Sentinels

[gorillanator]

I feel I am either missing a great counter against or weak point of the Sentinels because they just seem way too damn powerful.

Am I?

They have IMO the one of the best staying powers in the game and add the severely undercosted Raelin and you have three units who aren't easily killed and have enough attack to eventually do some damage to your army.

[K/H_Addict]

nope. i suggest Braxas, Grimnak, or Jotun+Lava.

[fejkl]

nope. i suggest Braxas, Grimnak, or Jotun+Lava

Jotun can't throw flying units, but Grimnak and Braxas are also good counters. The Marrdens work wonders on them with the plague, too (if you can roll the D20 well).

[K/H_Addict]

i forgot about the non-flying part (only used him once so far), but his 8 attack can easily counter the 4x2 defense of the sentinels.

[ultradoug]

Deadly Stare.

[Oprime]

Murphy works good if ya get the whip crackin'

[Jormi_Boced]

Deadeye Dan as well as any unit with high attack value.

[Rÿchean]

MBS all the way...very cheap

[geddy lifeson]

I agree on MBS. With his quick movement against the slowness of sentinels it gives you the best chance.

[gorillanator]

Ok thanks and from what you guys have given me it is good the Sentinels are medium sized or they would be ridiculous.

[markwars]

It may seem obvious but the Minions work pretty well against them too.

[netherspirit]

It may seem obvious but the Minions work pretty well against them too.

Its pretty much a coin flip when pitting Sentinels up against Minions.

Hounds on the other hand are 71% against the Sentinels :)

Charos is at 98% against the Sentinels.

[markwars]

Two things...

1. My point is that the Minions are the most obvious counter to the Sentinels....just look at them.

2. Where do you guys get those percentages? And has anyone compiled a list of ever unit's percentages against ever other unit?

[netherspirit]

Moving this to Official Units.

1. Yes I know, I was just pointing out that it could go either way with the Minions

2. The Matchup Calculator. (http://math.lfc.edu/~yuen/heroscape/matchup.pl) Thats a lot of combinations.

[markwars]

Thanks for pointing that out. The huge list sounds like an ultradoug project.... :P

[Tiberius]

Most the people at my place that play sentinals have notoriously bad luck so we tend to kill them easily with almost anything, typically vipers. Though if I had to pick a good counter, the mardens and dead eye work best for me.

[DW13k]

Does anyone else feel the same way about the Sentenials? I mean, they have 4 defense, shield of jandar, and they can fly. To me that seems a little hard to kill. Anyone else feel the same or different?

[Wilkerson74]

I admit ...they can be hard to kill, specially with a height bonus, glyphs, realin, or anything else that can boost their already formidable defense. But, on the bright side, they work as good counters for the minions, and they only have a movement of 4. If ur worried about their unfairness...draft them all before your opponent does, make it unfair in ur favor.

[netherspirit]

Merging....please look before starting new threads....

[Agent Minivann]

It was said earlier, but Me Burq Sa is a great choice. If you play your cards right, you can always stay out of melee range due to high movement and range. That being the case, it's just a matter of time before the dice start working with you.

[ultradoug]

Thanks for pointing that out. The huge list sounds like an ultradoug project.... :P

eh?
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[Captians Courageous]

A single single squad of Sentinels are a beautiful thing when facing Jotun or anyone of the dragons... otherwise I generally don't use them.

[darkclown789]

nope. i suggest Braxas, Grimnak, or Jotun+Lava

Jotun can't throw flying units, but Grimnak and Braxas are also good counters. The Marrdens work wonders on them with the plague, too (if you can roll the D20 well).

He meant the Jotun from the 3rd master set, who does knockback damage, thus sending the sentinels into the lava.

~Darkclown

[Revdyer]

The thing that turned out at the DFW tourney to be the most effective against my Sentinels was a Q9 rolling nine single dice against them, waiting for a wiff. Q9 killed one each turn (for two out of three turns and then was killed by my 4th Mass).

[marro_master]

just go marrden hound, sentinels don't even get a defence roll, or i have seen subakna take them on with his high attack.