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Lord_rock
Underboss
2022 Posts
    
Portland OR
 | | 09/25/2008 10:58 PM |
| | There are a lot to choose from... What's your top 5 skirmish wise? Any piece have too much of a good thing? | |
Rock Bottom Pricing:
Arcane Archer 30, Centaur Hero 67, Human Cleric of Bane 25, Gold Champion 34, Death Knight 52, Goblin Blackblade 9, Silentwolf Goblin 7, Orc Raider 10, Dwarf axefighter 9, Healer 9, Thaskor 65, Aspect of Demogorgon 71, Ogre 9, Fire Giant 79, Human Wanderer 7, Drunken Master 18, Barghest 12, Longstider Barbarian 27, Longtooth Barbarian 22, Frost Giant 76, Ravenous Vampire 42, Large Earth Elemental: priceless | |
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Kissmykiester
Sergeant
525 Posts
| | 09/26/2008 12:31 AM |
| Hmmmm
Top 5 would have to be
Red Hand War Sorcerer
Hippogrift
Kolyarut
Lillend
DragonMark Heir of Deneith
But there are others I can't wait to try out and are likewise skirmish worthy.
DragonKith mounted on a Stormlizard (What a combo!)
Dwarf Sniper (First strike thanks to Scout, could potentially eliminate or weaken enemy fodder)
Half-Orc Spy (doesn't say whose victory area on the card, that extra die for init could be all important)
Hammerer (Come on, for 16 points a couple of these might be worth it)
Kolyarut (Nuff Said)
Thundertusk Cavalry (loads of potential)
Air Genasi Swashbucker (playtesting required but I got the feeling that if used correctly could be worth it)
Bralani Eladrin (Nothing new here, Nerf somewhat but still viable)
Gnome Trickster (see above comment)
Hero of Valhalla (Merc General's has another option)
Storm Silverhand (Nuff said)
Valenar Nomad Charger (loads of potential for its low cost)
Maug (viable tank that hits hard)
Large Water Elemental (Nice!!!)
Lords of Blades (Don't you wanna dust him off and test run him again)
Mezzodemon (Hmmm, maybe but it's HP is kinda low)
Green Slaad (seems like fun)
Howler (It's viable unlike 1.0)
Marilith(teams well with the Orc Wiz)
Orc Wizard (Demon Binder's new best friend)
Succubus (From a sux skimish piece to WOW)
Greenspawn Sneak( for 6 pts it's so useful) | |
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Vrecknidj
Warlord
10445 Posts
United States
| | 09/27/2008 4:12 AM |
| The flying horsey and the booby piece are probably going to see some play. I don't know if the Thundertusk Cavalry is as good as it could be, but, it offers something to the game that we don't have much of and so I like it.
Dave | |
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OhGodtheRats
Warrior
188 Posts
| | 09/28/2008 2:13 AM |
| Ok, I'm going to be weird with this one and just name my underdog favorite: The Fiendish Snake.
Five point fodder that ignores difficult terrain. Ok, not such a big deal. But a minor action to inflict an auto 10 Poison Damage on a target taking ongoing poison damage....I don't know. This past weekend I used six of them with Lady Vol....after the poison Breath came out they just ran in and auto damaged like fiends. Shut down a Large Red dragon in Turn 2. 5 point fodder guaranteed to do 10 damage in the game (with the right warband) is pretty good in my book.
Also the Arcadian Hippogriff is going to be seeing play. Just the fact that you can put any martial figure, of which there are tons, on it.
The Large Water Elemental brings out an Aquatic Creature with some bite...and if you get the Flooded Ruins map you'll be double-moving like a fiend as it recharges his Tidal Surge power.Â
The Karsite Fighter's "You are at -5 damage the entire game" basic attack or the "If you're Arcane you're weakened the entire game" thing is also something we can expect to see pop up if an Arcane-crazy meta shows up. Seriously....all game. Classy.
I'm just talking about pieces I've seen in action....I'm sure as we play more I'll have better opinions of the "top" BW minis.
-jared
PS: The Ethereal Marauder, while not top tier, is waaaaaaay too much fun. Someone else brought a Gnoll Priestess Warband (with here Daze bolt the other Gnolls were hitting at +4) with a couple of the Ethereals and it was hilarious to see the things rip through the wall and kidnap Dark Mantles with their Snatch Prey. It's interesting seeing an attack that lets a piece shift 7 Squares, even though walls.  Bad news, it requires a small enemy to do so. Beside the Dark Mantle and an unfortuenate Halfling later in the day, it didn't come up that often.
