The Generals Hub Team at Letanía del Oso II

Adrián Rodriguez

I’m Adrián XL, player and captain of Raiders Madriz.

Although I spent much of the Ghyran season playing Sylvaneth, achieving some pretty good results, after so many months surrounded by pine trees, strawberry trees, and dragonflies, I decided to end the season by exploring the wonders offered by the Bloodletters of Blades of Khorne.

For this new edition, and feeling like a change of scenery, I’ve decided to leave the forests and Khorne’s daemons behind and dive into the excesses of Slaanesh.

For this tournament, we decided to bring a Hedonites of Slaanesh list built around Symbaresh, mainly because of its ability to play reactively, its defensive resilience, and how reliably it can maintain a strong score into the final rounds.

It’s also a list capable of countering a significant portion of the current meta, which had a considerable impact on our opponents’ pairing matrices.

In particular, we were looking for matchups against shooting or long-range damage lists, Daughters of Khaine, and other armies capable of generating critical hits, as well as factions especially vulnerable to the debuffs that Slaanesh can apply during the different phases of the opponent’s turn.

Ronda 5 vs Oscar Gimenez
Lumineth Realm-Lords
62/62

Óscar was playing a Lumineth Realm-lords list featuring Avalenor, Alarith, Eltharion, Ellania & Ellathor, and Sevireth.

Adri Manzano

I don’t really need much of an introduction, since for some reason I seem to write quite a lot around here… But I can tell you how I ended up with this list and why I decided to bring it to the tournament.

This GT had one important peculiarity: the battle tactic restriction. We couldn’t repeat the same tactics more than three times across the team, which forced us to make quite a few adjustments to our roster.

For a while, we had some trouble adapting our tactics, and on top of that, we still didn’t have a properly balanced roster.

I spent several games testing Ogor Mawtribes, but I never felt completely comfortable playing them.

On the other hand, I’d been practising with Ironjawz for quite some time, using very similar lists, although without Kragnos.

It was during Freak Wars that this list appeared, and I decided to adapt it to my playstyle and, above all, to my own understanding of how I want to play Ironjawz.

The list allowed us to free up another slot for the Siege of Ashes tactic within the team, and it also performed particularly well against monster-heavy lists.

After several games with very satisfying results, especially thanks to its ability to complete battle tactics, I became convinced that it was one of the best options for the GT.

What’s more, after the Battlescroll, the list remained practically unchanged, so I didn’t need to make any adjustments.

My Opponents

Here are some photos from the event and the games where I actually remembered to take out my phone.

I want to give a huge shout-out to Emilio Martín, Alberto Cereceda, Javier Laredo, and Jordi Carbonell.

Great, fair games, incredibly friendly opponents, and an amazing atmosphere!

And in the case of Alberto and Javier, playing against friends always makes the game even more enjoyable.

Ronda 5 vs Jordi “Zetiuso” de BCN Reaputin
Daughters of Khaine Coven of blood
70/75

We played the fifth round against BCN Reaputin, and in my case, I was paired against Jordi “Zetiuso” Carbonell and his Daughters of Khaine.

As he told me, they were his first army and therefore his main. Interestingly, Ironjawz were also my first army in Age of Sigmar, so we were both playing the factions we’d been using since we were “little kids”.

It was a very enjoyable game, but incredibly difficult to manage. Daughters of Khaine are one of the strongest armies in the current meta, and they shine even more in team tournaments.

Nobody on our roster felt particularly comfortable facing DoK, and I ended up playing against them twice during the GT, both times because I was left as the final option in the pairings.

Round 1: A Race for Points Right from the Start

Jordi decided to go first and played a very solid opening turn: he screened the centre of the board with Endless Spells, protected both Morathis, and deployed his Khinerai to start scoring points.

On one flank, he used his Ironscale and a unit of Khinerai to complete Blazing Onslaught, while on the other, he advanced another unit of Khinerai to start Burning.

Score: 20-0 to Jordi.

It was my turn to respond, and I knew I had to keep up with him in the scoring race.

My Maw-krusha went after his Ironscale to start Blazing, while also controlling one of the terrain features needed for Flanking.

