Base a Competitive Army Around: Jotun

[Elstree]

At GenCon I managed to place fourth (out of 32 entries) in the Big Ol' Monster Battle with a Jotun army:

Jotun (225)
Deathreavers x 4 (160)
Isamu (10)

My strategy was to lock down the opponent's range and mobility with the rats then come in with Jotun to clean up. It worked pretty well until I was up against special attacks that don't cause the rats to scatter.

With 500 points I'd probably add in some range--Krav Maga or Syvarris. The strategy would basically be the same: send in the rats to lock down the battlefield, then pick off the squad figs with the Krav and send Jotun up against the heroes.

[darkclown789]

Here is a tough one -

Jotun: 225
Raelin: 80
AE: 110:
Thorgrim: 80

Total: 495.

Strategy: Suicide Thorgrim, hopefully inflicting a wound or two, dropping the AE whenever possible. Jotun and Raelin bull-rush to clean up what is left.

~Darkclown

[AnubianWolf88]

My first post...please be gentle:

Jotun 225
2x Venoc Vipers 80
1x Venoc Warlord 120
1x Anubian Wolves/1x James Murphy 75

This Army is flexible and frustrating for your opponents. It is playtested (with the Wolves) and beat a Q9/Krav Army 3/3 (close each time.)

I like lots of Venocs, even now, with their missile like characteristics and move of 9 with the Warlord. And I hate slowing down for water.

This army is a little D20 dependent (okay, a lot!), but you get lots of chances to work through the variance. Plus, don't we all still play for FUN sometimes - and I win enough with this army for it to be plenty of fun.

[Aldin]

Welcome Aboard, AnubianWolf88!

I've been thinking about competetive Jotun armies lately and like the Venocs as an additional threat. My personal musings have been turning to newer figs to pair him with. What about:

Jotun 225
Sonlen 160
Moriko 110

All Ullar, which is nice, but more importantly I think it's competetive. Moriko can bypass filler squads like the Rats, Jotun is a powerhouse vs. heroes and Sonlen is a solid attacker with the chance of healing any of the above. I'm also counting a bit on the jungle to help at range, but there's plenty of life here to absorb a few strikes.

~Aldin, eager for Friday the 13th

[cowmaster13]

Cant resist

Still i have an army

1x Saylind 90
1x Jotun 225
1x Kelda 80
1x Crixus 90
1x Isamu 10
490

This army sends in Crixus to deal with any thing the Jotun could not deal with. Then summon him back and heal. Send out Jotun and smash everything. Re summon and heal if needed. Isamu and Crixus cant deal with anything the Jotun cant.

1 more thing

[Elf_Archer]

Jotun
Zombies Of Moridan x2
Krav Maga Agents
Venoc Vipers

Zombies of Moridan give defense and counter swarm units which are one of Jotun's weaknesses.
Krav Maga Agents are a great counter to ranged units, another weakness.
Vipers will help deal with those pesky ranged units too.

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

I grabbed a bunch of Jotun-based armies from this thread last night and used this one in my first game on
Flanking of the North Army by Soul Shackle

Originally Posted by Marduk

Jotun 225
Dead Eye Dan 60
Charos 210

Total: 495 points

My plan was to play nothing but Jotun-based armies all last night, but for some reason I decided otherwise.
I was up against MacDirk and Highlandersx2, Marro Warriors, Syvarris, Thorgrim, and Marcu.
The two titans, storming up and over the center hill descended and tore the place apart!
Charos died to too many Scottish blades, but Jotun finished Thorgrim,MacDirk and the stragglers. He managed to lay 5 wounds on Marcu before dying.
Marcu came after DED who just shot him from afar with a single, garlic-dipped, incendiary bullet shot between the eyes.

[KCU Master 2007]

Off the top of my head at 4 in the morning:

Jotun 225
Grimnak 120
2x Heavy Gruts 140
Isamu 10

In theory I see using the Heavy Gruts and Grimnak to help get rid of small units and rush ranged units taking full advantage of the Heavy Gruts disengage ability to get around rats and reach ranged units. Once they're gone unleash Jotun and let him do his thing.

[Jexik]

His 5 makes me think of the Redcoats.

Jotun 225
3x Redcoats 450
Marro Warriors 500

It doesn't exactly use him in any exciting way, so I guess I fail.

[1Mmirg]

It may not be exciting, but it does seem smart, Jexik. The 10th act as a great cover for the big guy--stopping the 10th from getting into a powerful WTF situation is about the only think I can think of that would distract me from firing all shots at Jotun. If you can use your order markers well, I think you could really mess with someone using this army...

[KCU_Master_2009]

can you give me some good armies to use? I want to win and take over the heroscape world....HAHA!

[Gomolka]

Originally Posted by KCU_Master_2009

can you give me some good armies to use? I want to win and take over the heroscape world....HAHA!

Maybe if you'd read one of the 46 posts before you about basing a competitive army around Jotun, you'd find plenty of ideas.

As for taking over the HeroScape world, go to GenCon and test your dominance in the game there with whatever army you find suitable to accompany Jotun. I'm sure you will "rule the HeroScape world" .