The Book of Johnny “Shotgun” Sullivan

[rym]

Originally Posted by Slaader

I'm bumping this thread. Used all 4 cowboys in the Battle at the Border tournament today and Shotgun cleaned house!

/bump for love

How well did you do with them Slaader? I've oftentimes thought about using all four cowboys in an army just because I love their sculpts and I really think they're pretty cool, but I just haven't been able to bring myself to. Perhaps if it worked for you, maybe I should give them a shot

[Slaader]

Well I fielded the following 500 point army:

Deadeye, Guilty, James Murphy, Shotgun
Laglor
Ninjas
Isamu
Rats
(side bar was: rats/isamu)

Guilty was pretty useless, which surprised me since I've had good luck with him. Deadeye was as always a great squad killer, his ability to snipe things off glyphs really came in handy when combined with the rats.

James and Shotgun are great openers, especially if your opponent moves his common squads in early. Shotgun blasts work great against enemies with counter-strike. I would send in them first, followed by rats for glyphs. You can use the blast when you have a rat adjacent to a foe, causing your rats to scatter which is nice.

Shotgun is great, the extra security of James' whip is nice though. The lawmen would be awesome if wizards made a Posse Squad with bonding.

[RobertDD]

Originally Posted by Slaader

I'm bumping this thread. Used all 4 cowboys in the Battle at the Border tournament today and Shotgun cleaned house!

I don't remember shotgun doing much?

[Slaader]

Originally Posted by RobertDD

I don't remember shotgun doing much?

Probably because in our match I let him die on lava rocks!

[RobertDD]

Originally Posted by Slaader

Probably because in our match I let him die on lava rocks!

Yeah, lava rocks!

seriously though, eeven though you didn't get off the shotgun, it seriously got in my way and made placement of figures that much harder (making sure noone is adjacent on a map with lava is a major p**n in the b*h*nd) so arguably the shotgun did it's job just fine

[Brewster]

Not as good as James Murphy, that's all I have to say.

[fomox]

Murphy is better, but he costs 10 points more. Sullivan+Isamu vs. Murphy is a better comparison.

[Jexik]

He's fun, and he's only 65 points. I used him in the Heat of Battle because I expected to see lots of guys who like to clump up. I didn't actually activate him that often, and I missed a couple times when I did, but like Zelrig, he's useful just as a scare tactic.

[Snotwalker 8000]

Originally Posted by fomo6

Murphy is better, but he costs 10 points more. Sullivan+Isamu vs. Murphy is a better comparison.

That's actually a very good point!

Shotgun Sully is often overlooked in favor of Murphy, but when you can throw in Isamu with Sully for the same cost as Murph, that's just not too bad of an idea!

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

Originally Posted by Snotwalker 8000

That's actually a very good point!

Shotgun Sully is often overlooked in favor of Murphy, but when you can throw in Isamu with Sully for the same cost as Murph, that's just not too bad of an idea!

For sure Sullivan's survivability is that much more secure with Isamu as an ally rather than an enemy!

[Master Tang]

You should add this to synergy offered.

- OTONASHI : Tricky Speed 4 : As a unit with a Tricky personality, Johnny "Shotgun" Sullivan may aid Otonashi with her Tricky Speed 4 movement bonus.

[Revdyer]

Originally Posted by Master Tang

You should add this to synergy offered.

I wonder who the "You" in your post is.