The original guide about Kromac the Ravenous was written by skillt from PP's forums. The title of the original thread is Kromac the Ravenous: An In-depth Guide. Skillt is a veteran player with well over 200 games under his belt with Kromac and owner of www.asgardgames.net.
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STATS:
Kromac is a very unique caster. In human form he is almost a pure support caster at MAT 6 POW 11 on Dusk and Dawn, rocking a DEF 15 and ARM14 he is very squishy and needs to play back. In beast form this changes a little. He becomes MAT 8 and POW 14 and gains 3 armor while retaining his fairly high defense of 15. In beast form he is now a rather formidable offensive force, but honestly is still not hard to kill. Do not be tricked into thinking he is a front line caster while in beast form. He will die, and you will lose.
SPELLS:
Kromac may have the best spell list in Circle. Every spell Kromac has is excellent, especially now that Gallows Groves are out. Lets jump right in.
Bestial: This spell is one of the main reasons Kromac is playable against so many different armies. Against Cryx it can prevent you from getting into situations where your beasts will be debuffed to laughable defensive stats and killed without having to include druids in your army at the heft point cost of 9. It shuts down a multitude of support pieces such as Arcanists, War Witch Sirens, Magisters and many other pesky solo spell casters. It is an excellent control piece and will be discussed later in great detail in my matchups section.
Inviolable Resolve: I think the part of this spell that reads Model/Unit is a trap. This belongs on Warbeasts in Kromac’s army. A Feral Warpwolf with this spell is almost as durable armor and box wise as a Khador heavy jack after warping ARM. A Woldguardian with this spell is even harder to kill. It gives your beasts staying power and should not be underestimated when combine with a defense of 14 on the Warp Wolves. This spell will be discussed more in the unit selection portion of this write up.
Rift: Ahh, Rift. One of the worst spells in the game. Kromac uses it to great effect when he has Gallows Groves. It is an excellent control piece, and answers some tough matchups. It deals with Kayazy amazingly well, it bogs down brick armies and forces activation orders that are not ideal in your Trollblood and Skorne match ups. It also utilizes your feat quite well, which I will get into later in the match up section.
Warpath: Warpath is Kromac’s most powerful spell. Warpath allows you to gain threat range, it allows you to distance yourself from your opponent, and it allows you to give all of your beasts a 3” mid activation move. It allows non pathfinder beasts to hide behind linear obstacles and still be able to charge (By advancing over them, then on their activation charging). The synergy with this skill and the Lightning Strike animus of the Warpwolf Stalker is astounding. Being able to retreat 6” away from your opponent is amazing, going 9” is even better.
Wild Aggression: This spell combined with Warpwolf Stalkers and Warpath is what really pushes Kromac over the top. It not only allows free charges but also takes the to-hit roll out of the equation against a lot of targets. With this spell you no longer have to factor in your attack roll failing your average damage per activation skyrockets. It makes the less efficient beasts of Circle into efficiency machines and gives you a lot of flexibility in what your beasts can do when combined with warpath.
