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The Book of Tagawa Samurai Archers
The Book of Tagawa Samurai Archers
Dawn of Darkness - Collection 6 - "Archers and Kyrie" Character Bio: A beautiful pink cherry blossom floats gracefully to the ground and lands at the feet of a noble daimyo lord. He stands tall, bearing the majestic armor of his forefathers. His face is stoic, nostrils flaring, as he draws deeply of the crisp spring air. Pulling his mask down over his face, Kato Katsura extends a long arm, and points into the west. A fleet of his loyal samurai archers march forward, passing him by and forming a line on the hillside. In unison they halt, draw their arrows, and ready their bows. A moment of silence passes, then a faint but growing sound is heard. The Tagawa remain steadfast, bowstrings taught. Over the horizon breaks a screaming war band, their weapons drawn and bloodlust blazing in their eyes. Still the Tagawa archers stand motionless. Their enemies approach closer still before Kato Katsura drops his arm and a hailstorm of arrows are rained down upon his enemies. (Hasbro) _________________________________________________________________ -Rulings and Clarifications-
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These guys are becoming a staple for me on defensive hills. And since there common, I'd like to see what a couple of squads could do Still, I hate their lousy defense! I can see where the Roman Archers would make a wiser choice. Though the other night, I did kill a Tarn with their counterstike
The Daily Pugle Albuquerque, NM-NHSD Tourney 2008 Results: TexMex: 2nd Place Mrs. TexMex: 8th Place--Out of 10 PS I lost every battle in my first tourney |
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Re: The Book of Tagawa Samurai Archers
My favorite sculpts from Wave 6. Subtle brilliance with this squad! Practicing for the last NorCal tournament involved several trials with these guys against The Einar Imperium. Now I'm not toting them as the EI counterdraft, but in the games I played them, they were suprisingly successful in dealing with the Einar Kyrie. They could peck at the winged soldiers from afar and then have some good insurance if they became engaged with them. I had luck on my side as there were a few blanks or 1 skulls rolled among the first of a couple of Double Attacks. Counterstrike was able to bypass the whole Kiova's Gift aura and slaughter some expensive figures. I was able to get precious height advantage to assist in the carnage and eventually back-up units to play kyrie clean-up. I suppose the same tactics can be used with any of the melee samurai, but for 21.6 points for a common, ranged figure, they are a viable selection for the EI match-up. I start to look towards Sentinels or other average attack/beefy defense units to use the Archers as a decent counterdraft. EDIT: I used 3 squads of TSA, Kaemon, and Hatamoto against 6 Minions, Brunak, and Nakitas. It was sick how many Minions were taken out by Counterstrike. Quote:
Factor in height advantage, Raelin and/or Hatamoto, well, it starts to become clear. 3 defense is fine. It's the cheap, common-ness of the Counterstrike in addition to range that reveals their potential. |
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The 1 extra die for height made all the difference (as my opponent rolled a lot of single skulls on his 3 die attack rolls.) They did way better then their leader who did not pull his 120. In retrospect I would have been much better off with 3 squads of them. Instead of 1 of them and their failing leader. |
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I LOVE THESE GUYS!!!
They are my single favorite ranged squad because they are one of the few that can survive getting into melee. You can play them like range and like melee. You can have them run straight into the fray, or have them hide back on a hill. The versatility! The only bad thing is that their counterstrike isn't any good against special attacks... |
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I am thinking 2 of these squads with Realin (sp) would be pretty cool. That seems like a pretty good 210 or so spent. Folks are going to have to rush them and with 5 defense dice would risk dying on their own attack not to mention they would be getting fired at the whole time they were trying to wipe them out.
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Of course, any of the big guys would them for lunch... |
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At first I was skeptical of the samurai archers as the 3 defense just seemed to low for their return strike to make a difference but after some games with them in action I saw that this is a very strong power as much more often then not folks use melee fighters to take out the range figures. Next game I will give them a try see how they do and I can put them to the test. |
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Well, I have a simple solution to that problem. I have been testing this army:
Tagawa Archers Kaemon Awa Crixus Deathreavers 2X It has worked wonderfully well. The Roborats have been able to die down any of the opposing ranged units, and the archers have killed any melee units that get too close. (I don't have a second set of Archers. I would trade out Crixus for another set in this army if I could.) P.S. Raelin makes this army so better its scary.
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The archers are strong on hills more for the counter strike then the attack rating. It makes it so they have a decent chance of killing figures with a 3 or lower attack rating who go after them in melee. |
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I like what DictatorBilbo said about the TSA's being ranged and melee. They're somewhat similar to Kaemon, only a bit weaker. I love them, and have Counter-Struck many a unit with them.
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