WCGT Unit by Unit After Action Report

So, when I do these events, I like to evaluate the units one by one.  So, here is the breakdown:

 

Eagles-

Sort of useful, but mostly pointless.  They look nice, but they had no real functional impact on any of my games.  I expected as much, but they were there for looks.

 

Wild Riders-

These suicide sized units were great disposable killing units, but not having the larger units against Jeff in  round 3 hurt me.  Still, they sold themselves dearly every game and outright won me the game against Jacob.  I prefer the bigger units, but there is no wrong way to run these guys.

 

Eternal Guard-

Another unit that I took for looks and comp, but they did alright, mostly thanks to camping in a venom thicket and daring people to charge them all weekend.  A general lack of killing power hurt, but being a core tar pit worked out well enough.  Obviously archers are better, but for the comp and appearance factor, I was satisfied with what they did.

 

Gladeguard-

A single twenty man trueflight unit was all I needed to dominate every shooting phase all weekend.  These guys are the best troops in the army, bar none.  When combined with Walk Between Worlds, they are awesome at picking up late game points and securing objectives.

 

Shadowdancer-

Overpriced, but still good utility.  I doubt I would take one without using it as a scroll caddy, but having the utility in the spearmen unit was handy and she was productive in every game, including letting me get the frog points risk free in round 4.

 

Waystalker-

Dynamite every game.  Pretty much mandatory as far as I am concerned from now on.  Sniping champs, knocking wounds off of wizards and BSBs, and scouting to inhibit movement, he did it all for me.  I should have had two of him and no eagles.

 

Stag BSB-

A little more frail than normal with only the 5++ ward, she still put in work collecting points and generating combat resolution.  This unit, in tandem with the unicorn, did most of the heavy lifting for me all weekend.

 

Unicorn Weaver-

She lived all weekend, never even getting touched.  She absorbed tons of damage, ran off dragons, hunted chaff, preyed on war machines, and was generally the single most productive model in my army.  If there is a superstar in the army, it is her.

 

Dragon Lord-

Obsidian Blade wound up being clutch for me numerous times.  He died a lot, but generally made the enemy pay for killing him.  I probably could have used him better and/or more conservatively, but there is no fun in that.  I will get another chance to learn from my mistakes at the Broadside this weekend, but really I enjoyed playing him and he was always at least pulling even for me.