Orcs and Goblins brutal magic.
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Orcs and Goblins brutal magic.
Played my first large match with Wood Elves last weekend. Not played more than 1250 with them before, and this was 3000pts! I lost, but for obvious reasons that I needn't go in to. One thing I am curious about is how to defy mushroom heavy O&Gs? My opponent had a level 4 mage, and three level 2s, all of which had as many Magic Mushrooms as they could carry. One of the spells (the Goblin 10+ one I believe, Hand of Gork?) requires a model, anywhere on the board, to pass an Initiative test or take D6 S10 wounds hits!!! When first done on my Wardancers I laughed, but I was less happy when it took out a Treeman in one hit. I had 6 dispel dice (three level 1s of which one was a Branchwraith) but I just couldn't compete against his 9 Power Dice and 20ish Magic Mushrooms.
Then in my magic phase I didn't once get off a single spell, because he had a Banner that gave him three dispel dice, as well as the 7 his mages and army already gave him. How do you get around something like that? And how can I protect my Treeman?
Then in my magic phase I didn't once get off a single spell, because he had a Banner that gave him three dispel dice, as well as the 7 his mages and army already gave him. How do you get around something like that? And how can I protect my Treeman?
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Re: Orcs and Goblins brutal magic.
hope he rolls a 1 on the mushroom die and the spell is miscast? its a toughy I give you that...
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Re: Orcs and Goblins brutal magic.
Oh yeah, did I mention that he didn't roll a 1 for a single Mushroom? Did I also mention that up until this game (where I read his army book myself) he insisted that Magic Mushrooms worked just like Power Stones, and didn't automatically Miscast on 1s unless he had already rolled a 1? I am quite keen on slaughtering these Orcs sometime soon!
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Re: Orcs and Goblins brutal magic.
Wood Elves do not scale well above 2500 points or so. We get 'more' but not much 'better'.
The simplest answer is to avoid a lot of high value models and go horde against him, although you may not have the models for that. Adding a Spellweaver with the Wand of Wych Elm is a good first start in slowing his magic phase. What is the rest of the army? You can still afoord to suck up the damage if you ultimately prevail.
The simplest answer is to avoid a lot of high value models and go horde against him, although you may not have the models for that. Adding a Spellweaver with the Wand of Wych Elm is a good first start in slowing his magic phase. What is the rest of the army? You can still afoord to suck up the damage if you ultimately prevail.
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Re: Orcs and Goblins brutal magic.
The rest of his army was a unit of 25 Black Orcs, with Grimgor (who is an absolute beast!) and three units of 20 night goblins each with the maximum number of fanatics. Then he had Orc Boar Boys (10 of them) and two Giants, and four Spear Chukkas and a Goblin Lobber thing. The Chukkas killed one warhawk all game between them!
I found it hard because my Wild Riders couldn't charge ANYTHING. The Giants went around the flanks of the army/hid behind the other units. The Black Orcs (which I eventually did charge, after giving up hope) decked the Wild Riders, and I couldn't risk charging any of the Night Goblins because Fanatics destroy T3 Wild Riders...
My Glade Guard killed most the Orc Boar Boys, but three Boars made it through and ran my GG off the board. His Giants individually pinned my unit of 10 Wardancers done for 4 turns, and one of my Treemen for three turns. It just didn't seem like I could do anything right.
I found it hard because my Wild Riders couldn't charge ANYTHING. The Giants went around the flanks of the army/hid behind the other units. The Black Orcs (which I eventually did charge, after giving up hope) decked the Wild Riders, and I couldn't risk charging any of the Night Goblins because Fanatics destroy T3 Wild Riders...
My Glade Guard killed most the Orc Boar Boys, but three Boars made it through and ran my GG off the board. His Giants individually pinned my unit of 10 Wardancers done for 4 turns, and one of my Treemen for three turns. It just didn't seem like I could do anything right.
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Re: Orcs and Goblins brutal magic.
Yeah. Goblin spell, Mork wants ya! But it is not ANYWHERE on the board, but within 18" range only. And can not be cast into combat. That makes some difference...Ease wrote:One of the spells (the Goblin 10+ one I believe, Hand of Gork?) requires a model, anywhere on the board, to pass an Initiative test or take D6 S10 wounds hits!!!
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Re: Orcs and Goblins brutal magic.
