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Originally Posted by Hiratu  Hi all, I just won an out of package casket on ebay and I was wondering if it is suppose to come with a base or not. The one I am getting is not coming with a base, but I noticed the pictures for the casket on the GW site shows it mounted.
Also, how viable is the casket in 2k point games? It seems like alot of points stuck in an immovable unit similar to the anvil for the dwarfs.
I figured I'd post this here instead of starting a new thread for it, especially since I'm tomb king beginner. |
Cool, my 1st question
Welcome to LO Hiratu, and to the Forums of the Tomb Kings! Thanks for reading my beginners advice, hope it helped. For future ref, things like this are fine in their own thread if you want them to be, more people may take a look then, but im happy to help
1st off, no, the casket doesnt actually come with a plastic base as such. The ones shown in pictures are made for the model from scratch, or from other bases. If you want a base (though its probably best not too tbh, i can explain if you want but if youre happy to take my word for it thats great
) anyway... want a base, make one from a large movement tray.
Second, a Casket is very viable in 2K
- It means your magic phase is dominant (so long as the Character setup isn't completely ridiculous)
- Helps with defence and magic defence. Terror within your defensive line can be great and the -1 to enemy casting is nice
- Your opponant will not want the Casket to go off in the magic phase, so they will either save and throw a scroll or 3 dispel dice at it. That's a scroll/3Dd that aren't being used to stop your incantations, and so it really helps in getting key spells off.
- If the Casket does get a chance to go off, well the potential destruction is awesome!
- Best used deployed near by to an SSC, as the priest cant really leave the casket, its good to always have somewhere critical for his spell to go early.
- Protecting the Casket priest from Cannonballs etc can be costly, you'll need that 4+ Ward. But for a 50/50 chance of saving him i don't think the extra points are worth it. If he gets shot, so be it. Just send in the Scorps to get revenge on the Cannons.
In the end, its player preference. In a defensive TK list, its usually Casket + SSC, or Dual SSCs.
If you see the Casket as an offensive powerhouse (That its spell will dominate all) then its really not for you.
It is a defensive rock to base an army around, and tactically its the most influential unit choice in the TK army (With the possibly exception of taking a King, but a King is influential on you, the Casket is influential on the enemy) Fear on two levels, in the rules and in the opponant. Its a great thing to see
Dont want this thread to get too long on one topic, so:
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Originally Posted by M'muth Heh, guess you replied while I was typing, excellent tactica for those new to tk's btw. As an aside, you can protect your casket from a cannonball in a wood by positioning the Priest 3 into the wood so he can't be directly targeted and at angles so that any ball aimed at the casket wont pass through the priest. |
If youre lucky enough to get a wood in your deployment zone then yes, maybe. Though unless you want to deploy your Casket more than 2" in at all points (rendering itself useless) then if the enemy Cannons can as much as see any part of the casket up to 2" into the wood then they can shoot a Cannonball and declare it in the direction of the Priest. Any decent bounce should hit him.
Also, being in a wood, if the spell does go off then it wont be able to affect flanking units etc, as they wont be able to see the side/rear of the Casket through the trees.