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The Book of Sir Denrick

dnutt99

dnutt99

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The Book of Sir Denrick
Utgar's Rage - Collection 2 - "Heroes of Barrenspur"
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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: Sir Denrick of Weston is founder and chapter master of the honorable Knights of Weston. Knighted by his king he swore a righteous oath to protect the weak, to uphold honor of oneself and others, and to punish those who would seek to harm or destroy either. To help him in this just and noble pursuit he recruited among the most valiant and loyal men. A warrior of great power of arms and mind it was at the mouth of the River Lorie that he met defeat by the jealous lords of the land and a betrayer amongst his own ranks. Lost in his own petty desires of leading and angry jealousies of his chapter master, a once honorable knight named Sir Hawthorne opened the gates of their battle fortress and led a besieging host to lay slaughter to the noble knights. It was at this moment of utter betrayal and defeat that the Valkyrie, Jandar, intervened, teleporting Sir Denrick and the remaining knights to the world of Valhalla. In Valhalla, Sir Denrick vowed to selflessly regain the Knights of Weston honor that the traitorous Black Knight Sir Hawthorne had dirtied. In battle, Sir Denrick will zealously seek out the largest and most fearsome opponents in the enemy force defeating them with the skills gained from countless victories against these behemoths of battle. (Hasbro)
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-Rulings and Clarifications-
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-Combinations and Synergies-

Synergy Benefits Received
  • - KNIGHTS OF WESTON / MAC DIRK WARRIORS : Human Champion Bonding
    As a Human Champion, Sir Denrick may benefit from Knights of Weston and Mac Dirk Warriors HUMAN
    CHAMPION BONDING activation bonus.

Synergy Benefits Offered
  • - 4th MASSACHUSETTS LINE : Valiant Army Defense Bonus
    * Having a Valiant personality, Sir Denrick may aid the 4th Massachusetts Line with their VALIANT ARMY
    DEFENSE BONUS.
    *NOTE: See The Book of 4th Massachusetts Line for proper application.

C3V and SoV Custom Synergies
Spoiler Alert!

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

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Power Ranking and Master Index
MKSentinel said:
Power Ranking
Sir Denrick- With Gilbert coming out, Denrick’s value dropped significantly. However, a surge in huge figures
makes Denrick a possibility. B-

Sir Denrick
Mothballed? http://heroscapers.com/community/showthread.php?t=4695
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Unit Strategy Review
 
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Denrick is my absolutely favorite character I would never ever use competetively. He just sucks and is easily replaced by another Human Champion. From the Mothballed thread, here's my thoughts on why Giant Killer is just a terrible ability:

I agree, Denrick has never really been all that good. Thogrim or Finn have served the Human Champion role better for fewer points since long before Denrick first walked onto the field. Denrick's problem is twofold:

1: Giant Killer is too rare a trait to be worth spending the points on. There are only 9 huge figures in the game total. The chance your opponent is fielding one is pretty slim in most cases.

2: Denrick still sucks at fighting most of these units -

- Braxas: I've seen him fall far too many times to Braxas breath attack. Most of the time it's just an afterthought when they've poisoned 2 of the Knights and have a third breath to use. Even then with Flying it's easy for her to get height and tear through Denrick's 4 Defense faster than he can tear through her 8 life.

- Brunak: One of his better matchups actually. A couple bad rolls and Brunak can go down pretty quickly. This is probably the one opponent Denrick can beat reliably, IMO.

- Charos: Denrick has neither the Attack to reliably get through Counterstrike nor the Defenses to survive Charos's attack. He can actually win this fight, but I've seen Charos come out on top more often than not.

- Grimnak: Denrick should win this, but a lucky Chomp roll will take that away from you pretty quickly.

- Jotun: Jotun's superior movement often gets him the first strike, which on a poor roll might be all it takes to deal with Denrick. This is again one of his better matchups though.

- Krug: This fight seems to go 50:50. Either Denrick gets in a couple quick wounds and then finishes off Krug in the next round with a big attack, or Krug gets wounded and rips open Denrick with that big can opener he carries around.

- Mimring: Mimring flutters around Denrick spewing flames until he goes down. The only time Denrick has ever beat him was with an assassin strike when my opponent wasn't paying attention. Nobody paying attention should let Mimring get in melee with Denrick.

- Nilfheim: This turns into a cross between the Mimring and Braxas fights. If the ground is uneven, it's easy for Nilf to rain ice shards down as he plays keep away. If there's less terrain, it's not too hard for Nilf to get in a good position and tear through Denrick with 7 attack.

- Su-Bak-Na: This can go well for Denrick. Su usually gets in a good shot though and Denrick isn't worth much after the battle.

I just don't see what value Denrick honestly has compared to the other Human Champions. He doesn't boost anyone around him, he's not that much stronger, and his one trick just doesn't work in practice. Honestly I've been toying with the idea of letting Giant Killer work on Large figures (or work with +1), but I hate houseruling things. Gilbert does make a mighty fine replacement at least Sad
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In any case, I would never bother to take him over Gilbert unless I was simply unable to squeeze 5 more points out of my army. I absolutely love this figure, and it was one of the main reasons I bought the game in the first place, but he's simply way too situational to use in most scenarios.
 
Unfortunately with the new addition of Gilbert, Denrick has been pushed to one side in my eyes. I would only pick Denrick over Gilbert if i was battling an opponent with a huge figure. Sorry Den!
 
I think Denrick is still a quality player. There's enough opponents playing with figures such as Jotun, Krug, Braxas, Nilf, etc that he can pull his weight. If placed right he can gain height because of his 1 base versus the double base of the huge figures. Even if he doesn't defeat the huge players, 9 times out of ten he at least does his cost worth of damage to them. 7 atk (height) against Jotun's 4 def can certainly put a dent in the giant's plans.
 
