09 Aug 2014
Hi guys,
I wanted to give my thoughts on this unit of Maneaters I've recently started playing with and how well they've done. If you saw my gnoblog you know I'm running eight strong of beefy cow goodness. This is what they come with:
Maneaters x8
Captain (GW), Bellower/Standard (AHWs), AHWx1, GWsx2, Unequippedx2, HA, Banner of Swiftness
Been There Done That: Swiftstride, Stubborn
In keeping with the Minotaur/beastly combat vibe of my army, this unit is designed for slaying enemy units. Assuming they are at full strength, on the charge (with a good chance for an Ogre Charge, and actually making it thanks to Swiftstride) there is at least 4 S6 impact hits, 21 S5 hits at I3, 11 S7 hits ASL, and 4 S5 Stomps at ASL (assuming, again, that I can). Basically, if my opponent doesn't whittle them down beforehand they will crush face beyond compare. Except against Witchelves, but we don't talk about them.
I played a mirror match last week against the ogre gutstar netlist, and this unit beat said gutstar by a landslide. I mean it wasn't even close, I think I won by nine wounds alone! Granted he was Stubborn
but oh man, the amount of damage I caused was insane. If I remember right half of my unit got wrecked too, but that didn't end up mattering hehe
...Of course I used a Stonehorn as chaff to get that charge, but I never claimed to be sane...
Now this unit comes in at over 500 pts and needs to be used right to get anywhere near its points back. I played at 3k in that game so had the points to spend. Backed up by two Stoneys, my own gut unit and MF, there was so much target saturation that they remained unscathed until combat. Anyone have experiences with a unit like this, playing with or against? Gimme your thoughts (and your limbs!!!)
I wanted to give my thoughts on this unit of Maneaters I've recently started playing with and how well they've done. If you saw my gnoblog you know I'm running eight strong of beefy cow goodness. This is what they come with:
Maneaters x8
Captain (GW), Bellower/Standard (AHWs), AHWx1, GWsx2, Unequippedx2, HA, Banner of Swiftness
Been There Done That: Swiftstride, Stubborn
In keeping with the Minotaur/beastly combat vibe of my army, this unit is designed for slaying enemy units. Assuming they are at full strength, on the charge (with a good chance for an Ogre Charge, and actually making it thanks to Swiftstride) there is at least 4 S6 impact hits, 21 S5 hits at I3, 11 S7 hits ASL, and 4 S5 Stomps at ASL (assuming, again, that I can). Basically, if my opponent doesn't whittle them down beforehand they will crush face beyond compare. Except against Witchelves, but we don't talk about them.
I played a mirror match last week against the ogre gutstar netlist, and this unit beat said gutstar by a landslide. I mean it wasn't even close, I think I won by nine wounds alone! Granted he was Stubborn
but oh man, the amount of damage I caused was insane. If I remember right half of my unit got wrecked too, but that didn't end up mattering hehe...Of course I used a Stonehorn as chaff to get that charge, but I never claimed to be sane...
Now this unit comes in at over 500 pts and needs to be used right to get anywhere near its points back. I played at 3k in that game so had the points to spend. Backed up by two Stoneys, my own gut unit and MF, there was so much target saturation that they remained unscathed until combat. Anyone have experiences with a unit like this, playing with or against? Gimme your thoughts (and your limbs!!!)
