Hi there!,
I'm new here in your forums and I like to ask you some questions about this game (that I really enjoy).
First of all, I've been too long without playing so please, be patient with me
I used to play with Dwarves armies against Elves phalanx ones (the hardest ones, with high defense). I remember that I couldn't beat them because the other player throws a lot of dice with better Fight value. So, in conclusion I needed almost a bannerbearer and a lot of luck to win a combat (I could attack him from the sides with Iron Guards and so on, but they used to win anyway the combat. Gil Galad supported by lance and pike seems unbeatable for me). Surely, I was doing any thing bad, but I would like to know any tactic or advice to fight against that.
On the other hand, I've been reading in this forum it is important to maximize the number of soldiers in your list because you throw more dice and so on. But I'm not agree, because I feel a lot of times having problems to engage, for example, little "blocks" of soldiers like the elven example explained before. I'm thinking in the Champion of the King new miniature and 37 more dwarves for a 500 pts game. But then I have only 2 Might points in the whole army (but 2 bannerbearer to throw more dice). I use the champion banners in order to defend from lots of dice from phalanx lists. I would appreciate if someone could explain me this fact more deeply and give me any advice too.
Next, I always found throwing axes and dwarf rangers a bit difficult to use. Throwing axes behind a line of dwarves with shields can only throw them before the battle begins. Later, the two forces are going to engange all the time, not letting you to use them against them again. And the dwarf rangers can target further miniatures but Strength 2 and Defense 5 makes them vulnerable. I have to say that I used to fight against elves, and they are the best archers in the game (I think so) and probably that's why I'm so frustrated with ranged combat.
Finally, I have some last questions: do you think banners are worth for a 500 pts game? I'm not sure what is the common point limit in most of the official competitions (500/600?) and the maximun alliances allowed from Legions rulebook.
In the dwarf case I think are pretty important to throw more dice. And, what kind of scenarios do you use in your games? I have the suplement Legions of Middle Earth but I think it has some scenarios a bit unbalance for some races (like getting the treasure) or another ones a bit strange (like the ones that makes you deploy some miniatures throwing dice).
Thank you very much!
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