Ethereal Jawnt (An Aun'shi Decklist)

By HidaKenshiro, in Warhammer 40,000: Conquest - Strategy

comments wanted


Army (28)
  • 4x Ethereal Envoy
  • 3x Fire Warrior Elite
  • 3x Fire Warrior Grenadiers
  • 1x Fireblade Kais'Vre
  • 3x Gun Drones
  • 3x Recon Drone
  • 3x Vash'ya Trailblazer
  • 3x Vior'la Marksman
  • 2x Vior'la Warrior Cadre
  • 3x Bork'an Recruits
Attachment (7)
  • 1x Honor Blade
  • 3x Ion Rifle
  • 3x Promotion
Event (10)
  • 2x Deception
  • 2x Ethereal Wisdom
  • 3x Kauyon Strike
  • 3x Tense Negotiations
Support (5)
  • 1x Ambush Platform
  • 1x Aun'shi's Sanctum
  • 3x Ksi'm'yen Orbital City
Edited by HidaKenshiro

I do not use Deception but rather For the Tau'va to keep him at the planet whilst the rest readies to swing a 2nd time with the Armorbane in the same combat turn.

To be more defensive you could put in Seer's Exodus to keep returning Aun'shi to HQ even when he is bloodied and keep using Ksi'm'yen Orbital City.

And when you play Ethereal Wisdom on a non-Ethereal unit with your Warlord you can use Seers's Exodus to return him to your HQ and make use of the Orbital Cities.

Or you could also combine Tense Negotiations and Seer's Exodus to rout units along the line several times with the Planet Ferrin and than follow it up next round with a Doom (Esspecially if he goes for the first planet with a big army).

I had some real fun with that even though it is very situational :)

Had several openings with Ambush Platform, Bork'an Recruits and Ion Rifle. Dealing a 7 Armorbane strike as a surprise effect (you could do it without the Ambush Platform but it would be more obvious).

Putting 1 copy of Aun'ui Prelate instead of Fireblade Kais'Vre can also be considered because you can ambush him with a free Ion Rifle if Ambush Platform is in play and swing in multiple times for 7 Armorbane with the Orbital Cities to do catastrofic damage (and maybe bloodying/killing a Warlord in the proces). Also the orbital cities work around Archon's Terror when you use the Aun'ui Prelate.

Also if you had more than 1 Ambush Platform you could as a combat action stack 2 or more Gun drones to do large amounts of AoE damage, and do this on a Ethereal and it really starts getting out of hand (pun intended).

Given your previous responses I suspect you will go fore the most cutthroat solution.

Edited by Ash_Durant

Regarding the Gun Drones.

You could play them on Vior'la Marksman with the Ambush Platform to use the AoE damage in the Ranged phase.

They stack and benifit from the Armorbane if Aun'shi is present.

So you might consider putting in more than 1 Ambush Platform.

Edited by Ash_Durant