These guys have some great models from Mantic but also look equally as cool when using Stormcast Eternals from Age of Sigmar. They will take quite a bit of punishment, especially when supported by healing from priests. The sturdy iron fist of any Basilean list. Heals your guys, inspires them, and can toss around some fireballs to supplement your weak shooting. Also, why wouldn’t you put giant flying angels in a giant flying angel army?Īwesome model and great support unit. They have great mobility and hit like a bag of levitating bricks. Standout unitsĪs mentioned above, these celestial warriors are great. Although Basileans do have a few ranged units, these are primarily to support the above. The real punch comes from the Elohi and Paladin Knights, which can plow through the enemy once they are stuck into your infantry. How do they play?īasileans work best with large blocks of durable infantry (Paladins and Ogre Palace Guard) taking the center, reinforced by characters (Priests) who can heal them up and keep them going in a long grind. Why play them?ĭo you play the lawful good paladin in D&D or think the Adeptus Custodes the peak 40K faction (after Ultramarines, of course)? Look no further than the heaven-blessed, glorious legions of the Basileans. Both of these have some great rules and models. You can get yourself a Basilean Phoenix or a High Paladin on Dragon. If you like having big monsters as centerpiece models in your army, there are a few available in this list. Having an army of them backed up by the Ur-Elohi (boss angels) is a force to be reckoned with on the tabletop. The Elohi are the real reason to play as Basilea the models are cool, the rules are good, and they reinforce the army’s theme of righteous vengeance. In their darkest hour, when the Basileans beseeched their gods for aid, they were sent an army of badass warrior angels (Elohi) complete with flaming swords and feathery wings.īasilea is largely a human faction made up of holy paladins and sisterly orders (some even on panthers!), backed up by the Elohi. Note however that in this article we will be focusing on Mantic miniatures.īasileans are much like the Romans after the fall of Rome both were once great empires laid low from within and without, but there’s one important distinction. Model disclaimer: Mantic Games has a different completeness of model ranges for each of the armies, ranging from “complete” to “nonexistent.” Thankfully the Kings of War community and ruleset encourages you to use whatever miniatures you like. These won’t necessarily be the most competitive units in the faction, but they will be representative of the army and allow for great hobby projects. While more exhaustive descriptions of each individual army can be found elsewhere – and we’ll look to provide more tactics for each in future articles – in this intro we’re looking to provide more of a laid back overview along with a brief description of some cherry-picked units. This is the first of three articles designed to introduce you to the vast array of armies to choose from in the ‘rank and flank’ tabletop wargame, Kings of War. If you missed it, consider checking it out here. In last week’s intro, we talked about what kind of a game Kings of War is and why you should play it. Welcome back to our coverage of Kings of War.
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