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buggg

What do you think of this list (Skorne)?

I recently played a pretty close 50pt game against a Trollblood list with Grimm2 as the warlock unit. He had max highwaymen, max fennblades + UA + solo, slag troll, bomber troll, spear troll, some other troll beast, tablet guy ("Moses"), scribe, chronicler, farrow bone grinders, and probably something else.

I won with this list. I took out most of his fennblades and a beast early on and then didn't lose much until near the end. At that point, I was down to a single beast (that frenzied!), my warlock, PGBH, task master, and two gators. I won with the last two gators and Morghoul attacking Grimm.

What could I do to improve it?

Morghoul1 Bronzeback Titan Titan Gladiator Tiberion Aptimus Marketh Task Master Max Gatorman Posse Max Cetrati Min PGBH Bellows Crew

Posted Dec 19, 2014, 9:24 PM UTC

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EmperorNer0•

Full disclosure, I don't like morghoul.

For me personally I'd run another beast or two and remove cetrati and marketh. I really like gatormen too they're pretty great. I also like nihilators, so you could take out the certs and drop in a full unit of nihilators. Bring an ancestral guardian and run him as a second wave behind nihilators, by the time he gets into combat he should have a soul take or two and that'd give him a boost. Or run willbreaker and up the pgbh to max I'd you run another couple of beasts. I'd recommend maybe a krea and a drake for the beasts. But that is my play style personally. I could be strategically off in left field.

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bugggOP•

Well, the thing about the Cetrati unit is that I basically used them as a really durable screen. I put them into shield wall and walked them up in a line. I put my valuable but squishy small base models back behind them so that they were basically a delivery system that could hit really hard when necessary.

I'll try it with most of your tweaks next week... The only change/problem is that I only have enough PGBH for a minimum unit.

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Aflionsfan•

I would re-work and try a list like this:

Morghoul *bronzeback *gladiator *krea *raider *brute Max Gators Taskmaster Max Gators Task Master PGBH Bellows Crew

Essentially you have 2 brutal units that can handle flanks and wipe away troll infantry. The Raider and Krea allow you to snipe out solos while the Krea and Brute give you protection during the advance.

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bugggOP•

Oh, interesting take... And I could turn it into a minions list with only minimal additional purchases!

I definitely think that my list could use some kind of ranged attack. I left out my Incindiarii for once, but the replacement Cetrati did not let me down!

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Darklordofbunnies•

Look into the Keltarii, they make a great ranged screening unit. Also look into adding a Krea.

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bugggOP•

Ah so the new unit is decent? Looking at the card, they would be a nice def 15-17 (depending on proximity to the Krea) ranged screening unit.

I also like the idea of a unit that has both reform and parry. You could charged, hit, and then back out of the way for the second wave of attackers

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Darklordofbunnies•

They've played well around here, but we have a lot of gunlines. They're a little pricey if you don't routinely face a lot of shooting. The ranged big bug they came out with is also the gun platform Skorne have been praying for as the poison continuous effect really boosts their effectiveness vs. Tough units.

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bugggOP•

The main Cygnar player here does mostly melee lists (VERY effectively, by the way), but I'll definitely keep that combination in mind if more ranged lists are played in the future.

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