u/AFrenchLondoner

## Dwarfen Mountain Holds - giros [2000 pts]

Warhammer: The Old World, Dwarfen Mountain Holds, Open War

### Characters [879 pts]

- King [309 pts]

-# (Hand weapon, Great weapon, Full plate armour, General, Shieldbearers, 2x Rune of Fortitude, 2x Rune of Striking, Rune of Passage, Rune of Preservation)

- __Special Rules:__ *Ancestral Grudge, Dwarf Crafted, Gromril Armour, Gromril Weapons, Hatred (Orcs & Goblins), Magic Resistance (-1), Rallying Cry, Resolute, Stubborn*

- Thane [192 pts]

-# (Hand weapon, Full plate armour, Shield, Battle Standard Bearer [Master Rune of Grungni + Rune of Battle], On foot)

- __Special Rules:__ *Ancestral Grudge, Dwarf Crafted, Gromril Armour, Gromril Weapons, Hatred (Orcs & Goblins), Magic Resistance (-1), Rallying Cry, Resolute, Stubborn*

- Thane [138 pts]

-# (Hand weapon, Handgun, Full plate armour, Shield, On foot, Master Rune of Bursting Flame, Rune of Accuracy, Rune of Rapid Fire)

- __Special Rules:__ *Ancestral Grudge, Dwarf Crafted, Gromril Armour, Gromril Weapons, Hatred (Orcs & Goblins), Magic Resistance (-1), Rallying Cry, Resolute, Stubborn*

- Runelord [162 pts]

-# (Hand weapon, Great weapon, Full plate armour, Master Rune of Balance)

- __Special Rules:__ *Armour Bane (1), Forgefire, Gromril Armour, Gromril Weapons, Hatred (Orcs & Goblins), Magic Resistance (-2), Resolute, Rune Lore, Stubborn*

- Engineer [78 pts]

-# (Hand weapon, Heavy armour, Handgun, Rune of Rapid Fire, Enchanted Rune)

- __Special Rules:__ *Artillery Master, Dwarf Crafted, Entrenchment, Gromril Armour, Hatred (Orcs & Goblins), Magic Resistance (-1), Resolute, "Stand Back Chief", Stubborn*

### Core Units [501 pts]

- 18 Longbeards [297 pts]

-# (Hand weapons, Heavy armour, Shields, Elder (champion), Standard bearer [Master Rune of Hesitation], Musician)

- __Special Rules:__ *Close Order, Gromril Weapons, Hatred (Orcs & Goblins), Magic Resistance (-1), Resolute, Shieldwall, Venerable, Veteran*

- 16 Rangers [204 pts]

-# (Hand weapons, Crossbows, Heavy armour, Shields, Ol' Deadeye (champion) [Crossbow], Standard bearer)

- __Special Rules:__ *Dwarf Crafted, Hatred (Orcs & Goblins), Magic Resistance (-1), Move Through Cover, Open Order, Resolute, Scouts, Skirmishers*

### Special Units [620 pts]

- 3 Gyrocopters [210 pts]

-# (Hand weapons, Clatterguns, Full plate armour)

- __Special Rules:__ *Dive Bomb, Fire & Flee, Fly (9), Impact Hits (D3), Magic Resistance (-1), Skirmishers, Swiftstride, Vanguard*

- 3 Gyrocopters [210 pts]

-# (Hand weapons, Clatterguns, Full plate armour)

- __Special Rules:__ *Dive Bomb, Fire & Flee, Fly (9), Impact Hits (D3), Magic Resistance (-1), Skirmishers, Swiftstride, Vanguard*

- Cannon [100 pts]

-# (Cannon, Hand weapons, Light armour)

- __Special Rules:__ *Hatred (Orcs & Goblins), Magic Resistance (-1), Skirmishers, Stubborn*

- Cannon [100 pts]

-# (Cannon, Hand weapons, Light armour)

- __Special Rules:__ *Hatred (Orcs & Goblins), Magic Resistance (-1), Skirmishers, Stubborn*

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This is the list that I've slowly been gravitating towards and fine tuning over time. I'm getting a good win rate with it, but I don't feel it is overpowered and can be played around with the right tools.

Pros:

Strong anvil that doesn't suffer from marching.

Good board presence and mobility with the rangers and giros.

Gyros excel at warmachine hunting and can dive bomb on light infantry / screens on the way.

Some monster killing power in the cannons - reliably deals with the lesser stuff like Hippogriff or Griphons or gigantic spawns, but not going to do more than dent a dragon.

Fireball thane really good at being the fireball thane.

Cons:

Fairly samey gameplay, position so that the longbeards only get single charged, harass on the dies with the rangers.

Multi charges can devastate the longbeards.

Whiffing fire and flee on the gyros means they just die.

Current considerations.

2 runes of striking on the king is a very low use edge case. Considering dropping them entirely in favour of some throwing axes on the rangers and an extra model

Whilst I don't like overloading on warmachines, I think dropping giro count from 6 to 4 to fit in an extra cannon, and getting some runes on them for redundancy.

Any other changes you'd suggest without fundamentally changing the list?