Block Mummy + double 5

Gus · Post by **Gus** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 1:54 am

+MA on dwarves is great, but that's off-topic.

Bizzy · Post by **Bizzy** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 2:47 am

OT

To Gus

Your right on dwarves it is good it adds a mobility factor to the game. Sometimes though on MA4 players a trait overrules the +1MA. But thats just my opinion

chunky04 · Post by **chunky04** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 4:07 am

If that trait is Stand Firm it adds to the mobility anyways.

Gus · Post by **Gus** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 11:28 am

stand firm on a 'fighter' with AG2 hardly adds to mobility, because it is often more advantageous to hit than to try to move. and to move with MA4 means you cannot "go around" a player, so the possibilities are not that great.
still, i agree, but 5+5 are always hard rolls

Post by **DoubleSkulls** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 11:32 pm

Stand firm means you can dodge without risk (even if it is a 4+ or 5+). Add break tackle on a mummy and you have someone who can run into a cage and whack the ball carrier - if he's close enough

Gus · Post by **Gus** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 11:39 pm

Gus wrote:stand firm on a 'fighter' with AG2 hardly adds to mobility, because it is often more advantageous to hit than to try to move.

Post by **DoubleSkulls** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 12:01 am

You aren't necessarily standing next to anyone - many teams have a tactic of not standing next to mummies if they can help it.

Sometimes there are better targets to hit too - like ones carrying the ball.

Gus · Post by **Gus** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:10 am

true, but i was reacting to the slightly OT part about dwarves (hence the reference to AG2 in my quote)

powerslave · Post by **powerslave** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:42 pm

On my team my 4 mummy's rolled a low double (2-2,4-4) so I got frenzy for all and they'r doing just fine, now all have block n' frenzy!

Big Ahn · Post by **Big Ahn** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 9:32 pm

If you were thinking of taking the +MA (personally i'd take Dodge to make him even harder to knock down) maybe you should instead consider Sure Feet, since that would make his GFI's safer, making his MA 5 (kinda).

Aksho · Post by **Aksho** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 5:38 am

Always MA 4 and a possible 6 with go-for-it, or MA5 kinda with rolling against Nuffle.....hm....I have my choice

mfg Bernd

kithor2002 · Post by **kithor2002** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 10:21 am

I would take the +MA.
On other doubles I would prefer standfirm because combined with guard you will have a very solid line.

Frenzy could be fine but if your players doesn't stand perfect you might get into drouble even with ST5.

wesleytj · Post by **wesleytj** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 4:13 am

I wouldn't go for the +ma at all...congratulations, you're now as fast as a black orc!

mummies are slow, it's a law of nature. learn to live with that aspect, and find a better use for the doubles roll. i'd go with frenzy, especially because in a sick perverted sense, frenzy increases a mummies movement as well.

either that or leap

prisma · Post by **prisma** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 2:51 pm

Okay, I am one of the unfortunate coaches who actually rolled what we discuss here: a 5+5 on a khemry mummy with block.
I don't consider frenzy, because it doesn't really add a new dimension to my game: I throw a lot of blocks anyway, and can thrwo 3-dice-blocks if I have to get another player down - so there's little need for it.

Dodge and standfirm help me if I get blocked, but my mummies don't get blocked very often. These skills are however very useful combined with breaktackle, as they allow me to doge a lot (and mobility is crucial for me). On the other hand, instaed of dodging I usually pound my opponents into the cas-box....

So what else remains: +1 ma ... and ... diving tackle. Seriously, diving tackle is one of the skills I found most useful on one of my scellies. It helps me to get some blocks more (not all enemies can simply dodge away) and reduces my opponents mobility. It's also nice to blitz the other cage and put a st5-divingtackler-tacklezone on the ballcarrier.

Has anyone ever given diving tackle to a mummy ? Any experiences ?
Or at least any comments from theoretical speculation ?

My current ranking is:
1. diving tackle
2. +1movement
3. standfirm
4. dodge

Joemanji · Post by **Joemanji** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 3:15 pm

Take the MV.