Elven Blades

Balin son of Fundin · **Posted:** Thu Feb 06, 2014 7:33 am

Hi all
I dont really get whats so good about elven blades.
So they can be 1 handed or 2 handed and interchange each turn
And they win drawn duel rolls on 1-4 (instead of 1-3)
So whats so good about them?
Thanks

SouthernDunedain · **Posted:** Thu Feb 06, 2014 7:59 am

That's basically it. Gives you flexibility as all other 2H weapons cannot be used single handed. I love the duel roll modifier, very handy especially on heroes. They count as swords so you can also fient with them.

Da Krimson Barun · **Posted:** Thu Feb 06, 2014 8:58 am

I thought all warriors can switch to hand weapon:LOTR 2 handed dwarfs even have an extra axe on their belts!

Dr Grant · **Joined:** Fri Aug 03, 2012 1:50 pm **Posts:** 1339

Indeed they can, the 2H + 1H advantage used to be a much bigger deal before the Hobbit rules as Elven blades were the only weapon that could do this.

However, they do still have a couple of advantages, they can feint when going two handed or one handed. If a model with a two handed axe wants to go one handed and you can't see a different weapon, then they can't make special strikes. That's a nice little boost for them.

Also, the winning a duel on a 3-6 is particularly good and has more effect than you might think. They're particularly good when given to heroes, I played a game on Tuesday where Thorin (sans Orcrist) was trapped by Amdur (who counts as having an elven blade so wins fights on 1-4) and loads of Easterlings. They both called Heroic Strikes, maxed out at F10 and then Amdur rolled a 4 for the roll off (so won) and killed Thorin, all because he had an Elven Blade. I also find there's a psychological element to it - if you know you're going to fight a hero with an elven blade and there will be the fairly inevitable Heroic Strike off leading to tied Fight Value then the 33% chance of winning seems so much less than the 50% chance that it can seriously affect your plans. I've seen this happen both to my opponents and to me in the game mentioned above when I was trying to work out how to Bring down Amdur (clue - I didn't, I lost).

Overall they're great for giving elves a bit of hitting power but particularly good for suddenly swinging 66% of tied fights in the elves' favour instead of 50%.

Beowulf03809 · **Posted:** Thu Feb 06, 2014 4:16 pm

I really do wish GW implemented a rule that switching between weapons (such as you normally have a 2H and want to use your 1H dagger for a turn instead) required a -1 on the Fight roll for the turn you switch. This would have still allowed people to switch while retaining the earlier (pre-One Ring) penalties. And would allow special weapons such as the Elf Blade to shine a little better.

AZOG THE DEFILER. · **Joined:** Mon Feb 17, 2014 1:36 pm **Posts:** 5

ELVEN BLADES WILL SHATTER AGAINST THE FIGHTING URUK-HAI! :orc:

NarsilReforged · **Joined:** Sun Sep 22, 2013 11:13 am **Posts:** 316

Do you guys know if Elves start with hand weapons? Or do you need to buy them either EB or spears?

SouthernDunedain · **Posted:** Tue Feb 18, 2014 6:20 am

Yep they have hand weapons as standard.

NarsilReforged · **Joined:** Sun Sep 22, 2013 11:13 am **Posts:** 316

Fully sick! I though they were unarmed so you had to buy them stuff...

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