Friendly 2000pts against Ogres
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Friendly 2000pts against Ogres
Hello all.
I'm playing ogres in 2 weeks time and i want to play a balanced and friendly list as the general is poor and so is the army.
This is my army list at the moment:
Heroes-
Mage
lvl2, ring of fury, silver wand
Mage
lvl2, seerstaff of saphery
Caradryan
Core
10 archers
10 archers
Special
3x lion chariots
7 swordmasters
champion
7 swordmasters
champion
14 white lions
Full command, banner of sorcery
Rare
2x bolthrowers
2x great eagles
Is it too good for ogres?
I'm playing ogres in 2 weeks time and i want to play a balanced and friendly list as the general is poor and so is the army.
This is my army list at the moment:
Heroes-
Mage
lvl2, ring of fury, silver wand
Mage
lvl2, seerstaff of saphery
Caradryan
Core
10 archers
10 archers
Special
3x lion chariots
7 swordmasters
champion
7 swordmasters
champion
14 white lions
Full command, banner of sorcery
Rare
2x bolthrowers
2x great eagles
Is it too good for ogres?
Last edited by Finreir of chrace on Thu Feb 25, 2010 7:41 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Re: Friendly 2000pts against Ogres
It looks pretty solid if you're looking for friendly against ogres with a weak general then you might need to consider weakening it Lord free is quite friendly I guess, is caradryan joining the WL? He will boost them considerably which is good, fear immunity is nice . The list is quite an aggresive infantry list. All those SM will cause some damage. Everything is fine, nothing odd or too weak but it might be a little strong ogres are meant to be the weakest army and you say the general is poor so you'll want a very soft army, I'd swap some archers for a spear block and drop one of the rares to pay for it. Or even add a third core unit.
hehe its weird thinking up ways to weaken an army xD
hehe its weird thinking up ways to weaken an army xD
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Re: Friendly 2000pts against Ogres
Thanks for the feedback sturen.
Yeah im planning to put caradryan in the white lions and let him deal with any nasty tyrants that come by.
Do you think the army should be changed or is it beatable... for ogres
Yeah im planning to put caradryan in the white lions and let him deal with any nasty tyrants that come by.
Do you think the army should be changed or is it beatable... for ogres
Re: Friendly 2000pts against Ogres
If the ogre player takes a "cheesy" list he'll have a fair chance I'm sure, you're list isn't hardcore but its not particularly soft either. If he has a softer list then he may struggle a bit so I'd recommend weakening your list a bit more
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Re: Friendly 2000pts against Ogres
Thanks for the advice.
Re: Friendly 2000pts against Ogres
I would say it is too good to take against Ogres. If he is allowed Rhinox Riders, he stands a good chance of taking you, but the in book ogre choices likely will not stand up to that. Especially with a weaker general. For a list without a lord, I would say it is very optimized for killing ogres. Caradryan likely negates their strongest element - the Tyrant. Three Lion Chariots and Swordmasters will give them trouble.
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Re: Friendly 2000pts against Ogres
Yeah rhinox riders would give him a good chance, if I allowed him to field them would our armies be relatively balanced?
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Re: Friendly 2000pts against Ogres
nah, he only has 1 unit of rhinox and you have 2 eagles...
DAMN THE VENOM SWORD
http://www.druchii.net/viewtopic.php?t=44127
http://www.druchii.net/viewtopic.php?t=44127
Re: Friendly 2000pts against Ogres
What kind of list does your opponent have?
As an ogre player, I would be challenged to beat this list. Lion chariots and SM will own anything on my side but a character, and will probably take at least half wounds off those. RBT's will do the rest. I wouldn't worry much about the archers, but will probably lose at least one unit to a panic test caused by them. One mage casting drain magic will ruin my magic phase, and ring of fury + BoS will wreak all kinds of havoc. I guess what I am saying is that this list will have to try not to beat the average ogre list.
If you want to weaken the list, I would drop the banner of sorcery, the ring of fury, caradryan, one or two lion chariots, possibly one of the SM units. Replace them with another rank of WL and the lion banner on them, a noble or even a prince for your general, possibly some cavalry or PG, maybe turn the archers into LSG or add some spears. The modified list might have a prince or noble (or even two nobles), two mages, 2-3 units of core, block of WL, block of PG, maybe some cav, RBT, couple of eagles. It will still be a better list than the ogres, but I could beat it.
As an ogre player, I would be challenged to beat this list. Lion chariots and SM will own anything on my side but a character, and will probably take at least half wounds off those. RBT's will do the rest. I wouldn't worry much about the archers, but will probably lose at least one unit to a panic test caused by them. One mage casting drain magic will ruin my magic phase, and ring of fury + BoS will wreak all kinds of havoc. I guess what I am saying is that this list will have to try not to beat the average ogre list.
If you want to weaken the list, I would drop the banner of sorcery, the ring of fury, caradryan, one or two lion chariots, possibly one of the SM units. Replace them with another rank of WL and the lion banner on them, a noble or even a prince for your general, possibly some cavalry or PG, maybe turn the archers into LSG or add some spears. The modified list might have a prince or noble (or even two nobles), two mages, 2-3 units of core, block of WL, block of PG, maybe some cav, RBT, couple of eagles. It will still be a better list than the ogres, but I could beat it.