Tactics Skill Allocation Advice VII

I agree with Danton.
Dodge 1st skill is better on lineelves for the 1st couple of seasons then wrestle becomes better as there is more tackle around.
Block on the runner while you only have 11 players. If you want a passing runner then buy another one just to play offence when you will be at 13 players.

 

At higher tv having a bench becomes more important, because you can face teams with multiple POMB Tackle players. Balancing TV is of course important, but I would normally look to have a roster of at least 12 or 13 players.

 

Wizard is very hit and miss though. Can win a game on its own, or do nothing. I would rather have a runner who can pass the ball, as that gives the team some flexibility that it otherwise lacks on offence.

 

It's my Big Crunch team.
Next matches will be:
Raspel's skinks ... fast and dodgy
Khemri with 1 dodge thro-ra
Nurgle (no dodge).

Lots of dodge in the next match, but close to none in the following 2, who are instead against really strong teams (luckily with just 1 MB).
On the premise that developement is more important than success in the low divisions I am not so sure about tackle anymore. It would be amazing against skinks, but dodge would guarantee a much better survival rate in the other matches ... and more mobility too, which can be a big advantage against slow teams, and maybe also against slinks.
I think I will have to go with dodge then, both on the blitzer and the lineman.

Having no wrestle on the team and facing a few blockers in the next few matches I'll go against the grain with the witch and take wrestle first, unless there are strong arguments against it.
Block witch will follow.

As for the runner I have this thing nagging at my brain that blodge does not combo well with dump off: if you have a blodge runner without pass it's more probable to stay on your feet than to complete the dumpoff pass even when suffering 2d blocks with reroll ...
Later on, if you get him also pass, and even more so with also accurate the dump off is once again a good option.
My goal is a runner with blodge, pass and accurate.
Blodge first enhance his survival rate, while pass and accurate enhance his utility.
Keeping in mind team developement survival seems more important, therefore I should go with dodge as you all point out.
Then I am so attracted to pass that maybe I'll act irrationally and will follow a middle grounds with pass, then block, and finally accurate if and when I'll get to 51 spps.

Thank you all, I really appreciate and value all your opinions.
Even those times when I decide to go a different route, just reading your arguments and experiences gives me a broader perspective and helps me a lot, then we are all different and one has to find his own way.
Cheers all.

 

Yeah, well ... those are 2000 tv teams ... my tv is around 1200 ...

 

I don't think there's a wrong or right answer here @Ravers. Personal preference and play-style can lead to different development paths, which is one of the reasons why I like this game so much. I know a lot of people don't like even having a Runner, or passing the ball with Dark Elves, which is fine.

I personally like to have an extra MA 7 player to carry the ball, so my blitzers and witches are free to do other things. Being able to pass means adding an extra component to your normal running game. A good opponent can make it hard for you to score by just running the ball, so adding a passing option adds more consistent unpredictability, which I like to have.

 

This.
In my case more a gut feeling than a properly reasoned strategy, but you also need to "feel" your team, isn't it?

 

Block on the witch will be much better than Wrestle against the skinks. That's 4 or 6 dice where you can hurt them with two results on the dice.

Dump-off is a bonus skill for the Runner, but it's not really worth building around it. If you are forced to use it, it normally means you are in a bad spot and it means the Runner is more likely to leave the pitch.

 

Thanks again Danton, good points.
It'll also mean faster spps ...
A couple of skinks have block though, as do the blitz-ras and all nurgle warriors.
Does that change anything?

 

If a couple of the skinks have Block then it does make Wrestle on the witch more of an option.

 

Hi all,

I'm playing a high elf team, only 2 games into a tournament. My spp hogging Blitzer got doubles after the first game and I took Guard. Now after the second game he's rolled doubles again. What would you do? I decided to ignore the doubles and took dodge because his Guard was pretty useless since he spent a good amount of the game eating grass. I am a fairly inexperienced coach and was wondering what others would do.

 

On a guard blitzer ignoring is a good choice, you want him to get blodge side step asap. If he already had blodge then taking stand firm wouldn't be terrible but its questionable if its worth the extra TV compared to ss. On a catcher who get a doubles mighty blow is a good choice, in which case a second doubles is for piling on and gives you a pretty damn good killer.

 

Doubule for rookie Underworld Gobbo in New Ogham. There is lots of good options - but I already have all major ones, so wondering what to take next.

The best gobbos in team are
+AG; Wrestle, Strip Ball; Niggled
Guard; Two-Heads;
DP; Sneaky-Git; soon this one will level again
[Double] - what to take?

It`s a strange team, where my gobbos have rolled more doubles and stat-ups than normal skills (I used to also have +STR-horns-gobbo.... but Troll ate that one). I have only one other guard (Troll) and my ball recovery is handled by +AG-thrower.

Really interested to hear what people would take take with this lucky team. It is good to get replacements for both guard & wrestle players, as they are likely to take hits. But I am also tempted to take DP, so I could kick the other DP when he levels to 4.

 

I'd go for wrestle but nothing wrong with having 2 DP'ers