Fanatics are a pain, but eagles, scouts or waywatchers should easily force them to be released, maybe even to be more of a problem for him than you. So what happened there? In my last games vs O&G parking the TM in the free wood in the middle, was enough to disrupt his entire battle lines (with a little help from animosity). No luck on terror tests either?
O&G are unpredictable both for you and your opponent, and if dice roll his way they can be devastating, particularly the magic.
O&G are unpredictable both for you and your opponent, and if dice roll his way they can be devastating, particularly the magic.
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Re: Orcs and Goblins brutal magic.
At 3000 points you can afford one or two suicide eagles to release the fanatics, or an Alter in terrain. In any case, you control the release, not him and there will be some chaos. Giants are comparatively vulnerable to our shooting and squash orcs when they fall.
You rule the movement phase. He can, and usually will, stretch from one side of the table to the other. Concentrate on one flank and roll him up. Use of terrain is important to disrupt his movement.
You rule the movement phase. He can, and usually will, stretch from one side of the table to the other. Concentrate on one flank and roll him up. Use of terrain is important to disrupt his movement.
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Re: Orcs and Goblins brutal magic.
4-6 levels of casters in 2000 pts is expected.
Taking 4 spellcasters is being a douchebag. slap him in the junk next time. Especially as it was O&G who can do two lvl 2's really well with the bound items an then get a general and BSB to have a nice balanced hero roundout.
Taking 4 spellcasters is being a douchebag. slap him in the junk next time. Especially as it was O&G who can do two lvl 2's really well with the bound items an then get a general and BSB to have a nice balanced hero roundout.
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Re: Orcs and Goblins brutal magic.
Care to post up the list you used? That would help us get a sense of your playstyle and models available.
After you draw out the Fanatics, the Goblin casters should be easy meat for Hit-and-Run Warhawk Riders. There protection should be virtually zero, and the unit they're in shouldn't pose much of a combat threat. Make extensive use of forests and Tree Singing to help block his unit's line-of-sight and Treesurf your units into advantageous positions. A Treeman Ancient, Level 4 with Wand of the Wych Elm, and some Level 2s (one with Calaingor's Staff) will give you a strong Treesinging phase that even an abundance of dispel dice will have a hard time countering. The Treeman Ancient with Netlings is one of the few characters we have that can handle Grimgor, especially given his re-rolls in the first round of combat. Don't go after Grimgor's unit unless you can get the Ancient into a challenge with him, or hit his unit in a flank or rear where Grimgor won't be able to fight.
As for the giants, they'll be a good target for your missile fire in the early rounds of the game. Alter Nobles, Wild Riders and Wardancers can finish off a wounded giant, but you'll want to neutralize them quickly before they make it into your lines.
Waywatchers will help with early-game marchblocking, Fanatic pulling, and helping to contribute missile fire.
After you draw out the Fanatics, the Goblin casters should be easy meat for Hit-and-Run Warhawk Riders. There protection should be virtually zero, and the unit they're in shouldn't pose much of a combat threat. Make extensive use of forests and Tree Singing to help block his unit's line-of-sight and Treesurf your units into advantageous positions. A Treeman Ancient, Level 4 with Wand of the Wych Elm, and some Level 2s (one with Calaingor's Staff) will give you a strong Treesinging phase that even an abundance of dispel dice will have a hard time countering. The Treeman Ancient with Netlings is one of the few characters we have that can handle Grimgor, especially given his re-rolls in the first round of combat. Don't go after Grimgor's unit unless you can get the Ancient into a challenge with him, or hit his unit in a flank or rear where Grimgor won't be able to fight.
As for the giants, they'll be a good target for your missile fire in the early rounds of the game. Alter Nobles, Wild Riders and Wardancers can finish off a wounded giant, but you'll want to neutralize them quickly before they make it into your lines.
Waywatchers will help with early-game marchblocking, Fanatic pulling, and helping to contribute missile fire.
Re: Orcs and Goblins brutal magic.
next time you face this army consider taking the sisters of twilight on an eagle + a lvl4 with wand of the wych elm.
Read the sisters rules carefully. They are next to impossible to kill and on an eagle they are not a large target! + their bows are really nasty vs big ranked unit armies. The stone thrower template bow for instance is the equivilent of a 16 hit s3 HODA EVERY TURN. if shooting at a normal rank unit you get(as per p92 of rulebook) 4 hits and 16 partials = on average 12 hits = 8 wounds vs t3 = perfect for causing panic tests on goblins! + the other bow is great for disrupting the line by stopping a unit from moving. That + animosity = fantastic!
