My sons want to start trying out the Sylvan Kin for a mixture of shooty elves plus forest shamblers and a tree herder. Any starter lists out there? I’m thinking 2-4 regiments of gladestalkers, at least a horde of shamblers, the wiltfather… what else for a 2300 point list?
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How nasty do you want to go? And how technical (re: surge and all that)? Here’s my first pass at a pretty gnarly list that isn’t as tuned as it could be but has a lot of Sylvan flavor (i.e. legendary stuff):
Sylvan Kin [2300]
Forest Shamblers (Large Infantry) Horde (6) [260]
– Awakened Guardians [20]
– Brew of Strength [40]
Sylvan Gladestalkers (Infantry) Regiment (20) [185]
Sylvan Gladestalkers (Infantry) Regiment (20) [185]
Sylvan Gladestalkers (Infantry) Regiment (20) [185]
Hunters of the Wild (Heavy Infantry) Regiment (20) [140]
Hunters of the Wild (Heavy Infantry) Regiment (20) [140]
The Windborne [1] (Cavalry) Troop (5) [135]
– Wind Blast (7) [0]
Greater Air Elemental (Monster) 1 [180]
Greater Air Elemental (Monster) 1 [180]
Tree Herder (Hero (Monster)) 1 [300]
– Wiltfather [40]
– Surge (8) [0]
Elven Archmage (Hero (Cavalry)) 1 [150]
– Horse Mount [25]
– Surge (8) [30]
– Alchemist’s Curse1 [35]
Nimue Waydancer [1] (Hero (Infantry)) 1 [150]
– Fireball (10) [0]
– Heal (4) [0]
– Surge (4) [0]
– Wind Blast (5) [0]
Forest Warden (Hero (Large Infantry)) 1 [110]
– Inspiring Talisman [20]
– Surge (4) [0]
It has some meta darlings (2+ Gladestalkers, 2+ GAE, Wiltfather, Nimue, Archmage w/ AC4) but also some cool stuff (Windborne, Shamblers that might be able to fight) and a flat out meta pariah (Warden?!) for style. I’m pretty sure you’re supposed to take the Quicksilver Lancers whenever possible but I put in your Shambler horde instead and gave them CS2 so they can dream. The rally is neat too, when it comes into play.
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Pretty much as above really.
Might not take the Wiltfather upgrade and leave it as a regular herder - gives you RoL for the squishy stuff and 40pts to maybe give a HotW unit measured force and a couple of add-on artifacts?
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Thanks guys. That’s a super useful place to start.
What exactly are hunters of the wild? I’m looking through the lore and can’t find a description. Some sort of dryad or something?
Yeah - dryad types.
They get briefly touched on in vague terms in the background of the elf & FoN sections
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I prefer a normal Herder myself, but Wiltdad continues to be the hotness. Usually I give my Herder brutal, tho nimble for 35 is a pretty cute flex.
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With 3 full verdant units, the Wiltfather’s vicious aura is also really nice. It helps to make the Awakened Guardians a little more efficient as at 260 points you really want them to do work.
This list is not very different from what I am currently running.
Sylvan Kin 2300 [2300 / 2300]
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Sylvan Kin [2300]
Sylvan Gladestalkers (Infantry) Regiment (20) [185]
Sylvan Gladestalkers (Infantry) Regiment (20) [185]
Hunters of the Wild (Heavy Infantry) Regiment (20) [140]
Forest Shamblers (Large Infantry) Regiment (3) [120]
Forest Shamblers (Large Infantry) Horde (6) [205]
- Blade of Slashing [5]
The Windborne [1] (Cavalry) Troop (5) [135] - Wind Blast (7) [0]
Silverbreeze Cavalry* (Cavalry) Regiment (10) [185] - Fire-Oil [5]
Silverbreeze Cavalry* (Cavalry) Regiment (10) [180]
[Daiur “Shieldbane” the East Wind] Greater Air Elemental (Monster) 1 [180]
[Indrus the Wolf Wind] Greater Air Elemental (Monster) 1 [205] - Wind Blast (6) [25]
Master Hunter (Hero (Infantry)) 1 [130] - Axe of the Giant Slayer [15]
Nimue Waydancer [1] (Hero (Infantry)) 1 [150]
Tree Herder (Hero (Monster)) 1 [300]
- Wiltfather [40]
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Thanks. This is all really helpful. I’ll be coordinating with my sons, but we’ll probably run some combination of 2+ gladestalkers, 1-2 forest shamblers, 1-2 hunters of the wild, a tree herder, 2 GAE, and then some miscellaneous support characters.
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If you’re in the spot of supporting Mantic models, the new Northern alliance Half-elf kits make solid Gladestalkers. Their GAEs and Shamblers look really solid as well.
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