Re: [Epic] chaos champions

From: Cameron Bentsen <stu7i95_at_...>
Date: 27 Jan 1997 11:21 EST

In message "[Epic] chaos champions", you write:

> At 15:38 01/23/1997 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >You play Eldar, don't you? Think about how useful the Avatar is. Now think
> >about how useful Beastmen with no Champion to lead them are. Sure, sometimes
> >the closest thing is a decent target, but what if the closest thing is one
> >lone jetbike 25 cm behind you, drawing your beastmen away from the main battle
> >where they might do you some good? Or (worse but less likely) a Bio-titan armed
> >with ripper tentacles? I'd rather not watch my beastmen commit mass suicide,
> >thanks all the same.
>
> Eldar and Chaos. Contrary to what everyone seems to think the Avatar is far
> from useless. Although I probably wouldn't pay much for him, it's all in
> the placement. My Avater has killed a number of enemy models, averaging 1
> or 2 per game. He's captured a number of objectives; usually 1 per 3 games
> with supporting units, but sometimes all by his lonesome. So, if your
> beastman champion always dies, then place your beastmen so charging blindly
> forward is desirable (or take minotaurs - my personal suggestion). I know a
> number of Ork players (including me when I had an Ork army) who throw their
> Goff Nobz in battlewagons and charge across the board while they leave the
> boyz mob on autopilot. You may screw up a few times, but it IS a workable
> strategy.
>

I personally don't worry about it, since my opponents generally don't bother
to go after my champions. I usually just use the beastmen to escort my Lord
of Battles, so since they aren't directly harming my opponent they tend to get
ignored. Besides, since I keep the champion behind the LoB, he's unlikely to
get shot up anyway.

My point was that, you don't always want your beastmen (or any other unit) to
charge the closest enemy. (I was responding to your post that suggested that
this is all beastmen ever do.) You seem to have sidestepped my point and gone
on to suggest ways of making use of an uncontrollable unit, when what I was
trying to say is that a controllable unit is preferable to an uncontrollable
one.
Received on Mon Jan 27 1997 - 16:21:00 UTC