Are really orcs that bad in tourneys?

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Re: Are really orcs that bad in tourneys?

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I've just been to two tournaments in a row that orcs won. At the second one, the 3rd-place finisher (a very good coach, in my approximation) was saying that from now on he should only take orcs, as they are so easy to win with. I told him that undead, which he had been playing, are usually considered a better team, and he was surprised.

They still look pretty loaded to me, and I agree with Matt that their numbers undoubtedly suffer from being so popular with rookies.

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Re: Are really orcs that bad in tourneys?

Post by Rolex »

Undead are very good. But the best team to play against undead are surely orcs.

If I play Orcs and get paired with undead I'm VERY happy.
(on the other end Amazons and Lizard are very difficult games)

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Re: Are really orcs that bad in tourneys?

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Why Rolex?

I often find Undead to be quite difficult with 2 str 5, as well as up to 4 Ghouls...

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Re: Are really orcs that bad in tourneys?

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Because Orcs are the best team both to knock down mummies, since they both have guard and ST 4, and to tie them up, with AV 9 spam.
Only lizardmen with guard sauri might be better.

When mummies go down, undead offense is in big trouble.
When mummies are tied up/isolated, undead defence is in big trouble.

I would give block to a BOB, 3 guards (2 to 2 BOBs) and 1 tackle/frenzy to a blitzer and a MB.


In a league it gets worse. Undead get 4 guards (their max without doubles), Orcs get 9.

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