Treeman Skills on a Woody team.

[Aliboon]

Hello all, assuming no doubles or stat increases, what skills would you pick for a Woodelf Treeman?

Grab and Guard are no-brainers imo, but I'm stuck on what to get next.

Multiple Block could be useful, but without having block, I'd be loath to give up a 3d block for two 2ds when it actually mattered (last game my tree triple skulled, passed his loner and then double skulled and both-downed, so I'm wary enough of 3ds...). And the only time you're likely to get 2 players next to each other is on the LOS, so its use would likely be limited.

Break Tackle could be good (especially for putting a stand firm guard in a cage, but that's a risky 3+), but with MA2 and loner, he's going nowhere fast and is a risk to gfi with.

PO? Not with MA2 and a 4+ roll to get up.

Juggernaught? Very limited use.

I do have enough cash to replace him (170k), but I'm >200 TV and one bad game could retire me, so I don't wanna give up my cash reserve.

Strong Arm, fair enough on a 'fling tree, pointless for the woody one.

[neverworking]

If you have the cash flexibility I think you are fishing for another treeman at an appropriate time in the schedule. I take grab, then guard and if I'm financially cornered at 31 I'd take multi-block, but I agree with your thinking and could see taking break tackle instead, but not really much else jumps out. I can even understand someone with good cash dropping a tree at 16spps without block or a move boost as a rookie tree saves on TV, does about the same job for the team and its a lot faster to find a block tree that way.

[Afroman]

Break Tackle clearly. You don't want him to hit anything just to be in the way. The threat of BT will force your opp to take it into consideration and use more players to covers for it.

Don't be afraid to actually GFi once in the beggining of the game. That will make him treat your tree as if he has 4 MA instead of two.

[juergen]

Break Tackle.