 Outro
Spectral Assassin
Vampire Count [415 pts]
(Hand weapon, No armour, Level 2 Wizard, On Foot, Ogre Blade, Lore Familiar, Master Of The Black Arts, Dark Acolyte, Beguile, Illusion)
Vamp Abilities provide: +1 Wizard level Invocation of Nehek (ld test heal self or other units), and extra protection (pass ld test or hit on 6s).
Some ability variation possible.
Supporting Necromancer
Master Necromancer [455 pts]
(Hand weapon, Level 4 Wizard, Mortis Engine, Skull Staff, Spell Familiar, Hand Of Dust, Necromancy)
For the build, the Spell Familiar is essential to maximise chance to roll Spectral Steed.
Mortis engine provides +1 to cast.
Some item variation possible.
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Crush Dreams with Powerful Magic in Warhammer: The Old World
zhlédnutí 1,4KPřed 4 měsíci
Magic hits different in The Old World. By mixing spells with other spells, magic items, the right units you can achieve extremely powerful things. Magic has some of the only answers to the toughest characters Warhammer Fantasy has ever seen. This time we're exploring 2 of the most powerful combos in the game, and seeing how the new system encourages us to build our armies around lv.4 wizards wi...

Komentáře

  • @johnscott5488
    @johnscott5488 Před 22 dny

    I'm pretty sure you can't use the Shimmering Dragon spell on a wizard mounted on a chariot. According to the mount rules, "This model uses the Movement characteristic of the beasts that draw the chariot or, if there are no beasts, of the chariot itself". The wizard would have a fly move stat but couldn't use it in this case.

    • @johnscott5488
      @johnscott5488 Před 22 dny

      Ah...looking at the Fly rule in the rulebook, it states this special rule affects the "model" rather than the profile. This is confusing when it comes to split profiles. The faq also states if a model has two Fly rules then you should choose the highest so it seems like this spell should work after all 😂.

  • @foreverthesceptic7942
    @foreverthesceptic7942 Před měsícem

    Sorry I am still learning this game, but may I ask if the opponent has a wizard imbedded in an infantry unit and I want to target it specially with a group of archers for example and have all potential hits land on the wizard and not the rest of the unit, am I allowed to do that? Or must I target the entire unit as a whole? If I have to target the entire unit, what is the best way of targeting a wizard imbedded into a unit of infantry?

    • @Secrets_of_the_Old_World
      @Secrets_of_the_Old_World Před měsícem

      With shooting you can only target the unit. The best way to kill an embedded wizard is by charging it with something that can't be locked into a challenge, and allocating attacks on the wizard directly.

    • @foreverthesceptic7942
      @foreverthesceptic7942 Před měsícem

      @@Secrets_of_the_Old_World what do you mean by that can't be locked into a challenge? would it be possible to charge a dragon into that unit and then issue a challenge directly to the wizard? or can it only be directed to a hero if they are also embedded in there? Thanks

  • @foreverthesceptic7942
    @foreverthesceptic7942 Před měsícem

    Thinking of what Items to take with a high Elf level 4 wizard - anything you can recommended? Is the Null Stone worth taking in your opinion? It's a hefty 75 pts

    • @Secrets_of_the_Old_World
      @Secrets_of_the_Old_World Před měsícem

      Null stone is pretty bad, I'd recommend a seed of rebirth (if on a chariot or dragon) and a silvery wand, maybe a ruby ring. No need to spend much.

  • @benh6835
    @benh6835 Před 3 měsíci

    Waiting for your next video

  • @schlatta-dirtydeeds9351
    @schlatta-dirtydeeds9351 Před 4 měsíci

    Nice video, but please skip the AI "art". It is both immoral and frankly quite ugly. You've got a good voice and video setup, you don't need it

  • @7nineofspades5
    @7nineofspades5 Před 4 měsíci

    How does +1T decrease damage taken by returning attacks by 50%? Surely it's ~17%, going from a 4+ (50%) to a 5+ (33%) or from a 3+ (66%) to a 4+ (50%) etc.

  • @InfernoSK
    @InfernoSK Před 4 měsíci

    Im glad that somebody is really thinking about advanced gameplay. Im about to play my 1st game tomorrow but i have seen many battle reports and people are just trying stuff that is not very competitive. Subbed yesterday! Keep em coming! HE here. Im really afraid of no flying against bretonia so from the beginning because im planning to attend some tournaments im building my list with 2 lvl 4 on lion chariots and ilusion (so we can fly if possible and doppelganger ofc). I tried to build a list with a prince on a chariot with white sword but then i realized it is just not worth it. To be able to charge a monster and then roll 6 from 4 attacks. Thats a hughe IF. Also im thinking of not taking even a bsb cause i want more mana!! :D

  • @insanebe1
    @insanebe1 Před 4 měsíci

    czcams.com/video/LXgfbq9uWps/video.html - can't cast conveyance spells while in combat core rules page 108 "Wizards that are engaged in combat can only cast Assailment or range ‘self’ spells"

  • @Isurarreith
    @Isurarreith Před 4 měsíci

    I'm planning to run a Beastmen shaman with Hagtree fetish but I'm not sure if Viletide or Daemonology signature is the best choice or if it is opponent dependent?