FEAT:
Blood Rage: Kromac’s feat is something of a mystery to me. It’s the kind of feat that makes casters like Asphyxious1 good, yet it is so lack-luster on Kromac. That is probably because of his lack of a powerful offensive spell. Rift is good in the right situations, and every once in awhile you may be able to get an assassination off with it but I do not see that as the strength of this feat. It gives the ability to go into beast form, which is nice in a very small amount of situations. The 13” threat bubble of beast form Kromac is more a of deterrent than a real threat as it doesn’t really kill the heavy casters such as The Butcher or Terminus, and the support casters play so far back that it’s really a non-issue. Kromac is also quite squishy and if he is that far forward he is in quite a bit of danger. I think the power of this feat comes from two different lines of play. The first line of play is when you are going second against very spell heavy lists and want to put out all of your buffs and cast Bestial. Using your feat on your turn one in this way throws a lot of people off guard and can start your opponent on the back foot giving you an advantage. This is especially good against Cryx which has little to no shooting to kill Kromac allowing you to play very far forward and get very good use out of bestial. The second use is to control your opponents movement by arcing rift through gallows groves at their front line. It allows you to make a rather large section of rough terrain that they now have to deal with. POW7 blast is also not terrible against a lot of the light infantry in the game. Every once in awhile a Wilder has to Lightning Strike Kromac and he does kill quite a bit on his feat turn in melee… If only he could Warpath… *sigh* |
| Kromac in Beast form and Human form |
Table of Contents:
STATS:
Kromac is a very unique caster. In human form he is almost a pure support caster at MAT 6 POW 11 on Dusk and Dawn, rocking a DEF 15 and ARM14 he is very squishy and needs to play back. In beast form this changes a little. He becomes MAT 8 and POW 14 and gains 3 armor while retaining his fairly high defense of 15. In beast form he is now a rather formidable offensive force, but honestly is still not hard to kill. Do not be tricked into thinking he is a front line caster while in beast form. He will die, and you will lose.
SPELLS:
Kromac may have the best spell list in Circle. Every spell Kromac has is excellent, especially now that Gallows Groves are out. Lets jump right in.
Bestial: This spell is one of the main reasons Kromac is playable against so many different armies. Against Cryx it can prevent you from getting into situations where your beasts will be debuffed to laughable defensive stats and killed without having to include druids in your army at the heft point cost of 9. It shuts down a multitude of support pieces such as Arcanists, War Witch Sirens, Magisters and many other pesky solo spell casters. It is an excellent control piece and will be discussed later in great detail in my matchups section.
Inviolable Resolve: I think the part of this spell that reads Model/Unit is a trap. This belongs on Warbeasts in Kromac’s army. A Feral Warpwolf with this spell is almost as durable armor and box wise as a Khador heavy jack after warping ARM. A Woldguardian with this spell is even harder to kill. It gives your beasts staying power and should not be underestimated when combine with a defense of 14 on the Warp Wolves. This spell will be discussed more in the unit selection portion of this write up.
Rift: Ahh, Rift. One of the worst spells in the game. Kromac uses it to great effect when he has Gallows Groves. It is an excellent control piece, and answers some tough matchups. It deals with Kayazy amazingly well, it bogs down brick armies and forces activation orders that are not ideal in your Trollblood and Skorne match ups. It also utilizes your feat quite well, which I will get into later in the match up section.
Warpath: Warpath is Kromac’s most powerful spell. Warpath allows you to gain threat range, it allows you to distance yourself from your opponent, and it allows you to give all of your beasts a 3” mid activation move. It allows non pathfinder beasts to hide behind linear obstacles and still be able to charge (By advancing over them, then on their activation charging). The synergy with this skill and the Lightning Strike animus of the Warpwolf Stalker is astounding. Being able to retreat 6” away from your opponent is amazing, going 9” is even better.
Wild Aggression: This spell combined with Warpwolf Stalkers and Warpath is what really pushes Kromac over the top. It not only allows free charges but also takes the to-hit roll out of the equation against a lot of targets. With this spell you no longer have to factor in your attack roll failing your average damage per activation skyrockets. It makes the less efficient beasts of Circle into efficiency machines and gives you a lot of flexibility in what your beasts can do when combined with warpath.
FEAT:
BEATS WRITE UPs:
Argus: The Argus brings some interesting flexibilities into this list. The animus giving pathfinder at first look seems useful for Feral Warpwolves and Ghetorix, both of which lack it innately. Doppler bark gives your HORDES match ups a little boost, but at RAT4 is unreliable at best when looking towards the higher defense targets, and at SP6 you are probably losing your Argus to whatever it just barked at, charge or no unless you use Warpath to gain a little distance. I think the largest application of the Argus' Doppler Bark is dropping defense of Legion heavies under Saeryn's feat to allow your infantry to shoot them effectively while they are in melee. The problem I have with the inclusion of an Argus for its animus is that you cannot benefit from both Lightning Strike and Tracker. You must choose between the two, and Lightning Strike will win that choice every time. All in all, I think the list synergy is stronger with other choices but the Argus is absolutely not a terrible option.
