Grod
Joined: Sep 30, 2003
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Aug 24, 2010 - 16:05 |
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Some help please!
For a Chaos Pact team, which should I take the first doubles for the big guys: Claw or Block? (or other?) Which of the three big guys would you put it on first (if you could choose one)?
(This is actually to help me pick a team for a RL tourney...) |
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p4m
Joined: Aug 02, 2003
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Aug 24, 2010 - 16:16 |
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CP is able to mutate on a normal roll? so Block |
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maysrill
Joined: Dec 29, 2008
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Aug 24, 2010 - 16:20 |
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The marauders and renegades can mutate on normal rolls, the big guys need doubles still. (Chaos, Nurgle and Underworld big guys get normal roll mutations)
I'd still go Block. Hopefully it's one fewer guy burning your rerolls filtered through Loner. |
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Optihut
Joined: Dec 16, 2004
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Aug 24, 2010 - 16:23 |
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Block is the better option, except for big guys with juggernaut that are actually blitzing. |
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WhatBall
Joined: Aug 21, 2008
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Aug 24, 2010 - 16:26 |
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Troll or Ogre, Block.
Mino, Claw, especially if you can get Juggernaut too. |
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Eddy
Joined: Aug 04, 2004
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Aug 24, 2010 - 17:50 |
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maysrill wrote: | (Chaos, Nurgle and Underworld big guys get normal roll mutations) |
Afaict, the Nurgle Beast only has S access on regular rolls. That's what written on the version of the rules I have, even if it doesn't make much sense to me (apart from possible balance concerns).
Oh, and yeah, Block. |
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avien
Joined: May 07, 2006
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Aug 24, 2010 - 17:58 |
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WhatBall wrote: | Troll or Ogre, Block.
Mino, Claw, especially if you can get Juggernaut too. |
Yeah, but first block for the others. Juggernaut AND claw on a mino comes way down on my list. I'd rather have 1 skill for 3 marauders. |
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Reisender
Joined: Sep 29, 2007
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Aug 24, 2010 - 18:01 |
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eddy i love your signature!
and yes, block. blockediblockediblock. |
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Catalyst32
Joined: Jul 14, 2008
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Aug 24, 2010 - 18:13 |
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Block... Mighty Blow is enough to do the trick... with Block it can do the trick on a Both Down Result.
I would want it on the Minotaur most if I could put it on any of the 3 Big Guys... he has the potential to Block twice as much as the other 2. Also you risk less by attempting to Block with your Mino than you do the other 2 because he retains his TZ's in case his Negatrait fails. A poorly timed Bonehead or Really Stupid roll can really ruin your formation.
That said I would rather have Guard on all 3 of the Big Guys than to have Block on 2 of them if we were talking a 1 off game (for a team I was moving forward with obviously I gladly take the doubles). The reason for this is that it makes hitting with 3 dice blocks alot easier to do. |
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clarkin
Joined: Oct 15, 2007
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Aug 24, 2010 - 18:19 |
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Personally as a first double I'd take claw on the mino, block on the ogre and tentacles on the troll. |
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Wreckage
Joined: Aug 15, 2004
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Aug 24, 2010 - 18:55 |
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hmm... i'd take block in any case simply for the defensive aspect..... minotaurians not only need any protection they can get, block is also quite valueable and progressive with frenzy and juggernaut at best a poor alternative skill.... i'd only consider claws if my mino already has juggernaut... |
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maysrill
Joined: Dec 29, 2008
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Aug 24, 2010 - 19:21 |
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Wreckage wrote: | hmm... i'd take block in any case simply for the defensive aspect..... minotaurians not only need any protection they can get, block is also quite valueable and progressive with frenzy and juggernaut at best a poor alternative skill.... i'd only consider claws if my mino already has juggernaut... |
Juggernaut is nice enough, but I wouldn't want both it and Block. Thus, I'd consider it on maybe a 3rd skill, once a minotaur has proven itself incapable of rolling doubles.
Without Block or Juggernaut, you don't want to be encouraging blitzes, so no Claw for the mino as a first skill. |
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Were_M_Eye
Joined: Sep 24, 2007
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Aug 24, 2010 - 19:31 |
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SillySod
Joined: Oct 10, 2006
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Aug 24, 2010 - 20:29 |
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Block if its an ogre/troll, claw if its the minotaur.
If you get one double then claw the minotaur. If you get two doubles then block the ogre and troll. (for TT tournaments only) |
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Carnis
Joined: Feb 03, 2009
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Aug 29, 2010 - 10:14 |
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Block for all three. For perpetual, its better to have a single marauder killer with MB/Piling on/Claw/Block, as he does not waste blitzes on a 1. Block mino with stand firm will likely earn some freeblocks of his own. |
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