    • @Secrets_of_the_Old_World
      @Secrets_of_the_Old_World Před 4 měsíci

      It will depend on the opponent to a small extent, but Viletide 99 times out of 100. It's marginally worse against unarmoured T4/3 units, but those are rarely high priority targets. When a shaman has the fetish, ideally they can use 2 magic missiles. The only way to get that is by taking Elementalism.

    • @dfn6037
      @dfn6037 Před 4 měsíci

      3 with the ring

    • @Secrets_of_the_Old_World
      @Secrets_of_the_Old_World Před 4 měsíci

      Good catch!@@dfn6037

  • @GilthosDrakoniss
    @GilthosDrakoniss Před 4 měsíci

    👍👍

  • @GilthosDrakoniss
    @GilthosDrakoniss Před 4 měsíci

    😎😎

  • @acrylnick2281
    @acrylnick2281 Před 4 měsíci

    I would argue that the maces double handed profile would only generate 1 attack. But there are other options that work well Fellblade would work well

    • @Secrets_of_the_Old_World
      @Secrets_of_the_Old_World Před 4 měsíci

      Attacks roll to hit, automatic hits aren't the same as attacks. I think they knew exactly what they were doing when they made that mace, and gave Empire access to Illusion.

  • @acrylnick2281
    @acrylnick2281 Před 4 měsíci

    Too bad i cant spectrel doubleganger on deathglobes. Literally a war crime

  • @Lowlandlord
    @Lowlandlord Před 4 měsíci

    Hmm, do Bretonnian Pegasus Knights charge in a wedge shape? Do the land knights charge in a wedge anymore? Awesome video anyways, looking forward to the next!

  • @Isurarreith
    @Isurarreith Před 4 měsíci

    Love the video, been searching for content like this since the game dropped.

  • @highfiveisnice
    @highfiveisnice Před 4 měsíci

    Interesting video bro. Quite unique and well thought out content. Keep it up

  • @VoltanIgnatio
    @VoltanIgnatio Před 4 měsíci

    ❤🎉

  • @Mursaat666
    @Mursaat666 Před 4 měsíci

    Just a Interesting thought combination going through my head at the moment: A Goblin Oddnob, Level 4 Wizard, mounted on Arachnarok Spider, Talisman of Protection, Lore Familiar, Spelleater Axe, with Waaagh! Magic... costs about 570 points but would be pretty amusing to see. Hand of Mork/Gork-ing its way around the battlefield.

  • @benneem
    @benneem Před 4 měsíci

    I have a really good 1 unit Magic "combo": 1. Wood Elves Sisters of Thorn can choose to know Pillar of Fire. 2. Cast the spell turn 1 from outside the opponent's Wizardly Dispel range. 3. Float the template toward the opponent *each player turn*. Leaving it right in front of a unit for the difficult and dangerous terrain effect is particularly brutal. 4. Never leave the Sisters of Thorn in the opponent's Wizardly Dispel range at the end of your turn so the opponent can only use Fated Dispel (17% chance to end the spell in the case).

    • @Secrets_of_the_Old_World
      @Secrets_of_the_Old_World Před 4 měsíci

      Vortexes are pretty nasty if you can keep out of dispel range! That's a great use for sisters, well spotted

  • @eviltables7235
    @eviltables7235 Před 4 měsíci

    Oaken Staff for the wood elves seems pretty strong, as it gives an extra d6 that replaces the lowest die on dispell

  • @stoephil
    @stoephil Před 4 měsíci

    Hi ! Planning to build an army of vampire counts with a level 3 illusion magic Countess on a Coven Throne (with lore familiar to guarantee doppelgänger), and a lone level 4 necromancy magic Necromancer on nightmare for support and leadership debuff. I completely forgot about the arc of sight restrictions (thanks for the reminder) on those models to cast magic but am happy of my decision since they both can see at 360. With this army (2000 pts, and with pure cavalry + warbeasts + fly) I'm hoping to get in the "coherent theme + beautifully painted + capable army". It's the inner circle of a Lahmian Countess somewhere within Bretonnia (posing as a human when interacting with the other nobles). She does not have any ambition of conquest (just to defend her land and human people) and the blood knights following her have a strong sense of chivalry. I enjoyed your analysis on magic and will follow your next videos in case other advice can apply to me. :) Note : I am also planning to build another full cavalry and impetuous Errantry Crusade Bretonnia list, and later two wood elves armies when games workshop releases them (one focused on sturdy treemen and dryads and the other focused on elves raining down arrows on the enemy).

    • @Secrets_of_the_Old_World
      @Secrets_of_the_Old_World Před 4 měsíci

      That sounds similar to my VC setup - a lv.3 illusion / lore familliar plus a lv 4 necromancy. I have a different configuration - the vamp lord is on foot with an ogre blade, and the necro is on a mortis engine with a spell familiar. I'll save the why for the next video but maybe you can see for yourself :D