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MA vs AV on a Pact Skaven
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 11:14 pm
by Craigtw
I rolled 10 for the skaven on my Chaos Pact team:
Ogre - (leader house rule - he is my team captain)
Mino - (block)
Troll
7 marauders (one has extra arms + accurate)
dark elf
skaven (to be upgraded)
3 RR
2 FF
1 Apoth
So should I go for the movement, the armour or a general skill?
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 12:12 am
by Joemanji
Take the MA. General rule is MA early and AV late. Especially true here IMO. An 8337 player would be a real boon here in an otherwise slowish team, whereas 7338 isn't anything special. You have plenty of AV8 players already, and any one of them could get +1 MA themselves. A MA8 gives you an awesome 2 turn score option.
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 12:50 am
by Decker_cky
I'd go for MV7 as well. If you roll +MV on a marauder, you have a player better than the AV8 skaven could be, but MV8 lets you develop a really interesting player. I'd make him a defensive specialist myself (going in the either the shadowing route after block, or the horns/strip ball route). Otherwise, give him scoring skills and he'll really shine with the high movement.
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 3:45 am
by Warpstone
Take the MA8.
For a skill, Extra Arms is useful, especially considering your extra arm+accurate thrower. But still, in the early games, speed is at a premium. Go for the MA8 and give him extra arms as his second skill.
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:17 am
by SillySod
The +Ma is nice but on that team I'd be tempted to ignore it and go for a skill.
It really depends how much longer you will have the team.
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:41 am
by DoubleSkulls
You've got him on the team for speed... so more speed!
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 11:08 am
by sirsebstar
need for speed.
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:08 pm
by Axtklinge
Yeah, like everyone else, +MA!
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 11:19 pm
by Craigtw
Played the first game with my now faster skaven, and while it was much easier to get him into scoring positions, the pouring rain means that the dark elf was my choice receiver and scored both my touchdowns.
However, the skaven was able to get himself stuck in and lend assists and make blitzes that would have required GFIs before (and I hate those more than dental surgery!)
So all in all I am happy with the MA!