Capuan Gladiator Discussion Thread

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Originally Posted by Robotech Master

These guys are pretty damn good. Deceptively good actually.

In a Gladiator army where your x is on Spartacus, they'll permanently be 6, 1, 4, 4.

4 is considered the sweet spot of bare minimum good defense, and a squad of 3 getting 4-5 attack on an enemy each makes them pretty powerful, plus they can bond with a gladiator hero in the same turn, meaning 3 attacks of 4-5 and an attack of 5-7.

Strategic movement will be needed to keep the army moving and advancing on ranged units. Though range is the usual answer to them, its at least good to know that these guys are as hardy as Knights but faster.

I hope we get details on exactly how the Steamroller army was played.

Initiative advantage is kinda nifty idea. +3 to initiative on most of your turns since bonding will keep your heroes active.

They're pretty much designed to never have much use in a non-gladiator army, so they have no real value on thier own. In a Gladiator army, I see these guys improving the existing Gladiators a bit, with Spartacus becoming decent by giving you squads with 6,4,4 stats, and Crixus getting a really good boost by being a heavy 4rth squaddie tag along without having to put order markers on him.

You got it right. Good eye and good analysis. Yes the Gladiator army is all about optimizing movement, attacks and threats. Knowing you are going to get initiative most of the time is quite powerful especiallly when you've maneuvered for it. You are usually outnummbered, but your army is fast and powerful. If you can keep the steam roller together you can minimize the effects of attrition on your offensive. You can take on numerically superior forces by thinning their advance before their attacks overwhelm you. Does it win all the time?? Uh no! Why would we create an army that wins all the time. The Gladiator army is fun, and is a long time coming. The hype is due to the fact that we have been playing these guys for like 3 years waiting for their release. I personally love this army and am happy to see it coming to you all soon.