bull centaur skill?

sven · Post by **sven** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 10:36 pm

hello all,

im my last game with my chaos dwarves my bull centaur gained his second skill, i rolled a double three and cant decide what to give him, so far he has sprint, sure feet, thick skull and break tackle. im tempted to so for stand firm as it would mean i could dodge without any worry of falling over. but do you have any better options? and i dont want to develop him into a ball carrier as i have a bull centaur with ag3.

phil

Gus · Post by **Gus** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 12:41 am

i'd go for stand firm, or dodge, or frenzy, in that order of preference.

sven · Post by **sven** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 1:18 am

hi gus,

thanks for your reply i think it is what i will go for. cheers.

phil

sean newboy · Post by **sean newboy** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 1:39 am

Thats what i would have said. Stand firm and Dodge in the lead with Frenzy a distant third.

gken1 · Post by **gken1** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 1:40 am

if you already got your ball handler...frenzy. My bud took it on his bull centaur and hasn't regreted it.

Xtreme · Post by **Xtreme** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 2:36 am

I would jump on Frenzy and cry out in mad laughter everytime he blitzed some poor git off the pitch.

kithor2002 · Post by **kithor2002** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 6:47 pm

I would choose standfirm

sven · Post by **sven** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 7:03 pm

hi alex,

just to let you know that is what i have gone for and it served me well last night, as he effectively held the line and broke free to collect the ball on a "blitz" action from the kick off. thanks for all your replys everyone.

phil

kithor2002 · Post by **kithor2002** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 7:18 pm

Hi Phil,

Standfirm is a great skill and with break tackle your bull centaur will be a really reliable blitzer.

Have fun with him.

Cheers

Alex

sven · Post by **sven** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 7:24 pm

yeah i intend to alex, thanks mate speak to you again soon,

phil

jimmy944 · Post by **jimmy944** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 3:49 pm

Ok, not that I'm an expert or anything (FAR FAR from it!!!) but why has no-one mentioned block??

Not that its a great thing to pick on a double but I should have thought it would be pretty mandatoory, especially as a league advances and more and more players have it.

kithor2002 · Post by **kithor2002** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 3:55 pm

Because he can choose block for his third skill.

I won't waste a double for a skill which I can choose regularly.

sven · Post by **sven** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 4:04 pm

that was my original plan jimmy but like kithor said i felt i could not waste the double, as i can take block next time.....unless of course i roll another double

phil

jimmy944 · Post by **jimmy944** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 5:04 pm

Sorry, perhaps my question was conveyed poorly, (beleive me I understand the value of Double rolls for skills!).

To rephrase the question, would you reccommend B.tackle over Block as a first skill? It just seems like the st4 is a bit wsted w/o block as you cant even use the 2Dice confidently if your opponent has the block skill.

Gus · Post by **Gus** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 6:04 pm

whether your opponent has Block or not doesn't change the odds of you going down, so that shouldn't be taken into consideration imho.

now, many coaches believe that the real strenght of a bull centaur isn't his ST but his mobility. that's why we tend to get BT first, as it allows you to actually USE the ST4 instead of just getting it pinned by a lame lino.