Xelee wrote:
Spuds4eva, if I saw a captain in a cavalry unit, and there was an ES hero in my list, I'd make sure he was was there to duel out that Captain. Too much of a juicy target to miss. You could cripple the Cav before they even fought. That's a bargain for 'precious might points'. If you are using the Cav properly, the only might point you need for the charge, is when you roll a 1. It all comes back to the fact that it's never just the one banner in a list, it ends up being two or three and that's pretty much another formation of Gondor troops or an Epic Hero right there, I know what I'd rather have.
In this game, people start off guarding their flanks pretty well, so you need to punch a hole and then let your Cav loose once you have done that. This means that the cav will be close in, and you units will be up in the enemy's face halving their move distance and threatening flanks if they turn too much. If you want to race up and smash something from the front, you want something like Axemen of Lossarnach.
thelordcal, Imrahil definitely has his advantages as your cheap hero, not least the fact that he has 'Epic Challenge' for pinning down Spellcasters/Wraiths so you can duel them.
2 might isn't worth it for what, 2 cavalry models dead IMHO (that's what you would get on average if you had epic strike duel vs a f5 captain). And what you're saying about the flanks, the captain helps that as well to get at the doubles! it also can get you the vital heroic charge.
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