Hex Hunters

[Everblight108]

Greetings All,

Ive been looking through the lists for legion and find that not many people use the Hex Hunters. Ive finally got a full unit along with Bayal and ive been looking at using them with a themed list with Rhyas.

Does anyone else use them and if so what has the usage with them been in battle.

[Obeisance]

It just depends on the lock. They're common with Bethayne and pVayl, uncommon with Kallus. Reinforcements for eVayl tier.

Most Legion locks run beast heavy. It's not that Hex Hunters are bad, it's just that they support beasts best.

[Neutralyze]

hex hunters are not the best reinforcements. they dont have a good range on their bolts to threaten when the come in. you need something that can shoot when it comes in like raptors or striders with UA etc.

[Obeisance]

eVayl doesn't have a lot of choice for reinforcements. No Raptors, no Gators. Normally, I'd advocate those two.

[PG_Nemlock]

Yeah I'll agree on the reinforcements for eVayl's tier. Besides the Hex Hunters the other options (for 35 pts) are a Bolt Thrower and Shepherd?

[Obeisance]

There's also Sorceress on Hellions, IIRC.

[Lanz]

Hex Hunters are awesome, but stuff's expensive, and they aren't always a high priority. A rock-solid unit when you want a unit, though.

[TrollFace666]

I used Bethayne two days ago for the first time....

I used Gallows, through Balphegor, to pull the opposing warcaster (the Khador 'Warjack' one) into the open. I then feated. The BFS dropped the caster's DEF to nothing, and Kissed him. My Hexers walked up, and with boosted attack and damage at pow 15, they destroyed him with only 5 shots. I could only imagine what they could do against other jacks/beasts after that slaughter.

I love my Hexers so much

[Belthazar1113]

I like the hex hunters quite a bit. They offer some good synergy with bethany and they offer good infantry support to locks that dont need the lego tarpit. they are also a fairly solid answer to butchers new tier along with a sorc or two. 36 blackdragons is the current beast warping my stores meta.

[PG_vengence88]

I haven't played with reinforcements yet, but I really like hex hunters in any list but they excel with damage buffs or Bethaynes feat, I crippled two Khador jacks on her feat turn with them.

[Murkhadh]

I love striders are RF's at 50, they don't fit points wise at 35. I don't like them so much w/o the UA

spell martyrs have been pretty cool though.

[PG_BergerFett]

Hex Hunters are my new favorite unit.

I use them religiously with pVayl.

They are great because they can kill infantry on the charge then battlewizard or if facing trolls lets say with Heros Tragedy (kill me in melee your KD) you can just Hex Bolt around that.

Also Bayal has spray, they have good defense to tarpit (won me a game on sunday) and Magic weapons outside the Sorc on Hellion or the unreleased naga. I struggle against cryx so the Magic Weapons really help

[Omnus]

Hex Hunters are top notch with eVayl and Bethayne. I still use them sometimes with Kallus because I like the speed 7, pathfinder and stealth. Plus magic weapons are very nice.

In general I think Bayal costs too many points and dies too easily. He is not an auto-include but sometimes the points just work out and AD is very convient. I prefer Hex Hunters + full pot for 11 points. Helps maintain a steady flow of Shredders for sending into zones and blocking charge lanes.

The largest problem I have with them is the lack of fearless. So when the gator witch doctor comes out...i may try that route.

If your meta has a lot of gun mages...they just crumble. Gun Mages just wipe out hex hunters...especcially if your oppponent has access to dead eye or a defense lowering ability which happens quite often with lists that include gun mages.

[PG_BergerFett]

hmm Max HH and min vessel as reinforcements could be good.

I always take them with Bayal if not for anything but hunter.

[Omnus]

I generally find that a max vessel is needed to keep up with Hex Hunters. So I am not sure that this would be a good route.

I rarely find the hunter beneficial. Because the part of hunter that ignores concealment only applies to ranged attacks, it doesn't help the hex bolts. So the big help is charging through forests but I don't seem to have that come up much.

[Defenstrator]

The min Vessel is generally not worth it. Not only does it move more slowly, but the range it collects in is also shorter. The two compound to often put it out of range. Better to spend the extra point and have it working all the time.

[PG_ICleadpeople]

Love the HH with pVayl at 35. The ability to shut down special attacks and control real estate is an amazing interaction with cat and mouse. I will trade these guys for 2 major alph strikes all day.

They are pow 10, but you are killing arm 19 on average damage rolls and then a free pow 13 to boot. Yes please.