Post by Zxqueb on Jun 12, 2007 9:46:30 GMT -5
DragonDawg and I were talking about the field for the upcoming summer tournaments and what to bring to them. Right now, the meta looks to me to be close to the following builds:
"Barag Barrage"
Clawclan Scout x2
Bloodthirsty Redcap
Scarab Warcharm x2
Stormwatch Siren
Basts Handmaid
Infernal Gothic
Bloodhawk Barag
Blademiller x2
Hunter-Killer x2
Noble Dragon
Pearlthorn Castle x2
"Hell's Wells"
Cannibal Pariah x2
Walking Worms
Unwishing Well x2
Infernal Screamer x2
Toxic Sludger
Crypt Worm x2
Infernal Preacher
Demonic Dandy
Clawclan Scout x2
Scarab Warcharm
Ekkyon Wayfarer
These are the two established builds from the last 10k and I see variations of them a lot. The latter especially has more room for tweaking to fit a wider variety of playstyles.
My favorite tweaked version (if you can call it that... it's fairly far off from the standard hells wells list at this point) is:
Hy-Bred
Cannibal x2
Temple
castle
redcap
Charm x2
Siren
Well
Gothic
Infernal screamer
Preacher
Voodoo
Sultan
Blademiller
Crypt Worm
Greg's been running a modified Big Dumb Guys army which looks like this (I'm not sure if there are changes -- let us know Greg):
Big Dumb Guys
2 pariah
3 omen locuts
1 butcher
2 spikers
1 Voodoo
2 Equitars
1 CCS
2 charms
2 redcaps
1 HBT
1 Siren
Finally Dave and Lumpy have been working on a valor madness band in the local scene and doing fairly well. I'm not sure how it would fare at a 1k or 50k. Here are some versions:
Dave's Version:
1 Scissors
1 Zungar Blademaster
2 Clawclan Scouts
1 Pearlthorn Castle
1 Mr. Friend
1 Virtuous Maiden
1 Scarab Warcharm
1 Soul Slicer
1 Transpose Guy
1 Cyclopean Sprite
1 Soul Warden
1 Hawk-eyed Instigator
1 Raging Vanguard
1 Pearlthorn Dragon knight (?)
1 Something I can't remember (what is it, Dave?)
Double temple Goodstuff
I won't bother to put a list. You all know what it looks like. I think that's still an option, though maybe not quite as strong as it was previously.
So that's seems to be the major options for the summer meta. Can anyone come up with anything that beats all of these consistently? Are there any major army builds that I am missing in this list?
Thoughts on the relative strengths of these builds?
"Barag Barrage"
Clawclan Scout x2
Bloodthirsty Redcap
Scarab Warcharm x2
Stormwatch Siren
Basts Handmaid
Infernal Gothic
Bloodhawk Barag
Blademiller x2
Hunter-Killer x2
Noble Dragon
Pearlthorn Castle x2
"Hell's Wells"
Cannibal Pariah x2
Walking Worms
Unwishing Well x2
Infernal Screamer x2
Toxic Sludger
Crypt Worm x2
Infernal Preacher
Demonic Dandy
Clawclan Scout x2
Scarab Warcharm
Ekkyon Wayfarer
These are the two established builds from the last 10k and I see variations of them a lot. The latter especially has more room for tweaking to fit a wider variety of playstyles.
My favorite tweaked version (if you can call it that... it's fairly far off from the standard hells wells list at this point) is:
Hy-Bred
Cannibal x2
Temple
castle
redcap
Charm x2
Siren
Well
Gothic
Infernal screamer
Preacher
Voodoo
Sultan
Blademiller
Crypt Worm
Greg's been running a modified Big Dumb Guys army which looks like this (I'm not sure if there are changes -- let us know Greg):
Big Dumb Guys
2 pariah
3 omen locuts
1 butcher
2 spikers
1 Voodoo
2 Equitars
1 CCS
2 charms
2 redcaps
1 HBT
1 Siren
Finally Dave and Lumpy have been working on a valor madness band in the local scene and doing fairly well. I'm not sure how it would fare at a 1k or 50k. Here are some versions:
Dave's Version:
1 Scissors
1 Zungar Blademaster
2 Clawclan Scouts
1 Pearlthorn Castle
1 Mr. Friend
1 Virtuous Maiden
1 Scarab Warcharm
1 Soul Slicer
1 Transpose Guy
1 Cyclopean Sprite
1 Soul Warden
1 Hawk-eyed Instigator
1 Raging Vanguard
1 Pearlthorn Dragon knight (?)
1 Something I can't remember (what is it, Dave?)
Double temple Goodstuff
I won't bother to put a list. You all know what it looks like. I think that's still an option, though maybe not quite as strong as it was previously.
So that's seems to be the major options for the summer meta. Can anyone come up with anything that beats all of these consistently? Are there any major army builds that I am missing in this list?
Thoughts on the relative strengths of these builds?