If used carefully, you should be able to expose the flank of grimgor's unit that he isn't on and get a rank breaking warbannered wildrider charge off. Remember the trick to beating Grimgor is not beating grimgor, but causing a unit of black orcs to flee = CR in the flank.
and yes Orc and Goblin magic hurts! I have the honour of having passed an initiative test with my TMA before vs that spell, so I know the stress it creates!
Read the sisters rules carefully. They are next to impossible to kill and on an eagle they are not a large target! + their bows are really nasty vs big ranked unit armies. The stone thrower template bow for instance is the equivilent of a 16 hit s3 HODA EVERY TURN. if shooting at a normal rank unit you get(as per p92 of rulebook) 4 hits and 16 partials = on average 12 hits = 8 wounds vs t3 = perfect for causing panic tests on goblins! + the other bow is great for disrupting the line by stopping a unit from moving. That + animosity = fantastic!
If used carefully, you should be able to expose the flank of grimgor's unit that he isn't on and get a rank breaking warbannered wildrider charge off. Remember the trick to beating Grimgor is not beating grimgor, but causing a unit of black orcs to flee = CR in the flank.
and yes Orc and Goblin magic hurts! I have the honour of having passed an initiative test with my TMA before vs that spell, so I know the stress it creates!
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Re: Orcs and Goblins brutal magic.
Only if you're sat on a hill will you get the 16 hits, otherwise the centre is placed on a model in the front rank (assuming you're shooting from the front)Joelatron wrote:Read the sisters rules carefully. They are next to impossible to kill and on an eagle they are not a large target! + their bows are really nasty vs big ranked unit armies. The stone thrower template bow for instance is the equivilent of a 16 hit s3 HODA EVERY TURN. if shooting at a normal rank unit you get(as per p92 of rulebook) 4 hits and 16 partials = on average 12 hits = 8 wounds vs t3 = perfect for causing panic tests on goblins! + the other bow is great for disrupting the line by stopping a unit from moving. That + animosity = fantastic!
It's still nice to use though, and rank breaking eagle riders are very nice. Sisters in flank, warhawks in rear will break most units or at least give you an opportunity to kill the wizard.
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Re: Orcs and Goblins brutal magic.
Is this assuming they're on a great eagle? If they're on a dragon, wouldn't they benefit from Large Target line-of-sight and be able to target into the middle of an enemy unit?Mist Walker wrote:Only if you're sat on a hill will you get the 16 hits, otherwise the centre is placed on a model in the front rank (assuming you're shooting from the front)
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I was told that by my local GW manager. His reasoning was that when you shoot at a unit you dont shoot at the front or the side-you shoot the "unit". Yes, you have to be able to "see" the side or the front etc, but you never remove casualties from the part of the unit you can see-always remove from the rear. Hence place the template on top of the unit to maximise number of hits.
Large target rules only allow you to see over units that are not also large targets, so going by GW manager's logic (which I agree with) the maximise the hits template works on the eagle as well.
Large target rules only allow you to see over units that are not also large targets, so going by GW manager's logic (which I agree with) the maximise the hits template works on the eagle as well.
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Re: Orcs and Goblins brutal magic.
Yeah, I must have cut out the part of the quote saying it's on a great eagle.Tethlis wrote:Is this assuming they're on a great eagle? If they're on a dragon, wouldn't they benefit from Large Target line-of-sight and be able to target into the middle of an enemy unit?Mist Walker wrote:Only if you're sat on a hill will you get the 16 hits, otherwise the centre is placed on a model in the front rank (assuming you're shooting from the front)
And in regards to removing models from the back of the unit: that's to represent models stepping forwards to fill gaps rather than the models being removed from the back. Imagine a combat where each front rank steps past each other to get rid of the rear ranks first.
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Re: Orcs and Goblins brutal magic.
I normally play 2k against my O&G opponent, and in fairness he doesn't tend to go very heavy on magic (typically 2 Level 2s, sometimes a 3rd, never seen him field a casting Lord), but my basic tactic is to take a scroll caddy with 2 scrolls, and if I'm fielding a Treeman Ancient I'll sometimes give him a Cluster of Radiants. This is just to last me long enough to assassinate his casters using cheap units like Dryads, or Hit and Run Warhawks.
Fanatics do complicate the matter though.
