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Post by zwergenkrieger on Apr 2, 2018 19:10:01 GMT
Hi all,
what about Steelhead Cavalry? I don't see them in lists, but I think they look gross. What are their weaknesses? What are their strenghts?
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Post by 36cygnar24guy36 on Apr 2, 2018 19:28:45 GMT
1" melee is awful for large based cavalry
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Choco
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Post by Choco on Apr 2, 2018 19:31:44 GMT
They also lost Backswing. They also require a unit tax to get the most out of their melee potential.
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crow
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Post by crow on Apr 2, 2018 19:50:41 GMT
When I had units of them I found they were AWESOME... if you were playing Damiano Steel Head boat. Honestly they weren’t bad but you really did need Damiano’s coins, his +3 strength feat, his hordes of cheap steel head halbs and the tactician from Stannis. If you were missing even one of those things, they immediately felt “meh” and since I don’t like Damiano... I found it wasn’t worth it for me.
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Post by doppleganger on Apr 2, 2018 20:38:20 GMT
As said previously I love SH Cav but sadly to get the most out of them you need to pay Halbie and possibly some solo's as unit tax, don't get me wrong with Damiano, Gastone or even Magnus running the SH boat they can wreck face but need practice and finnese to get the most out of them.
Strength wise they are great for taking down units and solos but now struggle against armour but there def and armour can be buffed quite well depending on who your running them with, I find mags 1 and Rupert push them up to def 18 making them a headache for many Cygnar players as there armour lets them survive against arc lightning. Under Gastone they have tonnes of assassination potential with his feat and stannis.
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shoe
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Post by shoe on Apr 2, 2018 23:20:28 GMT
they pretty bad, but i use them with crosse2 because he needs his army to reach out and touch someone and they go real far and they get there if u lifebind the halberdiers and put stealth on everything and also goat walk them. lanyssa helps too
and dammit it hasnt lost yet
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Post by deathbymelancholy on Apr 3, 2018 11:46:19 GMT
I sold all my Mercs, except my Damiano led Steelhead army. I love the cav, and always have another halberdier to get my flank off.
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Xintas
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Post by Xintas on Apr 5, 2018 16:07:16 GMT
They feel very "all or nothing" to me in today's landscape. Back when Kingmaker was the only theme force, they seemed better because you were already incentivized to play a limited model pool that included everything you wanted for the list. Now that we have LR which can take Storm Lances and Irregulars which lets you take whatever you want, I just don't see the same incentive to do anything but go all in, and that's a list that people have been playing into for years.
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