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Old March 30th, 2007, 02:25 AM
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Gladiators

Are there any gladiator squads or are crixus, retiarius and spartiacus the only gladiators?
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Old March 30th, 2007, 02:45 AM
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Old March 30th, 2007, 02:58 AM
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i was pondering the idea of buying the gladiators but
wasnt sure about them?

for one i didnt like the other 3 figures that came with them
so paying 18.00 for 3 gladiators just didnt add up so...

are they any good?
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Old March 30th, 2007, 03:10 AM
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Any good? It depends. In a straight up hero melee they'd be devastating. Otherwise, Spartacus it too pricey and Retarius ability is too rare to be able to use. Crixus gets a fair amount of play though.

And those three figs you don't like the look of? They're the Nakitas and a favorite of many here for their excellent army defending abilities.

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Old March 30th, 2007, 09:23 AM
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i was pondering the idea of buying the gladiators but
wasnt sure about them?

for one i didnt like the other 3 figures that came with them
so paying 18.00 for 3 gladiators just didnt add up so...

are they any good?

$18.00 ?!?!? man, am i spoiled by wally world! i'm so cheep that i won't even spend $13 at K-Mart, i wait for things to show up at wal-mart for $10.

as for the gladiators, i think they rock. when used as a team, they are really effective...

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Old March 30th, 2007, 09:23 AM
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I have my doubts about the Gladiators but I played my son last night with them in a 400 point game and won. I completely expected to lose with all the ranged combatants he had but discovered them to be a pleasant surprise. The enhanced defense Spartacus provides the other two makes them fairly resilient and able to close. Once in melee they seem to kill with almost every swing. After the other two have died Spartacus is fairly powerful clean-up unit.

Admittedly, I wouldn't have won without a bit of luck (Spartacus survived 3 barages from Omnicron Snipers) and a healing glyph (Spartacus was down to one life and my son had one Dzu-Teh left with initiative and height advantage), but I still found them better than I expected. I have no plans on using them in another 400 point game in the future but I may try them in a 600 point game with 4 sets of Roman Archers.

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I got thrashed using an all-gladiator army earlier in the week.

I'd say that they are poor against ranged squads, but good against melee heroes.

A squad of gladiators would be most welcome.

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Old March 31st, 2007, 03:16 PM
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i bought the greeks and vipers expansion because i'm an idiot and thought that gladiators were greeks. Does anyone find the sacred band worth while? they seem pretty cool after seeing the movie 300, but they seem pretty ineffective as far as 50 point squads go. Perminio (spelling?) seems to make them a bit cooler, but then you are spending 140 points on 1 squad that has a 25% chance of cheating death. I just cant seem to justify drafting them. Anyone?
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Old March 31st, 2007, 03:27 PM
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If you have Marcus, the SB's movement becomes 5. If you have an all-disciplined army, their defense becomes 3, and if Marcus is adjacent to them, their attack becomes 4. Basically, they need a lot of help, but when it's there, they have the potential to be a 5,1,4,3 squad with a 25% chance to cheat death.

That's not too bad. The only problem is that it's a bit hard to get everything just right. It does help, though, that they bond with both Marcus and Parmenio, so you don't have to spend extra turn markers on the heros like you do for Concan (enhances Knights & Sentinels).
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Originally Posted by Torredo
i was pondering the idea of buying the gladiators but
wasnt sure about them?

for one i didnt like the other 3 figures that came with them
so paying 18.00 for 3 gladiators just didnt add up so...

are they any good?
The other three figure that come with the galdiators rock the house! Nakitas have bad paint jobs but they are a very powerful squad.

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Old March 31st, 2007, 03:48 PM
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bare white plastic counts as a paint job?
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Old March 31st, 2007, 04:03 PM
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Maybe by the time they got to the fourth package they were running out of money. Solution: Don't paint half the figs and raise one fig's price to twice the value.


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