King/Army ofthe Dead, Worth it??

ste271276 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 06, 2013 10:56 pm

As the title asks...
I have a Grey Co. / Arnor army and am weighing up a few ideas as to best utilise my current minis....
I have numerous army of the dead minis and the king how do these fare in SBG? Would you bother with them?

GothmogtheWerewolf · **Posted:** Wed Feb 06, 2013 11:00 pm

AotD, yes, if you knwo how to field them, don't take too many, don't use in low pts games, and make sure you know what to ally them to, eg Minas Tirith.

The King's lack of might makes him a major letdown, but he's still useable. what with his wounding rule.

ste271276 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 06, 2013 11:03 pm

Can I ally them with Arnor do you know? Aragorn is my forces leader

LordElrond · **Posted:** Wed Feb 06, 2013 11:03 pm

Well, the order thing is that the warriors are very expensive points wise, and the riders are very expensive £s wise

The king of the dead is the ultimate hero chopper downer, as he treats all models as one wound models, but, with only 1 attack, if he is swarmed by infantry, he could easily be killed in one turn and he has no might to help him if he rolls badly.

Never played with the kotd or the wotd, just this is what I gather from looking at their profiles

GothmogtheWerewolf · **Posted:** Wed Feb 06, 2013 11:05 pm

Arnor is a good ally for Aotd IMO, their units are reasnably priced. Grey Company style army or regular one, but regualr one would be better.

Make sure you give your AotD shields.

ste271276 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 06, 2013 11:06 pm

Dunno why I never thought bout using them before? I just stumbled across my old AOTD models from my WOTR days...

GothmogtheWerewolf · **Posted:** Wed Feb 06, 2013 11:09 pm

They're a lot better in SBG than in WotR point for point. In WotR they could end up striking against Wraiths courage 5 instead of Morannon's courage 2. Not so in SBG. They're great against Morannons in SBg.

Try them out if you like.

ste271276 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 06, 2013 11:13 pm

I will, Thermo Im bringing an army of the dead with me tomorrow!!!!! Boooo!

Thermo · **Posted:** Thu Feb 07, 2013 12:45 am

Haha good stuff!

I've got a king of the dead if you want it Ste?

ste271276 · **Posted:** Thu Feb 07, 2013 7:08 am

Iv got four or five of him dunno how??

Thermo · **Posted:** Thu Feb 07, 2013 9:41 am

Blimey! Time to start eBay selling and one ring trading I think!

Beowulf03809 · **Posted:** Thu Feb 07, 2013 2:15 pm

4 or 5 KotD?? Why do you "over collectors" always live so far away. :lol:

I agree that in mid to high point SBG games an AotD ally can be effective. Either in actual combat or to scare (pun intended) and distract your opponent. I don't have Kingdoms of Men but when I looked at the copy my friend has I think they added wargear options to the AotD. Really? Wargear for ghosts? If that's accurate, then for me at least that really takes away something from the AotD force.

ste271276 · **Posted:** Thu Feb 07, 2013 3:10 pm

WOTD have a shoot value but o option for a bow???

GothmogtheWerewolf · **Posted:** Thu Feb 07, 2013 3:39 pm

Every model has a shoot value now even beasts like Wild Wargs and Giant Spiders which aren't even physically capable of using a bow.

SouthernDunedain · **Posted:** Thu Feb 07, 2013 3:41 pm

They have the value because there is the option to allow the pick up equipment rule. But you have to agree with your opponent before you play.

GothmogtheWerewolf · **Posted:** Thu Feb 07, 2013 3:46 pm

SouthernDunedain wrote:

They have the value because there is the option to allow the pick up equipment rule. But you have to agree with your opponent before you play.

Since when could a Wild Warg pick up a bow?

SuicidalMarsbar · **Joined:** Sun Apr 24, 2011 1:14 am **Posts:** 1712

GothmogtheWerewolf wrote:

SouthernDunedain wrote:

They have the value because there is the option to allow the pick up equipment rule. But you have to agree with your opponent before you play.

Since when could a Wild Warg pick up a bow?

It isn't a man sized model and is thus void from that rule.

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