Gorax: The Gorax is a staple of all Circle armies and nothing changes for this one. It's animus, Primal, allows your beasts to crush even the toughest of heavy 'jacks/beasts as well as allowing them to reliably hit high defenses. It is an excellent late game piece by its self and has the potential when buffed by Kromac to kill Warcasters and Warlocks alike. Its Fury 4 is incredible and all for a very low point cost of 4. The Gorax is a must for this army, no matter the goal of attrition or assassination.
Woldwatcher: The Woldwatcher aids heavily in mitigating Kromac's medium base and low defesive stats from range -- he also gives an animus that prevents knockdown, one of the starting moves to most ranged assassinations. At a point cost of 5 he is simply too expensive to put into an already very tight list consdiering he brings nothing else to Kromac's army.
Woldwyrd: The Woldwyrd has negative synergy with Kromac. It gets to shoot things that cast spells, and Kromac stops spell casting. Its animus effects too small of an area to be considered usefull for Kromac as Bestial probably covers much of the same area. I would put this into an unsable catagory for Kromac.
Shadowhorn Satyr: The Shadowhorn Satyr is even weaker on its base stats than a Gnarlhorn, but it gains a very large amount of mobility with bounding leap. Its animus is quite sub-par when compared to the Gnarlhorn's and is almost never worth it in a Kromac army that wants Lightning Strike anyways. He does have an extremely long and versatile threat range thanks to warpath and leap, and with his animus can be forced to Two-Handed-Throw from outside of your control area pitching their caster (hopefully) to its death. Inclusion may be considered for Assassination lists, but other options are probably better.
Gnarlhorn Satyr: The Gnarlhorn can make this list into a very fast assassination style list simply by his inclusion. Bounding is an incredibly powerful animus as it not only increases threat range, but also makes tramples into a very viable way to clear infantry, or an excellent way to get past a large amount of small bases. The animus its self is excellent, but the beast is unfortunately lacking in many ways. Its relatively low base power with no way to increase it except Primal leaves the beast rather useless in the heavy killing department, its lack of reach leaves it lacking in the infantry killing department. Warpath helps it kill infantry, but that applies to all Warbeasts, not just this guy. It is mediocre at both, but excels at neither. At 8 points he is rather cheap and can be included in Kromac armies that are aiming to abuse Bounding (though this does mean you do not get Lightning Strike, a huge negative in my book.).
Feral Warpwolf: The Feral Warpwolf was something I massively underestimated when I started playing Kromac. I saw the lack of Pathfinder and lack of reach as a complete let down and dismissed it immediately for a Woldguardian. I was wrong. The Feral adds a huge amount of flexibility to this list because of its warps. The ability to warp SPD is an excellent synergy with Lightning Strike. The ability to warp for ARM is an excellent synergy with Inviolable Resolve giving him 20 armor. His STR warp is obviously useful for killing hard targets, and can save you the use of Primal. He is also a living beast, so he may be effected by Primal. His base MAT7 means he will not benefit much from Wild Aggression when attacking heavy targets allowing you to keep Inviolable Resolve on him and Wild Aggression on a Stalker. His large amount of HP (28) also allow him to survive quite a bit more than a Stalker, especially when at ARM 20. He is an excellent choice in all Kromac lists.
