Favourite 'Casters?

[various]

Checked the search function and was surprised that this has never come up before.i was wondering who people 's favourite 'Caster were, and why. To make things more interesting i figured that we could have a two part answer: your favourite 'Caster for enjoyment and your favourite 'Caster for competitive play. For me my favourite 'Caster for frindly play would probably be pSkarre (i just enjoy using her). When it comes to being competitive i tend to enjoy using pAsphyxious as i get better results with him. What about other people?

[usbprime]

Favorite caster, eh? I can't say as i have 1 favorite, as so many of them perform so well for me. In friendly play, i tend to use the witch coven, or the skarre's. eSkarre was my first expansion caster (first purchase after the battlebox) and so i've played the bajesus out of her(she's so broken in small point games ) For competition, i tend to go with Terminus (who doesn't love a zombie hoard with tough), eSkarre(mainly because i'm so familiar with her) and eGaspy (because......well it's eGaspy)

More-so i could name my 3 bottom casters, that i don't like.....Scaverous, because, well his rules and spell list are great, but he doesn't really play well for me......and his model drove me to drink whilst assembling him. Venethrax because, well i just haven't gotten the hang of him yet, and he never performs well for me. And lastly pGaspy, because i just don't get him......he's decent, but just plain doesn't perform.....the last 3 games i've used him, i could have played without any caster, and probably done just as good.......dunno, it's probably just me not having found his niche, but unfortunately i can't focus on every caster

[BakerGaspy]

@ Usbprime
Hah, its funny that pGaspy is probably your least favorite it looks like and he is my best friend I agree that he just does not perform (with the caveat that you say relative to some of our other casters namely the eSkarre and Terminus which you mention), but I love the crap out of him anyways. He can still do the damage him self with either spells or melee power and he has 2 great buffs imo.

I would have to go with pGaspy just because I love the model and his fluff, not to mention that taking him in the right lists (for me this is most often MM) I seem to do just fine, I just beat up eKreoss this week with a hellfire to the face in a 25 point MM where I was getting beaten up pretty good til then!

[Admiral_Arzar]

My favorite is probably Venethrax, although I enjoy a lot of Cryx casters. My best for competitive play has historically been Lich Lord Asphyxious.

[PG_Lankira]

I love pDeneghra. So much so, I named my cat after her. I love tossing out debuffs. I love running a skarlock with her for free spells. And I've gotten good with her. I went from losing almost constantly to winning more often by playing the way she wants to be played. Part of my love of Denny comes from a love of spellcasting and undead. In most games I play, I tend to play female spellcasters. Undead or creepy, if possible.

I don't tend to play competitively. So, I don't really have a favorite in that regard.

[Craftwerk]

My favorite caster is the Witch Coven. I really like that I can power my jacks and have so much control over the board. For competitive play I'm liking eAsphyxious more and more. It used to be Scaverous, but egaspy is just more terrifying for my opponent.

[Ikazuyr]

Favorite is probably Scaverous. I'm not very good with him yet, but telekinesis is just too fun. I also have a blast putting together tier 2 lists for him (won't ever hit tier 3 b/c I don't have a wraith engine).

Best for tourney? Venethrax is who I've had the most success with (lots and lots of Hordes in my local meta), but I find him boring anymore. Just camp everything and ask if your opponent can kill a def 15 arm 25 caster. And that's assuming he doesn't get any souls. Anyways, favorite for competition is probably eSkarre. I just love untargetable DJ and Nightmare for a turn. Also, I'm trying to wean myself off of banes (they've been in every list I put together since I started using infantry) and I am falling in love with the satyxis all over again.

[ZombieWar]

I love Scaverous, TK is the single best spell in the game. TK is a mat buff that increases threat ranges and opens charge lanes all for 2 focus. Add in the fact that our infantry just needs a little buff to hit to make them truly terrifying.

