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Topic Started: 8th November 2009 - 02:27 AM (309 Views)
war-seer kindari
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do spears on clannies add anything more usefull than the HW/S bonus does, becuase if so i have a whole lot of clanrats to convert, and thus i will be angry.
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nemesis1020
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Yes, the second rank will be able to attack as well!

5 wide frontage with Spears & Shields: 11 attacks with a 5+ AS

5 wide frontage with HW & Shields: 6 attacks with 4+ AS

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ratboy1018
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i bought a unit of the new rats, the spears look sweet!!! my other rats will have sword and board, the new ones will have spears.
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with them cheaper i can see them having a use, death frenzy+poisoned attacks= 30 poisoned attacks from a 5 wide CR unit, but of course that takes spells going off and someone foolish enough to charge it/living through a round of combat.

But at 1/2 pt they arnt bad at all, and might make a unit or two just to play around with

could do this with slaves to, but i like either naked or w/slings better, especially as its the same cost for the slings now
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war-seer kindari
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i guess if i buy new clannies i'll make 1 box spearats to see how they go.

thanks all!
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SavageBunny
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Got myself a new box. I love the new ball joint shoulder. Now you can actually position the spears to look sweet. The old clannies had difficulty being anything but 1 pose.

I am going spears because... well... it is cheap and with death frenzy, possibly awesome.
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I dunno if i'll stick with hw/shield or go spear , sure you save points now , but at the end of the day it still if more expensive to have spears.
Also we're a horde army we don't kill stuff we outnumber it , if we have sheilds less rats die which means you can keep your rank bonus' etc
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war-seer kindari
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Nov 8 2009, 03:06 AM
I dunno if i'll stick with hw/shield or go spear , sure you save points now , but at the end of the day it still if more expensive to have spears.
Also we're a horde army we don't kill stuff we outnumber it , if we have sheidls less rats die which means you can keep your rank bonus' etc

you make a very good point there. i think the old horde vs spear debate just got more intense.
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If you pay for spears you still have a hand weapon so if necessary you can just use it for the 4+ save. It's 12.5 points for a units of 25, so I don't see anything wrong with having the option. As pointed out above, the hilarity Death Frenzy and/or poisoned attacks could cause would be most amusing.
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