Meanwhile, the Wrekkaz, with Crit (2 Hits), charged towards Jordi’s deployment zone, targeting his Witch Aelves and, above all, looking to control an objective in his territory to complete the first Flanking tactic.

The Ragerz cleared out some Endless Spells, and the Wrekkaz used Power Through to prepare for a possible second DoK turn, aiming to tie up the Medusas and minimise the damage.

Round 2: The Orruks Go on the Offensive

After a priority roll-off, I managed to win priority.

It was time to attack.

I threw every Orruk I could at Jordi’s DoK, finishing off the Witch Aelves and completely wiping out the Medusas and a Slaughter Queen who happened to be passing by.

Score: 30-20 to me.

However, I still had a huge problem on the board: both Morathis were still alive, along with their supporting units.

Jordi spent his second turn taking down the Fugitive. Not even all the Rage Dice in the world could save the Maw-krusha from Morathi’s fury.

Score: 30-35 to Jordi.

Round 3: The Morathi Problem

I won priority again.

Jordi, who has been playing DoK since he was “little”, had positioned practically all his units near objectives or Places of Power.

I had two options:

• Fall back, buy myself another turn against DoK, and score another 10 points plus the battle tactic.
• Go after Morathi, attempting an extremely long charge that, with a bit of luck, would also allow me to reach little Morathi and avoid future problems.

I decided to attack.

The charges were long, but not long enough to reach little Morathi. Even so, I managed to kill big Morathi.

Score: 45-35 to me.

And that’s when the DoK magic started working.

Little Morathi teleported into my deployment zone, and Jordi managed to bring big Morathi back.

To absolutely nobody’s surprise, Morathi attacked in the hero phase. Does any DoK player ever fail that spell?

The result was an absolute massacre: she completely obliterated the three heroes defending my home objective and scored another 20 points.

Score: 45-55 to Jordi.

Round 4: Everything Came Down to One Charge

Luck was on my side again, and I won priority once more.

I had around 6-7 Brutes left alive, fairly close to both Morathis. This was my chance to hunt them down with Kragnos and the Brutes.

The problem was that, without any buffs available, the Brutes needed a 9+ charge to reach them.

Kragnos charged first, activating his aura so the Brutes could charge on 3D6.

They made it into Morathi!

After resolving hits, wounds, and saves, the Brutes managed to inflict 15 wounds.

But Jordi managed to keep Morathi alive thanks to her 4+ ward.

And that was pretty much the game.

With Morathi surviving, she denied me the final Blazing tactic, and I could no longer keep up with his scoring.

I managed to score another 10 primary points, and then it was time to run.

Score: 55-65 to Jordi.

On his turn, Jordi teleported Morathi to steal another objective from me and secure another 15 points.

Score: 55-75 to Jordi.

An 11-inch countercharge from Kragnos wasn’t enough to change anything, despite a massive screw-up on my part.

We did the maths and realised there was no way to squeeze out any more points. I managed to complete the second Flanking tactic, and we called the game.

Final Result: 70-75 to Jordi

An incredibly close game, decided by small details and DoK’s enormous ability to stay in the game even after losing a significant portion of their units.

What Could I Have Done Better?

I think my biggest mistake was not using the Maw-krusha more aggressively from the start.

I had the opportunity to eliminate a unit of Khinerai that ended up stealing objectives from me throughout the game.

I decided to play a little more conservatively with him, trying to keep him alive for the following turns.

However, Morathi eventually hunted him down fairly easily, so that caution didn’t really pay off.

Eliminating those Khinerai early on would probably have changed the course of the game quite significantly.

In any case, it was a very close game against a great opponent.

Juanma Izquierdo

Hello everyone!

I’m Juanma Izquierdo, and this is my first article for The Generals Hub.

For those who don’t know me, I’m a player from Madrid, a member of Wargame Garrison, and lately I’ve been playing Stormcast Eternals, although I don’t think I’ll ever enjoy the game as much as I did playing Khorne in second edition.

For this II Letanía del Oso, I’ve decided to give Destruction a second chance. Spoiler alert: my first attempt went worse than renewing Vinicius’ contract.

