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Post by phantomsig on Aug 21, 2018 23:11:14 GMT
Hi team,
Have received this model and am excited to use him, he looks useful for harassment and solo hunting.
This would be in a circle Tharn list, i am considering using him alongside Bloodtrackers to stack prey on enemy models.
Thoughts? Is the price cost prohibitive?
What about tips and tricks to use him?
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Post by mydnight on Aug 22, 2018 0:05:50 GMT
Well in a minions list solos are typically free. But the opportunity cost of a hunter is high (hutchuck, alten, eilish etc).
In a non minions list 6 points is a lot to pay. He is great for solo hunting or to tie up some elite fragile unit, but he dies quickly after. Typically solos are better if they bring utility.
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Post by phantomsig on Aug 22, 2018 0:29:10 GMT
So I guess I need to look at what I am sacrificing in order to get the totem hunter.
What would he need to achieve in order to be worth it?
* Remove a critical solo, or disrupt it without dying
* Disrupt a critical unit (choir/idrians)
* Contest an enemy zone, and survive
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Post by gobber on Aug 22, 2018 4:16:22 GMT
So I guess I need to look at what I am sacrificing in order to get the totem hunter. What would he need to achieve in order to be worth it? * Remove a critical solo, or disrupt it without dying * Disrupt a critical unit (choir/idrians) * Contest an enemy zone, and survive He'd have to do one or more of the above where a friendly faction choice that can take buffs, be free, or count towards free things could not, while also outcompeting all other options for your minion solo slot (ie if your list can't easily ignore incorporeal/stealth/clouds you'll likely be better off with a mist speaker instead). That's a sufficiently rare set of circumstances that I have never used him outside of minions. Even within minions as a faction-buffable free solo that maximizes free points he's generally not chosen before his 5pt competitors. Definitely viable in blindwater and with helga for perfectly angled featslams, but even in those ideal niches he's got significant competition. Advice to use him within circle? Tanith, Kreuger2, and Mohsar seem to offer the best faction agnostic buffs. He's good on flanks especially if there's a forest to charge through; stealth+def14+arm16+8boxes is annoying to kill without dedicated effort. If you can, end his activation in something's back arc; his free strikes hurt and he's hard for a lot of infantry to efficiently kill without a charge. |
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