now that hobgoblin wolf riders got a boost from the vanguard rule and getting ranks but took a blow from, any character joining them prevents them from counting as fast cav, and cav getting nerfed in general. what kind of new strategies can we use with them now?
I heard that the main rulebook has an errata that makes mounted characters on small mounts into fast cavalry automatically. Not checked it out myself yet though.
Only if the mount itself has the fast cavalry rule.
For what i've read putting them in units of 12 you get half a chance to negate ranks for one or two rounds...
I was wondering if anyone has tried to run units of 15. its expensive but it has room to take casualties.
Don't know if this helps, but in the Chaos Dwarf RH (2 page army book) it specifically says that hobgoblins on wolf are fast cavalry.
Doesn't this mean that a hobgoblin hero counts as fast cav when mounted on a wolf?
Alas, it means he doesn't. There is nothing specifying that a Hobgoblin hero on wolf counts as fast cavalry, which is annoying.
It's the same with Goblins and everyone else though. As far as I'm aware, the only actual mount in the game that is specified as Fast Cavalry is the Steed of Slaanesh.