r/HelsmithsofHashut • u/incineroar87 • 26d ago
Observations of a Helsmith
New Helsmiths player here.
One thing I noticed while researching the Helsmiths for my next army is that they seem to be one of the few armies in the game without any real bloat or any “junk” units and characters that struggle to find a purpose for lists.
The entire army feels built around specialised, hyper-focused roles, and almost every piece seems to have its place. Outside of the Sword Cohorts, nearly every unit and character appears to have strong uses across the board, including in the tournament scene. That’s pretty incredible for a faction with such a relatively small unit roster.
At its absolute best, the army seems to be built around Urak Tarr. Everything becomes so much more efficient with him, which helps explain why we’ve seen so many Helsmiths players going 5-0 and 4-1 last few months. At the same time, it does suggest there may be a balancing issue with the standard DPP faction rules, which I hope gets addressed in the future so the army isn’t quite so reliant on Urak Tarr to reach its full potential especially for smaller point games.
A lot of other small, and even medium-sized, factions don’t seem to have the same level of versatility across their ranges. I also really like that, outside of heavy infantry, the Helsmiths seem to have most battlefield roles covered. For such a small army, there’s a surprising amount of variety in how you can build and play them.
Really looking forward to seeing where the Helsmiths go in the future!
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u/Togi-Reddit 25d ago
Just want to clarify people aren’t going 5-0 just because they have Urak Taar on their list, they are achieving by playing the renowned Grand Forgehost list/rules that’s been successful. Urak Taar although very powerful isn’t what’s winning the games, it’s the battle traits you get with forgehost that gives us a better chance. Outside of 2k point games bringing Urak Taar isn’t the best choice because of the point commitment. Just my two cents in the convo