Dark Elves for Spike

wedge22 · Post by **wedge22** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 7:59 pm

I plan on playing Dark Elves for the Spike this year and this is the roster I have in mind.

6 Lineman

2 Blitzers

1 Assasin

1 Runner

1 Witch Elf

2 Rerolls

0 FF

My main concern is which skills to give my players after each match, I have never played Dark Elves before.

thecheat231 · Post by **thecheat231** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:34 pm

Block, Dodge, Tackle on anyone who can get them ( in that order, if they already have one give them another)

sure hands, safe throw on the runner,

assassins need sidestep, and dodge and block.

Willi · Post by **Willi** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:46 am

Wrestle on the Witch
Dodge on Blitzer
Sidestep or Dodge on Assassin
Dodge or Tackle on Blitzer

That would be the first ones I woul distribute.

mattgslater · Post by **mattgslater** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:01 pm

One skill per game, right?

Kick on Lineman or Blitzer (it ain't a league; put it on the toughest player who sets up inside)
Wrestle on Witch
Dodge on Blitzer (or Wrestle Witch or Lino if you know you're facing Dwarfs next)
Dodge on Blitzer or Wrestle on Witch or Lino

If you know your next opponent in advance and your #2 opponent is speedy, take the Wrestle Witch before the Kick Lino.

Tackle is a good selection for Blitzers in some formats, but if I'm remembering right and it's one skill per game, you're better off relying on your Witches to take out Blodgers.

wedge22 · Post by **wedge22** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:57 pm

It is 1 skill per game.

I was also thinking of just going with 7 Lineman and 4 Blitzers, then just skills on all the Blitzers.

Warpstone · Post by **Warpstone** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 8:28 pm

Sure hands on the Runner followed by making your blitzers annoying blodgers sounds hard to go wrong with.

If you want to take a risk, you could save the 20kgp from your first game and combine it with your game 2 skillup funds to buy an AG+1 for your 3rd game. My guess is that AG5 would be absolutely deadly against most other TV100 teams.

Hope we get a match in on Sunday (for the title of course

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mattgslater · Post by **mattgslater** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 8:38 pm

I wouldn't take Sure Hands on a Runner in this Format; if I took a Runner and skilled him it would be Accurate or NOS, as NOS+Dump-Off is better than Sure Hands where Strip Ball is concerned. I probably wouldn't do any of that, though: if you're afraid of Strip Ball, then put Sure Hands on a Blitzer instead.

wedge22 · Post by **wedge22** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 8:53 pm

I am thinking that 4 Blitzers with Blodge and a Lineman with Kick would also be quite annoying.

Warpstone · Post by **Warpstone** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:37 pm

Agreed. You're not going to see any tackle until game 5 or 6 so you'll get a lot of mileage out of the blodging. The kicker could also single-handily win a game for you against the heavy bashers.

Cramy · Post by **Cramy** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 2:01 am

wedge22 wrote:I am thinking that 4 Blitzers with Blodge and a Lineman with Kick would also be quite annoying.

Yep, this is is quite good. 4 Blitzers and 7 Linemen. Another option is 3 Blitzers, 1 Witch and 7 Linemen, which I prefer. At TV100, Assassins and Runners are not worth it IMO.

First thing, get Kick on a lineman. Then aim to get 3 blitzers with Dodge, and one with either Dodge or Tackle depending on the opposition.

If you chose the roster with the Witch, then she gets Wrestle first, then Kick on a lineman, and then Dodge on the 3 Blitzers. The Witch is used to hunt Dodgers, so there is less of a need for Tackle.

Good luck.

mattgslater · Post by **mattgslater** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 2:34 am

Cramy wrote:If you chose the roster with the Witch, then she gets Wrestle first, then Kick on a lineman, and then Dodge on the 3 Blitzers. The Witch is used to hunt Dodgers, so there is less of a need for Tackle.

Yeah. What Cramy said. Which I think I said already, but I'll second someone else saying it. Yeah. That chicky is hard to deal with. Frenzy lets you do all sorts of crazy things, and she too is only one skill away from Blodge.

wedge22 · Post by **wedge22** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:22 pm

Well in the end I went into the Spike with 7 Lineman 4 Blitzers 2 RR and 1 FF. I had a great tournament and managed a 4-1-1 and the only game I lost was the 1st one against my friends Orc Team which managed 7 KO's on me in the 1st half. As for the skills I went with Kick, Dodge, Dodge, Leap and Leap. I think If I play this team again in a Tourney then it will be 7 Lineman, 3 Blitzers and 1 Witch and if the tourney rules allow it then Kick, Dodge, Dodge, dodge, block. Overall though it was my best ever result and I came in 5th overall. thanks for the suggestions guys.