Wave 11 Boosters

[gamjuven]

As I was looking at the cards I was thinking: "Yeah they look awesome and are kinda fun, but they aren't that good". In terms of filler units I would choose already existing ones surely. But then I looked further down and saw the preview of wave 2. Wow, looks awesome. He'll be like 200 pts but who cares. I have always wanted an elemental army controlled by a master that summons them, and now I will have them. That is very cool. I am really excited about the possible armies. I can't wait to field them. They may not do very well but fluff wise and visually they will be awesome. I am so excited now. Thank you so much for making the preview so much better. Things are really looking up for Heroscape.

Now all we need are Vydar Kyrie, Skeletons, Aquilla flagbearer, and Pirates and my life will be complete.

[A_Train]

Originally Posted by Jexik

Yes. TheGuru wrote the preview.

My bad, I do recall reading that line between the pics now, but it had been forgotten in all the excitement. Thanks.

[Strack9]

Originally Posted by wriggz

Yes a power where you can carry a friendly figure without a d20 would be broken, especailly with flying.

like theracus?

[Rich10]

Originally Posted by A_Train

Theoretically, if someone were to field an entire army of Air Elementals, a melee army could do nothing about that. (Also theoretically, if they played an army of 6 or so Air Elementals, they could set up the wall to protect a ranged pod, like you said).

It'll definitely hurt melee.

Reading from the air elemental's card, "When an opponent's small or medium figure moves onto a space within 2 clear sight spaces of an Air Elemental you control, that figure must end its move there." With KOW/Gilbert, you should be able to use Jandar's Dispatch and the normal move to get around this.

ninja'd

[LilNewbie]

Originally Posted by Strack9

like theracus?

Theracus has limitations that the Wyvern doesn't have (i.e. can only move an unengaged friendly figure).

Newb.

[A_Train]

Originally Posted by gamjuven

As I was looking at the cards I was thinking: "Yeah they look awesome and are kinda fun, but they aren't that good". In terms of filler units I would choose already existing ones surely. But then I looked further down and saw the preview of wave 2. Wow, looks awesome. He'll be like 200 pts but who cares. I have always wanted an elemental army controlled by a master that summons them, and now I will have them. That is very cool. I am really excited about the possible armies. I can't wait to field them. They may not do very well but fluff wise and visually they will be awesome. I am so excited now. Thank you so much for making the preview so much better. Things are really looking up for Heroscape.

Now all we need are Vydar Kyrie, Skeletons, Aquilla flagbearer, and Pirates and my life will be complete.

I hope he is 200 points, it would round out the Elementalist and 10 Fire Elementals at 550 points.

[jschild]

Not only are these cool common heroes, but the idea of the elementalist hero is awesome, since he isn't tied to using 3 of just one element but can mix and match. When's Wave 12 again?

[Trav11111]

Originally Posted by wriggz

Yes a power where you can carry a friendly or opponent figure without a d20 would be broken, especailly with flying.

Fixed. Theracus can move a friendly without a d20 and fly. If you have the Venoc Warlord on the same team he can move 9. Great for taking a castle or moving a sniper.

[Dragoloth]

Looks like I'll be getting 4 or 5 packs of the primordials. Kurrok (I can't wait for D2) and 6-8 elementals should be a blast to play. I've got a set of scenarios involving Kurrok brewing.

[Robotech Master]

Alright, now my overall thoughts:

Wyvern: Pretty well done. Would of liked Stealth Flying to simulate their constant airborne nature, but the overall stats and everything are solid. That the carry doesn't require a D20 is surprising, and makes for some pretty good battlefield control, especially with Spider bonding. One thing's for sure, you don't want to put any molten lava tiles on the same level as other terrain when building your map, because then the Wyvern has the broken ability to just pick someone up and drop them in it!

A little dissapointed in Venomous Sting. Its essentially Maul, but 4 attack, making it less likely. Most of the time 4 or 5 attack gets the job done anyway.

Fire Elemental:

Love the flavor of the unit. The intensity power is nice--probably nicer with the elementalist. I was kinda hoping for a counterstrike type power but its good overall.

Water Elemental

I like that its ranged. Abilities seem pretty straight forward. Has good stats when on water, is cheap, and tunnels sort of like Drudge but on normal water.

Air Elemental:

Great for battlefield control. A number of these with the elementalist can put a damper on melee armies, but at the same time will increase the value of Large Melee figures who can rush right up to them and cut them down.

Earth Elemental:

Too bad burrowing takes leaving engagement, but its special attack is nice

[Grim]

Let the Kurrok speculation begin...

Personally I'd like him to be an Elf Wizard...it would give the 700+ point Elf army some more options. But his class is probably elementalist.

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KURROK THE ELEMENTALIST
Ullar

Cost 200

Life 5
Move 5
Range 5
Attack 5
Defense 3

(species = ?)
Unique Hero
Elementalist
(personality = ?)
Medium 5

SUMMON ELEMENTAL
After moving and before attacking with Kurrok the Elementalist, you may roll the 20-sided die. If you roll an 11 or higher, you may, if possible, place one of your previously destroyed small or medium Elementals on an empty space within 3 clear sight spaces of Kurrok the Elementalist.

MASTER OF THE ELEMENTS
After revealing an order marker on Kurrok the Elementalist, instead of taking that turn with Kurrok, you may take a turn with up to three small or medium Elementals you control that are within 8 clear sight spaces of Kurrok the Elementalist

Originally Posted by theGuru

Kurrok the Elementalist-Wave 2 Preview:

Oh, caught your attention did we? Yes, we received the A-OK to do what we normally don’t do in Heroscape. We’re giving you an advanced preview of one of the Unique Heroes in Wave D2, due out later this year. Why now, you ask? Well look at his name. Kurrok commands the Elementals, much like Kato commanded the Ashigaru. Plus, it’s fun to be a wave ahead of things and be able to give some far off teases!

Sadly, you can’t proxy him yet because we can’t reveal the whole card. However, we can reveal his 2 special powers:

...(snip)...

When you draft Kurrok, you turn the Elementals into an ever-changing 3 unit squad. An entire front of Air Elementals, and assault by a squad of Water Elementals, a rumbling onslaught by the Earth Elementals, or a whole lot of Searing Intensity from the Fire Elementals, as well as any mix of the 4 of them!

[A_Train]

Originally Posted by Robotech Master

A little dissapointed in Venomous Sting. Its essentially Maul, but 4 attack, making it less likely. Most of the time 4 or 5 attack gets the job done anyway.

Not against Q9. But this will one hit kill him. I admit it is a less frequent roll, but it will come up. (Probably mostly against Venoc Vipers though, )