TruNutral88
Sergeant
522 Posts
    
 | | 11/28/2005 2:48 PM |
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TruNutral88
Sergeant
522 Posts
| | 11/28/2005 2:48 PM |
| | nice dwarf build and i really love the gold dwarves. They are great and durable for there cost. Nice build against ravagers or the other giants. Watch out for an Inspired Frenzy band tho. One critical = death. | |
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TroglodyteWizard89
Warrior
346 Posts
USA
| | 11/28/2005 3:03 PM |
| I played a dwarf band using the BPM in 8 activations, it looked like this
BPM 43
Eberk 16
Dwarf Phalanx x2 24
Dwarf Ancestor 49
Dwarf Artificer 21
Gold Dwarf soldier 17
Gold Dwarf Fighter 29
8 activations, 199 points
I used the dwarf arti cuz i play in a helmed horror/marut/clay golem metagame. If not, id replace him with a GDS and replace the GDF with a Dwarf Samurai, or a Sergeant. DPS + Retaliate = not bad.
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concjo
Skirmisher
36 Posts
| | 11/28/2005 4:29 PM |
| BPM 43
Dw Ancestor 49
Loyal Earth E. 34
Artificier 21
3xDPS 36
Gold Dwarf Soldier 17
Huge AC's to stand in front of the Elemental and a G Magic Weapon. Lot's of pieces with Cleave and good HP's/Saves. Can move your entire band, except for the Earth Elemental with grant move action and with the Ancestor around, everyone get's the commander effect and is in command. Dwarven armies are fun, but still not really competitive. Speed kills and they have none. | |
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Daunte
Sergeant
518 Posts
| | 11/28/2005 5:31 PM |
| They are fun. I finished second in a tourney last week using..
BPM
2 gold dwarf soldiers
dwarf ancestor
3x hill dwarf
dwarf artificer
dwarf sgt
Beat a burrowing band and lost in the finals to couatl, justicator, iron golem. Lost cause i couldnt roll worth crap. Had to roll a 14 to take out the couatl and iron golem and not only could i not roll a 14 but i couldnt roll a 10. Out of like 15-20 attacks i hit 2 times only.
One thing about the BPM, everyone says dwarfs are slow but if you play a band that closes anywhere in range the grant move action rocks to get to there commander quickly. Thats how i won the first match. Underestimated the bpm and grant move and on the second round i had the ancestor on his single commander.
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007
Skirmisher
16 Posts
| | 11/28/2005 5:36 PM |
| | I would love to tear any of these bands apart with an archmage, beholder, or anything else that didnt care too much about the AC of its foes. | |
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warty_nosed_goblin
Underboss
1384 Posts
| | 11/28/2005 6:26 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by 007
I would love to tear any of these bands apart with an archmage, beholder, or anything else that didnt care too much about the AC of its foes.
and there is a problem, ranged auto damage (the wand expert could also be deadly here,) this is why LG(and LE) need a piece that grants spell immunity- can you imagine making your big beater immune to Mord's Sword or EMM?? | |
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originally posted by grim:
While he is clearly insane, he does have a point. | |
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evil_boy
Sneak
157 Posts
| | 11/29/2005 12:26 AM |
| Auto damage that bypasses AC will eat the band alive. Also, your gold dwarf's measely +8 to hit IIRC sucks too much for him to be a staple in the band. Just play against a titan piece like the marut or MP which will still hit you consistently and yet you can't touch it without a whole lot of luck.
Dwarven bands are fun, but far, far from being truly competitive. | |
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Teach
Sneak
140 Posts
| | 11/29/2005 1:46 AM |
| I agree that dwarves are still not there yet as far as tournament bands. Last 200 pt tournament I was at I brought
BPM
Rikka
JA
Couatl
2x Gold Dwarf Soldier
3x Hill Dwarf
Man at arms
I struggled to gain tile points in the plunder/assault rounds (we play triad in the twin cities) but creamed a CE beater band in cave of pain. If I play this band again, I probably would replace the JA with a gith monk to guarantee first round tile points. I might revisit this band when the move to 8 figs is made.
I think dwarves are going to get a huge boost though when the move to 8 figs is made. Gold Dwarf Soldier seems tailor made to be heavy fodder in an 8 fig band. | |
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Longbow
Warrior
236 Posts
| | 11/29/2005 2:34 PM |
| | How about adding a Couatl or Iron Golem to the Dwarves? You gain the much needed energy protection or Spell/Fire Immunity. And there is always the Azer to protect against Gauths. The downside is this is not a pure Dwarf band anymore. | |
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