The Shadowing Orc... An effective surprise

Ithilkir · Post by **Ithilkir** » Tue Nov 26, 2002 2:22 pm

Well my elf killer Orc Blitzer (7/3/3/9 - block, tackle, mighty blow, +1 MA, pro) got his fifth skill and rolled a normal skill. I was about to take guard when my eyes glanced over Shadowing.

Damn glad I took it on a +1 MA Blitzer with Tackle

Played a few Javabowl games with him and I'm impressed, never actually taken shadowing before but figured I'd try it.

Post by **DoubleSkulls** » Tue Nov 26, 2002 2:36 pm

I've a plan for an Orc team where all the blitzers to take Tackle & Shadowing. Even on MA6 you've got a decent chance of shadowing MA7. Then try to get them near either the thrower or slow receivers. If you get Stand Firm or +MA then even better.

Just the threat of it is enough to drag the blitz away from the important play, even when its well known.

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Diff  Chance of Shadowing
 4     0.972
 3     0.916
 2     0.833
 1     0.722
 0     0.583
-1    0.416
-2    0.277
-3    0.166
-4    0.083
-5    0.027

Fred · Post by **Fred** » Wed Nov 27, 2002 1:28 am

Maybe, somehow off-topic, what is Javabowl??

Grumbledook · Post by **Grumbledook** » Wed Nov 27, 2002 1:37 am

its a java version of blood bowl, you can play it on a single pc or over the internet, it still in beta so some skills are missing but it works really well

Fred · Post by **Fred** » Wed Nov 27, 2002 3:35 am

Cool, because I am in Japan, and I REALLY would like to play it. Where can you get it, is it for free, downloadable?

Grumbledook · Post by **Grumbledook** » Wed Nov 27, 2002 4:45 am

http://www.geocities.com/javabbowl/

Vitalis · Post by **Vitalis** » Wed Nov 27, 2002 2:34 pm

Do you know: Have they solved the multiple pushback issue??

Korhil · Post by **Korhil** » Thu Nov 28, 2002 6:46 am

The Chain Push Backs still works in a straight line.
Its gets patched every week pretty much... different things take priority... as it is, the game is very playable, little to no differences from the board game.

---Korhil

Bob-the-Fish · Post by **Bob-the-Fish** » Thu Nov 28, 2002 5:17 pm

Shadowing is sweet on any player with MA 7 or higher. Add in Tackle and it really keeps those pesky fast and dodgey players in check. Just what an orc coach needs.

Mestari · Post by **Mestari** » Thu Nov 28, 2002 7:16 pm

Bob-the-Fish wrote:Shadowing is sweet on any player with MA 7 or higher. Add in Tackle and it really keeps those pesky fast and dodgey players in check. Just what an orc coach needs.

And all the better as the shadower has AV9. Then you don't have to worry putting him next to an opponent. If the guy has low AV (as the best shadowers with high MA usually do) you have to choose carefully who to shadow or the temptation to block your shadower instead is too big :-]