Mercenary Oathband VS NeedGaârd
So I see most competitive lists taking NeedGaârd over Mercenary Oathband.
While I like NeedGaârd quite a bit. It is mostly because I love the Oathbound Speculator enhancement for Hearthguard.
The strats are solid as well of course, and NeedGaârd generates a lot of Yield Points. But YP often seem redundant as Votann generate them quickly inside or outside of NeedGaârd so it doesn't seem like a big buff.
But for me. Mercenary Oathband just seems better to me though.
The strats seem better and more flexible for the most parts. Lots of rerolls, precision, jumping back in transports, more uppy-dowmy for Hernkyn units.
Being able to choose which Prioritsed Efficiency we are in is so flexible and helps a ton. Being able to make my army hard to kill on my opponents go turn is great and visa vera. Knowing I can always get +1 to hit enemies on objectives in hostile amd reroll charges/advances is amazing and it helps keep the damage up and more consistent. Which can be harder for NeedGaârd to do. Be as consistent with damage.
Mercs don't seem to have a problem with generating enough YPs to do what they gotta do either.
I will wrote more coherent thoughts later.
I just want to get this started before I forget.
Posted Jul 23, 2026, 5:09 AM UTC