On the very same day I picked up my giants, Games Workshop nerfed Bounty Hunters. I enjoyed painting them, and they’re still the models that attract the most attention in my display cabinets, but I don’t exactly have fond memories of Talavera that year. I missed more chances than, once again, Vinicius, only this time even after his surgery.

Now I’m playing Ogor Mawtribes, and although I’ve probably just come back from the most frustrating tournament I can remember in terms of dice rolls, painting this army has been worth it.

I’ve really enjoyed painting the list, and I sincerely hope that future points updates bring down the cost of the rest of the army so we can play more options.

Here’s my list:

The goal of my list was to complement a main block consisting of Redd and two units of Gluttons (I’m a true innovator, I know) with something that would allow me to score reasonably efficiently, without relying too heavily on the pairing or the battleplan.

I went with a unit of Hunters on foot (whenever I’ve played two units, they’ve ended up getting in each other’s way), the Bloodpelt, and two units of Hunters on horseback.

With the latter, I’ve learned the hard way that they neither hit hard nor survive much. Although, to be fair, I probably shouldn’t treat this weekend as the holy grail of statistics and probability when it comes to dice rolls.

Either that, or I’m worse than an Eneryeti rum and coke…

Now, let’s get into a little battle report from the tournament.

This time, I’ll tell you about my game against Javier, from Dragones de Piedrabruja A.

I’m also including a couple of photos with players from other rounds, such as Sergio, from Nagash, and Miguel Selles, from BCN Reaputin, who showed no mercy to my poor Redd either…

Ronda 4 vs Javier Murillo
Disciples of Tzeentch
71/57

We went into the fourth round hoping to turn around the disastrous Saturday we’d all had.

Playing against Tzeentch is never easy, especially on a six-objective battleplan like Treacherous Ground. Although the fact that the underdog could remove one objective made me think I might have some control over the game.

I decided to deploy Redd and the big lads on one flank, with a unit of cavalry on the other.

He was going first, so if he failed his movement spell, I could potentially get through turn 1 without losing any units, with a chance of getting a double turn to establish a good position on the board and push forward.

To absolutely nobody’s surprise, the spell went off.

The little horses could do nothing but die on turn 1, along with half a unit of Hunters who had moved to the other side, apparently bringing along some Flamers with rather impressive aim.

His turn ended with 20 points and my hopes of salvaging the weekend going down the drain.

My Turn 1: All or Nothing

So, what did I do?

I had the big chicken fairly close, right next to some Blues. It was all or nothing. It was like putting your faith in Ferran Torres at a World Cup, but I had hope (or desperation, which often go hand in hand).

Have you ever thrown a crumpled-up piece of paper into a bin and told yourself that if it went in, you’d pass an exam?

Well, my crumpled-up paper was Redd’s spell to move the Gluttons 6 inches.

A miracle!

I spent a command point to let them run and charge. He failed a permanent spell that was blocking pretty much everything.

This was my moment.

The Gluttons ran 6 inches and ended up right on the doorstep of glory. I dropped the Hunter in behind with the other cavalry, hoping they’d even leave the big chicken nicely tenderised.

Redeploy from one of his Blues.

Bloody hell, everything was going fucking brilliantly.

The shooting phase came and went without much happening, but I needed an 8-inch charge to get into combat with the Temu version of Kairos.

The charge phase arrived. I rolled the dice.

A six.

“Juanma, don’t reroll that charge. God knows you’ll end up rolling a three…”

I took my own advice.

With Bull Charge, I managed to get a little closer to the beast, but ended up forming a shitty conga line that became even shittier after my pile-in move.

Of course, neither the Hunter nor the cavalry managed to make their 9-inch charges.

I split my attacks between the Blues, the Tzaangors on Discs, and the big chicken, which only three brave Gluttons could reach.

The beast dies! Joy!

But of course, between the Fate Points and a Rage Die, he manages to keep it alive.

The Blues die, but I barely scratch the Discs.

He hits back and kills two Gluttons, just enough to force me to remove another two due to coherency.

End of turn.

