Astralwyrm wrote:Came up against a level 5 worg with level 2/3 guardian of runes yesterday, lost 3 times in a row x.x i just can't make a move in on him so i know that i need to change tactics some where. I think one thing i could do is give my predator of blood fierce and spread out more. Use him to wall the worg otherwise the worg will just 2 hit anything and everything with war fury and impacable. if i do that though i lose the awesomeness that is blood lust predator of blood. =(
Recently i've been running a 4 man setup, i know that deep blue sees this as blasphemous but too late. =p
level 5 guardian of the runes with hymn of destiny, exalted, mortal insolence and piety.
level 4 predator of blood with ruthless, master strike and bloodlust.
2 level 3 wolfen fangs with ruthless and mighty blow.
Thats for 385 AP, i was thinking when i get POD to level 5 i would give him war fury but i'm not sure if i want to gamble on that -6 toughness since he works pretty well as he is now.
I find this works really well for VIP matches and usually respectable against large or medium groups. I have run a more mage heavy setup too with 2 level 4 lonewolves with two opposing talents trees nuker with ring of ice and healer with ring of mist. But i haven't made much use of them since especially when they rely on each other pretty heavily. Atleast how i play them they do.
edit: met one guy with a chimera and valkyrie today and no luck trying to defeat him either, 2 losses in a row, i subbed one of my fangs for a wolfen crossbowman with instinctive firing and harassment to try to find a use for it but i couldn't get a good shot atleast against this legendary. It doesn't help that 4 out of 5 of these legendary matches has been in the map with all the rocks and bushes in grass/dirt level (lanever i think?). Guess i really need to pull out my mages against one of those.
it is blasphemous indeed
You can play whatever it makes you happy of course but let me point you out why 4 wolven comp is not very good.
4 wolven is a suicide as vs legendaries you will miss probably an extra encirclement bonus but also extra "meat" and damage.
4 wolven means that one (or two) of your units are very expensive. Any decent player will aim for the PoB and it will wreck it...and bam you lost almost 50% of your AP army! I really do not like PoB (and mind you i really tried it!)
What i found to be a successful comp with the PoB is the following comp (note: i used this comp only vs wolven and lion NEVER vs ram as fear destroys it):
- PoB lvl 2 ruthless (but also elusive is nice)
- Lonewolf lvl 4 (ring of ice, regen, mortification)
- lonewolf lvl 2 (ring of the mist)
- 2x fang warrior (ruthless)
if i remember correctly it is 400 AP or 398 AP (too lazy to check sorry).
This build gives you very good support to your PoB making it a pain in the ass to deal with as people will be afraid to waste arrows / spells (ring of ice + mist) and 5 units which means you PoB will probably have more encriclement bonuses and will maybe parry a bit more - you win the more the PoB stays alive.