Having said that, it sounds like your opponent may have been a bit confused about the rules for the spell, based on what other posters have said. If he's casting an 18" spell at unlimited range, well, that's definitely going to make a difference. It also sounds like he may have customised (this is spelled right, dammit, I'm Australian! ) his list for you a bit. Fanatics make Wood Elves cry because apart from Eagles we have no cheap throwaway units to release them... The large amount of magic, confusion about mushrooms, and lack of rank and file units you can flank all suggest he saw you coming. Or you got unlucky.
Fanatics do complicate the matter though.
Having said that, it sounds like your opponent may have been a bit confused about the rules for the spell, based on what other posters have said. If he's casting an 18" spell at unlimited range, well, that's definitely going to make a difference. It also sounds like he may have customised (this is spelled right, dammit, I'm Australian! ) his list for you a bit. Fanatics make Wood Elves cry because apart from Eagles we have no cheap throwaway units to release them... The large amount of magic, confusion about mushrooms, and lack of rank and file units you can flank all suggest he saw you coming. Or you got unlucky.
Re: Orcs and Goblins brutal magic.
I heard baiting fanatics with Glade Riders was fun.
Wouldn't know, never meet and O&G player that hadn't quit 10 years ago.
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Re: Orcs and Goblins brutal magic.
You can also bait Fanatics with Scouts. 85 points for a unit and a little shooting.
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Re: Orcs and Goblins brutal magic.
Or a night goblin unit that runs from a failed panic test will lose the fanatics. So a concentrated volley of arrows from glade guard etc
Grimgor, pre-2008 book special character. He's a bit hard, just avoid his unit.
Grimgor, pre-2008 book special character. He's a bit hard, just avoid his unit.
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Re: Orcs and Goblins brutal magic.
It takes a awful LOT of shooting against a unit with 25+ models to force panic test, which they can still pass. Especially if the general is near . AWFUL lot of shooting you will easily find much better use somewhere else for.AndyGI wrote:Or a night goblin unit that runs from a failed panic test will lose the fanatics. So a concentrated volley of arrows from glade guard
From my experience, WWs in the wood nearby the gobbos (if opponent does the mistake to field them near any, or if you have some decent TS phase) is the very best solution. If you does not have this, Eagle is also awesome, being 50 pts only.
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BSB, mounted noble, WD noble, Branchie, Alter, Treeman, 12 WR, 10 WD, 10 GR, 10 WW, 5 Dryads, 5 WhR, 6 Tk, Altar of Khaine
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BSB, mounted noble, WD noble, Branchie, Alter, Treeman, 12 WR, 10 WD, 10 GR, 10 WW, 5 Dryads, 5 WhR, 6 Tk, Altar of Khaine
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Re: Orcs and Goblins brutal magic.
Te hone thing that I noticed no one mentioned in this post that really hurt the goblins in my last game was the Divination Orb. It adds a free dispell die for any spell that your opponent tries to cast using more than two dice. In my last game, the Goblin player used two lvl 2 shamen with three mushrooms each. This gives each shamen two casting dice plus the standard two. I showed up with two lvl 2 singers, 2 scrolls and the Caligors(sp?) Stave and the orb. Twice when he used the mushroom he miscast and the other four times I was able to use the free die to (because he use two to cast) to dispell. The orb was really worth it's cost that game. Didn't need to use the scrolls that game.
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Re: Orcs and Goblins brutal magic.
If you read the divination orb's rules carefully, you'll see that it only gives you and extra dice when they roll four or more dice. If this was changed to a 50pt item which gave you extra dice against 3 dice spells it would be a sizable improvement to our magic defence.
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Re: Orcs and Goblins brutal magic.
Perhaps this would be a good suggestion to pass on to GW- if they even listen to us. I made a couple several months ago by e-mail and still got no answer back from them. At any rate, you are right about the dice. But then again there were a lot of mistakes made in that game. It still ended up in the green skins being massacred.
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Sorry not a whole lot of time to read through the entire thread but, only 1 character can bring mushrooms, one and only one. That one character can take as many as he wants (i think) but only one character can bring mushrooms to a battle.
At least that's what i've always been told, and my interpretation of the rules
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Re: Orcs and Goblins brutal magic.
Lord Cal, I've never heard that limitation before! I had a look in the O&G rule book, and it didn't seem to imply that either. Then again, it didn't imply otherwise either. Anyone else got a view point on this?