AoS: Roadmap – What Daughters of Khaine Need
The future is bright for Age of Sigmar fans, and there are a few things I’m hoping we see for the bloody ballerinas – the Daughters of Khaine.
Welcome in, Generals of the Realms! We recently got the gorgeous Soulblight Gravelords Deathrattle Box, and the hits are lined up to keep coming. Games Workshop has given players some really awesome stuff to players with these special boxes, and they don’t seem to be slowing down. The roadmap is positively stacked with new armies, and 4.0 just keeps getting better. However, we don’t know what we’ll get in the upcoming drops (if we get anything at all). That doesn’t stop us from hoping, however, and there are a few things that I would love to see for another army, the Daughters of Khaine.
Mounted Witches
Now don’t get me wrong; I LOVE the Doomfire Warlocks. While I don’t think they’re all that thrilling on the tabletop, they’re cool models, and I love the lore behind their creation (or at least the original lore). However, they feel a bit out of place with all the melee powerhouses in the army. I’d love to see a group of Witches mounted on angry steeds bearing down on their enemies with polearms. Maybe a unit of serpent riders would be interesting, to match up with Morathi’s new form, but we need something with a little more speed to bring the hurt to the enemies of Khaine.
More Ranged Options
The Melusai and Khinerai have a stranglehold on the ranged options in Daughters of Khaine, but I think we can do a little better. Even something as simple as Witches with throwing knives or javelins could cover the wide hole in the DoK roster. They could even have an option to hamstring enemies as they run into battle, slowing them down for a devastating charge on the next turn. This probably isn’t a LIKELY add, since the DoK have established themselves as a melee powerhouse, but a suitably fast army can shut them down. They deserve a way to make sure that doesn’t happen.
Malerion and the Umbraneth
I WILL NEVER STOP! Seriously, it’s just laughable at this point. Malerion exists in the lore, has shown up in the lore, is clearly not aligned with Morathi, and is fighting off Tyrion and his Light Elves. I want to see more of that, and if we can’t get Umbraneth on their own (a fever dream at best) then they should be part of DoK. We could even do a Deathrattle/Soulblight style split, where the two factions can play nice together or exist as their own thing. But for the love of everything…GW…don’t make me keep using the meme.
What changes do you want to see for the Daughters of Khaine?
