Do top tier competitive players use Deathstar units?
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 1:51 pm
So some people are saying they do, others are saying they don't. For these purposes lets just say they are playing an un comped game of battleline against a another top competitive payer.
Usually it would make sense to write the best list logically possible and naturally this may include a death star, so against an average or below opponent who doesn't know how to deal with it, or feed it chaff. It seems as though the odds will be in your favour before you've even started.
But against another competitive player who knows how to have it chasing chaff perfectly placed around the entire board and hitting nothing of value the entire game- wouldn't it seem rather pointless to put all "your eggs in one basket". Not to mention if it gets wiped out you have very little amount of points in other units who can actually do damage for you.
Then wouldn't this be a different matter if you ran the 'Two Towers" list of a horde of executioners and Witch Elf/Cob. Because now the experienced player has two units that could potentially do so much damage.
This brings me onto the multiple Master and BsB on Dark Steeds with Warlocks build. Wouldn't this be the most competitive /viable option you could take no matter how well you can use it? M9 fast calvary. 4++ to the Warlocks. While the masters sport a 1+ in combat. While other Dark Riders wipe off enemy chaff. Your deathstar unit is vanguarding 12, marching 18. At least guaranteed a charge against something worthwhile in turn 2. Making all the anti-deathstar tactics kinda pointless.
Can someone aware me, this is the extent of my knowledge on this so I don't really know how it all works in reality.
Usually it would make sense to write the best list logically possible and naturally this may include a death star, so against an average or below opponent who doesn't know how to deal with it, or feed it chaff. It seems as though the odds will be in your favour before you've even started.
But against another competitive player who knows how to have it chasing chaff perfectly placed around the entire board and hitting nothing of value the entire game- wouldn't it seem rather pointless to put all "your eggs in one basket". Not to mention if it gets wiped out you have very little amount of points in other units who can actually do damage for you.
Then wouldn't this be a different matter if you ran the 'Two Towers" list of a horde of executioners and Witch Elf/Cob. Because now the experienced player has two units that could potentially do so much damage.
This brings me onto the multiple Master and BsB on Dark Steeds with Warlocks build. Wouldn't this be the most competitive /viable option you could take no matter how well you can use it? M9 fast calvary. 4++ to the Warlocks. While the masters sport a 1+ in combat. While other Dark Riders wipe off enemy chaff. Your deathstar unit is vanguarding 12, marching 18. At least guaranteed a charge against something worthwhile in turn 2. Making all the anti-deathstar tactics kinda pointless.
Can someone aware me, this is the extent of my knowledge on this so I don't really know how it all works in reality.