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Re: The Book of Minions of Utgar
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My instinct is that it's worth springing for a third squad of Minions
That is probably better most of the time. I did a little bit of playtesting, and found that the KMA could easily get height and pick of Atlaga in the first round. ( Or at least damage him) The minions have no choice but to kill them, leaving them vunerable to ranged attacks from the enemy's start zone. I was playing on a very small map, but without someother solid type unit, Atlaga becomes a huge target. If he goes down you have nine four-move minions without much ranged support.(Exept Repulsors, which are really ment to deal with a screen)

Despite what I said above, I agree with you about bringing three sqauds of minions, just pointing out that if Atlaga dies their could be problems.
Point taken. With some of the GenCon maps like "just passing through", there really is no place to stash a cheerleader/cleanup figure out of first-strike range. On just about every other map, though, I can put him 14+ hexes back from the opposing start zone, where almost all opposing figures have to spend two turns moving to get in threat range.

In a lot of cases, though, I'm going to pull Atlaga out early anyway. Bolt of Witherwood is a lot more valuable at the beginning of a battle than at the end. I can see myself putting round 2 OM 1 on Atlaga, and taking a shot at whatever the lynchpin opposing hero is. Sure, this exposes Atlaga a bit, but if my opponent is concentrating on Atlaga, then I can probably bring 6+ minions into the middle of the map (beyond any rat screen) before he goes down, and they can work from there even if they lose the move bonus. Much like Raelin, Atlaga can earn his value simply by getting targeted and brought down.
I agree, but Atlaga is fragile enough, that you may never have a chance to witherwood. I was going to witherwood Q9, but he queglixed me to death in one turn. Alot of this is OM placement, If you can go in w/ Atlaga, and correctly predict when he is going to die, and after that have OM's on minions your opponent will be in trouble.
As many have said, though, Witherwood is just icing on the cake, not the main reason you draft Atlaga. If he dies before using it, it's not the worst thing that could happen. I think the threat of Witherwood is probably more valuable than actually getting to use it during a game.

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