Wrestle instead of Tackle?

[Jeremiah Kool]

When I play in tournaments I often ask myself if I should take Tackle as a skill pick (assuming I don´t play Dwarves/Chaos Dwarves). In general in a six game tournament you get one skill before or after the game.

The downside is that Tackle can be worthless because your opponents may not have Dodge and it is wasted. Is Wrestle an alternative for it? It counters Block but isn´t as offensive as Tackle, no armor roll. But it always has it´s uses, like Block.

For example, in an Undead team you could give Wrestle to a Ghoul instead of Tackle on a Wight. You´d still have a weapon against Blodgers who carry the ball.

What would you prefer?

[Banelord]

Wrestle on a ghoul! IMO that's a no-brainer. Same chance to take the blodger down but...

... wrestle work against all teams (nearly every team has block on a tournament)
... movement 7 and dodge against 6 and nothing, therefor it's easier to reach the blodger
... more protection for your ghoul

[Tante Kaethe]

One downside of giving Wrestle to your Ghoul is that it's worse than Block when he's the ballcarrier. So if he gets blitzed (or if blitzes himself) Wrestle will not protect you from losing the ball on a Skull/Pow.

But overall I think it might be worth it, but more in helping you while defending.

Cheers

Tante Käthe

[Jeremiah Kool]

I wouldn´t make a Wrestle player the ball carrier, although it would be pretty funny if he end up with the ball (anything can happen) and would have to use Wrestle. That be a severe disadvantage, but should hopefully happen not too often. I´ll test that out. Thx for the input.