Tide of Escalation

[Typhus]

My initial plan for some Grey Knights Escalation tournament lists:

500:

Swordbearers Patrol
Grandmaster in Nemesis Dreadknight
- Nemesis Greatsword, Gatling Psilencer, Heavy Psycannon, Personal Teleporter
- Augurium Scrolls
- First to the Fray, Hammer of Righteousness
- Servant of the Throne

5 Strikes
- 4 Nemesis Force Halberds, 1 Warding Stave

5 Interceptors
- 4 Nemesis Force Swords, 1 Warding Stave

4 Servitors

1000:

Swordbearers Patrol
Grandmaster in Dreadknight
- Augurium Scrolls
- First to the Fray, Hammer of Righteousness
- Servant of the Throne
- Greatsword, Psilencer, Psycannon, Teleporter

5 Strikes
- 4 Nemesis Force Halberds, 1 Warding Stave

10 Interceptors
- 8 Nemesis Force Swords, 2 Warding Staves

4 Servitors
4 Servitors

Nemesis Dreadknight
- Greatsword, Psilencer, Psycannon
Nemesis Dreadknight
- Greatsword, Psilencer, Psycannon

1500:

Swordbearers Patrol
Grandmaster in Dreadknight
- Augurium Scrolls
- First to the Fray, Hammer of Righteousness
- Servant of the Throne
- Greatsword, Psilencer, Psycannon, Teleporter

5 Strikes
- 4 Nemesis Force Halberds, 1 Warding Stave

10 Interceptors
- 8 Nemesis Force Swords, 2 Warding Stave

4 Servitors
4 Servitors

Nemesis Dreadknight
- Greatsword, Psilencer, Psycannon
Nemesis Dreadknight
- Greatsword, Psilencer, Psycannon

Rapiers Patrol
Grandmaster in Dreadknight
- Sigil of Exigence
- Unyielding Anvil
- Foretelling of Locus
- Greatsword, Psilencer, Psycannon, Teleporter

5 Strikes
- 4 Nemesis Force Halberds, 1 Warding Stave

4 Servitors

2000:

Swordbearers Patrol
Grandmaster in Dreadknight
- Augurium Scrolls
- First to the Fray, Hammer of Righteousness
- Servant of the Throne
- Greatsword, Psilencer, Psycannon, Teleporter

5 Strikes
- 4 Nemesis Force Halberds, 1 Warding Stave

10 Interceptors
- 8 Nemesis Force Halberds, 2 Warding Staves

4 Servitors
4 Servitors

Nemesis Dreadknight
- Greatsword, Psilencer, Psycannon
Nemesis Dreadknight
- Greatsword, Psilencer, Psycannon

Rapiers Patrol
Grandmaster in Dreadknight
- Sigil of Exigence
- Unyielding Anvil
- Foretelling of Locus
- Greatsword, Psilencer, Psycannon, Teleporter

Kaldor Draigo

5 Strikes
- 4 Nemesis Force Halberds, 1 Warding Stave

10 Interceptors
- 8 Nemesis Force Swords, 2 Warding Staves
5 Interceptors
- 4 Nemesis Force Swords, 1 Warding Stave

4 Servitors

[raceygaming]

Very cool. Haven't had the time to look into grey knights a lot but it looks like you have the all piece of the puzzle. cheap action unit, 4 dreadknights, a bunch of fast moving and hard hitting interceptors. How did you format the list so well?

[lightcavalier]

As a curiosity point

From 500 to 1000 you go from having 2x 5 Strike to 1x 5 Strike and 10x Interceptor.....Im pretty sure the original strikes all have to carry forward into subsequent lists

[Frosty the Pirate]

Yeah, the issue Lightcavalier pointed out I think makes this illegal. I don't remember the exact-rules on how we do escalation locally, but I'm pretty sure every model has to carry forward to the next points level. Changing the unit size or configs I think we allow, but the models all still have to be on the table.

[Typhus]

In 500 I have 5 Strikes and 5 Interceptors, in 1000 I have 5 Strikes and 10 Interceptors. All I did was increase the unit size.

Sept 22, 2021 22:35:48 GMT -5 raceygaming said:

Very cool. Haven't had the time to look into grey knights a lot but it looks like you have the all piece of the puzzle. cheap action unit, 4 dreadknights, a bunch of fast moving and hard hitting interceptors. How did you format the list so well?

