The Elven Kingdom sponsored High Elf teams, feature a dangerous passing game and some of the most arrogant players you will find. Rich beyond the dreams of most teams, the High Elves often feature many Princes and noble born Elves on the team and what they cannot beat, they’ll buy.
Overview:
High Elf teams usually adopt a passing strategy as they posess one of the best Throwers in the game, certainly the safest with the lowest chance of interception. They are also as well armoured as the Dark Elves and Human teams. They have access to four strong and fast Catchers backed up by a couple of harder hitting Blitzers. This set up means you can usually get one receiver free to accept a pass when on offence, and the speed and strength of the team is great for harrassing the opposing team when on defence. Of the four elven teams, they are the joint second fastest, joint first resiliance and the most reasonable cost across all positions.
Their disadvantages to the other teams is that they aren’t as fast or manouverable as the Wood Elves, don’t have as much hitting power as the Dark Elves and don’t have the cheap Linemen and excellent Catchers of the standard Elf teams. I’d say the High Elves are the most average of the four but the combination of players they have all work well as a team.
I’d recommend them as the best Elf team for a beginner though, their average armour and blend of starting skills without the players getting as costly as the other Elf sides means they can be the most forgiving. You can quickly skill up the Thrower and the Catchers and have a very good passing offence that can be hard to stop and will let you spread the ball around the pitch very quickly. In conbination with the speed of the Catchers you can get the ball away from the opponent in one turn if needed, or you can sit back deep and then bypass the oncoming players of the opposing team.
Strengths:
- High Agility
- Fast but not fragile
- Safe passing game
Weaknesses:
- Higher than average player costs
- Not much hitting power
September 18th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
I find this team hard to play in tournaments. Mainly due to the lack of starting skils.
They truly shine in long leagues, IMO
September 18th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
High Elves are my personal faveourite of all the ELf teams but I will agree with you that they tend to be more suited to leagues than touraments. This is more down to the tournament rules that are being used than the team itself though.
Having said that I do believe that High Elves won the Blood Bowl last year and that is with 1000TV teams.
September 28th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Favourite of the elf teams?
I think I’d vote for wood elves personally.
What starting lineup would you run for a 1000TV high elf team?
January 30th, 2010 at 2:22 am
If you can take a few skills, then Kick makes the High Elves very aggressive on defense at a tournament. Its my first skill on a linemen in a league even before block/dodge
November 27th, 2011 at 11:00 pm
My feelings are balanced between High elves and Dark elves. In tournament High elves are really difficult to play, I need ti improve my passing game. Dark elves seem more suited for tournament because they can get 4 Blocks at the start, before choosing your 4 simples skills and your double. But i’ll will surely try to play again my high elves in tournament with a good choic of skillz with wil reinforce their passing game as Accurate on the thrower. But i Don’t now what to put on the receiver and the 2 dragons. Someone could help me? For example on a TR 110 tournament 4 simple skillz and 1 skillz on a double…
November 27th, 2011 at 11:02 pm
Hi LoMas, there is a section on the forum dedicated to these types of questions: http://bbtactics.com/forums/naf-resurrection-tournament-tactics/