There are other figures that have 6 attack and are 100ish points. Drake & Carr.

I'd still much rather just have the kozuke anyways.
 
He might be good again in a couple months when the third large expansion comes out. He can also put a decent-sized dent in Tor-Kul-Na and the Hive.
 
Oh ho! But what if the key to Sir D isn't in his Giant Killer but in his Coward's Reward?

Unit Strategy Review: How to Use Sir Denrick commin' soon!
 
Fezzikthedoor said:
Oh ho! But what if the key to Sir D isn't in his Giant Killer but in his Coward's Reward?

Unit Strategy Review: How to Use Sir Denrick commin' soon!
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Disengagement is so uncommon that Coward's Reward doesn't save him. Besides, the Knights have better survivability then Denrick, and with Gilbert, you have a gazillion people in armor with Coward's Reward. I just don't see it happening.
 
A valid point which will be addressed. Hmm...if people never disengage, how best to make them pay...?
 
i hate seeing sir denrick coming up to my hive, he has the power to 1 or 2 shot it :evil: . he really has some uses, the reward is like a cyberclaw but ur allowed to move u just gotta take a 2 dice chance. and he has some good use against giants, i have seen ranged squads hurt krug and denrick finished him easily.
 
I made a 'Valiant' team as part of a 500-point army which was:

Sir Gilbert
2x Knights of Weston
1x Templar Cavalry
2x 4th mass line

I found that the Cavalry were taken down too quickly so I'm think of adding Denrick instead, that way one team of Knights can go with Gil and the other with Den.
 
Jandars_Hope said:
I made a 'Valiant' team as part of a 500-point army which was:

Sir Gilbert
2x Knights of Weston
1x Templar Cavalry
2x 4th mass line

I found that the Cavalry were taken down too quickly so I'm think of adding Denrick instead, that way one team of Knights can go with Gil and the other with Den.
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Except that your army is 505 points.

At last year's Beantown Beatdown, 4 people showed up with Knights x2, 4th Mass x2, Gilbert and ?. I had AE (valiant before the drop and after their death), others included Alastair, Drake, and Concan/Gilbert. I think you'd only want Denrick if you knew there would be Huge figures in the battle.
 
Well, he's getting a slight bump with AA.

Zelrig, Wo-Sa-Ga and Sujoah are all Huge.

I think he got screwed with Gurei-Oni only being large. I'm anxious to see his sculpt next to Krug and see the difference in size. I think they may have gotten this one wrong.
 
I think Guiri (sp?) is smaller than Krug. Yes, Denrick, like enhancing units, gets better as sets come out. Units that will keep getting better -

Units with Bonding (more targets to bond to)
Ornak
Relentless Assault and similar powers, based on personality.
Things like Denrick, that get bonuses based on the enemy.

There is more but that's a start... personally Denrick has been one of my fave units since he came out.... but hasn't been able to do much.

~Darkclown
 
Someone mentioned using him with Theracus to tie up a quick-approaching, out-the-gate Zelrig. Pretty good idea, IMO.
 
Soul Shackle said:
Someone mentioned using him with Theracus to tie up a quick-approaching, out-the-gate Zelrig. Pretty good idea, IMO.
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It is a decent idea since Denrick has Coward's Reward, but I think Zelrig is still gonna just fly away and take the swipes unless Denrick gets an attack in first. But, if say Denrick wins initiative, I could see it working well.

I'm playing Denrick, Theracus and some KoW. My opponent has Zelrig, and loads him up with markers early.

I win initiative, move Theracus carrying Denrick. Zelrig flies up and spits fire at Denrick/Theracus. My KoW are second, Denrick takes a turn and engages Zelrig, also dealing 3 wounds with his attack.

Now Zelrig has a tougher choice. If I was him, I would probably still disengage and try to fry some squaddies, knowing that Denrick can probably hurt me just as bad as a ranged squad shooting me. Still, I like it if you can fit Denrick into your army for other purposes than just engaging Zelrig.
 
Timing is something that seems to be key in this situation, and in HS, timing is nearly always an unknown, since dice and initiative take such a key roll... ahem, role.
 
I do think AA gives Denrick a reasonable boost. Zelrig, Sujoah, and WSG all...

...cost more than Denrick.
...have movement powers but not disengage (meaning Coward's Reward matters).
...are good enough to be worth killing quickly.

Even if Zetacron and Oni were Large, that wouldn't help Denrick any. Let's face it: if you engage either of those two with knights and human champions, they're going to die. Giant Killer or the lack of it will rarely matter against them. But going from a 4 attack to a 6 does matter a lot against those sturdy 4-def/6-life setups.
 
I think Denrick got a good boost from the DnD Waves. The Fen Hydra, Frost Giant, Greater Ice Elemental, Moltenclaw, Shurrak, and the Werewolf Lord are all Huge figures.

I think most of these will see the table pretty regularly so hopefully Denrick can see play more often.
 
Denrick is good, but not great.

Gilbert is good, and very great.

However Denrick Looks much cooler and kills Dragons! I'd say he'd be useful in Dragon scenerios or Some kinda monster mash sort of thing.
 
Sir Denrick can be great if you play D&D RPG or dungeon crawl style. But in the classic Heroscape battle, there are better options than him or he becomes situational. I personally still use him more for the thematic knight-built even when I have Sir Gilbert in the army.
 
I was going to say something but I think everything has been said. He is an ok character but will never be top pick when you are not doing a senerio or don't know your opponents army.:?
 
Sir Denrick
C3V and SoV Custom Synergies
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