[Happy Scrappy Hero Pup]

Friendly - luv me some pGoreshade and Coven

Competitive - pDenny & Termie

[Deo85]

pDenny for me I love how this girl will make anything in our line up better! The power of De-buffing to let your lines hit harder or just a chance to hit at all is what really drives the power of this witch girl. I also have a few other casters but its hard to not grab for my Denny when it comes time to start constructing a list for the night. I do not really do competitive play so I can not give a caster on this one but I guess if I did it would still be pDenny sense I have the most xp with her.

[Caanos]

Been running mostly with ESkarre. Just love how focus effecient she makes our jacks. Though, I'm looking to try out a Mortenebra list, so I have say those two are my favorite casters at the moment.

[The Horror]

Favorite caster to play is defenately Venethrax, running around the board swacking models as my opponent focuses the rest of my army that I don't care about because he doesn't want to waste time trying to dent ARM 27.

Most competitive caster, pSkarre. When I play Skarre aside from my Skarlock thrall and scrap sac fodder, the entire army is base speed 7, darting across the board at high speed to be able to claim objectives fast, and they hit hard and accurately due to dark guidance and blood magic.

[Iixil]

its the witch coven and e/p skarre for me all day long.

i like my casters to have a strong assasination and attrition game at the same time. they also have balanced spell lists for buffs/debuffs and multi use spells,
i dont like p.denny for this reason... as strong as she is she completely reliant on attack type spells bar ghost walk. also i just dont like her model... actually thats my main reason for not liking her, shes still a damn good caster. i just find my line up to be more flexible in relation to my opponents.

[SpiderBite]

for 'friendly' play, I have two choices.
I love me some Scaverous action. Cryx should never have gotten Telekinesis. But we has it now and we're not giving it up! BWA-HA-HA-HA!! Frikking chainsaw scythe = genius, i don' care how actually useful it may or may not be . . . CHAINSAW SCYTHE!!!!!!
For a more straightforward play, I'll break out my pSkarre zombie apocalypse. Nothing quite so satisfying as a mechanithrall swarm overruning your opponent by sheer weight of numbers.

'competitive'? well, on the understanding I suck at competitive play, either Deneghra. no explanation required

[Kommissar Golovko]

Favorite caster: Venethrax (reminds me of Skeletor)
Friendly play: PGoreshade, Scaverous. Not too overpowered. Even with Tk, you still need to be careful with Scaverous and he needs his army to defeat his opponent, same with PGore.
Competitive play: eGaspy, Venethrax. One for Warmachine, the other for Hordes.

[Sanctjud]

eDenny, she is my drug.

[Drzombieface]

Hard to choose from awesome casters, but here's my shot:
Fluff- Wise: Malathrax. Don't care if he isn't a model, doesn't matter. Malathrax is awesome.
In- game + Fluff: Goreshade/ Asphyxious
Competitive: eGoreshade/Mortenebra
Friendly pick- up: Scaverous, Skarre, Witch Coven

[Heccatomb]

i worship my queen eskarre. but i also like the coven but the queen comes first

[Harvester]

For both fun and competitive play I love to put Morty on the field :-) I just adjust the list accordingly.. She is just super fun with a good bag of movement tricks

[vegron]

i have to agree, Morty FTW here. I'm a huge jack player and not much on the infantry for my own reasons. Morty just runs the table a lot and the helldivers that go with her make a fun combo.

having said that, i love my Terminus and Venethrax. I've only lost with Terminus once and both he and Venny's models are just sick looking.

[Kadris]

Favorite by fluff: Mortenebra. Only Iron Lich to be an Iron Lich by her own abilities as opposed to being made into one by someone or something else.

Favorite by mechanics and model: Scaverous. Awesome spells, feat and stats coupled with a chain saw scythe, nummy.

[Decade]

My favorite caster would be my beloved lady of metal and gears Mortenebra. She's the caster that got me into the game, she runs my favorite models, the warjacks, like nobodies business, and her model is freaking sweet. And I really enjoy her ability to take the fight to your enemy really fast thanks to her ability to launch her jacks into the thick of things like some sort of ballistic missile.

[Warmistress.Ravyn]

I don't play competitively yet so I only have "fun" 'casters. pDenny and the Coven FTW. I love my smexy witches