Hey guys,
I started the hobby playing WotR and since I've got a bunch of miniatures I obtained mines of the moria to get the SBG rulebook. I've played two games up to now, one as my own haradrim and one as my own moria goblins. I also luckily bought Legions of Middle Earth for 10$ CAN and it has point values and options for a bunch of additional troopers; combined with the games workshop website I have everything I need (including statlines and special rules) in order to play the "extra minis" not found in the basic mini rulebook.
Moria Goblins are straightforward--it's very easy to just swarm by having a frontline of D5 shieldsmen that can absorb a huge amount of shots; all the while being supported by spearmen. This makes a coherent fight line that can advance and attack other troops and have a decent chance of winning because you roll more dice than the opponent--unless he rolls a 6 in which case you auto-lose.
For now we play roughly 200pt games. No room for Super Heroes just yet. We may move up to 300 points later on, progressively climbing up the ladder of additional game rules. During my second game, I had my haradrim lined up against a wall and the goblins swarmed the wall. My opponent did not patiently maneuver his troopers around the wall, and this insured that no single haradrim died during this fight. We got to include defended obstacles and courage tests when half the army is down. We're not playing magic just yet! Magic and monsters are probably the last thing we'll progressively add to the game as we keep playing. Once we reach 300 points the goblins will also probably have a cave troll!
When playing Haradrim, I find myself saddened at the lowered defense potential (no shields). The only saving grace is hit on 4+ and reroll 1s on archery, which gives it more chance to hit stuff, but then when my friend plays the goblins and I try to shoot them out, the obvious event is that the shieldsmen absorb all the arrows (I have to roll 6s to wound). So they actually arrive against my troops unscathed, and outnumbering.
I can obviously field "simple weapon troopers" (for a point less) supported by spearmen. Haradrim Raiders aren't so bad since they're only double the cost of a trooper--but both of the charges I've made have seen me losing combat because the goblin could counter-charge me with infantry and bring more dice to the combat. So if I don't roll a 6 there's a high chance that he will win the combat even though I charged with the cavalry. I have not played Watchers of Karna yet, I've been reading that they were great for some reason. Please tell me more about this if you know of anything!
Haradrim archers are great, I suppose that on the evil armies a 4+ is great compared to goblins and orcs. It still isn't strong enough to go through their defense however. I have considered crossbowmen corsairs of umbar for the better firepower. Pavisse and crossbow means a tough nut to crack if I can position them properly.
So I was wondering what I should be fielding for a Haradrim army and HOW TO PLAY THEM PROPERLY (this second part is the emphasis and purpose of my post). Thanks for any help you might provide!
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