The Elf Dragonkith looks like a very solid piece and I have heard of great things from him, especially in sealed events.Â

But what are some solid warbands with him in 200 point constructed?Â

Is he better in CG, being brough in via Storm and now Fearless?  Plus there are cheap dragons (Crested Felldrakes) available to pair with him.Â

Can the Elf Dragonkith be useful in LG?  Is there a useful dragon that he can be paired with to gain Dragon Bolstered?

In either faction, how do you overcome his slow speed 4?Â

He seems well costed at 38 points.Â

My initial try at using the Elf Dragonkith was in CG in the following warband:

Storm 57
Elf Dragonkith 38
Elf Dragonkith 38
Gnome Trickster 27
Crested Felldrake 5
Crested Felldrake 5
Half Ogre Barbarian 25
T Wolf 5

Anyone else have any success with the Elf Dragonkith?Â

Have you had a chance to play this variation in a constructed event?  As I'm sure you know - this is exactly the band I won a local event with a number of weeks ago.

I keep trying to find ways to improve it in CG but it just seems to really gel as it is.  With respect to the Dragonkith in LG - I really like the idea of using a high commander rating since map initiative will be very important.  I don't think they'd be too much fun to play on Dragondown Grotto!

That said - I'm thinking Sword of Heironeous or Cleric of Dol Arrah.  I like the Sword since she leaves you enough room for the Golden Protector and other support.  Of course, with the cleric you'd probably instead want to go with the Dragonborn Fighter since he'd now be fearless.

Along those lines you could do:

Cleric of Dol Arrah
2x Elf Dragonkith
Warweaver
Dragonborn Fighter
WF Scout
Timber Wolf
M@A

or

Cleric of Dol Arrah
Couatl
2x Elf Dragonkith
Dragonborn Fighter
Aasimar Fighter
M@A

In the second build, you lose your tile grabber and an activation but gain more SS and energy protection that could otherwise really hurt your band.

I must say that I very much disagree.  I do concede that the bands you are suggesting aren't very good, but it is possible to make a strong Dragonkith band.  This thread is mostly people tossing out untested ideas of how to use the piece.  Many of the ideas will never pan out but some are worthwhile.

The band originally posted by Sirohk was the one I used in a tournament shortly after Bloodwar came out (mid-november I believe, the report should be here somewhere).

Anyway - I went undefeated through the tournament against a fairly strong and diverse field.  To be quite honest, the matches weren't even that close.  I needed a couple good rolls to finish off a LSD in the second round, a FGFP routed off the board in the third (though I didn't need it to for the win) and I won my map more than average but you can say that about just about any band that wins a tournament.

It's exactly this dismissive attitude that prevents people from seeing the strengths, weaknesses and synergies that are less obvious in a given piece.  When one or two bands are being played all the time it's either because there are no better bands or simply that no one can think of a better band.  I honestly think that with the number of nuances involved in building and playing a warband, it's more the latter than the former.  People don't seem to recognize that even very small changes to a warband can take it from terrific to terrible or vice versa.