Sure Hands Hobgoblin 2nd Skill

[howabe]

Hi guys,

I'm currently half way (6 games) through my first ever league as Chaos Dwarves, and have just gained a second skill on my ball-handling Sure Hands Hobgob. I have a pretty good idea of which skills I want him to end up with, but I'm not sure which order to take them in.
So my ideas for taking first would be:
Block - keep him standing more likely if cage is broken; make him more able to contribute to bash when without ball
Fend - similar to above, minimise risk from having to dodge etc if they break the cage but only manage a push
Kick-off Return - Give me more breathing space in getting the ball safe quicker/minimise turns needed to score in a pinch
Something else - probably obvious, that I've overlooked...

I have 3 other Hobgobs, one with Strip Ball (safety on defence, Wrestle and (Diving)Tackle to follow) and 2 unskilled (probably a DP and a second ball handler). Rest of team is generic Guard CD (one with Claw/MB) and BC (one unskilled/one Block)

So, which do you think would be the best skill for him to take at this point?

[Digger Goreman]

Block: gotta keep him on his feet till he hands off, then he can lend support by knocking down pursuers....

[solarflare]

Take block.

[wizmerlin]

I voted for Kick-off Return. Block is another good choise though.

[Punk_in_Drublic]

I'd play it safe with block. I'd rather have at least 1 preferably 2 hobbos with block/surehands before giving one KOR and SH.

[Duke Jan]

Kick. Although it does depend on the rest of your team a bit. Alternatively go for the kick-off return. The idea is that the dwarves should keep him safe (until the sacrifice to Hashut) so he doesn't need block. Besides, it is a bad idea for slaves to start standing up for themselves*.

*From the Chaos Dwarf perspective, not talking 19th century US here, that's not allowed after all.

[howabe]

I took Block in the end.
Had my next match today, losing a very close game to Undead (my first defeat with this team).
Hobgoblin in question didn't really do anything... basic ball collection and hand-off, then sitting most of the game out after being crowd pushed, so decision didn't really make a difference yet.
The Bull he handed off to got +ST as his first skill though, so thing aren't too bad