dagger/pearl of infinite bleakness combo
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- Cold One Knight
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dagger/pearl of infinite bleakness combo
gonna run this one tomorrow night. If I kill too many in a turn to cause a panic, the automatically pass because they are ItP.
Has anyone used this combo yet?
Has anyone used this combo yet?
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maybe with a level 4, but with a level 2 i don't think youll ever burn enough to cause a panic check, unless your sacrifice happy.
25 spearmen:
turn 1 - 3 spearmen sacrified (22 left)
turn 2 - 3 spearmen sac (18 left)
turn 3 - 3 spearmen sac (15 left)
turn 4 - 3 spearmen sac (12 left)
turn 5 - 3 spearmen sac (9 left) - panic test needed
turn 6 - 3 spearmen sac (6 left) - panic test needed
and thats providing you max sac each turn. and don't take casualties.
and like the guy said, for a dagger you could take 3-4 more spearmen.
25 spearmen:
turn 1 - 3 spearmen sacrified (22 left)
turn 2 - 3 spearmen sac (18 left)
turn 3 - 3 spearmen sac (15 left)
turn 4 - 3 spearmen sac (12 left)
turn 5 - 3 spearmen sac (9 left) - panic test needed
turn 6 - 3 spearmen sac (6 left) - panic test needed
and thats providing you max sac each turn. and don't take casualties.
and like the guy said, for a dagger you could take 3-4 more spearmen.
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- Cold One Knight
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using a level 2.
with the list I'm running tomorrow, I can only get a 10 man unit for this, thus the need to use the item. If I add 5 more guys, then I still wouldn't be able to use that 25 points of magic somewhere else because I'm already sitting at 2248 points.
with the list I'm running tomorrow, I can only get a 10 man unit for this, thus the need to use the item. If I add 5 more guys, then I still wouldn't be able to use that 25 points of magic somewhere else because I'm already sitting at 2248 points.
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with the list I'm running tomorrow, I can only get a 10 man unit for this, thus the need to use the item. If I add 5 more guys, then I still wouldn't be able to use that 25 points of magic somewhere else because I'm already sitting at 2248 points.
I think it would be better to have a bigger unit regardless, because if the ennemy gets first turn he/she could potentially wipe out your lvl2 and her unit with shooting/magic.
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I'm actually using it today, and the reason is that my 30 strong unit will be exposed to dwarven firepower, as they are the guard of my Lvl2 sorceress who's gonna try to chillwind his thunderers/organ gun.
Therefore the pearl is not there for the dagger, but for the casualties i'll probably take, also because that unit once is engaged in combat it will bring a decent Static CR.
Therefore the pearl is not there for the dagger, but for the casualties i'll probably take, also because that unit once is engaged in combat it will bring a decent Static CR.
DiscipleOfKhaine said:
Im not saying that makes them unworthy of a model, Im just saying...that Malekith is the greatest elven king in the history of the world and I will never concede otherwise.
cougar_roger wrote:well since I thought of it do I get to name it? The Cougar Caster combo??
*Cough*
But that thought seemed natural to me as well. !smile!
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Sacking as much as possible is not a no-brainer. If the spell succeeded without, and you have no reason to believe a dispel will be attempted, why sack?
Unless you already figured out, I play Empire. And I like spearelves.
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Konrad von Richtmark wrote:Sacking as much as possible is not a no-brainer. If the spell succeeded without, and you have no reason to believe a dispel will be attempted, why sack?
I don't think anyone is advocating that you kill your own elves just for the hell of it. Bystanders likes and dislikes aside.
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That's why you use 30 warriors no shields and the pearl. Shooting will not panic them, and you have enough warriors to spare to hold combat for a turn, even against fear-causers. Add an assassin and Warbanner and you might even win combat.
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It depends what you're up against though. If it's S5 or higher, the shields won't do much. If it's lower than S5, maybe using spears will be better anyway. If not, then you might right, but you can always try to avoid combat with those units, starting with deployment.
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If you are facing multiple S5 hits a AS reduced to 6+ is better than nothing and one saved wound may well swing the combat in your favor via combat resolution. If you are charged by T3 S5 opponents with not much armor then in that situation maybe the extra attack with the second rank is worthwhile. The overwhelming amount of the time I am either charging with my spearelves or in a situation where they need to maintian max SCR to hold and the extra AS is worth vastly more than a few more S3 attacks.
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