The Book of Drow Chainfighter

[Gored by 21]

I pulled drake into 2 waiting Nikita engagement strikes to finish him off

[oracle92]

^That makes me wonder though; does chain grab actually trigger abilities like engagement strike? I mean, the "chainee" becomes adjacent, but he didn't move into engagement which the ability states as a requirement; he was moved to that space by virtue of an opponent's ability.

[CheddarLimbo]

Originally Posted by oracle92

^That makes me wonder though; does chain grab actually trigger abilities like engagement strike? I mean, the "chainee" becomes adjacent, but he didn't move into engagement which the ability states as a requirement; he was moved to that space by virtue of an opponent's ability.

Yes. Engagement Strike triggers. the figure becomes engaged, it doesn't matter if he moved there or was placed there by another power.

[Rÿchean]

Engagement Strike does trigger. No need to wonder anymore.

edit- ninj'd by limber cheese

[Chardris1287]

Had an embarrassing moment with this guy the other day when I drafted him. It was an Utgar drow army, vs a Aquilla Dwarf army + Sujoah. We used a lava map, and I had missed the part about placing a figure on a same level space. So I had gained a newfound respect for this figure while kicking butt with this by throwing 2 Axegrinders and Mogrimm into the lava, I realized my mistake as I re-read the card and saw my error. I admitted my mistake, but still won the game.

[screwDriver]

First post here. I'm a newbie with Heroscape, I don't have my master set yet but it will be receiving it any day this week.

I've a question about the Drow Chainfighter. If I yank an engage figure away from the fight, does that figure suffer from a disengage penalty (if applicable)?

[GreenLanturn]

Welcome to the site!

If you read the entire card, you'll see that the last line of the Chain Grab ability states that the moved figure will not receive any disengaging penalties.

[screwDriver]

My bad, thanks for pointing that out GL.

[Mrspy]

He would have been way better if you could grab someone from 3 spaces away, and place him up to 3 spaces away from the drow chainfighter.

Oh well he's only 25 points!!!

[flameslayer93]

Has anybody thought of using this guy in the water with the Drow ready on the next OM?

I have tried this and it worked pretty well for me...The Chainfighter drags a hero into the water on the first OM and on the second, a squad of Drow jump him while on height.

The chainfighter's original attack of 4 combined with the next 3 attacks of 4(assuming hieght is kept) puts many heroes into a health deficit!!! Although it is best when the hero has only 1 or even no OM's on it, that hero could lose a turn!

[S1R_ART0R1US]

Yes, but an important thing to consider is that your opponent takes a turn too and may very well reposition his figure.

[flameslayer93]

Originally Posted by S1R_ART0R1US

Yes, but an important thing to consider is that your opponent takes a turn too and may very well reposition his figure.

But that is just a gamble. As you said, they may reposition their figure. If I won intitive, they have to put OM 1 on it. If not, then I always have the option of using a different Chainfighter and/or squad of drow.