Pureblood Warpwolf: The Pureblood is an interesting choice as well. He brings some flexibility because of his Ghostly warp (and the ability to give it to other Warp Wolves), and his spray. My problems with the Pureblood is his offensive potential. He is worse than both the Feral and the Stalker in combat, required primal to kill almost every heavy in the game, and his spray is rather inaccurate. You may boost it but that is not efficient use of Fury, and is a rather expensive way to trigger warpath with so many other excellent, cheap options. With a wilder at his side he can spray, boost 4 times and then have the Fury Conditioned off of him, but now your paying 11 points for this package, and losing your wilder to cast other Animi. His animus is extreamly powerful, but also extremely corner-case. In most cases our models do not care about spell buffs. Defendersward on infantry? Who cares, we have Wild Aggression and high base POW. Arcane shield is the same argument. The only real application I see this animus applying to is Iron Flesh. Wild Aggression is nice against this, but when it is on Kayazy you really need a little more. Primal is simply not efficient enough because you give up your next turn which is a HUGE waste on Kayazy. The Pureblood's animus lets you kill the Kayazy reliably and still retain your next turn. If Khador turns into a huge portion of the national meta, Inclusion of the Pureblood will be very important. Until then, I suggest more efficient options.
Warpwolf Stalker: This is the lynchpin of this army. He is what makes it work. Inclusion is mandatory. The Stalker's animus, Lightning Strike, is what ties the entire army together. The fact he also has high POW on his weapons, Reach, Pathfidner, excellent choices for Controlled Warping give him huge variety, and excellent synergy with Kromac makes him an auto-include for this list. When he is effected by Wild Aggression he becomes an effeciency monster. If he warps for STR, he can kill heavy jacks in one round and sprint back to safety. He can warp for Berserk and get into a unit of infantry killing 3-4 of them, Warpathing up to more and continuing his murder spree only to Sprint back to safety. You can combine his Sprint and Lightning Strike moves to get a 9" retreat if the situation calls for it, making him very difficult to get to in subsequent turns. Stalkers use the spell Wild Aggression better than any other warbeast and should always be your priority target for it, unless you have a beast going in for an assassination.
Woldwarden: Kromac would make excellent use of a Woldwarden as a rotating buff machine, but for 9 points I would like it to be able to kill things in a Kromac list. I think you could get away with a Woldwarden at very high points levels (75+) to cycle around Wild Aggression, but at MAT 6 POW 15 he is rather useless to this army. None of Kromac's buffs work on him, and neither does Primal so he becomes much less effecient combined with his high price tag would make his inclusion less than ideal.
Woldguardian: The Woldguardian fills a very unique role in this army, and I played with one in my list for a good 6-8 months including masters at WARMACHINE Weekend. Its high natural armor and high amount of HP make it an excellent attrition piece, especially when buffed with Inviolable Resolve. It is a very slow model which is aided by Warpath and the inclusion of Blackclad Wayfarer's in the army. His animus gives Kromac a reasonable chance of surviving most assassinations that are based on ranged attacks, and basically makes himself immune to shooting. The problems with this beast come in when you take into account his base SPD 4, his inability to utilize Lightning Strike properly and the impossibility of using fury to heal him. In an army who's goal is to never let your opponents make attacks giving them a juicy 9 point pinata that is SPD4 for the entire army to converge on is not really in-line with the goal. His low box count on Mind and Spirit is rough because once they are blown out the beast becomes mostly useless giving him artificially high hit points (Much akin to destroying Warjacks weapon systems). I think he can have a place in a Kromac army as an objective holder/clearer because of Ram, but I do not think he makes the cut at 50 points. He is now also in contention for receiving Inviolable Resolve with Ghetorix. Both cannot have it, and both want it so badly. I will get into this point more in the list construction portion of this thread.
Megalith: Many of the same things apply to Megalith that apply to the Woldwarden in this case, and even more so because you are using arguably the best character beast we have in a sub-optimal way now that character restrcitions are in effect. Megalith's animus is amazing in this army -- it helps Stalkers hit infantry and helps mitigate the counter-punch of most armies. I would much rather have Megalith in a Baldur or Mohsar army.
Scarsfel Griffin: I really like this little guy. When buffed with Primal and Wild Aggression he is a rather nasty assassination from a decent threat range with a decent chance of sealing the deal. He is excellent for creating warpath triggers reliably and benefits greatly from Lightning Strike. Long Leash basically lets him go anywhere he wants and still be able to boost as well as benefit from Warpath. At 5 points he is in no way a cheap option and unfortunately does not hit hard enough, or have reach to kill infantry so he cannot really be included in the main list. I feel the Scarsfel Griffin is somewhere I have a lot of learning to do, and may have many applications inside of a reinforcements build. The access to 2 handed throws/slams from this guy are pretty high, and I think that's really what I like about him.
