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Competitive Armies Discussion Discuss, critique, and build ideas for tournament-caliber armies. |
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no problem. I don't think less of you, and yes, the internet always seems like a horrible place to start one's own sarcastic comedy routine.
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Thanks for this, gamjuven! I'm currently putting together my first competitive army, and after reading your thread I'm throwing my first idea out But I'm a writer, after all, and writing - like Heroscape army building - is about revision
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Friggin great post. Exactly what i was looking for. coming from a "competitive gaming" background this is great.
Although i did basicly glean from it "Buy Q9, Nakitas and Deathreavers" :P *goes to look up what sets these come from* |
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Updated link section that includes the new main site as well as a link to a fan-made site that has an army builder section!
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I just added two new things to consider when creating a competitive army. Number 13 has to do with having mulitple ways of winning and number 14 has to do with point differential. Let me know what you guys think and let me know if you think they should stay in the first post!
Thanks! ps: forgive the double post Hey, can somebody figure out an army that matches all of the criteria for a competitive army but actually sucks? I want to see if there's anything I am missing from the list. An army that follows the criteria but still sucks would shed light on any other factor that should go into making a competitive army. Thanks! Edit: Number 15 was added. It has to do with the number of cards your army has. It was inspired after reading Rdhight's thread. Thanks! AoCS Comic,AoCS: Finding of Steve, AoCS Holiday '08, AoCS: Holiday '09, AoCS: Conflict Brewing, Chedwick and Sven Comic Blog Last edited by gamjuven; April 21st, 2008 at 03:33 PM. |
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Re: The Idiot's Guide to Making a Competitive Army
i think all of the vipers together, although competitive in my opinion are weak mainly due to the venoc vipers having a zero for defense even though they have a plus two to move with the warlord, and the armoc movement bonding, and if you were lucky enough to get the onyx vipers. they have a downfall if someone used alot of range against them, if the venocs fail to make it to glyphs even with the enhanced movement, this army could be doomed.
Now some people could use this combination quite well, but at this point im not that capable with them, of course a perfectly good plan can be ruined by the dice results, and bad die rolls can ruin any competitive army Last edited by idgit; May 14th, 2008 at 05:04 AM. |
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Re: The Idiot's Guide to Making a Competitive Army
A friend of mine made the zombies of morindan quite competitive with a simple movement tactic, first he used 8 units of zombies and put them into 4 rows of 6, and all he did to win the game was constantly moving the 4th row to the first, he ws totally unstopable, whenever someone fired into his line, he simply replaced them with some from the back row.
By the time he made a circle around the battlefield, he had as many zombies as he started with, of course we were all pretty squad heavy, and im sure that help him out alot. It is slow moving, but by the time he got to the middle of the field most of his opposition was wiped out to fuel this horde, but that is also the secret to the zombie horde movement, and that is to move in six so you have a 50% chance to attack with 3 of them. Just adding my thoughts. |
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Re: The Idiot's Guide to Making a Competitive Army
Just wanted to let everyone know that all the competitive army advice really helps. I like to just play for fun usually, but when I really want to win, I come here first. Thanks!
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Re: The Idiot's Guide to Making a Competitive Army
On rule 10 or 11 (I forget) it says that all common squads should have multiples. I use one set of B-tons and one set of G-tons and they usually kill there points worth before they die.
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Re: The Idiot's Guide to Making a Competitive Army
Rule number 15: Remember to include Cyprien in your army, simply because people fear him.
Nice guide though. |
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Re: The Idiot's Guide to Making a Competitive Army
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In most cases, it benefits you more to have mroe than one of any given squad. One of the benefits of a common squad is that they are common (meaning you can take more than 1 of them). If you take less than 2 common squads you are taking that advantage away and making them similar to unique squads. In most cases I would say give the advantage that common squads give as many times as you can. The blastatrons can be an exception to this rule, as well as the deathreavers. But there are few common squads that reach their maximum potential when only 1 squad of them is drafted. |
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