January 27, 2011 by dignity
Andy and Vishal have a look at shooting your own units on the battlefield to give you a better chance to hit your opponent.
But what do you guys think, is this a sneaky bit of cheese or just a good plan waiting to be used?
Bow Justin
1
Fight Alongside DakkaDakka’s New Stormpride Sisters On Kickstarter
5
Loads More Burrows & Badgers Previews For New Starter Set!
0
Warlord Offer Sneak Peek Inside Bolt Action Armies Of Germany
10
They Have A Snow Troll! New Middle-earth SBG Miniature Reveals
3
Slithering Creatures & Tech Savants Join Necromunda Range
1
Dive Into Bolt Actions’ 28mm Winter US Army & Airborne Collection
3
FREAKZ! Mutant Murder Machines Available From Osprey Games
4
Cover Your Bases In Dead Animal Bits From Wargames Atlantic
1
New Ottomans & The French In Egypt From Perry Miniatures
3
A New Crew Comes To Freebooter’s Fate & A Pirate Squirrel!
2
Build Your Crusader-era Islamic Army With Victrix Miniatures
1
Buckle Some Swashes With Two New Black Scorpion Miniatures
2
Recruit New 15mm Desert Infantry From Slave 2 Gaming
2
Battle Through New Micro Art’s Pre-Coloured Japanese Terrain
1
Steamforged’s Epic Encounters Hit The Ruins Of Symbaroum!
2
Grab Digital Armoured Clash Rules From Warcradle Studios
5
The Fidwogs Marching Out Soon For ZombieSmith’s This Quar’s War
4
Crooked Dice Gives New Home To Sinbad Range For 7TV Fantasy
1
Spectre Miniatures Reveal Limited Remembrance Diorama
3
Add Macrocosm’s Mighty 28mm Dwarven King To Your Throng
5
Explore Kromlech’s Ace New Fantasy Realms Terrain Range
6
Pre-Orders Live For Studio Tomahawk’s SAGA: Age Of Chivalry
5
Moonstone’s Second Wave Of The Shades Up For Pre-Order
2
Back Great Escape’s Plastic Mounted Gunfighter’s Kickstarter
1
Hunt Down MegaBeasts With Infinity’s December Previews
2
Warlord’s Vanguard: Normandy Board Game Kickstarter Live!
3
Add Grizzled Veteran Miniatures To Your Growing Warcrow Armies
6
Get A Sneak Peek Inside Midgard Heroic Battles’ Rulebook!
0
Check Out Loke BattleMats Ace New Cyberpunk RED Sets!
3
Warp Celebrate Gnomevember With The Mousehold Cavalry!
Nice video… But most of the time, Stryker can target enemy units just fine with his power, can’t he ?
Well… you get a +2 bonus to attack rolls because you are attacking the back arc. Making this the equivalent of a (poor) boost, without spending a FOCUS… there’s a +2 to the damage roll… but you need to factor that in before committing to this tactic.
There’s another tips video due out on this subject where you target your allies, because they are immune to the damage you cause, then the attack jumps to the enemy models and you start boosting.
This is the general idea. There will be more tips about where you can apply the tactic more specifically.
BoW Andy
Thanks !
By the way…
http://privateerpress.com/community/privateer-insider/insider-1-28-2011
Need !
Hmmm. Very nice video guys! to be honest i would have never thought to do that. I’ll definitely try to start thinking outside the box a little more now.
Good for an example, stupid for a in game move.
Would rather EQ the PoM heavy instead.
Of course if your Earthquake is going to hit your own model anyway, there’s no reason why you wouldn’t target your own model for the +2 on the attack roll and save a FOCUS that you may have spent boosting the attack roll.
BoW Andy
I use FOC to boost my rolls if I need to hit 8+. Otherwise you are definitely waisting FOC.
Ironclad has DEF 12, so Stryker hits him on a 4+ on 2d6 when hitting the backarc. The PoM heavy has a DEF 10 as well. Do you really boost 4+ rolls?!
What you do is:
1. EQ Kreoss and heavy. (3 FOC)
2. Charge with Ironclad (1 FOC)
3. Beat the crap out of the PoM heavy.
4. Shoot with the Charger twice (2 FOC, one fully boosted) to soften up Kreoss.
Voila, 6 FOC full of win.
Fab tactic using Electro leap stuff (chain lightning, storm towers etc). Even better when your own target is immune to the effect!
That´s really the better example of the shooting-your-own-guy-tactic. Espcecially with Cygnar.
I could imagine using Battle Mages to nudge own jacks could also be a good tactic, although a little risky.
It’s fun with Vayl, anything she hits with her glassy orb becomes and arc node and its POW is low enough that it won’t scratch any of the Legion heavies. Shoot a Carnivean in the rear and channel through it.
At a pinch you can run something dirt cheap up near the enemy and shoot at it with Magic Bullet, bounce the shot to your enemy. It’s one way to get around annoying solos like Eiryss.
“to give you the bit more of a chance to hit your opponent”
^^^^^^^^^^ Er what?…..
By hitting your own model with an attack that has an AoE or will bounce to your opponents models. You increase your chance to hit them by gaining a +2 bonus for targeting the back arc of a model… just happens to be your own model is all! 😀
BoW Andy
Shooting your own guys is a great (although sometimes costly) tactic. The only issue with this video, being restricted to start boxes you are not going to have all that many scenarios where it will provide a big payoff. This is no fault of the BoW crew, simply a consequence of keeping things simple to start with. The key I guess is really KNOWING that you can do this. From there you will judge yourself if it the cost is worth the payout. Orboros players have one of the best models in the game for this exact tactic. SHIFTING STONES.… Read more »
I agree with Vishal this is like laser guidance. I have used this a total of 5 times with both Khador and Cygnar. It works extremely well if you have something like Man-O-Wars that might survive the assault.