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| war-seer kindari | 8th November 2009 - 02:27 AM Post #1 |
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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 | 8th November 2009 - 02:32 AM Post #2 |
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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 (assumed Champion) |
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| ratboy1018 | 8th November 2009 - 02:33 AM Post #3 |
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Lab rat hard at work
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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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| Edit | 8th November 2009 - 02:35 AM Post #4 |
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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 | 8th November 2009 - 03:12 AM Post #5 |
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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 | 8th November 2009 - 03:17 AM Post #6 |
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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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| Mouse Trap | 8th November 2009 - 08:06 AM Post #7 |
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cheese.......
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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 | 8th November 2009 - 06:57 PM Post #8 |
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you make a very good point there. i think the old horde vs spear debate just got more intense. |
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| ==Me== | 8th November 2009 - 08:29 PM Post #9 |
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I miss ==My== Bell
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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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