25 Pt Highlander list starring E. Butcher

[TheCaptain]

Got an event coming up and this is the list Im considering running, let me know what could be changed for the better. Here we go...

E Butcher

2 x Juggers
1 x Berserker

1 x Doom reavers

Fenris

[Brushmonkey]

Change out Fenris for the Doom Reaver Escort and a pair of Eliminators.

[Havock]

He can't do that. To be honest, eButcher is probably not the best choice for a highlander setup.

[TheCaptain]

True, he isnt the best caster with these restrictions, but he is fun to use when things go well.... I have had success with him at this level, the only thing that does me in is getting carried away with his killing of everything and leaving him exposed

[Tort]

He may not have as many troops to chew through but there is always at least one unit and remember that he can generally wreck two heavy jacks/beasts himself in one activation if he can get them both in reach. He's not the greatest for highlander but he's a bad choice either. He puts out a lot more damage than most casters and has a great assassination trick. The question is what are the specific rules of highlander where you are playing. It's always that you need one solo, one unit and every beast/jack becomes FA C but in some places they also ban character jacks and units. That makes a big difference with the butcher because Beast09 is pretty much an automatic selection with him. I'd take something like:

Khador
Standard Army
PCs: 25 / 25
9 models

[00] Kommander Orsus Zoktavir (0 / 6 WJ remaining)
[01] >> War Dog
[11] >> Beast-09
[08] >> Kodiak
[11] Iron Fang Uhlans (4 grunts)

or

Khador
Standard Army
PCs: 25 / 25
8 models

[00] Kommander Orsus Zoktavir (0 / 6 WJ remaining)
[01] >> War Dog
[11] >> Beast-09
[06] >> Berserker
[08] >> Kodiak
[05] Great Bears of Gallowswood

Doom reavers work well with him too, you could switch the Kodiak for another Beserker and bring them instead of the great bears. I'm not sure I'd take him without Beast09, the extra point of RAT + reach + running for free is pure gold with Kommander Zoktavir.

[TheCaptain]

I have been giving thought of running a full squad of MoW Shocktroopers

[Havock]

That unit is too slow.

[khaosBlizzard]

i thought a highlander game was 1 caster, 1 jack, 1 solo, 1 unit.
like highlander "there can only be one"

[Tort]

that's old school highlander but it can be very restrictive for the hordes factions and it also makes different point levels quite difficult. So there are different variations. The most common would be something along the lines of:

must take 1 unit and 1 solo
May take any number of beast/jacks but all beasts/jacks become FA:C

with variations allowing you to take up to one unit or solo or banning character units and jacks/beasts and determining whether you can take both a UA and WA or have to pick one.

Or something like: 1 heavy 1 light 1 unit 1 solo. Though even in that format the Moshars and Vayls cannot actually take enough beasts to generate their fury.

[TheCaptain]

Ended up running the above list, went better than expected winning 3 out of the 5 games. Luckily E. Butcher is a tough nut to crack, he managed to shrug off a few assassination attempts then beat face with Lola for the win