As usual with the Gluttons, I deal one mortal damage. He saves it.

And things were about to turn into the worst day of my life.

Here come the Rage Dice.

I was already imagining rolling two ones and putting the entire army up for sale on Wallapop, but instead I rolled a six and a four, with the four also managing to wound.

The big chicken finally dies!

I can breathe again.

Turn 2: The Gluttons Become Heroes

On his second turn, my opponent sent his Tzaangors on Discs after those heroic Gluttons, who managed to get completely inside a forest thanks to a Redeploy.

The Hunter was nearby, ignoring the first point of damage in each phase.

The Discs hit hard, but with a command point and a -1 to hit, those six Gluttons hidden in the shadows were going to make the fight feel longer than 90 minutes at the Bernabéu.

(You can decide for yourself whether that’s because of the legendary comebacks of the past or the boring matches these days.)

After taking the attacks, three Gluttons were still alive, and I still had another turn to play.

The Outcome: Ten Points on Repeat

From that point until the end, we both scored as best we could, with the difference being that he couldn’t compete on primary objectives, while I was scoring tens like Maradona.

As for battle tactics, we scored practically the same.

The difference is that, with two Spawn and a hero, Tzeentch can score just as many points as 1,200 points of Ogors on the board.

And that’s how a game that started disastrously ended with me managing to turn things around.

Finally, a huge thank you to all my opponents this weekend.

Especially those who apologised to me for their dice rolls. =(

Ekkius

Hello, Generals!

Today I’m bringing you a short battle report from my first round at the Letanía del Oso Madrid GT, where I faced my fellow The Generals Hub member, Carlos.

The foundation of this list is a two-drop setup with one very clear objective: give the opponent the first turn to force them to advance, close the distance, and look for that coveted double turn in round two, while keeping crucial information hidden during deployment.

The first regiment is led by the Bloodpelt Hunter, accompanied by the Hunters and Sabres. Having the Bloodpelt as the regiment leader allows another unit to be placed in Deep Strike, arriving more than 9″ away from the board edges and enemy units. This offers tremendous versatility, as we can keep the Sabres in reserve to secure a Siege of Ashes tactic in the first or second turn, or deploy them hidden within 3″ of a terrain feature, taking advantage of their rules, while sending the Bloodpelt and Hunters to pressure monsters or unsuspecting units.

The core of the army revolves around Redd the Maw, the Tyrant, two reinforced units of Gluttons, and the Maulbeast Raiders. Redd always stays close to the Gluttons to provide them with a valuable 6+ Ward. In the centre, the Tyrant protects the infantry, ignoring the first point of damage in each phase and preventing nearby enemy units from healing thanks to his trait.

Meanwhile, the Maulbeast Raiders provide excellent mobility during the opponent’s movement phase, making countercharges and objective captures easier. They also benefit from the Beastclaw trait, gaining bonuses if the Bloodpelt successfully lands his earlier shooting attack. This also helps squeeze out the damage needed to complete the first Blazing Onslaught tactic before the Gluttons completely tear through the enemy.

Ronda 1 vs Carlos PJ de Guarida Team: Sneaky Blinders
Maggotkin of Nurgle Tallyband of Nurgle
45/41

The Matchup

It was a game where I was pretty sure that we were both going to meet in the middle of the board and start smashing each other.

I also knew that my list was a fairly awkward matchup for Carlos, since, thanks to my Ogor Mawtribes subfaction, I could heal D3 wounds on each Ogor unit that had used its Eat ‘Em Alive ability at least once during the game.

This allowed me to mitigate much of the damage caused by Nurgle’s diseases at the end of each turn, which was especially important in a battle of attrition like this one.

Deployment

As for deployment, I positioned my units more than 3″ apart to prevent diseases from spreading, forming a fairly solid frontline with the Tyrant and two reinforced units of Gluttons, while Redd stayed just behind them.

At the bottom of the board, I deployed a unit of Sabres and the shooting Maulbeast.

Finally, I kept the Bloodpelt and a unit of Hunters in reserve using Deep Strike, planning to bring them onto the battlefield later, more than 9″ away from the enemy.