position for defense

joker · Post by **joker** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 9:20 am

hi all, what do u think about this deployement for my guyz vs fast/agile team ?

thx

Fronko · Post by **Fronko** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 9:57 am

Hi Joker!

Well, unless you have some tacklers, you will be in for a hard time, I´d say! They will block one of your LoS Lineorcs, move him behind the Blackorc. After that, they will blitz your adjacentz blitzer. Then they will have an easy life dodging all their cathers/gutter runners through that hole. They build a half cage in your back field or simply spread out all their players and since you deployed all your blitzers quite close to the LoS, there is hardly anyting you could do. If you are facing fast/agile teams, there is no other defense than to deploy deep in your own half, to avoid them getting all behind you.

Greetings, Frank!

Post by **DoubleSkulls** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 10:17 am

That's quite a nice setup - however your flanking BoB aren't going to see too much action and your LoS is weaker than I'd like.

You can't go too far wrong with a classic 3-4-4.

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____|_B_B_B_|____
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_b__|L_____L|__b_
_L__|b_____T|__L_

B = black orc
L = line orc
b = blitzer
T = thrower

This wont work too well if they have S4 and/or guards. Ideally you'll suck your opponent into the hole in the middle and then surround them in your 1st turn giving you a good chance to swarm all the receivers and blitz one of them.

los_locos · Post by **los_locos** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 11:09 am

You have to watch the sides, the BOB is strong but without block and only 1 lineman next to him will give fast team's like skaven with a RO a easy chance to create a gap, so I would go for the setup od ianwilliams. well you can play a few testing matches with this tactic to see how it works.
good luck,
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LOCO

Munkey · Post by **Munkey** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 5:54 pm

I can vouch for the effectiveness of the 3-4-4 set up suggested, having read about it on the TBBL site I gave it a try against a Skaven team and it totally put them off.

I expect the other coach will come up with a few counter tactics when I play him next but it is very effective and adds a much needed bit of depth to the orc lineup. Just a shame I didn't manage to think of it myself...

tchatter · Post by **tchatter** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 6:04 pm

Yes... that is the classic defense (3-4-4) and believe me it really messes up Skaven... however, I am working on that.

Longshot · Post by **Longshot** » Wed Jan 22, 2003 6:42 am

Not deep enough.
This is a position i use with fast/agile team to counter attack.
3/4/4 is far better.
BTW: you re another french oin the board!!
Welcome

joker · Post by **joker** » Wed Jan 22, 2003 7:06 am

ok thx all, gonna test this 3-4-4 so

Longshot wrote: BTW: you re another french oin the board!!
Welcome

yep another one

Longshot · Post by **Longshot** » Wed Jan 22, 2003 7:13 am

'derriere l'ecran' was a clue
et vi, c'est facile quand on est francais aussi