Winter Argus: This little fella does almost nothing for Kromac. His animus costs too much, his ranged is too low and unreliable and he lacks in hitting power. He does not utilize Kromac's buffs well and brings little to the army. Inclusion is not suggested.
Ghetorix: Ghetorix is the icing on the cake. Kromac was already an incredibly powerful caster, and had all of the tools he needed to get the job done. Now that we also have Ghetorix his tool bag not only expanded, but upgraded. Ghetorix has many of the same strengths as the Stalker (reach, high pow attacks etc), but he loses Pathfinder. His increased durability alone is enough to take him in the list, but also his increased MAT (making him not as hungry for Wild Aggression) and increased POW (removing much of the need to Primal him) are both very strong improvements over the rest of our beast options. His warps are very unique. Snacking gives him tremendous staying power if your opponents run infantry and fail to kill him in one round. Hyper-Aggressive gives you some very interesting anti-shooting options. If they shoot you early, you may be able to advance into cover. If they shoot you late, you can step over an obsticle you're hiding behind and get off a charge. It makes your opponent have to make alot of choices -- and can get them killed if they mess up. The ability to move during your opponents turn should NEVER be underestimated. Ghetorix is another prime target for Inviolable Resolve. His base armor of 17 jumps to 19 vs shooting, and because of Unyeilding to 21 in melee. DEF 14 ARM 21 with 28 boxes is an incredibly durable beast that is very difficult kill, which is somthing this army has never had before.
INFANTRY WRITE UPs:
Druids of Orboros: Quite a pricey unit, but they do bring a bit to the table. With their UA they are 9 points, give you a high powered large template, allow you to pull enemy heavies into your ranks for easy slaughter. They give you some defensive perks as well the clouds they make can block LOS to Kromac, allowing him to play a little farther forward vs shooting armies. Countermagic is excellent, but does not stack well with Bestial. They both serve the same purpose, and they both do it well. I don't personally include druids in the list because I beleive a more aggressive will always do better than a passive list. Druids of oroboros create a manner of "sitting back and waiting" required, allowing skilled opponents to maneuver around you to avoid the force bolts, or get into better position for scenarios. Also, pulling their heavy into your lines is not a huge deal when you already get a 9" retreat should you need it. Do you need them to be 5" closer, and then retreat 9"? It seems like over kill.
Druid Stoneward & Woldstalkers: Woldstalkers do everything. They kill infantry. They damage Warjacks/Beasts. They annihilate heavy infantry. They solo hunt. With their high base offensive stats (RNG10 and POW12) and their average RAT6, these guys look pretty good on paper. Once you add in their special rules you get a mind blowlingly good ranged support unit. Zephyr allows them to stand still and aim against infantry giving you RAT8 alot of the time. Concentrated Fire allows you to hit those pesky DEF10 heavies reliably, and still do damage (finishing up at pow 16, which is nothing to scoff at. They can play denial by advancing, shooting then Zephyr'ing backwards. Zephyr stops them from being tied up in melee and keeps your forces mobile. If you need it, Woldstalkers even have a 19" threat range (Walk 6" Zephyr 3" Shoot 10"). Because of their range 10, they can fight more to the sides of the battle, thus not clogging up the center. If they do get engaged the ability to zephyr out of melee to make room for a berserking Stalker is a rather important part as well. Their versatility and high offesive output is what makes their inclusion immenent.
Sentry Stone & Mannikins: The Sentry Stone is as interesting choice for Kromac. It does not really bring anything to Kromac's list and doesn't really give you any benefits. The sprays from the Mannikins at RAT4 with no way of increasing it is pretty much useless and their melee attacks are in the same vein. Your bonuses are in the creation of forests and magical weapons. You can hide stalkers in the forests and use them to block charge lanes, while useful, does not justify the 3 points. All in all, I do not think it is worthwhile for Kromac.
