I decided to try to make part of Balin´s company that went to Moria for 600pts and want thoughts for this.
Tryed to keep lotro wise and as balanced as possible.


Warband 1 (Balin´s Guard)

Balin with Durin´s axe
7 khazad guards
2 Iron guards


Warband 2 (Balin´s household - Iron axes)

Bronin (dwarf king)
. 2 handed axe

2 Iron guards
4 dwarf warriors with shields
3 dwarf warriors with 2 handed axe
2 dwarf warriors with bow
1 dwarf warrior with banner

Warband 3 (Balin´s Scout force - the flying axes)

Dwalic (dwarf captain)
. 2 handed axe and throwing axes

4 dwarf rangers with dwarf longbow
4 dwarf rangers with throwing axes
3 dwarf rangers with 2 handed axe

Total army 599pts 35 models 7 Might

6 with bow(4 longbow 2x shortbow)
10 models with throwing axes/ blades

11x with defence 5
10x with defence 6
12x with defence 7
2x with defence 8

what you think?

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Heroes could do with swapping two-handed weapons for shields, or dropping them all together. The aim is for the hero to do the winning (with Might), whilst the Warriors w/ 2-handers do the killing. I like the look of Warband 1, hate to go near it.

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Yea well thought
I wish there could be more dwarven heroes around though, with more magical weapons or diferent bonuses, cause the dwarf heroes ain´t cheap.
and yes group 1 can be a tricky one, its really dangerous cause I know khazad guards can be even better than regular uruks, since their defence is higher meaning the uruk will require 6s to wound while the khazad cut an uruk down with 5+ or 4+ in the dice if using 2 hander , the Iron guard there was with the idea of being shock troops, or least while the heavy guys stuck into the front line, this pesky dwarves would slice my oponent from the flanks or helping me opening holes in the front line and since a good portion of my force got throwing axes, we will never know when they can be usefull

But still im curious, should I remove anything and place a ballista for example? I know the shoot is kinda random, but would give me extra killing power to open holes on the enemy rank or being able to threat big monsters

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Any chance that Balin might have asked his buddy Gandalf to put in a good word for him in Gondor...get some nice cheap spears to meet him at the Gate for that initial assault on the Goblins? I know dwarves are tough, but 35 stubby legged, unsupported units... Warriors of Arnor would be even better, if not for those cheap Gondor heroes.

I would not recommend not taking a ballista at this point level. You would have to drop too much to gain a 50/50 (4+ BS) weapon that would become useless once the troops engage. With the new rules the number of troops taken in more important and with the new scenarios it would suck to have the warband with the ballista setup w/i 12" of the center of the board.

Overall I like the list. As mentioned before I would drop the heros' 2hder's and give them shields. Since you want a themed Force I would keep it dwarven and not add allies. If you play a few games and decided you want to expand your tactics then yes, spear support would be nice and even 2-3 cavalry would give you some additional tactical options.

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all i can say man is that Balin only obtained Durins axe when he established a firm foothold in Moria, but for gaming purposes i suppose he will suffer without it. so its either if you want the list 100 % fluffy or more for gaming, but apart from that it looks pretty decent

I said Balin company that went into Moria( didn´t say which part was in) but as you can see, perhaps a bit after he found durin´s axe( after reclaiming some halls and some mining sites)

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