Decided to build a few nice charging teams for the Holding the line tournament. Tell me what you guys think about these teams and please add any input you may have.

FOr the Dark crusaders team

Kossak darkbringer with screaming shield
Orc Marauder (had 12 points left over)
2x zombie centaurs ***


For the Elemental team I had two choices

Nepherea pike riding Elemental sky dragon with Rage hammer
3x leech trolls

OR

Chroma with screaming sheild and potion of dueling
3x leech trolls

Nephrea Pike + Rage Hammer + EF Dragon = 13 damage = dead stuff.

Yup trust me I know...my Horned Hunter was on the receiving end of all that.

Why do I feel that combo will be seen at nationals?

Hail to thee, mattis!

I have looked at the stats and specs, yet it looks like I don`t get the picture here...
would you please explain to me how a damage of 13 can emerge?
Thanks in advance.

Greetings,
Feyam Hadante

The only problem is Holding the line is for the Elven Lords, not the Elementals...so you need three Elven Lords figures in your army....

I believe rage hammer replaces your damage value with a 3, and you do a mounted charge charge with rage hammer giving you a 3rd attack. You get impale for the MC and rage hammer portion, so that would be 5 + 5, and then 3 for the mount. 13 total

:eek: Good heavens...! :eek: This is going to become very popular... oh MAN, what a mess!

Pike has an attack of 12 when riding, hasn`t she? So she can try and attack ANYTHING with an effective charge speed of 14
- or 12 in case the relic speed malus slows down the dragon (does it?)...

Kossak? - forget him.
Varatrix? - will have serious problems.
Vithzerai? - might have a chance.

I now totally agree with mattis - this monster means trouble.

Greetings,
Feyam Hadante

Rage hammer is also quite good because it nerfs leadership which is a staple of most BoL and storm maul armies leaving zeph standing there going " oh ####, i'm useless".

If a rider wields a relic that reduces his speed, that does not affect the speed of the mount at all, so the cavalry unit would still move 14 inches in your example.

You would still need a 9 or higher to hit Chroma wearing a defensive item, with a hexer nearby that could be a problem. Also, with no crushing blow it is dodgeable even if you hit. I do agree that it is a quite formidable combo against almost everything else.

Hows about you just tie chroma up then trample her with your 3 inch superior movement and her lack of autodamage protection?

... why do I have a feeling this is gooing to be banned and in the faq :P

umm guys I can only count 11 damage

3from pike then 5 from impale 3 from the dragon And whos that work?

ok when this was done to me, i receieved 5 and then 5 for 10 damage total.