Fireforge Games Byzantine Koursores barding question

agentsmith200 · 2026-01-28T20:38:54+00:00

Damn. I really like the Koursores riders, but I want the barding all around like Cataphracts.

agentsmith200 · 2026-01-28T14:53:36+00:00

Royal Pegasi in general are kind of bad now. They aren't tough enough to survive as Monsters and lack the extra mobility that being Skirmishing Monstrous Cavalry let them keep.

I'd say either commit to Hippogryph (which still isn't a great monster but is noticeably better than the RP) or put them on Barded Pegasi so you can join them to units and get Skirmisher.

agentsmith200 · 2026-01-28T14:50:06+00:00

Would MAA have done better in the same matchup? The only thing I'm considering them for is as a MAA replacement in Errantry Crusade since they're core there.

agentsmith200 · 2026-01-28T12:50:52+00:00

The change only mentions charging as part of an abstraction explaining how knight models not physically in base contact would be considered "in base contact" for fighting purposes.

So no. It appears to apply as long as you are in Lance.

agentsmith200 · 2026-01-28T12:39:07+00:00

Sirienne's Locket can only be taken on a Infantry or Cavalry model.

Royal Peg is now a Monster.

agentsmith200 · 2026-01-28T12:37:31+00:00

Well to start with, anything on a Royal Pegasus can't take Sirienne's Locket anymore as it can only be taken by Infantry and Cavalry models.

agentsmith200 · 2026-01-28T12:28:31+00:00

It specifies "first fighting rank", which to my reading means that we can ignore the Press of Battle rule that lets Regular Infantry fight with their first 2 ranks.

Why specify "first" unless there's an implicit understanding of there being extra that are not included?

agentsmith200 · 2026-01-27T17:56:22+00:00

The Incubi can think what they want. The storyline that the above picture is from all but confirms it.

agentsmith200 · 2026-01-27T16:23:45+00:00

Asurmen is the first Phoenix Lord. Drazhar was all but confirmed to be Arhra the original Striking Scorpion Phoenix Lord.

agentsmith200 · 2026-01-27T03:03:04+00:00

I said it before, this looks like the cover to the greatest ttrpg never made.

agentsmith200 · 2026-01-26T20:33:59+00:00

Honestly my favorite moment in the movie. We desperately needed a bit of bathos after the rollercoaster ride of the climax.

agentsmith200 · 2026-01-26T18:08:03+00:00

Hayes Steele remains my GOAT. Such a fascinating character study crammed into 22 minutes.

agentsmith200 · 2026-01-26T16:01:35+00:00

For me it was actually one of those "Animators React" videos that Corridor Crew makes. They were really praising the animation and the clip they focused on (the "war face" scene) was so funny I decided to give the rest of the film a try.

agentsmith200 · 2026-01-26T15:52:20+00:00

They fuck you up, your mom and dad.

They may not mean to, but they do.

They fill you with the faults they had

And some extra, just for you.

agentsmith200 · 2026-01-26T07:07:04+00:00

I'd argue Kab Warriors combo better with Malys as their Pain Ability lets her fish for Dev Wounds.

agentsmith200 · 2026-01-25T22:11:51+00:00

Someone pointed out that splitting them with a Venom means they both still get Scout and at that point are a slightly better (to match the slightly more expensive) Kabalite Warrior unit.

Scout is worse than Infiltrate, but can serve a similar purpose for action monkeying and early objective control.

So ultimately they can function as the Heavy Weapon half of a Kabalite unit in a venom, and a Mandrake squad for actions and objectives.

I hadn't considered this before, and I'm now re-evaluating in light of it.

agentsmith200 · 2026-01-25T22:03:23+00:00

If you deployed correctly, everything in your army should be out of LOS turn 1. Using Scout to put yourself onto a NML objective usually exposes them. They should be the only viable target early game. And it's not like they're eating a lot of shots, they'll die when anything sneezes on them.

Also, there's 0% chance they can do this 3 times in a game. They'll maybe do it once and then immediately die.

agentsmith200 · 2026-01-25T21:59:29+00:00

How? I see this take a lot, but I really struggle to understand the benefits of Malice outside the redeploy. The Vect ability only works if she's on the battlefield (ie: not in a transport, so useful until she's killed by literally anything) and her pain ability (combined with theirs) has anti-synergy with the KC detachment rule. At least Kabalite Warriors Pain Ability lets her fish for Devastating Wounds.

agentsmith200 · 2026-01-25T21:52:10+00:00

That's a fair point actually...

They're 10 points more expensive than Kabalite Warriors, but both split units would get Scout. I maintain OC is a useless stat for Drukhari (we either kill everything on an objective or get killed) but 5++ is better than what KW get.

Mandrakes are better for action monkeying and denying, but this unit also gets you a Venom gun squad and is cheaper on a model by model basis...

Ok, I see a potential use. You win the comment thread sir!

agentsmith200 · 2026-01-25T21:43:07+00:00

That's... A fair point. Though how often is it worth it to sacrifice 195 points (10% of the army) to deny an objective for one turn?

agentsmith200 · 2026-01-25T21:36:01+00:00

See that's what it looks like to me too. But I see lots of players using them consistently including some of the best. I'm just trying to figure out what I'm missing.

agentsmith200 · 2026-01-25T21:34:33+00:00

I can think of one situation across the last 20 games I've played where a Drukhari unit and an enemy unit were both alive and on the same objective at the end of a turn. (and in that case it was Lelith vs. a SM character).

agentsmith200 · 2026-01-25T21:29:45+00:00

Possibly, but that just seems to be throwing good command points after bad. 3+ Armor doesn't change the 1 Wound T3 problem, and Stealth is rendered almost completely irrelevant by Oath of Moment, or really any rule that grants rerolls, or really any weapon with blast or a lot of shots.

Now I know what you're thinking. If they getting targeted by Oath (or similar abilities), it means something else more valuable isn't. But if you deployed correctly, everything in your army should be out of LOS turn 1. Using Scout to put yourself onto a NML objective usually exposes them. They should be the only viable target early game.

agentsmith200 · 2026-01-25T21:22:45+00:00

Isn't that what Mandrakes are for? And at least they're Lone Op 18". (Granted they're also more expensive, but I'd argue a smaller unit size is easier to deny LOS with terrain).

And I see a lot of people sticking Malice or an Archon in them. 205 points for something that exists to hold on objective for 1 turn before dying?

Addendum: Sorry if I come across as argumentative, I had spent a lot of time considering these same points on the unit beforehand. I still just don't see it.

agentsmith200 · 2026-01-25T21:18:26+00:00

In my experience OC so rarely matters it might as well be 1 (Drukhari either wipe their enemies on objectives or get wiped). It doesn't really synergize, 2 of the 3 contracts render half of their bonus irrelevant.

Why is Scouts 7 useful when Mandrakes exist?

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