The Book of Blade Gruts

[dnutt99]

The Book of Blade Gruts
Malliddon's Prophecy - Collection 1 - Grut Orcs

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If you cannot see the Army Card graphic, check Hasbro's Unit Page for stats and special powers, plus "character biography" and other non-game unit info.

Character Bio: Ferocious in battle, the Blade Grut warriors are the backbone of the Orc army. As a wild, unintelligent species, they are difficult to control; but they are highly effective when trained to follow their assigned leaders, and they take their orders without question or hesitation. On the battlefield, their leaders always attack first. And the Blade Gruts fiercely follow their example. If separated from their leaders, Blade Gruts become confused, and they often lose a good deal of their savagery. (Hasbro)

Originally Posted by Confred

ORC CHAMPION BONDING
Before taking a turn with Blade Gruts, you may first take a turn with any Orc Champion you control.

DISENGAGE
Blade Gruts are never attacked when leaving an engagement.

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-Rulings and Clarifications-

- ORC CHAMPION BONDING : How Many Orc Champions
How does Orc Champion Bonding work? Can I take a turn with all the Orc Champions I control first?
No, you can take a free (move & attack) turn with any one Orc Champion you control before taking a turn with the Blade Gruts. (Hasbro FAQ)

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Synergy Benefits Received

- GRIMNAK / TORNAK : Orc Warrior Enhancement
As Orc Warriors, Blade Gruts may benefit from Grimnak and Tornak’s ORC WARRIOR ENHANCEMENT attack and defense bonus.

- NERAK THE GLACIAN SWOG RIDER : Orc Defensive Aura 1
As Orcs, Blade Gruts may benefit from Nerak the Glacian Swog Rider’s ORC DEFENSIVE AURA 1.

- ORNAK : Orc Battle Cry Aura
As Orc Warriors, Blade Gruts may benefit from Ornak’s ORC BATTLE CRY AURA attack ability.

Synergy Benefits Offered

- ORC CHAMPION BONDING : Orc Champion Units

* Grimnak
* Nerak the Glacian Swog Rider
* Ornak
* Tornak

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

- TBA

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-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

C3V and SoV Custom Synergies

Spoiler Alert!

Synergy Benefits Offered

Orc Champion bonding: Hrognak

Synergy Benefits Received

Orc Movement Aura: Hrognak

Synergy Imposed

Power Rankings

Jexik: Blade Gruts- Though weak in attack and defense, Grimnak and a cheap cost keep the Blades reasonably competitive. B+

OEAO: A-

Cleon: Tier 7 (57/208)

dok (VC inclusive): B+

Master Index
Blade Gruts -- What's Your Army Idea?

Unit Strategy Review

- TBA

[Tiranx]

After playing with the Heavy Gruts so much I just realized that these guys are only forty points. That really makes me want to get a few packs. These guys are awsome swarmers.

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

Originally Posted by Tiranx

After playing with the Heavy Gruts so much I just realized that these guys are only forty points. That really makes me want to get a few packs. These guys are awsome swarmers.

Though I should try the Heavies more often, the Blade Greats' cost & one extra space of movement keeps me returning to them time and again.

[Hero Hot Hatch]

Originally Posted by Hex_Enduction_Hour

Though I should try the Heavies more often, the Blade Greats' cost & one extra space of movement keeps me returning to them time and again.

I got nothing but love for these sneaky bas**rds. I specially like the one swinging two swords. It is simply the coolest orc common squad unit out there IMO.

I guess that the heavies of wave 6 were made in part to give the orcs some stronger units as the wave 1 blade orcs seemed underpowered against the Romans and Knights. The heavies level the field definitely against those and might have an edge over the Romans themselves.

[Simpsons Scaper]

I'll personally ake the Heavy Gruts or Arrow Gruts over the Blade Gruts.

[King of the Marro]

Blade Gruts hit hard and fast. I love to rush these guys in with Tornak at the beginning of a game and create some chaos.

[Red Drake]

I find that the blade gruts make an excellent choice against low defense, high single attack heroes as on hieght with grimnak/tornak 4 attacks of four is nothing to laugh at

These are also excellent for bypassing Deathreavers and moving on to heroes to kill. Thier problem is ranged squad take them out easily so you need to have a lot of them with Grimnak and Tornak to make a worthy investment

[SuperflyTNT]

Try them with Tornak, Ornak, Grimnak, and Torin for some fun. Minutemen don't want to shoot them because of the ranged counterstrike. Pair that with the bonding and the mobility that Ornak provides the heroes...you have a nasty combo.

[kolakoski]

Originally Posted by SuperflyTNT

Try them with Tornak, Ornak, Grimnak, and Torin for some fun. Minutemen don't want to shoot them because of the ranged counterstrike. Pair that with the bonding and the mobility that Ornak provides the heroes...you have a nasty combo.

Well met!

Let's see . . .

120 Grimnak
120 Torin
100 Ornak
100 Tornak
440

leaves how many points actually available for Blade Gruts?

[Kaemon Awa 123]

During my playtesting for the Raids of Vahalla (Skirmish Maps), many, many games on BoV maps and the occasional Massivescape game, I actually find that I like the Blade Gruts more in a smaller type game versus a massive one.

Take the core Grimnak + Blades x2 for example. In the low end of skirmish games, that's your army right there. However, it is quite easily expandable to different values. At 250, add in Nerak to give a defensive boost, and at 300 you can put in another squad of blades on top of that if you don't mind losing 10 points.

For 350, you can take your core plus Nerak and add in Syvarris to make the enemy come to you, Krav for cleanup/leading force, or Heirloom for a special attack. Tornak is always an option to punch through tough defence, but usually a different force is the better idea because you don't want too many champions to blade gruts.

[OEAO]

My personal favorite army is blades and arrows together:
120 Grimnak
80 Blades x2
120 Krug
80 Arrows x2
50 Swog x2
This is a 450-point army core, build off of it from there, depending on how many points.

[Astroking112]

This book is currently missing any C3V/SoV synergies for new cards like Hrognak.