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How common are champion upgrades in your units
Every unit has a champion upgrade 4 (15.4%)
most units have a champion upgrade 4 (15.4%)
some units have a champion upgrade 1 (3.8%)
few units have a champion upgrade 0 (0%)
only my 'heavy hitter' units have a champion upgrade 5 (19.2%)
I only use the champion upgrade to protect characters 8 (30.8%)
I never use the champion upgrade 2 (7.7%)
This poll is stupid 2 (7.7%)
Total Votes: 26
Champions in Units; do you use them
Topic Started: 30th January 2007 - 05:38 PM (590 Views)
Sebrent
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I'm just curious how many of you use the Champion Upgrade. I've been doing some theoryhammer and such on the uses of the champion upgrade for the Skaven army, but I want to see how much you all use them already.
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Skaskrit Venomclaw
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They're only useful to protect characters, in my opinion. With the possible exception of Stormvermin, who benefit more from the extra attack if they use their halberds.
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i never use champions ive found they cost to many points for what they can actually do
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A regiment is not a regiment if there is no champion! *bsb*




...Ok, I sometimes take gutter runners without a champion (damn that black skaven upgrade is useless :blink: ), but even then I feel a little guilty about it :( . Nightrunners always get a champion upgrade though.

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Chieftain Cazgar
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i usually go for the upgrade. infact i only drop it if i can't fit in.

i personally think it just adds to the feel of the unit. of course some units its just pointless, like slaves, gutter runners and the like. but most of my ranked stuff gets a champ. gives me an exscuse to stick some accesorys on him lol
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Mormeguil
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When i have leftover points the first thing i do is add champion. I always give them, to my clanrats unit because they are filled with character, but i usually don't give any to my plague monks.
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Skaven Lord Vinshqueek
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While I'm a firm believer of taking no clawleader in a unit of clanrats (as one champions equals two clanrats), I do appear to be constantly taking them in my units of stormvermin and/ or plague monks. Especially the latter makes this choice more interesting, as the frenzy special rule and option for an additional handweapon ensures that for less points then with the clanrats, you get much more attacks with a champion in your unit! ^_^

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Deathmaster Mik
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I only use the champion upgrade to protect characters
Bingo.

Sometimes, I take a fangleader.

Oh and Sebrent, we don't have 'hard hitting troops'. :)
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Sebrent
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Lol Mik, you know what I mean ... stormvermin and plague monks =p ... our average fighters as opposed to our crap fighters =p
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Astragoth
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I only put a champion in the unit my general is in.

I don't like challenges by chaos lords or warbosses or elven princes or...

well actually I don't want to be challenged at all :rolleyes:
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Bassik Dwarveripper
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Jan 30 2007, 09:25 PM
I only put a champion in the unit my general is in.

I don't like challenges by chaos lords or warbosses or elven princes or...

well actually I don't want to be challenged at all :rolleyes:

That's why I put my guys in the back, saves another 10 points, and that expensive magical weapon you allways take?
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I ALWAYS put a champion in a unit...I just love modelling them, since there is no set "champion" piece...

So, admittedly, I only really add them for fluff reasons, but it's an extra attack, so you'll nearly always use it, and it protects characters, especially wizards.

The only unit I'd REALLY put one in even if I didn't care at all about theme would be Plague Monks- the 3 (with 2 hand weapons) attack champion is very effective.

I'm not sure if it's actually ever worth it, except for character-protecting, but then again, I'd pay 50 points purely for making something look uber-cool. If you can't have fun making up funky units and combinations, what fun is there? Better to loose with a fun army than win (or loose) with a boring one...
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I do it for my monks, stormvermin, and 'runners. So thats pretty much every unit in my army except for my slaves!
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Grey Seer Starr
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I mostly try to field unit champions, if I have the points for them.
Why? I just like them.
Is it wise? Probably not.
IMO a unit is not a unit If they are not led by an champion or other character.
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Champions in standard RnF is a wast of points. Numbers provail, not fancypants!
But well, fancypant units can have fancypants ^_^
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