Caster versatility and power of theme forces

The times i have played Horgel 2, i used Fire Starter on a bomber. He can "light up" two heavies easily enough. Then you have the runebearer who can cast the fire AoE to "light up" another heavy if need be. Any light beast will do incredible damage to a heavy if all its attacks are boosted. Beasts benefit a lot more from the feat than infantry does, because infantry usually have only one attack and the damage is often boosted from charging. Beasts benefit a lot from the free boost on their extra initial and brought attacks though.

Ranged units also benefit greatly from boosted attacks. They usually have lower RAT than the average MAT (no fell caller for ranged attacks) so boosted hit rolls is usually more relevant. They also do not get boosted damage on their ranged weapons under normal circumstances, but with Horgles feat up, a unit os sluggers will obliterate most heavies. Therefore he has some great synergy with KC and SotN since they have access to good ranged units.

He also has Solid Ground that is really good for protecting low ARM troops from blasts. BoH focuses on high ARM troops with lots of wounds, so they do not care much about Solid Ground. The more nimble troops of KC or SotN really like the blast immunity though.

To me it is obvious that Horgle 2 has very little synergy with BoH but a lot more in the other themes.

Interesting exercise and thank you for the time put in! Great reference for new players!

Since there's not a single '5' rating for BoH, does that mean we're waiting for just the right new warlock?

In my opinion boh struggles cause of our infantry was not that good. The current cid version with the buff to champs and long rider and redesign of madrak1 boh is really nice.

+2 deployment zone is always good
Rfp + ignoring tough is also really important in certain Matchups(gf,cats...)

Vs a melee force champs def 14 base +2 def arcane ward. So hitting def16 should be really nice.


Trollbloods Army - 75 / 75 points
[Theme] Band of Heroes


(Borka 1) Borka Kegslayer [+28]
- Rok [19]
- Troll Bouncer [9]
Fell Caller Hero [0(5)]
Krielstone Bearer & Stone Scribes (min) [6]
- Stone Scribe Elder [3]
Long Riders (max) [20]
Trollkin Champions (max) [16]
- Skaldi Bonehammer [0(5)]
Trollkin Fennblades (max) [15]
- Fennblade Officer and Drummer [5]
Trollkin Warders (min) [10]

As an example.

Grissel 1 and Calandra are both helped much by the RB, yes, but there are positives, and IIRC the Devs have said that Band will gain access to the RB and maybe a couple other things.

All those weapon masters and cavalry on Calandra's feat turn can be amazing. Granted, that works better now in Northkin, but it really was a reason to play her in Band. Also, Star Crossed with Champs at DEF 14 in melee. Grissel 1, of course, has Hoof It and Ballad, which can also be very strong on Champs and Long Riders.

As for Grissel 2, her feat grants both Reposition and Unyielding- Repo can get the Champs back into b2b after a big charge and UY can keep them standing and get more use out of Ret Strikes. Dash can be a huge help for a SPD 5 list, especially on top of +2 Deploy. Deflection can make most of the list DEF 14 at range, which will cause a few more misses, especially for rockets and rifles who can't CRA. 

That's exactly what I was mentioning earlier. I saw a few 1s that I thought were maybe 2-3s (double Fennblades in BOH with no knockdown/blast damage from Horgle2 could be better than a 1 maybe) but it's obviously SO MUCH BETTER to take him in SotN with the same effect on higher def, AD Raiders and free upkeeps that it being a 2 doesn't matter. Nobody should take him in BoH once SotN comes out IMO... so a 1 there made enough sense for me.

Fingers crossed for Fenns to count towards BoH points. I love all the pieces that are in BoH and if it existed in Mk2, it'd be all I played probably.