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The Book of Marrden Nagrubs
The Book of Marrden Nagrubs ________________________________________________________________Swarm of the Marro - Master Set 2
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If you cannot see the Army Card graphic, check Hasbro's Unit Page for stats and special powers, plus "character biography" and other non-game unit info. Character Bio: The Marrden Nagrubs are not of the race of Marro, but so often appear with them on the field of battle that they are always associated with them in the minds of their enemies. Appearing to be some type of deadly massive hound, they are fierce monsters showing even fiercer loyalty to their Marro Hivelord master. Jungle thatches, swampy marshes, and mountain cliff faces seem to be no barrier to a running Marrden Nagrub as it moves swiftly over the most difficult levels of terrain. Ferocious fighting creatures, they show no sign of leaving a battle once the combat begins. In the thick of the deadliest fighting, the giant Marro often takes up one of the Nagrubs and eats it and the huge tears on the Hivelord’s body heal before its enemy’s horror-filled stares.(Hasbro) -Rulings and Clarifications-
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_________________________________________________________________ -Heroscapers Community Contributions- Power Rankings Jexik: Marrden Nagrubs- The grubs might be tasty for the Marro leaders, but with just 2 defense, the big boys might starve before supper time. B+ OEAO: B+ Cleon: Tier 8 (43/208) dok (VC inclusive): B+ Unit Strategy Review
Last edited by superfrog; April 5th, 2019 at 06:34 PM. Reason: vc added |
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I like them. They seem pretty sweet. Bonding with a hivelord is great. They can attack, although most of the time they will be worthless. but the ability to heal a hivelord is amazing. Subakna will see more play because of this. They are also nice and cheap. Our cheapest squad yet. Very nice. I look forward to trying them out.
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I can't wait to use them! Could they replace the rats or should we leave that for the spiders?
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bottom line: The rats will always be awesome |
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The Nagrubs might be a good choice in an army with two or more Hivelords, but with multiple Hivelords and multiple Nagrubs, will you be able to afford enough range? I think in the vast majority of builds, I'd rather just trade in Nagrubs x2 for another set of Stingers. Even putting those points toward Drudge or Marro Drones would be less brittle: those squads can both regenerate via the hive and will continue to be effective if they survive their Hivelord's death, two things the grubs can't claim. |
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rdhight, I see what you are saying. However, I wouldn't suggest looking at the bonding as a healing ability. Rather, I would refer to it as regular bonding with a slight bonus.
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I'm not too keen on the Nagrubs for the purpose of conventional fighter. 2/2 attack/defense for a non-ranged unit is in the kill nothing/killed by everything class. They remind me of the blade gruts because they have the same conventional stats and point per figure value. Except the Nagrubs are only a squad of only three, don't have disengage, and their meager stats aren't boosted by the figures they bond with.
But the Nagrubs life bonding interests me very much. The Nagrubs are 10 points/figure but each Nagrub is worth 1/5 of a Su-Bak-Na as far as damage removal goes. 1/5 of 160 point Su-Bak-Na is worth 32 points and most importantly a Nagrub can heal a hivelord without wasting a turn and without having to worry about getting a good D20 roll. Su-Bak-Na + 2x Nagrubs should lay waste to most heroes including Q9 and Charos. Granted this combination is 220 points but it is a great deal considering it would be like getting two Su-Bak-Nas for your 220 points. Sisyphus' Probability Tables Tournament Director: Makes running a tournament easy. Latest Battle Report: Florida Frenzy 2 |
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You're right: to make them worthwhile, they'll have accomplish something besides acting as a reserve tank for your Hivelord. (Especially since they can only heal the one they bond with.) But even their regular bonding seems like it leaves much to be desired. If the enemy chooses to concentrate on your Nagrubs for a round, many armies, perhaps most armies, can credibly threaten to kill 6 of them in 2-3 order markers. And you'll probably be wanting to sacrifice at least one in the same time frame. So even if you have Nagrubs x2 and two Hivelords, you're taking a big risk putting that 3 marker on the grubs. Between kills and sacrifices, two full squads could easily have evaporated by the time you reveal your 3. If you start with just 6 grubs, more than likely you'll sacrifice one or two and then Q9 will suddenly see his chance and buzzsaw right through the rest thanks to your range-light build. I mean,
160 Su-Bak-Na 220 Tor-Kul-Na 120 Nagrubs x4 is 500 points right there, and you're not going to get very good mileage out of Hive Supremacy with that army either. What would make these guys good is if Wo-Sa-Ga came out in the 90-120 range, so you could have two heroes to choose from, and more than two squads of grubs for reliability, and still leave room for range or even the Warden. |
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If your opponent targets your Nagrubs because of healing you still win. every attack on a Nagrub is an attack that is not on your Hivelord. You might not win as much as if you used Nagrub to heal but you would still win(I would have to check the math but surely the tradeoff depends on the defense of the attack value and which Hivelord it is). Also I have played with bonding armies and have never had a problem with lost turns due to all my squads being killed. This is because having bonding is a safeguard against turn loss especially since you can always leave one Orc Archer or one Nagrub in the back and away from danger.
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Just a couple of armies I was thinking of... Su-Bak-Na - 160 Marro Stingers (3x) - 180 Marrden Nagrubs(4x) - 120 Deathreavers(1x) - 40 Total: 500 Su-Bak-Na - 160 Kee-Mo-Shi - 130 Marro Stinger(2x) - 120 Marrden Nagrubs(3x) - 90 Total: 500 Tor-Kul-Na - 220 Marro Stingers(3X) - 180 Marrden Nagrubs(3x) - 90 Isamu - 10 Total: 500 Sisyphus' Probability Tables Tournament Director: Makes running a tournament easy. Latest Battle Report: Florida Frenzy 2 |
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What about this:
Tor-Kul-Na 220 Marrden Nagrubs X9 270 Isamu 10 P.S.: Avoid DED, Sudema, Ne-Gok-Sa, Runa, and Kee-Mo-Shi. |
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Nadgrabbers FTW! |
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