actually, I dont 100% agree. Im taking Groblog, who makes goblin shamans fury work on a 5 instead of a 6. This makes it TWICE as good as before. Before if I had 48 goblins, then Id only save about 8, but with Groblog I would save about 16. Courage tests have never been a concern in the past (and present). Durburz had decent courage, enough will and might and an extra large standfast that I didnt have to worry. Before, anything under 500pts wasnt good enough (for me) to take a shaman because I wouldnt save enough goblins to make it worth while (i would save up to about 8, which is 40pts, the shaman is 45pts..), I could of just put the points into more goblins to make up the ones im going to lose. This was different over 500pts because the model cap was higher, so there were more goblins to save and because passing stand fasts was more vital (more goblins would run).
Because we have to take a bunch of heroes, using groblog and shamans only costs 40pts (we are comparing to the mimimum of 3 captains) compared to just durburz which costs 25pts extra. This means that because we are going to save about 16 troops(again, for a 4 warband army of gobs, which is average for about 500pts), we save 80pts compared to the 25pts to take it, profit! One of the benefits of shamans over durburz the 2 shamans cover everything, which means we dont need him for his courage, although you could get him as well for his might and fight.
I also like shamans over durburz because its more points efficient. If i take durburz and no shaman then im just saving 20pts to not get 2 shamans (id be taking captains), but if we take groblog instead, we only pay 15pts more, and get a big benefit: 5+ save and fearless everywhere, compared to: none of the previous, 2 might points less and 15pts less. There might be reasons to go with Durburz, you would be desperately needing the 15pts and more importantly the 2 might points, but most of the tiem this isnt the case. Even if you dont find many of my reasons relevent, Groblog + 2 shamans makes your army more reliable (less chance for things to not go as planned, ie gobins defiantly will charge a terror causer instead of possibly charging).
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). You could upgrade to the spider queen. She has less fight and str, but hers is high enough, and the extra attack, broodlings and 2 extra might (the broodlings and might make her sooooo good) make her more dangerous overall (she can chew through troops at a staggering rate). Thinking about it, Im strongly considering changing to her, as there will be less magic and archery to shut her down. The spider queen is MUCH softer, but there is far less to hurt her.