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The Book of Sacred Band
The Book of Sacred Band Zanafor's Discovery - Collection 4 - "Greeks and Vipers" Character Bio: The gods smile on some, and on others they do not. That is what the members of Parmenio's Sacred Band would say. Parmenio formed his Sacred Band in secret, selecting only the toughest, most dedicated and courageous warriors. General Einar brought the members of the Sacred Band through a portal shortly after he saved Parmenio. Parmenio was happy to see his loyal soldiers. On Valahalla, they fight with Parmenio and Marcus Decimus Gallus. This Sacred Band is disciplined and they fight well with other disciplined troops. (Hasbro) _________________________________________________________________ -Rulings and Clarifications-
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I built a pretty good team using the sacred band incuded in it and was an all-Einar army:
400 point army: Valguard Marcus Parmenio Roman Legionnaires Sacred Band 500 point army: Valguard Marcus Parmenio Romen Legionnaires x2 Sacred Band x2 The only weakness to these armies is range. But to avoid that you could replace the extra R.L. and S.B. for Roman Archers and Theracus. |
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These guys are really out shined by the Romans. The only advantage they have is being able to spread out while keeping 3 defence.
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the price comes from the poor man's microcorp save. these guys saved my einar bacon the other day against a horde of zombies. too bad the save doesn't wash against braxas.
favorite bronze age army (500): marcus parmenio 2xband 2xromans that last 110 slot is always a toss up. a couple of roman archers if you're running up against heroes with big life or airborne elite if you can draw your enemy into a flank. valguard was designed to run with parmenio but drake can also gain some discipline from the macedonian poster boy and that extra move makes him quite the assassin. INSERT PITHY POP CULTURE REFERENCE HERE. |
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When I've tried to do the Greek/Disciplined army, I found myself 290 points (SBx2, Parmenio, and MDG)into the draft to bolster the Sacred Band. Throw in the AE and Marcus becomes excellently justified. But I would decline the generic bonding. It got too potent with the Legionnaires and then the SB are too similar. My Disciplined army looks like: Parmenio SBx2 100 MDG AE (as much as I fight this draft urge, for 100 pts. they're solid) Krav converted to 'Disciplined' Of course the opponent can counter with Reavers, reavers, reavers, but that's for another Book I'm hoping to get to tonight. |
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I think the Sacred Band has their uses but the Defy Death is tricky enough to make work that their usefulness is largely situational. For starters, you're pretty much wasting points unless you've got an all-disciplined army with Parmenio around and Parmenio has pretty lousy stats for 90 points.
Then you'll need Marcus or Valguard to do the heavy lifting since Parmenio's job is to baby-sit the Band. When it comes to range, the only common ranged squads you can have (and remain all-disciplined) are Samurai or Roman archers. That makes for very limited building options. They aren't a squad you can plop on any old map and scenario and have them play competitively, but then again, thats what I really love about Heroscape; the units you draft are just as important as how you play them and how the dice roll. Last edited by LilMoochie : five minutes ago. Reason: You think it's mindless drivel now? You should have seen it before. LilMoochie's Maps, LilMoochie's trades |
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That's a good point. There are also a lot of decent ranged unique squads out there that can be disciplined via Parmenio. And don't forget that an early kamikaze rush by a "undisciplined" figure could open up a late-game disciplined cleanup crew.
But I think that if you are going to use them, you really need to maximize the discplined defense bonus. Otherwise there's little benefit over the Romans. Last edited by LilMoochie : five minutes ago. Reason: You think it's mindless drivel now? You should have seen it before. LilMoochie's Maps, LilMoochie's trades |
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Pondering...
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Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons; for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. Record in Beantown Beatdown Tournaments 15-1-1 |
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The sacred band are great, because with every new release, they get better and easier to field. Just this release, we got Isamu, Ashigaru Yari, and Ashigaru Harquebus (sp).
"Somewhere over the rainbow, there's another rainbow." ~Tobias Funke, Arrested Development |
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