2000 Chaos Dwarf List - feedback sought

[frogbear]

So I decided to play Chaos Dwarves yet my opponent pulled out at the last minute.

We have set up a game for the near future so I decided to get some feedback (if any) on the below list.

Other than the Great Taurus (which I am taking because I have the model and the 2nd Lammassu is not ready yet), can anyone see any improvements I can make?

Thanks in advance
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Warmaster Army Selector
Chaos Dwarf Army,
2000 points
Warmaster Trial Armies Compendium 2009
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670 - 6 Chaos Dwarfs
- 1 Sword of Destruction (10)
150 - 3 Hobgoblins
220 - 2 Black Orcs
160 - 4 Orc Slaves
240 - 3 Hobgoblin Wolf Riders
90 - 1 Earthshaker Cannon
60 - 1 Death Rocket
270 - 1 General
- 1 Great Taurus (90)
- 1 Sorcerer Lord (25)
- 1 Orb of Majesty (30)
140 - 1 Sorcerer
- 1 Lammasu (20)
- 1 Ring of Magic (30)
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2000 - 20/10

[frogbear]

Decided also to show the deployment I was working on for the list above.

OR= Orc Slaves
BO= Black Orks
CD= Chaos Dwarves
HO= Hobgoblins
HWR= Hobgoblin Wolf Riders
ESKR= Earthshaker
DRKT= Death Rocket
S= Sorcerer
G= General





Not sure if it will work but hoping for the Orc Slaves and Black Orcs to take the majority of the initial charges to allow the Chaos Dwarf blocks to move up and complete the job.

I have the Wolf Riders (to the right) to help flank any forces and I have a squad of Hobgoblins and Wolf riders on each wing to help delay any charges on the Earthshaker and Death Rocket.

I have not used any Blunderbusses as I decided to go with more units to help the break point. Not sure if that was a wrong decision though...

[Lex]

Dwarfs & chaosdwarfs may benifit from moving their arty up on table a bit more, have reserve (cav) around and remember to have those in irregular order, with one stand looking back (to avoid birdie droppings behind you).

[frogbear]

Face a unit in the other direction? Hey that is a neat idea!

I think I am lost on the taxtics a bit though Lex. Is the simple fact that they are facing backwards the irregular formation or is there something else?

I for one would benefit from Warmaster tactics 101 by Lex 

[Lex]

Nope, just face ONE stand of the unit backwards.  That WILL put the unit in irregular formation, and halves its movement, but as it is on arty guard duty that is fine   

And as your CHARGE distance is not influenced by irregular formation it allows you to react to both frontal and rear enemy

[azrael71]

Nice to see the CD list being used

[frogbear]

Nope, just face ONE stand of the unit backwards.  That WILL put the unit in irregular formation, and halves its movement, but as it is on arty guard duty that is fine   

And as your CHARGE distance is not influenced by irregular formation it allows you to react to both frontal and rear enemy

OK. So on a charge, you move the stand that can see the enemy. What happens to the others? As they cannot see the enemy's base can they still hit an enemy edge or do they line up behind the charging stand?

[Lex]

The prerogative is that A stand in the unit can see the enemy, move that and them move the other stands within the rules, which DOES allow them to get into combat if the have the movement distance needed (so actually, when the oppoenent has flyers active, you have 1 stand looking front and 2 stands back to make sure you can "dent"  the flyers.

[Stormwind]

Chaos Dwarves are the kind of army I wish they'd released officially - the vast raiding parties of the black wastes seem to match the scale of WM!

[jchaos79]

Which figures are you using for the army? Eureka, maybe?

Sorry I can not help you too much with the list becasue never played with / against Chaos Dwarves. I could imagine some tactics, but in my experience if you are never played with a list and you start guessing only generates confusion so I prefere only wishing you good luck in your game!

[frogbear]

Yeah Eureka miniatures. I built up about 4k points so time to start playing with them. They r all unpainted however

[jchaos79]

4k ! amazing, the main thing is to play and start exploring the list not in the mind but in the battlefield. great!

[frogbear]

I have just secured a game tomorrow vs Mortal Chaos (2K game).

My biggest concern are his Chaos Spawn as I have no real heavy hitters (such as B.Centaurs).

Oh well, let's see how the c.Dwarves and their magic stands up to the test...

[jchaos79]

well,  if you can shoot to the brigade with the spawn, it is possible that the spawn get separated to the brigade and  isolated. Not always but sometimes happens.

[azrael71]

Some painted ones here

http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f364/mickmarriott/warmaster/Chaos%20Dwarves/