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Post by colinsherlow on Mar 25, 2017 23:46:03 GMT
Starting minions.
Need help with Battlegroup selection.
So I am going to take the dive in and give Minions a good try.
I am most interested in Dr.Arkadius followed by Lord Carver and Rask.
I would like to know what kind of lists and synergies are popular with these casters. And what is common for their Battlegroup?
Are there any good Minnions forums out there I can check out?
Thanks
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Post by Gaston on Mar 26, 2017 3:28:09 GMT
Hmmmm....guess we should get on making that new player guide. Carver/Arkadius is a good pair to start with because they can have a lot of list overlap and both are quite comfortable running battlegroup heavy. Start with x2 War Hogs, x2 Road Hogs, x1-2 Battle Boars, Targ. Arkadius absolutely wants Bone Grinders for Craft Talisman, Carver not so much. Carver likes Maximus for Berserk and feat Overtake; Gremlin Swarms and Feralgiests for putting Quagmire on hard to remove, incorporeal models. Investing in Gun Boars and Splatter Boars at this point is tricky, taking them will require rethinking the battle group build; but eventually you will want them, they are useful beasts. Rorsh and Brine and Dhalia and Skarath are also fantastic investments that see use across both Gators and Pigs. Wrong Eye and Snapjaw are very powerful as well. Rask is a bit trickier, as the new theme force has shaken up a lot of his lists. Previously he had been taken with x2 Wrastlers and the 3 Lesser Amigos (Wrong Eye, Rorsh, Dhalia), but that seems to be getting phased out for x2 Wrastlers and X number of Gatormen Posse. Bear in mind that Posse will not see use out of theme, and any snake tossing tactics you see Rask running have been removed from the game via Errata. For a general start to buying beasts for Blindwater, I would suggest x2 Wrastlers, x2 Spitters, and x1 Blind Walker will cover the majority of needs for any of the locks (not all the beasts will get used in one list naturally). This forum is by far the largest and most active Minions forum that I am aware of, the FB group also sees a lot of posts, but is harder to parse. I recommend checking out the various battle report threads and YouTube battle reports that we have linked here.  |
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Post by colinsherlow on Mar 26, 2017 4:27:29 GMT
Thank you very much for the advice.
I have always loved Minions so am excited to give them a try.
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Post by colinsherlow on Mar 26, 2017 5:15:02 GMT
I am thinking of something like this for a start.
War Room Army
Minions - New Army
Theme: No Theme Selected
64 / 75 Army
Dr. Arkadius - WB: +32
- Targ - PC: 4
- Battle Boar - PC: 7 (Battlegroup Points Used: 7)
- Gorax Rager - PC: 7 (Battlegroup Points Used: 7)
- Road Hog - PC: 16 (Battlegroup Points Used: 16)
- War Hog - PC: 15 (Battlegroup Points Used: 2)
- War Hog - PC: 15
Dahlia Hallyr - Hallyr & Skarath: 17
- Skarath
Lanyssa Ryssyl, Nyss Sorceress - PC: 4
Swamp Gobber Chef - PC: 1
Farrow Bone Grinders - Leader & 5 Grunts: 8
Swamp Gobber Bellows Crew - Leader & 1 Grunt: 2
There are points left and I am unsure of what to take with them. And is Lanyssa worth it? She seems like she would be to me. Threat extender and free charges sounds pretty good.
But what to do with the extra points?
Any changes that should be made?
I was thinking Alten Ashley worth considering? Maybe another light? More infantry?
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Post by MessOfMinions on Mar 26, 2017 11:39:08 GMT
I've been twiddling my thumbs on whether or not to start a tactica style post for a couple warlocks, I have the majority of a rask one written up already, since I've played him the most this edition, but once classes start dying down soon I could see myself working through the mess. Arkadius would probably be next. If people are interested, I'm down to clown.
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