OW2 - Juggernauts and the Case for Armor Cracking

Seems reasonable

Another option is to fit AHV in there, but you won’t get 3 jacks.

No shooting in your list is sad, so you can’t touch support. But you do hit hard with trip jug.

Ymmv, but I don't like dedicated melee jacks in wolves all that much. They don't usually contribute until very late in the game. They can be all stars then, or they can be too little too late. I've been running her with 2x destroyers. They've been more consistent and versatile for me thanks to their ranged output. Plus PS 17 isn't too bad when you add in the debuffs. Yeah a juggernaut is going to do like 10 more points of damage in melee, but if the destroyer shoots once or twice before going in they make up a chunk of that.

Thanks folks for your replies. Thoughts below:



I don't want AHV in the list. The rationale for the 3rd jack is more than just that it can hit hard. It's also:
(1) Better scenario presence. A&H don't help that.
(2) Adding an attrition element to the list. Wolves gets sad when you start to thin out the doomies. A third jack does wonders for that.

That said, You're damn right about being sad without a 3rd ranged jack. Based on your feedback and others I think I'd be happy with this tradeoff - losing one Escort (I still have 2, one for each side of the board), and I'd gain a Gobber for better scenario and also healing Old Witch. I have each side covered with a Juggernaut, and one great ranged jack for sniping.





Points are tight, soulsamurai. I'd much rather have either the Ternion or a Koldun Lord, and when it really matters Old Witch isn't focused starved because of her arcane machinery/feat.



My mileage has varied. Last game I took Ruin and a Marauder and they did great and felt useful. I generally just run them full speed turn 1. I think you have a good point about the Destroyer, which is why I'm incorporating one into the edited list. The big thing is that I want a 3rd jack, and want the melee output, but I doubt I lose much on the melee side but gain something really useful with the gun given the above swap.

I also looked at subbing in Victor and a Berserker, which I think is more cute than good (hard to fit in 2 large bases, Berserker can't take focus, etc.)



Naw, it's good juju. Take the compliment! What do you think about the list now?

The list seems pretty good. I'd be worried about a lack of solos however. You only have two Kolduns and a gobber. It's one of the main reasons that I brought in Alexia2, because if you lose reavers, you get solos who are almost as good to replace them.

Yes. You'd have to lose one of the warjacks. Probably the Juggernaut.

It's only due to the poor defence of the solos that we have.

To be fair Alexia has already been doing some good armor cracking for me lately. It's unusual not to spawn her points worth of weaponmasters, and even if they hit slightly less hard than doomreavers the activation flexibility, threat range, jank like spawning over walls, and their solo status makes up for it. Those new scenarios are icing on the cake.