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[lightcavalier]

Sept 23, 2021 8:26:01 GMT -5 Typhus said:

In 500 I have 5 Strikes and 5 Interceptors, in 1000 I have 5 Strikes and 10 Interceptors. All I did was increase the unit size.

Sept 22, 2021 22:35:48 GMT -5 raceygaming said:

Very cool. Haven't had the time to look into grey knights a lot but it looks like you have the all piece of the puzzle. cheap action unit, 4 dreadknights, a bunch of fast moving and hard hitting interceptors. How did you format the list so well?

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That makes sense

But it definately said 5x Strikes and 5x Strikes when I looked at it this morning....or I just hadnt had me tea yet. Anyway all good

[Frosty the Pirate]

Sept 23, 2021 8:28:56 GMT -5 lightcavalier said:

Sept 23, 2021 8:26:01 GMT -5 Typhus said:

In 500 I have 5 Strikes and 5 Interceptors, in 1000 I have 5 Strikes and 10 Interceptors. All I did was increase the unit size.

Empty quote boxes to form their own subsections!

That makes sense

But it definately said 5x Strikes and 5x Strikes when I looked at it this morning....or I just hadnt had me tea yet. Anyway all good

I definitely also read 5 Strikes and 5 Strikes when I confirmed your post. But yeah, as it reads now it's fine.

[cmcd]

You have a lot of servitors but no techmarines. What sort of shenanigans are you planning with them. Is there something I missed from the grey knights book?

[lightcavalier]

Sept 23, 2021 16:19:50 GMT -5 cmcd said:

You have a lot of servitors but no techmarines. What sort of shenanigans are you planning with them. Is there something I missed from the grey knights book?

Action monkeys

[Typhus]

Sept 23, 2021 16:19:50 GMT -5 cmcd said:

You have a lot of servitors but no techmarines. What sort of shenanigans are you planning with them. Is there something I missed from the grey knights book?

They'll be retrieving data or raising banners, depending on mission. Sometimes scoring behind enemy lines.

The cheapest Infantry squad (apart from Servitors) comes in at 110 points - and would generally prefer to be fighting, or performing a Purifying Ritual. Servitors are extremely cheap and efficient at scoring Secondaries.

[Frosty the Pirate]

Having been playing with Escalation lists last night and this morning, this is very strong:

At 500, a GMDK will be probably nearly unstoppable.

At 1000, your scoring might be a little weak, but triple DK plus that brick of Inceptors is a ridiculous amount of pressure.

At 1500 and 2000, Quad-DK is pretty crazy. I'm struggling to think how my lists would cope with that volume of forward pressure.

Are you sure the GMDK and DK don't count as the same datasheet for rule of 2/3? Not that it really would change that much about the list, but it's pretty wild to think about the pressure this can apply.

[raceygaming]

Sept 24, 2021 11:07:27 GMT -5 Frosty the Pirate said:

Having been playing with Escalation lists last night and this morning, this is very strong:

At 500, a GMDK will be probably nearly unstoppable.

At 1000, your scoring might be a little weak, but triple DK plus that brick of Inceptors is a ridiculous amount of pressure.

At 1500 and 2000, Quad-DK is pretty crazy. I'm struggling to think how my lists would cope with that volume of forward pressure.

Are you sure the GMDK and DK don't count as the same datasheet for rule of 2/3? Not that it really would change that much about the list, but it's pretty wild to think about the pressure this can apply.

A lot of the high tier list are running 5 dreadknights between the two types and a tech marine to make the mon HQ hit on 2s as well.
It's a crazy time for GK

[Jack Shrapnel]

There's a reason why GK is doing so well at GT's right now

...most of that reason is dreadknight spam

[LizardTau]

Sept 24, 2021 11:27:30 GMT -5 raceygaming said:

A lot of the high tier list are running 5 dreadknights between the two types and a tech marine to make the mon HQ hit on 2s as well.
It's a crazy time for GK

Ok learned something new, I thought dreadknights were still monsters, but they are vehicles now.

[Typhus]

Sept 24, 2021 11:44:09 GMT -5 Jack Shrapnel said:

There's a reason why GK is doing so well at GT's right now

...most of that reason is dreadknight spam

That, and Interceptors.

...Cough.