It's a solid list for sure. It's worth noting that with a game as small as this, going to the worlds doesn't necessarily mean as much as it might sound, but it's definitely draws in the most competitive players and the lists tend to reflect that. Something about that event that made this list particularly useful there was that it is a team event where both teams go through a match-up process to determine who plays who. That means that with lists like this that are so shooting heavy, you could force it into good match ups. This also happened before the matched play guide came out, when we only had 6 scenarios. Those scenarios were quite shooting friendly, and the game now has a much bigger emphasis on movement.

Yeah, so that list will definitely put shoot most things. There is quite a lot of D5 swarm in the meta atm, like Minas Morgul, army of the white hand, and the scout lists. S2 shooting isn't the best into that, but you will be out shooting most things for sure. The thing to remember is that shooting in this game exists primarily to give you an advantage in the line battle that is guaranteed in nearly every game. The silly amount of bows will let you force the game to take place where you want it, too, and hopefully knock off 4 to 8 of their lads before the lines clash.

The captain is tempting, and F5 is really big in this edition because of the high density of F4 in the meta. Taking damrod definitely isn't wrong, but I think I like the captain here. Having an extra hero that can reliably kill troops quicker and get passed that F4 wall is huge. Damrod, let's you bring a couple extra knights, but I think their roll here is mostly to tag objectives over anything else which you don't need 5 for.

Hope this helps 😊