First skill double on a Skaven Blitzer

mattgslater · Post by **mattgslater** » Tue May 27, 2008 1:37 pm

necromancer wrote:Dodge! But Gutters have dodge and ag4...

agggh! Waste of a good double

GR with Block and SV with Dodge are very different critters. Sure, they have the same skills, but so do a Wood Elf Lineman and a BOB! That Dodge SV makes a good corner now, and when he moves inside he fills a problem role that you just can't fill with a ST2 player..

wesleytj · Post by **wesleytj** » Tue May 27, 2008 1:55 pm

Yep, esp if/when you get him guard. Now you can get that crucial assist right where you need it.

Dodge is the way to go.

PubBowler · Post by **PubBowler** » Tue May 27, 2008 3:09 pm

FischerKing wrote:Dodge is never worthless just because the other team "has some tacklers" ^^

Agreed.

But you don't need as many Tacklers as the opponent has Dodgers to remove the advantage.

But with your four most valuable players starting with Dodge adding more makes them less easy to target.

mattgslater · Post by **mattgslater** » Tue May 27, 2008 5:35 pm

Having more Dodgers makes it harder to account for them with a single Tackler. If there's nothing but GRs with Dodge, a Blockler gets to man-mark one and have a field day. But if you've got to use your lone Blockler to handle GRs, there's nothing left to help pound on the SV with Dodge.

necromancer · Post by **necromancer** » Wed May 28, 2008 7:43 am

If you don't want claw why even bother to play Skaven? Play pansy woodelves instead

You will get 6 dodgers right away!

wesleytj · Post by **wesleytj** » Wed May 28, 2008 12:48 pm

Cause Storm Vermin can get Guard and Mighty Blow without doubles - the Dodge is just a nice bonus when the doubles DO come.

Plus rats are cheaper.

Joemanji · Post by **Joemanji** » Wed May 28, 2008 6:02 pm

necromancer wrote:If you don't want claw why even bother to play Skaven?

Claw ain't all that in LRB5. In fact I have found MB and PO to be far superior.

I had a CD roll Claw on his 2nd skill after MB. He is a monster on 37 career CAS. I also had a CD roll Claw on his first skill. He took an age to get to skill two and is still only on 8 career CAS.

My development path is definitely MB, then either Claw or PO. Even on teams with access to Mutations on normal skills.