Quote Originally Posted by PraetorDragoon View Post
The difference between shields & knives isn't that big, but when you wipe an enemy that charges you with shield parries you feel good. But if you want all with knives for that large number of attacks then there is nothing wrong with it.

You'll be surprised how good that 6" range on being able to pile in and attack combined with 2" melee is. There are some tricks you can avoid by skipping the charge phase.
Yeah, the range seems like a big deal for actually getting your attacks off. Melee hordes with 1'' range have a hard time, since most of your guys are wasted, especially if you face a small unit/hero. Case in point, I recently played a match with my stormcasts vs. another stormcast player with a huge blob of sequitors. I managed to negate them for most of the game by charging one end with my fulminators. He only ever had 5 guys or so fighting out of 30; even once they managed to pile in only so many could get in range.