- Sep 23, 2009
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The weekly battleplans have leaked, and are up on BoLS: LINK (warning: spoilers!)
For those who want an idea of what kinds of units to prepare, but don't want the exact missions spoiled:
Week One: multiple units of 10+ models.
Week Two: at least one melee duelist hero - scenario doesn't prevent use of monster heroes for this, so in a cheese-heavy environment, you'll probably want something like mannfred, neferata, a vamp or ghoul king on zombie dragon, a royal warsphinx, or nagash. If you can agree with your opponent to leave monsters aside, a vampire, tomb king, or wight king with black axe should do well.
Week Three: have a piece of terrain to count as a strongold. Mission doesn't have special rules for any particular kind of unit, but imo favors ranged attacks, damage spells, & artillery, particularly stuff with rend. If you've got access to screaming skull catapults or bowshabti this would be a good time to break them out. If not, you'll want some fast units that can take out enemy artillery & ranged threats quickly.
Week Four: monsters, any monsters, many as you can field.
For those who want an idea of what kinds of units to prepare, but don't want the exact missions spoiled:
Week One: multiple units of 10+ models.
Week Two: at least one melee duelist hero - scenario doesn't prevent use of monster heroes for this, so in a cheese-heavy environment, you'll probably want something like mannfred, neferata, a vamp or ghoul king on zombie dragon, a royal warsphinx, or nagash. If you can agree with your opponent to leave monsters aside, a vampire, tomb king, or wight king with black axe should do well.
Week Three: have a piece of terrain to count as a strongold. Mission doesn't have special rules for any particular kind of unit, but imo favors ranged attacks, damage spells, & artillery, particularly stuff with rend. If you've got access to screaming skull catapults or bowshabti this would be a good time to break them out. If not, you'll want some fast units that can take out enemy artillery & ranged threats quickly.
Week Four: monsters, any monsters, many as you can field.