and Melee Reach 2!

After one full attack by the WWL, he can deal 75 non-magic damage using a cleave and possibly gain fearless.  After one full attack by the EoG, he deals 50 magic damage and takes 10 damage for his trouble.

They certainly fill different rolls despite having very similar stats.  I played him at the sealed tournament here with 32 players and only once did I ever have to make a morale check with him - and by then he was already fearless.  In sealed especially, there's just nothing that can compare with his damage output.

Well, I still think Hellspike is the way to go.  If you're playing WWL + Dire Bear x2 then you have a ton of HP and would prefer to fight in the smoke since it may hinder the Melee Reach of your opponent, not to mention shut down their ranged attacks and spells until you're right on top of them.

As far as getting MW goes, my top pick still has to be the Bugbear.  He has enough castings to go around, and enough survivability to get them off (especially if you use a bat with him).  On top of that, the bears can benefit from his damage boosting CFX which they desperately need.  You'll also need to protect the WWL until a time where he can waltz in and deliver a coup-de-grace to gain fearlessness himself.  With 2 large bases up front, both commanders should be relatively easy to protect.

Of course, in my original band posted in this thread, I opted to not use the Wardrummer which allowed me to get to 8 activations.  This could be rather risky with things like invisible Gorgons running around.  If you really wanted the wardrummer, you could still get to 7 activations with two orc warriors.  It's a tough call because the +4 to saves won't help with morale if you're already fearless, and using -4 so the enemy runs away doesn't help when you're trying to kill something to become fearless.