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Originally posted by erisco

IMO, a warforged scout never hurts ;)

Giths could have used the auto crits against the Marut (doing 40-60 damage depending on how many monks you have, have 4 monks is an auto marut kill.. =0 ). If the Marut was not auto killed, you could focus on the bodyguard as he only has 17 AC and will keep 'healing' the Marut.

I think if played properly, Giths could take down the Marut band. I do know that the marut has a good chance of wiping out one gith a round. so you could always base the couatl which would reduce the total damage output to half.

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Young Master
3x Gith Monk
Dwarf Artificer
Eberk
Arcanix Guard
Warforged Scout

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Originally posted by YRM_DM

I went 3-0 with a pure Gith Assassin Squad today.

YM, 4x Gith, Warforged Scout, Barbarian Merc, Man at Arms

I took the Barbarian Merc just in case I ran into a lot of high HP chaotic bands.

Anyway, two of the games were very close.

An all dwarf band proved really competitive, although, 4 early natural 20s removed 2 monks. One of the monks double moved in early, and only a critical hit, morale failure, and hit on an AoO could have stopped him from Auto Critting in the next round... and that's what happened.

A Dark Naga, 2x Duergar, Zakya Rak, Enlarged Duergar, Sahuigan, Xorn and Kobold Miner also proved to be tough competition.

As far as the Marut goes, if you see lots of Maruts in the metagame, why not try:

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Young Master
3x Gith Monk
Dwarf Artificer
Eberk
Arcanix Guard
Warforged Scout

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First, even a Marut will sometimes miss AC 28.
Second, the Young Master is harder to hit at AC 24 or 28 vs AoO.
Third, the extra boost to saves helps.
Fourth, Artificer can make it easier to hit the Marut.
Fifth, Artificer can make one Monk +11/+11
Sixth, Arcanix Guard can chip in on an AC lowered Marut or Bodyguard.
Seventh, You should get assault points and the lead.

Vs the Marut, you might be able to wipe out his assault point gatherers and just work on killing almost everything except for the Marut. (as an alternative to hitting the Marut for guaranteed 60 damage, then trying to finish off in spite of the bodyguard)

The Couatl goes down in just 2 AutoCrit/Stuns, and the Marut can't be everywhere. If the Marut starts missing 35% of the time or more, that's a pretty big deal.

Why not kill as much of the rest of his warband as possible and only lose 2-3 monks while getting ahead on scoring?

(that is, if he's playing the Marut and Bodyguard close to the vest... it probably means there are some openings to get around them somewhere.)

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Originally posted by Thespian
....marut moves 4.

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Originally posted by taliesin

CoO and yondalla is superfluous. Either he should drop Yondalla and add Mialee (for MW on the Marut), or drop CoO for 8 activations.

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Originally posted by taliesin

CoO and yondalla is superfluous. Either he should drop Yondalla and add Mialee (for MW on the Marut), or drop CoO for 8 activations.

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CoO is init+5 & AC+2 on the Marut. An OK gain from 24pts.
CoY is much less valuable. I'd replace him with a warforged scout & either Mailee or a Timber wolf.

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Originally posted by Gunthar

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Originally posted by Thespian
....marut moves 4.

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The MArut moves 6, which is a big part of making him playable.

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