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Against Elves?; help!
Topic Started: 6th August 2004 - 12:24 AM (267 Views)
EshinTriad
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ok hears my problem, iv played this guy 3 times now and drawn 2 of them, he plays high elves and alays uses alfarian or how ever u spell it :P i was woundering would it be worth taking snitch aginast him, i never have before, but thats because of the points cost! my last list was:

1 Master assasin
-smoke bombs, warpstone stars, warpstone amulet, bands of power
335pts
1 eshin sorcorer
-lvl 2, 2 warpstone shards, smoke bombs, tendebrous cloak
160pts
1 Assasin
-smoke bombs, weeping blades
170

Core troops
10 night runners
-additional h/w, stars
100pts
10 night runners
-additional h/w, stars
100pts

Special troops
15 gutter runners
-fully equiped, champ
345pts
15 gutter runners
-fully equiped, champ
345pts
8 Jezzails
160pts

Rare troops
1 Eshin triad
-smoke bombs
240
1 Eshin triad
-smoke bombs
240
total pts - 1995
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gorod
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is it a Lothern list or just normal Ulthuan fops?

and I think it's spelled eltharion or something....is he the crazy blind swordmaster guy?
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Saxon
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That;s not a legal list is it?
2 core units only? I was under the impresion you needed 3 minimum for a 2000 point army (which it must be to take a master assassin)

as for snitch - take him he's cool
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EshinTriad
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yes it is the cray blind guy, umm yeah i think i do, i changed the list a bit i broke the night runners into units of 4 x 5 :P silly me it is a 2k list
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wotsquat
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Take two sorcerors. It means you have a pretty good chance of getting a skitterleap of on turn two at the latest.

Use a fellblade or the weeping blades/ bands of power on the Master Assassin. You need the extra attack he provides and the multiple wounds to get the big kill in combat. To be honest the Warpstone Throwing Stars are wasted on the MA with bands of power.

The gutter runners are too big. You will not get all the models attacking, and with a large unit it is far more difficult maneouvering out of peoples charge reach. I'd drop to three units, and make one a tunnelling team.

Against Eltharion I'd consider using Snikch, but still probably go with the fellblade.

Good luck!

Richard
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Persian711
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When you say the gutter runners are fully equiped does that mean you gave them slings or throwing stars? Also I would advise you to break down your units. The whole point of having an all skirmisher force is that you can out manuever the enemy. With groups such as 15 gutter runners together it's just not going to happen. I personally prefer groups of about 8 so that would open up some room if you wanted to upgrade to snitch. I also agree that the fellblade is a good idea.
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vasquisk
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Here's my advice.
Snikch Snikch Snikch. Snikch Snikch Snikch. SnikchSnikchSnikchSnikchSnikch. Snikchy Snikch-Snikch.
Yep, that's right, take Snikch.
Actually, I was looking at Eltharion's rules, and my eye drifted over to the Dark Elf assassin (Shadowblade or something?). How come he gets to hide in an enemy unit, when Snikch can't? Mutter mutter Snikch...
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EshinTriad
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well i had the battle and it went well, i took sniktch hehe, massacare to me :D, and yes i did find it a bit harder with the units of 15 :S
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Persian711
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My friend plays DE........ man shadowblade is crazy. Same stats as Snikch with armor and more likely wardsave. Also gets to hide in any enemy or friendly unit + a bunch more spiffy stuff.
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Quicktail
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Yeah, Shadowblade is quite hard. The bad thing is that Eltharion could kick his ass. By using the way of the willow branch all the time.

But hiding in enemy units are nice.. Watch out for that!

I wonder what would happen if he hide himself in the same unit as you had your master assassin hidden! :o

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EshinTriad
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intresting....... <_<
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