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Competitive Armies Discussion Discuss, critique, and build ideas for tournament-caliber armies. |
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I think you could do a Kelda thread. (Have you not fought the Kelda/Charos Healing Circle of Doom TM?) I will have to think about Saylind though.
However, both have to wait until I have created the Concan Competitive Army Thread first. |
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Saylind is really only useful to help a slow hero get somewhere faster, or get somewhere you need to fly to reach. With her power working only 60% of the time and her own durability being only decent, all too often you only get one summoning out of her before she dies. Not suitable material for basing an army around. Malpractice makes malperfect! Ohio Valley Association of Heroscapers Art by Susan Van Camp, Copyright 2006. www.artbysvc.com |
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When a figure is worth 100 points or less, you're very likely going to have other figures that are worth more. That doesn't invalidate the goal of these threads, which is to find good uses for figures that don't see much play. Quote:
For Saylind, the d20 is what makes her really tricky. Her problem is knowing how many turn markers to give her. I'd combine her with Warriors of Ashra, Syvarris, and Jotun or Q9. That way you can give her multiple turn markers and still make her useful. |
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I hope no one takes offense to this post. I am just saying that even if you put make-up on a pig and then put it in a dress, it is still a pig. Thus, I don't see the need to have a thread for every unit in the game to build a competitive army around. |
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But I see your point... perhaps these threads belong in the "Official Units" or "General Discussion" boards. |
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So while this is what the forum says is going on here: Competitive Armies Discussion Discuss, critique, and build ideas for tournament-caliber armies. We are actually having army building discussion that may or may not be about tournament-caliber armies. |
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I swear I have seen this discussion before. Oh yes, way back in the Mimring thread we discussed this very topic.
Originally, Truth posted a standard Mimring/ Orc Archers army. Euryon prompted him to be a bit more creative with his armies when Truth said the following: Quote:
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Granted, nobody is going to take the Shades or Monks to a tournament. However, discussing the feasibility of such a course gives these threads one more function: they provide knowledge and understanding on Heroscape tactics, and army composition. In many war games (as in the official proving grounds) generals are provided with the worst troops available. If one can succeed with the worst, they will never fail when they have the best under their command, the reasoning goes. Surely it is not the same here? If you spend time trying to figure out how to make bad units a viable opponent to the best (a goal that will not be reached with most threads) you gain and understanding of the game and the tactics inside it. |
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Dund, Deathwalker 9000, Deathwalker 8000, Deathwalker 7000, Zettian Guards, Tarn Viking Warriors, Valguard, Hatamoto Taro, Morsbane, Sudema, Runa, Spartacus, Dumutef (naaaw, just kidding. Dumutef rocks!), and oh yeah, the Obsidian Guards!! Bring it on! |
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The Tarn Viking Warriors are considered a bad unit? It's a four character 3/4 unique squad for 50 points! They are slow but their Berserker Charge makes them dangerous.
For the rest that I have played with, I would agree with you. Though I have had success with Deathwalker 9000. |
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Compare them to the Marro Warriors. 2 more move, RANGE, and and the ability to clone themselves, for the same price! The extra move plus range makes it likely that the marros can take the high ground, where they'll be 3/4, too! Honestly, it's just absurd that the RANGED squad gets 50% more movement than the MELEE squad. Berserker Charge 15 doesn't even come close to making up that gap. I can't imagine a single scenario where I would draft the Tarns before the Marros. Quote:
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i agree, if i only have like 60 points left and all the other cheap units are gone, i never want to waste a order marker on them. they just stay in the spawning zone
I feel sorry for you. Your not me. |
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