Shifting Stones: Another backbone peice of this list. Shifting stones promote extreame mobility, they allow you to run so many beasts so hot, they can heal systems that have been destroyed to save your order of activations, and in a pinch they are excellent at clogging charge lanes to your models. With their extreamly high ARM of 18 they are a very durable support peice. They placement effects they give to your beasts combine with Warpath allow you to get places that nobody ever expects. If they do expect it, it creates a huge mental drain on them trying to figure out all of the angles. Their weakness is shooting -- which is partially answered by the Stone Keeper giving one unit stealth. Some armies still answer the stones, but many cannot. We will talk about this more in the matchups section.
Reeves of Oroboros: Reeves of Oroboros are far too many points for consideration with Kromac. The 1 point per model price tag is far outshined by both Blood Trackers and Woldstalkers. They can trigger Warpath reliably, but so can the previously listed options for less points. I do not think the benefits of Reeves, namely hunter, outweigh their extreme point costs, low RAT and low POW.
Tharn Bloodtrackers: Another power house unit. These ladies pack a punch, are difficult to kill and trigger Warpath very, very well. Their only problem is that they usually have to play in a central location, and are quite dependant on prey. With Prey, the massacre infantry and put good damage onto a jack/beast. Without prety, they still do pretty well against most infantry, but their damage output to jacks/beasts drops rather drastically. With a Kromac army you need to be able to trigger Warpath consistently. Blood trackers are excellent at this, if they can get to an infantry unit that is their prey. If an opponent is keeping your Prey from you, or simply running to the other side of the board that is badnews for you. You may not have the turn it takes to reposition the trackers to their prey, and in doing say you may clog all of your charge lanes/retreat paths for your beasts. They are too dependant on prey for this list. I will disucss this more in the List Construction section.
Tharn Bloodweavers: Dispel. Its the strength of these models. Its why you put them in lists. The rest is just gravy. Kromac can use dispel, and he needs dispel. The problem is that they are Melee, unreliable to hit what Kromac needs dispelled (Which is Iron Flesh) and generally not very synergistic with the rest of the army. They are very fast, and make an excellent reinforcement. -- but they are not what you want in infantry units for Kromac.
Tharn Wolfriders: The Wolfriders do much the same thing as the blood trackers, but are much faster. They are, unfortunatly, also easier to kill due to their lack of stealth. They are slightly more consistant than Blood Trackers due to Lucky, but they get half as many shots so it is a slightly skewed perspective. They are too many points for too few activations, and triggers. They are also so fast they quickly out run Kromac's control area for the purposes of Warpath.
Tharn Ravagers: Tharn Ravagers simply cost too many points to be included in a Kromac army. This is a rather comical statement as they are almost the entirety of Kromac's theme force. They hit relatively hard at a high MAT, but their survivability is very low. Inviolable Resolve helps them out quite a bit but as discussed in the spells section seems to work out much better protecting your beasts. There simply is not enough room to include these and get everything else you want in your list.
Warpborn Skinwalkers: Skinwalkers are almost the complete opposite of what you want in an infantry unit for Kromac. They are slow, not ranged, and must be commited to fight. Their base SPD5 is slightly mitigated by their reach. MAT6 is horrendous with no way to buff it inside of the army, and CMA on a 5 man unit of medium based infantry is not really effective. Couple this with a moderate price point of 8 points for the full unit they bring almost nothing we want to the table. What they do being is the excellent ability to tie things up, especially once Inviolable Resolve is on them. DEF 12 ARM 20 in melee is excellent. Unfortunatly, that causes two problems. Primarily, it gives your opponent somthing to attack while giving you little benefit of their death. Sure, they tanked a heavy warjack for a turn (maybe two, depending on what else was or wasn't around), but now your out the points, and have lost another source of Warpath when a unit of shifting stones may have been able to do the same thing for 1/4th the cost. The second issue is they pretty much require Inviolable Resolve to stand up to any decent amount of punishment, which takes it away from your Feral or Ghetorix, both of which will use it far better.
