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Author:  eomers riders [ Mon Jun 23, 2008 6:12 pm ]
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HELLO!! ok then im a rohan player and i have a 500pt force so far! and a basic some up of my force is pretty much 20 horse and 20 on foot, a nice basic 500!

oh yeah led by emoer!!

I find splitting my force into two groups works well with rohan (out flanking) but thats all i really do when it comes to tactics, normally i just take the battle as it comes..
so any help on tactics would be great..........?

thanks

Author:  WanderingDunedain [ Mon Jun 23, 2008 6:29 pm ]
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ive seen a complete force of rohan outriders lead by gamling with his banner. all bows! and infinate might! so allot die to bowfire and then you can crush them with a charge

Author:  The Ironfoot [ Mon Jun 23, 2008 6:38 pm ]
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That's a very cheesy army! I heard of it to, but no offense I hate it. Just totally unthemed and just like a GC army no fun to play against.

Author:  The_Rhinosaurous [ Mon Jun 23, 2008 6:39 pm ]
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ive seen a complete force of rohan outriders lead by gamling with his banner. all bows!

really really really lame... all im going to say

Alright when i play rohan i use a simple but prety effective tactic, i have all of the mounted guys i can with bows, then ride around shooting as the infantry advances, when the shield walls clash i fan out my infanty into a thin line and have all of my guys shield, then i rush the cavalry over and smash into the back. Thats the basics of it, you have to adjust it during battles but it usually works well.

Author:  The Ironfoot [ Mon Jun 23, 2008 6:45 pm ]
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brilliant! I always have been thinking about an effective Rohan shield wall since they don't have spears.

Author:  eomers riders [ Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:43 pm ]
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!!!WOW!!!

ive been on this thing a day and ive found out so much about rohan already!


thanks for all the advice

Author:  WanderingDunedain [ Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:56 pm ]
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rohan preform best when allied to grey company, dwarfes or elves


and eowyn is great value!

Author:  The Ironfoot [ Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:15 pm ]
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agree, you got to love Eowyn! I still think Meriadoc on a pony would be fun :P:P lol

Author:  MuslimRohirrim [ Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:34 pm ]
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I am also new and playing Rohan, and I found the following links useful. Hope they will be for you too.

http://www.one-ring.co.uk/phpBB2/kb.php ... icle&k=194
http://www.one-ring.co.uk/phpBB2/kb.php ... icle&k=569

The Ironfoot wrote:
That's a very cheesy army! I heard of it to, but no offense I hate it. Just totally unthemed and just like a GC army no fun to play against.


so do you think outriders are overpowered?

Author:  The Ironfoot [ Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:53 pm ]
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Thanks for the links!

no i don't think they are overpowered. but an all outrider force is just not themed and with gamling... They are nice but as an additional troop for a Rohan army. And using Gamling's banner is IMO just turning the rules to your advantage, it may be legal but no fun at all.

(just my oppinion)

Author:  eBob [ Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:29 pm ]
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Using Gamlings banner with Outriders is clearly wrong as they are exceeding their normal might limit of zero. I'm pretty sure this will appear in a FAQ soon as illegal.

As for a Rohan shield wall - be aware that against S3 opponents your shields are of no benefit unless you are shielding against a charge.

Riding Rohan around like indians shooting arrows - is likely to gain you very little. The cavalry must be sent in to charge and you need 3 or 4 captains to provide the might necessary to make heroic moves and cheat the priority roll.

Author:  MuslimRohirrim [ Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:43 pm ]
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Ebob wrote:
Using Gamlings banner with Outriders is clearly wrong as they are exceeding their normal might limit of zero. I'm pretty sure this will appear in a FAQ soon as illegal.


I guess it should be illigal without needing a FAQ. Isn't there a rule not to exceed your original status. not by magic or anything??

As for Rohan shield wall. I used it in my last game and it proved very useful on some scale. I only used enough warriors to flank one side to allow the Riders a safe passage to hit the Uruk crossbowmen falling behind.
So it was a single battle tactic but not runing around for the whole battle.
BTW, I won this battle thanks to this tactic, and Isengard payed back for the previous one...yooooohooooo :lol:

Author:  The_Rhinosaurous [ Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:15 am ]
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@ Ebob
Yea i didn't mean riding around shooting like indians, i mean if you have 6 or so RoR with bows you can ride along shooting (behind the infantry) and then charge when you are close enough, i think i misworded somwhere because i didn't mean riding around shooting thing one bit.

I fought a Rohan army once (i think it was 750) which had the 3 hunters, Eomor and like 20 riders (i allowed passenger rules for legolas and gimli cause i thought it was a cool army to fight) don't be limited with just Rohan guys i guess is my point as you can have a efective and themed army with some allies.

Author:  eomers riders [ Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:07 pm ]
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thanks for those links!

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