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Wan Shi Tong
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Post subject: Re: Fellbeast's low fight value
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2022 2:41 pm
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Joined: Thu Feb 20, 2014 2:39 pm Posts: 967 Location: The Old Dominion
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Well, you can get a named wraith that has heroic strike. A transfixed enemy cannot counter-call on you so you'd be able to strike up and then have the higher fight. Could also channel transfix beforehand so that the fight of the enemy will be halved in combat.
It's worth remembering that wraiths are not supposed to be goons or beat-sticks and if you expect one to just sidled up to Aragorn with no support, it'll have a hard time as you have pointed out. Most wraiths are not great at dueling big heroes. You cannot relying on giving a wraith wings to turn him into a match for Gil Galad or Thranduil or Azog; even if you are paying close to the same price.
You can rely on the wraith's wings to provide maneuvering to line up spells, pick off banners and weaker supporting heroes, and generally set up a situation where the big powerful hero is open to be attached by not just the wraith, but also some other warriors or a troll or another hero and then, if you win, you'll be able to kill him thanks to the knock to the ground rule and the higher strength of the fell beast. That is where I think you'll have to put you're attentions in you want to use the fell beast to its best effect against big heroes.
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Wan Shi Tong
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Post subject: Re: Fellbeast's low fight value
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2022 11:55 pm
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Joined: Thu Feb 20, 2014 2:39 pm Posts: 967 Location: The Old Dominion
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I think it depends on the flow of the game and the opportunities that present themselves, but I'd generally think you'd want to spend more will on casting than in combat. Perhaps just 3 or 4 turns worth of well placed combats would be enough to get the effect that is needed. Could also depend on whether your wraith is also the general/is worth victory points to have alive. If not, might as well burn all the will up doing something.
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Wan Shi Tong
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Post subject: Re: Fellbeast's low fight value
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2022 12:15 pm
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Joined: Thu Feb 20, 2014 2:39 pm Posts: 967 Location: The Old Dominion
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That would be my assessment of things basically, yeah.
I think if you want to try to use the wraith to fight your best bet would be Khamul since he can get to fight 6, has strike, and can regain will while on his fell beast (least ways I'm pretty sure he can). But he and the Knight and Dark Marshal aren't much for spell casting in the same way the Undying and Witchking are.
As for having a generic wraith leading an army over a troll chieftain. I would think it would work out to have the chieftain in command more often then naught, but reverse calculation is still equally true: having the wraith be the general and keeping him out of combat means he's more likely to survive while you can be more aggressive with the troll who has to be in combat most of the time anyway. So, I think it would be more of a positive one way or the other based on the mission requirements for the general.
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