Wolves of Orboros: This is a great well rounded infantry unit. It is an accurate unit (MAT8 on the charge) and hits reasonably hard once per game. Its fast, durable and reliable. The only problem with these guys in Kromac is that they are Melee. You really need ranged fighters for several reasons (Discussed in list construction), and these are no different. I do think at higher point games you can get away with running Wolves as a flanking force playing the side of the table that's weakest. This would probably also make me take Morraig as he is a very solid choice if you are already taking Wolves.
SOLOS WRITE UPs:
Blackclad Wayfarer: This guy is a trap. For the longest time I loved the Black Clad in my Kromac lists. It increases threat range, it clears clutter and it grabs points. All great benefits right? Right. It also doesn't trigger Warpath with its spray, artificially increases threat range with hunters mark and gives free charges to models that already get them with Wild Aggression.
Druid Wilder: Druid Wilder's are one of the best things we got out of Mk2. The ability to cast an animus per turn is incredibly good with the Warp Wolf Stalker and the Gorax, two of Circles best warbeasts. The fact she can also remove fury in a pinch, and extend your control area when you're going for an assassination is incredible. She should be in almost every army that is running the Gorax/Stalker package at 50 points. At 35 she becomes a luxury we cannot always afford. Her excellent defensive stats also make her great for clogging points or charge lanes.
Reeve Hunter: The Reeve Hunter has little to no synergy inside of this list. His ranged attack has potential to trigger Warpath, and the inclusion of War Wolves to increase his efficiency is out of the question due to point restrictions.
Tharn Ravager Whitemane: The Whitemane is another one of Circle's ways to clear large amounts of infantry. Were as this is a very useful tool to have, Kromac is not really its place. We actually want quite the opposite -- we do not want to kill a whole unit of infantry in one turn. We need those infantry to trigger Warpath. We need those infantry for our army to function. Your goal should be to kill all of the infantry that can threaten your pieces. He also adds little to the army, as melee units don't trigger Warpath effectively as we have seen above. He also has a few major flaws such as tough, undead, or construct infantry. Not a terrible choice, not the best choice.
War Wolf: Circle simply has better one point options in the Gallows Grove or Swamp Gobbers.
Lord of the Feast: The Lord of the Feast has a very unique and non-linear synergy inside of this list. When your list is based on never giving your opponents anything to attack, usually you end up getting pushed off of objectives. The Lord with Inviolable Resolve on him becomes a very durable piece that can get into places nobody else can. This is a benefit because it can slow, or reduce your opponents advance to objectives. He excels at disruption and is invaluable in that regard, well worth his 4 points. I do not know if he is worth the points at 50, but I have found ways to squeak him in at lower point levels where his buffed ARM19 is extremely difficult to deal with without allocating way more points than he worth.
Wolf Lord Morraig: This guy is a total beast. When run with wolves he hits about the hardest of anything we have, and more accurate than anything we have. The problem is the price tag. 5 points for him, 8 more for the wolves makes him a very expensive package. He is excellent, but unfortunately I do not think Kromac has the points, or the space on the table to run him. Wolves get in the way too much, and a tar pit unit is not really in Kromac's budget or strength. It doesn't bring enough to the board to justify the inclusion.
Gallows Grove: Gallows Groves slingshot this army from amazing to out of control. They give Kromac a feat that is offensive instead of defensive. They remove tough, which can be a problem for triggering Warpath as well as Lightning Strike. They block charge lanes, and allow Kromac to stand were he wants to, instead of where he needs to. Being able to channel Rift makes the spell significantly better, and really allows its use. In match ups were Bestial is not required, now Kromac has an excellent control spell in Rift. He can also spread animi over the battlefield allowing his army to spread out much more. This allows for better positioning for both attrition and objectives.
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