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Re: The Book of Cathar Spearmen
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What's the best way to deal with their low speed (and short range) when dealing with opponent's range? Marcus seems like a costly addition since he doesn't bond. |
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Re: The Book of Cathar Spearmen
Wait until they get a hero that goes well with them.
Last edited by awesomeunleashed; March 23rd, 2013 at 12:41 PM. Reason: And what AV said. |
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Re: The Book of Cathar Spearmen
Marcus isn't a bad pick, but the Cathar are sturdy enough 4 move is enough at times. Especially against melee, when you want the opponent to bring the fight to you anyway. The 4 move is crippling versus strong range like Stingers, though.
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Re: The Book of Cathar Spearmen
It can work either way. If you play the Spearmen without Marcus or Raymond, then you really need a powerful ranged component to bring their opponent to them. In that context, Raelin works really well with them because you are keeping them in tight and using them as a screen until your opponent is in range of the pointy sticks. Something like Spearmen x3 + Raelin + Krav is an effective formula.
Adding Marcus to the above or a similar build is truly nasty against melee, because against melee you can actually get Marcus's attack bonus going. But against ranged builds, Raymond is basically a discount Marcus, and he also gives you some more tactical flexibility against things like Dragon+Greenscales or rats+range. I've never tried using Raymond and Marcus at the same time but unless you were short on startzone spaces I doubt it would be a strong option. |
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Re: The Book of Cathar Spearmen
Thanks for the feedback!
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Re: The Book of Cathar Spearmen
I like the idea of a massive melee-based or range-limited battle with 800-1200 points per team, general-based. Einar shows up with Romans and Marcus, Sacred Band and Parmenio, the Cathars and Raymond, and goes crazy, disciplined-style. Cathars running across the field (6 move!) with their long spears, Greeks working their way through enemy figures without worrying so much about disengaging, Romans moving up in clumps. In the middle of the battlefield the Romans form up a shield wall, the Cathars stick their spears out from behind them, Marcus supports.
I like it. Jugger It's like football with swords or LARPing without the geeky stuff. In other words, it's awesomely perfect! |
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Re: The Book of Cathar Spearmen
Updated with Count Raymond synergies, I think that's all of them. I'll link to his book once it's up.
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Re: The Book of Cathar Spearmen
Would Finn's aura affect reach here? The card says all Friendly figures with a range of 1, techincally The Spearmen have a range of 1 listed on their card so it should apply.
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Re: The Book of Cathar Spearmen
Nope. They add one to their range, so they no longer have a range of one. However, if they attack an adjacent figure, the bonus does apply.
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Re: The Book of Cathar Spearmen
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If they do a melee attack, they get the bonus, but if they use Reach they cannot. |
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Re: The Book of Cathar Spearmen
You know I read that a couple of times but overlooked the last sentence. Go figure.
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Re: The Book of Cathar Spearmen
Played these guys a few weekends ago, and wanted to say I had a blast with them, but the figures themselves are pretty fragile.
2 of the figures hands came off (the ones holding the spears) and one of the heads came off at some point, and is still lost. Play yours with care fellow Scapers, and when in doubt, glue them. C3G team building links. |
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