Denryuu Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 Hi, everyone I've been playing Warlord for about a month, and I've been loving it. The only problem is that I don't win much. Anyway, I got more grunts and I've been using that- it seems to work well. Her is my planned list for a tournament (based on my limited collection of models) : Judas Bloodspire with 7 Skeleton Breakers: 373 points Azarphan with 7 Skeleton Warriors: 198 points Azarphan (non-unique! yay!) with 4 skeleton archers: 175 points for a total of 746 points How does that look to everyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsetsen Muur Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 I love Azarphan as a model. He looks like he should be singing "Tentacles" from "Shoggoth on the Roof". That said, I don't believe it is cost effective to use one warlord and two captains when one Captain and two Sgts will do. This would allow you more grunts. That said, if that's what you got, go for it. People will have a tough time taking out your leadership. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castlebuilder Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 From my experience, Warlords are too expensive for 750 pt games. Downgrading to a Captain and two Sgts would gvie you points for a spell slinger or a solo. Skeletons die fast, so you either need tons of them or good support to clean up after them........ Castlebuilder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denryuu Posted June 18, 2005 Author Share Posted June 18, 2005 Ugh... thats what I was afraid of. Oh, well. Time to go get new models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladystorm Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 I support you purchasing more models but remember, until you have them, proxying is fine in all but the Three Official games (Origins, GenCon and ReaperCon). So when you show up at the Toy Soldier today to play in the games, field what works best for you. And who knows what goodies you'll go home with afterwards, there is a nice box of prizes for the day. I promise your local BL Reps are quite reasonable. Cher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sivrel Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 One thing to remember as necros or any other faction for that matter is a favorable grunt/big stuff ratio for your faction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denryuu Posted June 22, 2005 Author Share Posted June 22, 2005 Playing with the list, I've been doing okay, and I recently picked up a sergeant for my archers. No point in giving them a captain, though for the rest, I do like the added power of strong characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixminis Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 It's worth mentioning that Warlord is a combined arms game as well. Consider taking 3 warriors w/4 breakers and 4 warriors w/3 breakers vs. giving them units of their own... Try talking with your opponent about the game aftewards. Try swapping sides/armies and playing against your troops as well... this'll help identify tactics, troop composition, or *other* as the reason... A more time intensive exercise would be to write up a battlle report & post it for comments!!! Rgds, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnytheundeadguy Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 It's worth mentioning that Warlord is a combined arms game as well. yep, combined arms...unless you want to combine missile troops with melee troops (pretty basic tactic as i see it)...then you're limited to just one such troop per warband...still trying to figure out where the heck that ruling came from... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixminis Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 yep, combined arms...unless you want to combine missile troops with melee troops (pretty basic tactic as i see it)...then you're limited to just one such troop per warband...still trying to figure out where the heck that ruling came from... Which page/rule are you referring to? ... or which section of the Errata? This isn't to say that I haven't heard of the change of status for archers... I'm just blanking on where it is.... Rgds, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsetsen Muur Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 yep, combined arms...unless you want to combine missile troops with melee troops (pretty basic tactic as i see it)...then you're limited to just one such troop per warband...still trying to figure out where the heck that ruling came from... Which page/rule are you referring to? ... or which section of the Errata? This isn't to say that I haven't heard of the change of status for archers... I'm just blanking on where it is.... Rgds, A discussion of this, with links to several versions of the errata (72 dpi, 300 b/w dpi, 300 color dpi) can be found *Here* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denryuu Posted June 23, 2005 Author Share Posted June 23, 2005 Back on topic... I tried combined arms today, and I got more archers as well. I got Kaena, the Banshee, and used: 2 Azarphans with 3 breakers and 3 warriors (one with Malek) 1 Banshee 1 Railor with 8 archers. I won every game I played, perhaps because of good luck, bad opponents, or whatever, but I think the advice I got here is good. Thanks, everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixminis Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 Thanks, now that I've refreshed my memory cells for a few more minutes: yes, a significant change, but not really a contradiction of what I mean when I say "combined arms". Combined arms to me is: "An approach to warfare which seeks to integrate different arms of a military to achieve mutually complementary effects." I've seen some definitions that talk about "simultaneous", but I'd say that a single turn could be considered simultaneous. Yes it's going to change tactics, but not in a manner that prevents placing the impact where it counts. Consider US Arty tactics vs. Warlord Archer tactics: The arty was applied where it would be most useful. Now that most archers are adepts, the unit will be used to provide extra emphasis on a critical part of the battlefield vs. being easier to time multiple lower-impact attacks. Okee, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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