You could use it on a low wound unit in an attempt to get a kill but really you want to drop this on a high wound target. The Thunderborn is an interesting ability as well. When you combine that with his Mantle of the First Storm ability which heals him to full if he slays a model in a phase, he’s going to stick around! Suddenly those 8 wounds are sounding pretty solid. He’s also packing a 3+ save along with a 4+ ward. However, he’s an Infantry character and that puts him right up there for characters on foot. 8 Wounds doesn’t seem like a lot in the grand scheme of things. First up, he’s got some serious survival skills. We’ll touch on that briefly again here to talk about his warscroll and then we’ll get into his model and some tips on building it.īastian Carthalos has a couple of really cool things going for him on the tabletop. We’ve talked about some of his rules and also his background a bit already.

The Stormcasts are a fighting force unlike any other so you’d think that the Lord-Commander of the Hammers of Sigmar would be quite the Hero – and he totally is! Meet Bastian Carthalos: Each one is imbued with the spark of life by Sigmar and forged from magic of Azyr to battle for the Mortal Realms. The Stormcast Eternals are the reforged souls of heroes from ages past. Come take a closer look at the Lord-Commander of the Hammers of Sigmar, the Thunderborn himself, Bastian Carthalos!

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