2nd skill for HE Blitzer

PrinceMoranion · Post by **PrinceMoranion** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:44 am

Last night, one of my HE Blitzers got a few SPPs and is ready for his 2nd Skill now. I rolled a double, so a have quiet a lot of opportunities. And this is why I´m asking here for advice. His 1st skill is "Leap" and I planned to give him another skill that helps him stealing the ball (like Strip Ball, Wrestle or Tackle). But now, I don´t know if I should take a Strength Skill and give him Guard, Stand Firm or Mighty Blow.

Our league consists of 10 coaches, 3 Elves, 1 Skaven, 1 Undead, 1 Khemri, 1 Necro, 1 Human, 1 Dwarf, 1 Halfling. I played 6 games now and will play another 17 games. So far, my team has 13 players, all 8 position players. My catchers got a mixture of Block and Dodge, one thrower has Leader, a few lineelfs Wrestle, the other blitzer Frenzy.

What do you think?

Post by **voyagers_uk** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:09 am

I would say Guard to maximise the Leap-Cage Break opportunities

Although it is surreal that I am telling Prince Moranian how to skill up a High Elf Blitzer.....

TuernRedvenom · Post by **TuernRedvenom** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 11:05 am

Seeing the teams in your league I'd take Mighty Blow to cause some pain!

Master Wang · Post by **Master Wang** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:17 pm

I'd probably be tempted by MB, too. Lot's of AV7 in that league. If not, then Guard for the reason above. Definitely wouldn't take a normal skill.

Craigtw · Post by **Craigtw** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:36 pm

Guard, Mighty Blow. Both good choices. Maybe you should take "Mighty Guard"

Joemanji · Post by **Joemanji** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:47 pm

There are plenty of bash teams in that league. I'd plump for Guard.

mattgslater · Post by **mattgslater** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:08 pm

Yeah, there's a fair amount of bash, but Guard won't save you against all the ST5 you're going to face, and there's not a lot of ST4 out there (and that which there is mostly has Stand Firm, so you don't want to stick a 150k AV8 guy next to it if you don't knock down).

Guard is best against the Dwarfs, MB is best against the Undead, Skaven, Halflings, Necro and Khemri: both are good against Humans and Elves, but since I wouldn't put this guy on the line against even an elf team, I'd probably prefer MB against Elves. So unless your direct rival* is the Dwarfs, I'd go for MB in context. Leaping Guard is cool and all when it opens 3 new blocks, but it sucks to make a leap just to turn 1d into 2d: it's better to make the hit with this guy. This is especially true in a league like this one, where so many teams are dependent on AV7 ball-carriers. Get him Tackle or Pro at 31.

* the coach against whom you have the most at stake, not necessarily the best coach: if you can't beat his with yours, don't bother, but if you just need that "edge" more than you need it against the other teams....

Decker_cky · Post by **Decker_cky** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:13 pm

MB is always nice against any team. Having a single one on the team is a big boost, particularly on something as mobile as an elf blitzer. Pretty much every other double should be guard, but I'd go for MB on this one.

mattgslater · Post by **mattgslater** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:16 pm

Actually, if I get so lucky as to get doubles on 3 High Elf linos (or a second double on one) in my league, I'm getting Grab! Who needs to develop a Catcher for 1TTD when you have a Grabber and a Frenzy guy and can do it with a rookie Catcher? You can even save the blitz for hole-punching! Heck, with a Grabber, you can just engineer extra blocks against those silly Elves and Rats and play a cage offense like an AG4 Orc team! Particularly the Rats, because they don't get Side Step. After all, everybody's AV12 when you're stunned.

PrinceMoranion · Post by **PrinceMoranion** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:59 am

voyagers_uk wrote:Although it is surreal that I am telling Prince Moranian how to skill up a High Elf Blitzer.....

I know! My inner voice keeps telling me: " Take Dauntless, take Dauntless, take Dauntless ..." and it´s kinda hard to ignore that.

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Thanks a lot for your suggestions! Probably MB s the best choice and I´ll give that a try. Next skill would be Tackle or Strip Ball to maximize his ball stealing abilities.

Post by **voyagers_uk** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:02 am

cyagen · Post by **cyagen** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:23 am

I would say MB, the Blitzers are the only ones in my HE team that delivery some kind of pain. Then you should got the tackle, strip ball route.

dr. evil · Post by **dr. evil** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 5:40 pm

No question, MB. I have a HE team and the blitzer are the hitters of the team. If you take MB and roll doubles again for him take piling on.

PrinceMoranion · Post by **PrinceMoranion** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:24 am

my 1st tff-post:

Thanks for your answers! I gave him MB and I´m really looking forward to the next league match to see how it works.