A Feralgeist can't be healed, but if it takes on the being of a Troll, can it regenerate? Does regeneration say "heal" or "remove damage"?
Regen says "remove d3 damage points from anywhere on the life spiral".
Does the Feralgeist get the abilities of the beast it takes?
Haley’s Temporal Barrier does not allow models to charge or slam, move at ½ speed, -3 DEF.
Axer’s Rush animus forces target model to make a charge that crosses rough terrain without penalty at SPD +5 as their next activation.
Whose rules win?
I'm working on improving my playing and I like to think I've improved quite a bit over the past weeks, however I'm still struggling in games. I'm playing at 500 points with casters like Grim and Borka. Anyhoo, my friendly neighborhood PG pulled me aside and gave me some sagelike advice which he had received from a more experienced Troll player. Try Grissel. It felt like the whisper you hear in Field of Dreams..."if you use her, wins will come..."
So, Gabe called me with an idea for a list that I am working through, here's the current version:
Army Points: 495
Victory Points: 18
Name - Cost - VP
Grissel Bloodsong - 70 - 5
Troll Axer - 72 - 2
Fell Caller - 35 - 1
Trollkin Hero - 38 1
Trollkin Champions - 106 - 3
Trollkin Champions - 106 - 3
Krielstone Bearer and Stone Scribes (8 pts.) - 50 - 2
Stone Scribe Elder - 18 - 1
And I like it with one exception: The Axer feels out of place. I have to look up the animus rules, for some reason I think I can cast an animus on multiple models while only tapping a single warbeast for it. For some reason I seem to think that once I cast it on another model, the previous model loses the animus.
Back to the subject, the Axer feels out of place, I understand using his Rush animus to allow my Champs to jump out of the trees with +5SPD but I think maybe a Pyre Troll would fit in better and give me a bit more ranged support.
The Pyre Troll would be able to use Grissel's Calamity spell to essentially bump up his RAT and the POW of the Pyre Troll's AOE attach to softn them up for the Champs to run in and wreckfacelawlz. (sorry couldn't help it)
If I can spam the animus all over a unit the Rush animus will be good against most things, I think the Flaming Fists would be best against hard, multi-wound targets like 'Beasts and 'Jacks.
Troll Axer: +1 Wound, +1MAT, +3ARM, Thresher, Rush animus
Pyre Troll: +1DEF, Spew Fire (Crit Fire), 2x Claws, Flaming Fists animus
What are your thoughts between the Troll Axer and the Pyre Troll in this list?
I've been speaking with my local PG (aka: Gabe, aka: Obi Wan). He's at a loss as to why i'm losing so often, and he's contacted a buddy of his who is a good Troll player. He came back with at 500 points I should be playing the one caster I don't own. lol.
I've given Grissel Bloodsong a closer look and I see some cool abilities with her. I think she will be my girl at 500 points and Grim as well.
At 500 points Trolls don't do well because their cheapest warbeast is 68 points, beasts are necessary as damage transfers and fury generation, but at 500 points it is difficult to take more than two and not hamstring your army. Grissel does better because she is a Fell Caller. She is able to "cast spells" without using fury by singing her Fell Calls. As a matter of fact she has more Fell Calls than she does spells. She synergizes well with troops due to the nature of her Fell Calls, so those can be taken in abundance with her.
Speaking with him and reviewing the models in my collection and what models are available to the Trolls currently, he and I have worked up the following list:
Name Cost VP
Grissel Bloodsong 70 5
Troll Axer 72 2
Fell Caller 35 1
Trollkin Hero 38 1
Trollkin Champions 106 3
Trollkin Champions 106 3
Krielstone Bearer and Stone Scribes (8 pts.) 50 2
Stone Scribe Elder 18 1
So I'll be testing this list this Thursday if Gabe can loan me the Champs and Grissel I need (Grissel is on Order, Champs will be in my next order).
Tags: Purchases, Trollbloods
Didn’t meet my goal for tourney #2, went 0-3 again. I played well in the first two games but my third game I fell apart, playing my second list thinking it would work better for the scenario.
List 1:
Grim Angus
Troll Impaler
Dire Troll Mauler
Fell Caller
Trollkin Champions
Kreilstone Bearer & Stone Scribes (6)
Swamp Gobber and Bellows Crew
Alten Ashley, Monster Hunter
List 2:
Borka Kegslayer
Pyg Keg Carrier
Pyre Troll
Pyre Troll
Trollkin Champions
Krielstone Bearer & Stone Scribes (4)
Stone Scribe Elder
Stone Scribe Chronicler
Fell Caller
Brun Cragback
Lug
In typing those out I do not have my books or cards with me, but I have a sneaking suspicion I was over on points on my second list. Shit.
Game 1 vs. Khador:
I played list 1
Guy played Vlad
Scenario was Process of Elimination. He capped the two territories on my right and almost had the last one on my left but his mortar crew never moved up allowing my Dire Troll Mauler to capture it and contest it from him. We went to time, I had at that point thrown my champs at Vlad in the hopes of knocking him down a couple of hit points. No. Such. Luck. In charging Vlad I had to disengage the Doom Reavers who had charged my Champs which of course killed a few. I played well, I bricked up from the get-go with the exception of Alten Ashley who was far out in right field. He got smoked after one attempted shot @ Fenris. When time was called he had two territory points to my one.
MVP: Kreilstone Bearer & Stone Scribes - +2 ARM essentially gave all my units an additional wound every turn.
Game 2 vs. Skorne:
I played list 1 again
Stephan played Makeda
Scenario was Control the Squares(?) (where there are two rows of three squares (16”x14”) and you had to control two of the ones on your side and one on your opponents side at the end of your third turn) And.I.Blew.It. The end of my third turn if I had move my Fell caller Back 3” I would have won. The end of his third turn he could have won but instead charged in his Cyclops. The remainder of the game was trying to figure out if I wanted his Praetorians to smack Grim with or without free strikes from my Earthborn. Either way Grim got poked like a pincushion.
MVP: None. Everyone underperformed after I fucked up the scenario.
Game 3 vs. Cryx
I played list 2
Chris (Lakeland) played Asphyxious
Scenario was Mosh Pit. I for some reason continue to think that Borka is the caster to play for this scenario. Anyways, I think I had too many models on the table in this scenario. Or I just fouled up the points something hardcore. Either way, we played, and just like the last game I played against Cryx I underestimated the Bane Knight shadow shift. I boosted up the strength of my Champs and got ginsu’d. I should have used my pyre trolls from as far as possible and just laid out AOEs until I was in melee. Next time Chris, next time J And I promise not to cheat next time (I need to recheck that list).
MVP: Brun & Lug. Wow, those guys are beat-sticks. Flank on both of them, Brun gets Weapon Master. Basically Brun runs up and casts Bear Hands on himself, takes a swing at the target. If he hits it’s knocked down. Lug runs up and starts wailing away at it getting a flank bonus. Alternatively Lug can run up first, bear hands, knock down the enemy, smack with the rest of his hits plus fury for 3 additional hits, then Brun runs up and gets a charge bonus, flank bonus, and weapon master bonus. Things don’t live long with these two in melee. The only thing is I need to remember when to rile and leech fury and upkeep his spells.
Tags: After Action Report, vs. Khador, vs. Skorne, vs. Cryx
