boozy
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Post by boozy on Oct 25, 2017 22:49:13 GMT
Aye, I only own three of the things myself, though they are magnificent! Though in my experience the comment that SR 2017 needs EVERY non-support beast to have pathfinder might be a tad overboard. It's certainly something that you want to have a plan for though! It is essential for Naaresh DoA. The whole idea is cheap 'beasts doing major work under feat, Enrage, and likely Primal to fix MAT and POW. Primal competes with Rush, meaning if don't have native Pathfinder (or Flight, which is better), you can't deliver said warbeast.
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Post by benjamini on Oct 26, 2017 2:59:28 GMT
Aye, I only own three of the things myself, though they are magnificent! Though in my experience the comment that SR 2017 needs EVERY non-support beast to have pathfinder might be a tad overboard. It's certainly something that you want to have a plan for though! It is essential for Naaresh DoA. The whole idea is cheap 'beasts doing major work under feat, Enrage, and likely Primal to fix MAT and POW. Primal competes with Rush, meaning if don't have native Pathfinder (or Flight, which is better), you can't deliver said warbeast. I certainly agree with most of your points, just not quite your conclusion. (/I am trying to justify to myself never warming up the worms as pieces) It has been my experience that this style of Naaresh DOA is able to deal a crippling/decisive blow on the feat turn even without pathfinder or flight on all of the beasts intended for combat (Right now I personally like using a mix of Brutes and Archidons)... That being said Archidons in general are sexy and I'd love to work more of them in once I get around to buying more, they certainly give you more flexibility in terms of where you can go!
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Post by tasadarthemadbear on Oct 26, 2017 6:21:03 GMT
This is complete theorycrafting, but this is the list I just came up with. Only have a few of the pieces so far, but its a goal to work towards.
Skorne 75pt Disciples of Agony Theme Force<br> Naaresh (+32)<br> Battle Boar (-7)<br> Shaman (-8)<br> Shaman (-8)<br> Archidon (-10)<br> Archidon (-10)<br> Rhinodon (-12)<br> Brute (-8)<br> Brute (-8)<br> Drake (-8)<br> Krea (-7)<br> Max Beast Handlers (-7)<br> Min Beast Handlers (-5)<br> Bloodrunners (-9)<br> Master Tormentor (free)<br> Total: 107pts
PS- What are everyones thoughts on using Naaresh at low point levels such as 25 or 50? I have Naaresh himself along with a titan brick list and some cyclops bodies from the starter kit. I plan on adding an Archidon soon and theres a blackhide wrastler on its way from ebay. I really wanted to stick with gatormen minions, but I'll probably snag a battle boar off ebay too. A titan brick doesnt really need rage, but I could go with a wrastler and a bunch of sentrys.
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Post by jagius021 on Oct 26, 2017 16:02:59 GMT
While a Titan brick doesn't NEED it, it doesn't hurt. A sentry with the risk of getting primal keeps people well away from it. Even if it needs to trample to clear itself from jams the attacks it buys can still wreck what it lands next to. I think that just having the options on the table psyched my opponent out enough in my last doa game.
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Post by benjamini on Oct 26, 2017 17:22:24 GMT
If I were running a titan brick in DOA, I might personally gravitate towards a damage buff coming from rage rather than primal. 15 Pts is a lot to have frenzy en masse the next turn, so it kind of disincentivizes using primal. That being said, the accuracy benefit is still awesome.
Concerning low point games, I find that Naaresh's personal assassination threat becomes more potent as points decrease because there are fewer things to potentially block him from getting to the opposing caster.
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Post by jagius021 on Oct 26, 2017 19:37:48 GMT
That's a solid point about low cost games. I always want nareesh to go to town, but I have literally only ever cast cyclone to get him into a more defensive position lol. Lower points make him more of his own assassination vector. Hit him 5 times with paingivers and then charge maniacally at your opponent. Under Drake Animus no less.
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skormedlover87
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Desperately searching for days off to game...
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Post by skormedlover87 on Oct 26, 2017 21:58:43 GMT
What about spamming Blind Walkers at 10 pts? Seems like a good synergistic match with the feat, str+arm. Maybe 4 walkers, 4 Archidons, battle boar, shaman?
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Post by benjamini on Oct 27, 2017 1:53:23 GMT
One of the reasons I like brutes is because they have multiple initials, there's certainly something to 10pt Blindwalkers if that's how the CID pans out! 5 Pow 21 attacks sounds pretty sexy! If only the Blindwalker model's tails weren't awful to position on the table
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