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Darth Torment
Warrior
202 Posts
Toronto, Ontario CANADA
| | 09/28/2008 11:00 AM |
| Fiendish Snake is definately one I agree with you on.Â
His stats are really good for a 5 pt piece. Not over the top, just very playable. This was one of the minis that really stood out to me when checking out these re-stats.
Very cool stuff | |
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SquareKnot
Skirmisher
8 Posts
| | 09/28/2008 6:53 PM |
| | I've been playtesting my Blood Wars pieces and was quite surprised (and pleased) with the Gnome Trickster. At first I thought it was somewhat of a one (or three) trick wonder. But those are really, really good tricks. And with Disguise Self, it can't be picked off by pesky archers. I'm liking this piece more and more as I think of new uses for it. | | | |
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rar
Skirmisher
26 Posts
| | 09/29/2008 5:34 AM |
| I like the Gnome Trickster with a couple of Onis... adding a +2 att from combat advantage and +10 dmg from sneak attack to a +15/20dmg line or cone twice in a battle can be nasty.
Kolyarut is very solid.
RHWS is a great tech piece for a hitter band.
Fiendish snake looks nice with the right band. Maybe (for fun) Astral Stalker x4, Fiendish Snake x4?
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The_Entropic_Wizard
Sneak
81 Posts
St Paul, MN
| | 09/30/2008 1:39 AM |
| That Fiendish Snake makes me want to rehash my Poison band... couple the Snake with the Drow Priestess and her Curse of the Spider Queen power (gives any creature Vuln. 5 poison for rest of skirmish), and you have yourself some auto 15 poison damage action for a mere 5 points! Yeah, okay, I'll take that. Pop in an Astral Stalker and you're good.
Ya know, after really going through this set and actively looking for something non-AllStar to bitch about and finding nothing to really complain about, I'm really very impressed with this. THANK YOU, WOTC, FOR NOT MAKING BLOOD WARS SUCK!!! Blood Wars FTW, baby. | |
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Darth Torment
Warrior
202 Posts
Toronto, Ontario CANADA
| | 09/30/2008 8:21 AM |
| | I didn't even think to use the Spider Priestess with the Fiendish snakes!! Sweet! :) | |
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Sirohk
Commander
3930 Posts
USA
| | 10/02/2008 3:37 AM |
| Posted By Kissmykiester on 09/26/2008 12:31 AM
Hmmmm
Top 5 would have to be
Red Hand War Sorcerer
Hippogrift
Kolyarut
Lillend
DragonMark Heir of Deneith
But there are others I can't wait to try out and are likewise skirmish worthy.
DragonKith mounted on a Stormlizard (What a combo!)
Dwarf Sniper (First strike thanks to Scout, could potentially eliminate or weaken enemy fodder)
Half-Orc Spy (doesn't say whose victory area on the card, that extra die for init could be all important)
Hammerer (Come on, for 16 points a couple of these might be worth it)
Kolyarut (Nuff Said)
Thundertusk Cavalry (loads of potential)
Air Genasi Swashbucker (playtesting required but I got the feeling that if used correctly could be worth it)
Bralani Eladrin (Nothing new here, Nerf somewhat but still viable)
Gnome Trickster (see above comment)
Hero of Valhalla (Merc General's has another option)
Storm Silverhand (Nuff said)
Valenar Nomad Charger (loads of potential for its low cost)
Maug (viable tank that hits hard)
Large Water Elemental (Nice!!!)
Lords of Blades (Don't you wanna dust him off and test run him again)
Mezzodemon (Hmmm, maybe but it's HP is kinda low)
Green Slaad (seems like fun)
Howler (It's viable unlike 1.0)
Marilith(teams well with the Orc Wiz)
Orc Wizard (Demon Binder's new best friend)
Succubus (From a sux skimish piece to WOW)
Greenspawn Sneak( for 6 pts it's so useful)
Well summarized K!Â
I especially like:
RHWS
Kolyarut
Elf Dragonkith
Air Genasai Swashbickler
Can't wait to dig out these minis and start playing with them.Â
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