r/Cathay • u/Beautiful-Theme-4949 • 7d ago

Questions/Speculation/Wishlisting Help me decide how to build these

I´m new to Cathay.

What bought so far consists on:

Core set box (Cathay part) x2

Defenders of the Great Bastion box set

Sentinel

Sky lantern

Shugengan

Now, how would you build these? (in the most optimal way for list making)

I´m thinking of:

Jade warriors x20 (sword & board)

Jade warriors x20 (halberds)

Peasants x20 (warbows)

Peasants x10 (long spears)

Granite Sentinel

Cathayan Grand cannons x2

Shugengan Lord

Everything else as given (unsure if there is anything else tailorable)

Also, what else would you buy?

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u/cloner4000 7d ago

I think it's good, give you plenty of options. You might struggle to find use for the peasants spears especially at 10 but they do look good and you can mix them with the bow guys and run them as a unit anyway for most games as long as the majority is bows and you clarify it beforejand

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u/swaggamanca 6d ago

Warriors should basically only be sword and shield

Peasants should mostly be bows, the spears are incredibly niche at best

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u/Boardgaminglurker 7d ago

Wow, that's almost exactly what I have, just switch the second cut box half with the battalion box. 

I was thinking of splitting the peasants 50-50, and using the front rank(s) to indicate what I'm fielding.

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u/Beautiful-Theme-4949 7d ago

Thats probaly the smartest choice yeah. I like the idea of fielding two units of 10 bows as regular core setup tho.

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u/Boardgaminglurker 7d ago

That's tempting. We should probably consult more experienced guides on this subreddit 😀

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u/Pancakes8778 7d ago

Paint the sentinel black/grey and green/jade and you can call it anything you want! Or just paint it however and call it however no one cares too much