My Dwarves vs Wood Elves

Hollywood · Post by **Hollywood** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 11:43 pm

I am completely baffled with how to do this. Have played vs this team twice in regular season and lost on both occasions. I know the key is ball control and that I need to go for the 2-1 win method. However, I was wondering if anyone has any other info they can give to help me out. My opponent usually sets up in an I-formation of sorts. We are using the kicking rules this season and the one-turn field goals make it very difficult for me to pull off the 2-1 victory. Any advice (as we are heading into semis) that anyone can give is much apprectiated.

Noteables about my team:
Runners (2) - 1 +1STR Tackle Block
- 1 +1 MA Tackle Block

TrollSlayers (2) - 1 Tackle

Blitzers (2) - bone stock

Longbeards (5) - 2 Guard

Post by **Dave** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 11:58 pm

what's his team makeup??

I'd go for the cause cas as fast as possible route..

Hollywood · Post by **Hollywood** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 12:09 am

Typical woodelf makeup ..... block dodge leap all over. No treemen at all but the problem isn't my offense .... its how do you deal with his offense. I have tried the spacing to make him dodge more ... have also tried stacking the line. Seems like the 1 turn field goal or 2nd turn TD is just unstoppable with my speed

sean newboy · Post by **sean newboy** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 12:28 am

Your runners should be your safeties, use that Blockle.

BunnyPuncher · Post by **BunnyPuncher** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 8:08 am

Make sure they take the ball first.. let them score in two... you then score in 7 while killing as many as u can.. second half starts.. score in 8 while killing as many as you can

Post by **Dave** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 10:35 am

blockle .. that made me chuckle

neverdodge · Post by **neverdodge** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 11:44 am

Dave wrote:blockle .. that made me chuckle

yeah that s a good one

Back to the topic, i ve played with my woodies against redfang ( not in league, it was in tourney) . At first sight, i had the feeling he was playing in a strange way, but then i really had troubel versus his defense :

He always had some longbeards deep, so i couldn t outspeed then, and didn t have too much people near the line, even his set up was really deep .

Now because you re in a league, i think the main preoccuâtion of the wood elves coach will be to avoid losing players . So play your full strenght, try to tie up his dodger with some tacklers, and make him burn rerolls, once he got no rerolls left he ll be in trouble .

Hit the weakest guys first (the one that don t have block) . Now that really depend on how deep is his bench .

Mestari · Post by **Mestari** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 11:52 am

Basic thing to realise against a properly executed wood elf offense is that it cannot be stopped. It might fail, though.

Essential thing is to force him to do as many of those darned 2+ rolls as possible, and hope that he fails. Having that much tackle should help.

When he starts, he's likely going to blow a hole somewhere and then run a number of receivers downfield. Tie them up, force them to dodge a lot to score.
Secondly, depending on whether he's a lonbomb or a hand-off coach:

1.Longbomb:
He has a good thrower, and aims to do a long pass to one of the receivers.
2.Handoff:
He uses the secondary line hanging around the LOS as a screen. One of them is going to receive a handoff and deliver the ball to the intended scorer.
Depending on which he uses, either crush the receivers, or try to make it hard for them to hand-off and run the ball.

Basic idea: try to make it even a moderately hard attempt to score. Then he's bound to fail every now and then. When he does, grab the ball and pound him to turf.

And use that Tackle!

campaigner · Post by **campaigner** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 11:53 am

that Blockle ST 4 runner seems like an ideal woodie hunter to me, just make sure, he has got some guards around him when it's your opponent's turn to block