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 Post subject: Re: Hello!, I'm New and would like some help with A moria ar
PostPosted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 11:36 am 
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He may be, but he really isn't worth it. He'll be hitting targets on a 6 if he moves even an inch and a strength 2 bow won't exactly rack him up the kills :/
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 11:44 am 
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For variety i mean, and nothings hard hitting in goblins it's about numbers correct? If so then a large amount of bows (four per warband) has a reasonable shot at a 6
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 11:52 am 
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Well, there are no models for prowlers with bows, so generally people just use their goblin bowmen as prowlers with bows. They hit on a 4+ which is much better (5+ if you move) whereas there is no such prowler captain - meaning if you put your captain with your archers he will be a worse shot than them. His might will be more important on the frontline that with the archers.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 12:10 pm 
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SuicidalMarsbar wrote:
Well, there are no models for prowlers with bows, so generally people just use their goblin bowmen as prowlers with bows. They hit on a 4+ which is much better (5+ if you move) whereas there is no such prowler captain - meaning if you put your captain with your archers he will be a worse shot than them. His might will be more important on the frontline that with the archers.


Sorry to clarify I meant bows in general not prowlers, sorry about that :-D
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I regularly use a Goblin Captain (his shoot is 4+) with a bow leading a warband of Goblin Archers. Their shooting isn't great, but against high value models like SKoDA or Sons of Eorl each kill from your 5-point archers is very useful. Sometimes it's worth burning a point of the captain's might to ensure a kill on such a model, kill two SKoDA and the captain has paid for himself.

That warband comes to 100 points. Against a similar horde they won't make a dent with shooting, so you may as well chuck them into the fighting, but against an elite army a few 6s here and there with your S2 bows will take more points off the table and give you even better numerical superiority when the fighting starts.

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 12:25 pm 
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Damian wrote:
I regularly use a Goblin Captain (his shoot is 4+) with a bow leading a warband of Goblin Archers. Their shooting isn't great, but against high value models like SKoDA or Sons of Eorl each kill from your 5-point archers is very useful. Sometimes it's worth burning a point of the captain's might to ensure a kill on such a model, kill two SKoDA and the captain has paid for himself.


That's what I was thinking, sadly I don't think the goblin captain with bow is made anymore
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That's what I was thinking, sadly I don't think the goblin captain with bow is made anymore

You can just proxy him :) :orc:

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So i bought the Goblin Commanders box..No second Shaman :(. Damn you GW Australia
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 Post subject: Re: Hello!, I'm New and would like some help with A moria ar
PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 8:46 am 
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The pack of 4 metal goblins titled 'armoured goblins' are legitimate proxies for captains btw, I forgot to mention it earlier :(
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I was looking at them earlier, Would they be better then regular goblins?
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 10:21 am 
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They are technically the exact same model as the standard goblins, they don't have their own profiles - hence why you can use them as captains.

Blackshields and Prowlers are really good however :)
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 Post subject: Re: Hello!, I'm New and would like some help with A moria ar
PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 10:30 am 
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I currently have 8 prowlers, How many do you reccomend?
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 Post subject: Re: Hello!, I'm New and would like some help with A moria ar
PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 11:45 am 
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Glue some shields onto their back and take 'em all!
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