2250 League Ogre's time to rock out

Hey all, after returning from my Bloody Valentine tournament i think i found what i can do to continue to improve my tournament game (still determined to be the army to beat) I rolled in at 8th place at the 14 man tournament and i also won best sportsmanship =3.

I got a massacre against a tomb king army, I got a marginal loss to a throgg lead troll army, (16 trolls WTF! another thing I would to add, chaos trolls are just broken as hell, especially when your opponent rolls very well…) And I got massacred by a dark elf player who, by the beginning of turn two, I had to rally 7 units! (He killed my rhinox rider which cause my naked bulls on both sides to break and run to the left and right, which in turn panic two units of lead belchers, which panic a unit of iron guts, which panic my gnoblars…gah, however I managed to rally 5 of the units, but it really screwed me, all my boys were out of position and blocking each other…)

Anyway, I can tell that I improving and not doing too bad for someone with only 5 months of playing fantasy…. So, without further rambling, I decided to pitch my list to the Stronghold and see if yall could give me some feedback bout what things to improve. Ere’ it goes!

Lord: Tyrant-306
-Tenderizer, Talisman of Protection, Great Skull, Heavy Armour

Hero: Bruiser BSB-200
-Light Armour, Skull Plucker, Wyrdstone Necklace

Hero: Butcher-175
-Sword of Might, Dispel Scroll

Hero: Butcher-180
-Bang Stick, Dispel Scroll

Core: Bulls-115
- Bellower

Core: Bulls-115
- Bellower

Core: Iron Guts-144

Core: Iron Guts-144

Special: Lead Belchers-110

Special: Lead Belchers-110

Special: Lead Belchers-110

Rare: Maneaters-540
-Longswords

-2249

Ok I wanted to have some fun with this army, while it still being effective. I got my stupid deathstar, and a ton of MSU. I brought in some more belchers because I have fallen in love with these guys, I rush them in side by side with my bulls and they eat all the stupid fast cav that annoy the hell out of us Ogres. Got a little shooting on the man eaters, not too much, and the butchers can scroll caddy and buff up my deathstar with that regen love. Ok I have never fielded this many man-eaters before, usually I run 4, but always broken up. This will be interesting, and I think that if I don’t smash into something then I will be chasing around a single unit all game.

At the tournament today, my biggest problem was being blasted by strong magic, and fleeing all over the place. Now with a central general and BSB, and with that magic buffer on the deathstar, I can feel a little better about the game.

I haven’t tested this list out yet; I will give it a go against my Lizard man friend later this week. Wish me some luck!

Glad to see someone else who loves belchers.

I think they are overpriced and I don't often get their points back but against fast cavalry and t3 armies, they are a worry for your opponent.

My thoughts on the list:

- I don't like the Tyrant loadout. I find the Greatskull rarely comes up and many casters have ways of dealing with the miscast if it does. ToP is crap, why pay so much for a lousy 6+ Ward Save?

- I'm not a fan of Skullplucker either. I would swap it for 2 x Thiefstones if you want magic defense. Give the Wyrdstone to the Tyrant. Find points for HA on the Bruiser.

- The rest of the list is alright. I would find points for HA on the Maneaters and Champions on the Leadies.

I like the Great Skull.

I useally take it instead of Greedy fist.

Same +1 AS but you also get some magic defence. And you can still take Wyrdstone necklace! If you take Thiefstones then you have pretty bad protection on your Tyrant.

The thiefstone suggestion was for the BSB not the Tyrant.

I've used the Great Skull in 15 or so games and it came up about twice. Both times my opponent just mitigated/ignored the miscast so it was basically a waste of time.

I prefer the more active and always present thiefstones but to each their own.

Hey, don't knock the ToP. In my recent game against some High Elves, my Tyrant made 2 out of three of his 6+ ToP saves and with the greedy fist, he really messed up Tyrion. This caused him to loose combat run and then be chased down by a lone Sabretusk with one wound left. At the end of the game, the High Elf player was complaining about the Ogre book being OP. I just laughed at him.

Anyway, as far as a weapon goes, for my Tyrant, I'm a fan of the Siegebreaker.

Just think if you had been using the Wyrdstone and rolling on a 5! That would have been seriously OP!! 

Sorry, I just remembered, it was my bruiser that was fighting tyrion. My tyrant did have the WSN, and didn't get in combat the entire game for some reason. He did kill two Dragon Princes with his BoHG though. And he was there for the LD boost to help my Leadbecher rally.

But if only my bruiser had it, as his rolls to save were a 5 and 2 6's

I did still table my opponent by turn 4 though....

Just think if you had been using the Wyrdstone and rolling on a 5! That would have been seriously OP!! 

OH GOD, SO MUCH CHEESE. XI

IT'S THE DRAGONHIDE BANNER ALL OVER AGAIN!!!!