librisrouge Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 (edited) I was not most sure where to put this but I figured that this forum would have the most experts on knights, so here I am. I'm planning on taking the following list to a local LVO (Los Vegas Open) practice tournament: Adamantine Lance- Knight Paladin Seneschal Knight Paladin Knight Errant Militarum Tempestus CAD- Scion Command - Meltagun x4 Scions x5 - Meltagun x2 Scions x10 Knight Castigator The problem I have with this, in the LVO format, is that the Knight Castigator is consider a Lord of War AND LVO uses the escalation negatives for LoW. For those that don't remember these, they are the following: If I have a LoW and they don't, they get +1 to seize the initiative. They get +1 VP for each 3 HP lost on it. Naturally, I'd like not to saddle myself with this but LVO also doesn't allow more than 2 detachments, so I can't just move it to its own Knight Detachment. This leaves me two options: Leave the list as is and just deal with the LoW negatives. Most all four knights to their own detachment but loose the Adlance bonuses. What do you guys think? Edited February 6, 2015 by librisrouge Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303103-lvo-escalation-advice/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffersonian000 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Just play as is. GK players using Draigo, or Ork posters using Ghaz or a Stompa, or Blood Angel players using either of their LoD characters will be facing the same issue. SJ Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303103-lvo-escalation-advice/#findComment-3942146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
librisrouge Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 Oh, I forgot to mention, LoW characters don't suffer the negatives; only super-heavies and gargantuan creatures do. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303103-lvo-escalation-advice/#findComment-3942325 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffersonian000 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I still say live with it. It's just one of four Knights with the minor drawback of being worth slightly more as a target. SJ Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303103-lvo-escalation-advice/#findComment-3942364 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Maybe you could turn those extra VPs to your advantage. Use the castigator to bait traps, or encourage your opponent to take risky or downright bad decisions because they might score some bonus points. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303103-lvo-escalation-advice/#findComment-3942539 Share on other sites More sharing options...
librisrouge Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 I'm beginning to lean that way, if only for the fact that the bonuses from Adamantine Lance outnumber the difficulties from fielding a LoW. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303103-lvo-escalation-advice/#findComment-3942680 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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