Capuan Gladiators - what's your army idea?

[kpotassiumk19]

Originally Posted by ElvenEnvy

Any non-Spartacus ideas, I know I'm having a hard time fathoming it, but hmm...

A very hard time...

Capuans without Sparty is like Dund without Carr.

[ganondorf557]

I posted this in the discussion thread so I am going to post it here to:

Spartacus - 200
Capuanx2 - 340
Major Q10 - 490
Isamu - 10

Solid range and the Steamroller. Could see some fun games with this army.

[Panopticon]

The only problem I can see with deviating from the standard Spartacus, Crixus, Capuan x3 build is that other army compositions don't use Spartacus' high points cost efficiently. Spartacus costs 200 points because he buffs Heroes as well as Squads. If you're not using another hero that he can boost than he's taking up too many points in your army.

[GreenLanturn]

Originally Posted by Panopticon

The only problem I can see with deviating from the standard Spartacus, Crixus, Capuan x3 build is that other army compositions don't use Spartacus' high points cost efficiently. Spartacus costs 200 points because he buffs Heroes as well as Squads. If you're not using another hero that he can boost than he's taking up too many points in your army.

I think this may have been the intention of the cards. It plays well with their history, during the Gladiator uprising. They were nothing without each other. I think they may be the most historically accurate (and historically complicated) cards to date.

(Also heroes has 2 e's in it. )

[ganondorf557]

Panopticon that is true. Maybe that is where a build like this one could not have Spartacus:

Capuanx3 - 210
Crixus - 300
Krav Maga Agents - 400
Raelin 1.0 - 480
Marcu or Ninjas - 500

[dok]

Originally Posted by kpotassiumk19

A very hard time...

Capuans without Sparty is like Dund without Carr.

Actually, if I'm going to mix in a significant number of other figures (i.e. not a pure steamroller) then leaving Spartacus out makes a certain amount of sense. After all, once you start mixing your OMs up you lose the whole value of Spartacus.

For instance:

210 Capuans x3
90 Crixus
180 Major Q9
480, 12 hexes

But... yeah, it's no steamroller. Without Spartacus, they're basically heavy gruts/dwarves with one less figure per activation.

[tom]

Originally Posted by ganondorf557

Panopticon that is true. Maybe that is where a build like this one could not have Spartacus:

Capuanx3 - 210
Crixus - 300
Krav Maga Agents - 400
Raelin 1.0 - 480
Marcu or Ninjas - 500

You could do that, but why not just take the Knights of Weston x 3 and Finn or Thorgrim instead of Capuans x 3 and Crixus. Knights would have a better defense and an extra figure. Without Spartacus boosting these guys into 4/4 territory, I just don't see the point in taking them. There are much better ways to spend your 70 points.

[Aldin]

How about a ranged screen?

Spartacus 200
2xCapuans 140
4xRepulsors 160

You'd need to get the Repulsors to develop the board and then pound it home with the Spartacus-led Gladiators.

~Aldin, late to the party

[ElvenEnvy]

Originally Posted by Aldin

How about a ranged screen?

Spartacus 200
2xCapuans 140
4xRepulsors 160

You'd need to get the Repulsors to develop the board and then pound it home with the Spartacus-led Gladiators.

~Aldin, late to the party

A nice way to counter the problems the Steamroller is bound to have with range. You get the ranged attack with the repulsors and you have a defense speicifaclly against Soulborges.
Imagine your opponent gets his Q9 EMPed and your free to use your Steamroller against him without responce for the rest of the round.

[Eirikr]

Ranged screen? I like it.

[GromBloodboy]

x1 Sparatacus.................200
x1 Retarius........................90
x1 Crixus...........................90
x2 Capuan Gladiators.......140

Total:520

You can just increase your number of Capuan Gladiators if you need to with higher point totals.

[Bonecrusher]

I don't think this army has been mentioned yet

Spartacus
3x Capuans
Retiarius

I would never take Retiarius over Crixus but it is a viable build.