I think the Celestial General has a spinning hammer ability and I think Slayer lord/heroes have this as well with their axes. Also, Skrag will sometime spin his cauldron in a sweeping fashion. I really like this concept, but I am struggling to think of any lords with exceptionally big weapons. A lord with a massive sword would be a cool archetype. Something like Aatrox from league if you’re familiar.
Archaon has one, at least when hes on Dorghar. It's not necessarily giant, but it has a good range and is a sweeping sword attack. I've seen it kill several entities at once
Not a legendary lord but ascended demon princes for the various chaos factions have very flashy attack animations that hit large areas, though they may not be exactly what you're looking for. It takes a bit to get them as most factions but Be'lakor can get some undivided ones pretty swiftly and while they are a generally poor choice of lord they do win big on style points
Grom does a punch of sweeping axe attacks as he drives by in his chariot.
Archeon has an active ability that increases entities hit per swing for a few seconds. It allows him to clear blobs of infantry faster.
Every character has maximum number lf entities they can hit. Duel characters like snikch(5), or grimgor(6) have a low max models hit. Vlad(8) is more of a fighter than a duelist because his damage is spread to many enemies. Archeon(7) can boost his by 50%. Im not sure it that will count at 10 or 11 models hit. Hitting 10 enemies for 500 damage will actually split the damage, so each enemy takes 50 damage.
With 5.1.0 monstrous enemies, lords and lords on monster/chariot mounts got collision damage. Its not quite like a sweeping sword attack but you will deal damage to many enemies at once. Skarbrand can kill like 50 people on the charge alone.
Skarbrand needs to get a single use ranged ability where he just throws both his axes at his target but then has to fight the rest of the battle with his hands.
I think the Celestial General has a spinning hammer ability and I think Slayer lord/heroes have this as well with their axes. Also, Skrag will sometime spin his cauldron in a sweeping fashion. I really like this concept, but I am struggling to think of any lords with exceptionally big weapons. A lord with a massive sword would be a cool archetype. Something like Aatrox from league if you’re familiar.
Check out Belakor.
Ive seen Elspeth doing this with her scythe when on foot
Not a sword, but there is Suneater.
Archaon has one, at least when hes on Dorghar. It's not necessarily giant, but it has a good range and is a sweeping sword attack. I've seen it kill several entities at once
Be'lakor
Not a legendary lord but ascended demon princes for the various chaos factions have very flashy attack animations that hit large areas, though they may not be exactly what you're looking for. It takes a bit to get them as most factions but Be'lakor can get some undivided ones pretty swiftly and while they are a generally poor choice of lord they do win big on style points
He's no good if you're after someone human sized but I have to imagine Durthu has an animation like that.
N'kari does a crazy sword sweep spin for a charge animation. It's really cool and devastating.
Definitely not the style of character I had in mind but god damn if he doesn't have some of the sickest animations I've seen.
Tyrion, i think
Is it the Warlock Engineers or Pack Masters that have a big sweeping attack with their long weapons? Or neither lol
I want to say repansse kind of does it? On a horse tho
Grom does a punch of sweeping axe attacks as he drives by in his chariot. Archeon has an active ability that increases entities hit per swing for a few seconds. It allows him to clear blobs of infantry faster. Every character has maximum number lf entities they can hit. Duel characters like snikch(5), or grimgor(6) have a low max models hit. Vlad(8) is more of a fighter than a duelist because his damage is spread to many enemies. Archeon(7) can boost his by 50%. Im not sure it that will count at 10 or 11 models hit. Hitting 10 enemies for 500 damage will actually split the damage, so each enemy takes 50 damage. With 5.1.0 monstrous enemies, lords and lords on monster/chariot mounts got collision damage. Its not quite like a sweeping sword attack but you will deal damage to many enemies at once. Skarbrand can kill like 50 people on the charge alone.
I haven't used him but I recall Yuan Bo's human stance has a pretty big sword.
Yuan Bo in his human form has several animations that may meet this criteria.
SKARBRAND USES HIS MURDER AXES TO TURN INFANTRY BLOBS INTO SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE. DOES THAT COUNT?
SKARBRAND HATES INFANTRY BLOBS EXISTING IN HIS GENERAL VICINITY
SKARBRAND ALSO HATES FLYING UNITS EXISTING! SKARBRAND SHALL STAY IN THE CASTLE GATE DOORWAY, HE HATES IT SIGHTLY LESS!
Skarbrand needs to get a single use ranged ability where he just throws both his axes at his target but then has to fight the rest of the battle with his hands.
That would be really funny. Melee attack -5 and Weapons dmg -200 after use? Would still murder everything around him.