I just traded for a Dwarven Stomper.

Very nice centerpiece. It has a couple things that no other unit has which makes it strong against many types of armies.

To start with it is the only unit thus far with 19 def. and Toughness. It's also is the only good unit with a 270 degree arc and a high range (I don't count the High Battle Mage because I think it's way overpriced and not worth the points IMHO).

The Stomper is a great powerhouse. This is what happens when you put legs on a turret!

It is basically invunerable to the ML/Ram engines, which is very helpful in a centerpiece fig (my Pyre packin' friend's gonna be in for a suprise).

Now to address it's weaknesses...

The Stomper's high def. (this isn't the weakness) makes it very strong against many "Big Bound" armies. However, it's def. doesn't save it against a very widely used fig - Amazon Draconum.

The Stomper's also is very strong one-on-one but swarms can take it down.

These are the two biggest weakness the stomper has IMHO.

Now I want to build a 200 point army with the Stomper as the centerpiece that can address the weaknesses the Stomper has when facing an Amazon Drac or a swarm (I think it's hardest to take out the Stomper in a 200 point match because it's so hard to crack it's def.).

I've seen Borg's idea for a Stomper army and I think it's very good. It still looks like an Amazon Drac could pick it apart, though.

So what would be the best way to defend against an Amazon Drac or swarm in a 200 point army using the Stomper and 106 points left of support?

you could easily see why this could beat a Drac Army.

Ram Warrior x2 Weak 12
Autumn Level 2 Unique 34
Dwarven Stomper Unique 94
Galeshi Ram Charger Tough 48

or you could change the ram warrior to a *** Amazon Mancatcher.

It looks great Runab0ut- plenty of ram support and a good healer.

I see one problem though (sorry for being negative). Autumn sticks out as the piece to kill and if Autumn gets rammed she stands a good chance of losing ML and Healing by having to push to get rid of the rammer by using ML or by the rammer pushing and doing even 1 more click to Autumn, leaving me with with no MLer and no healer...

I could definitely run all the rammers and the Stomper in (it would take two turns, not a big deal) and they could definitely whittle down the Amazon Drac like you said, but I don't like the thought of having lost my ability, and the threat, of ML and Heal...

It's a nice army. If a WHK or War Impailer was the one ramming Autumn it would definitely be worth it to take that chunk out of the opponent's army. She could ML the Krugg back a little into the Stomper's arc and the Stomper could blast it, next turn letting the rammers finish it off.

What scares me is if a 12 point Ram Warrior from the opponent gets to her, it could cause big problems all because of a 12 point fig...

I may have made it sound bleak but I'm only saying a possible hinderance. I would use the army if I had the pieces (heck if I just had an Autumn I'd be happy) the chance of my bleak situation occuring is smaller than the damage this army can do. I like the large amount of ram with the Stomper still being a major threat.

Nice job Runab0ut.

well, if you're afraid of ram, get Astrus as he's an excellent healer for the Stomper.

another variant is...

Stomper
a ** Channeler
a *** WHK

remaining points are for harassment/ml/etc.

I have made an Stomper army that i guess is quite formidable. I Posted it in the Battle Formations: Final Releases.

Its thread is named The Jaggernaut. Why? Look at my army:


Stomper 94
***WHK
**Channeler
*Technomancer


This army lessens the threat of swarms with the use of ML/Ram and the **Channeler backs out everyone from 12 in way down. WHK Acts as a secondary attacker/harasser. Everything is confronted by Stomper in its frontline. Superb Attack and Defense makes it the Jaggernaut in the middle of the Battle field.

And pls. dont forget that a Ram Warrior is a WHK's lunch.:D

Dont be bothered by those pesky little thing.

take Suavecito77's army ...
it's quite decent and strong to go against ...
specially on 200pts.

true, if you did ram a yak with a goat, you'll know who would win!

an experienced player would fling the goat to your support units, to deter from bounding, charging... healing and more, while dealing a click of damage.

those little goat-man wont stand a chance against the WHK.

i consider them fling/ping goats and they're easy quick pts for the enemy.

I completely relize that the goat-man would get mauled by the WHK, but I was talking about the Ram Warrior harrasing the healers or MLers anyway (Astrus is a good idea, but he's a little more expensive).

I really like Suavocito's army too (again I just don't have the figs to use it)

Thanks for tips everyone.