The Fury of the Forest
Notably NOT my Uthuk.
Come on, FFG. This is really starting to chap my ***.
Cool stuff, but still a bummer. I was at least hoping for Darnati so that we'd have a virtual guarantee on the uthuk reveal after that. I hope they don't make us wait till elves release for an uthuk preview!
13 minutes ago, Tvayumat said:Notably NOT my Uthuk.
Come on, FFG. This is really starting to chap my ***.
They did talk about the Uthuk though.
5 minutes ago, Willange said:Cool stuff, but still a bummer. I was at least hoping for Darnati so that we'd have a virtual guarantee on the uthuk reveal after that. I hope they don't make us wait till elves release for an uthuk preview!
It's looking like that may be exactly what their plan is. I hope not, though.
Ambush Predator is such a fun card! Kudos to the design team!
2 minutes ago, WWHSD said:They did talk about the Uthuk though.
I mean... I have no doubt they're coming, I just want to see some **** models.
2 minutes ago, Tvayumat said:I mean... I have no doubt they're coming, I just want to see some **** models.
There you go...
3 minutes ago, WWHSD said:There you go...
*snip*
But why male models?
Edited by TvayumatIt's been 6 weeks since the last preview of this expansion. The recent infantry command packs took 15 weeks from announcement to release. If things stay the same, we have another 9 weeks to wait for the Latari Elves Army Expansion. Given the current release schedule, I'm thinking we won't see Uthuk spoiled until next month, making them available around October. It's sad.
On another note, these are some interesting upgrades. I don't think you take Ambush Predator for the damage; I think you take it for the immunity to ranged attacks and then just let the damage be a nice bonus. I wouldn't want to hold her back past round 3.
Wildcall's Instinct seems versatile. Dial in a march and a straight charge, then allow it to be modified by a turn ... if you want. Or if your straight movement is going to work out for you, don't turn.
Packleader's Spear seems like a whole lot of fun! It adds even more excitement to destroying your foes because you get an additional benefit. So far, Aliana and Maegan are the only ones who can take it, but the Latari Elves should get an upgrade that allows other units to take artifact upgrades. Probably wouldn't be so hot on Deepwood Archers, though.
1 minute ago, Budgernaut said:It's been 6 weeks since the last preview of this expansion. The recent infantry command packs took 15 weeks from announcement to release. If things stay the same, we have another 9 weeks to wait for the Latari Elves Army Expansion. Given the current release schedule, I'm thinking we won't see Uthuk spoiled until next month, making them available around October. It's sad.
On another note, these are some interesting upgrades. I don't think you take Ambush Predator for the damage; I think you take it for the immunity to ranged attacks and then just let the damage be a nice bonus. I wouldn't want to hold her back past round 3.
Wildcall's Instinct seems versatile. Dial in a march and a straight charge, then allow it to be modified by a turn ... if you want. Or if your straight movement is going to work out for you, don't turn.
Packleader's Spear seems like a whole lot of fun! It adds even more excitement to destroying your foes because you get an additional benefit. So far, Aliana and Maegan are the only ones who can take it, but the Latari Elves should get an upgrade that allows other units to take artifact upgrades. Probably wouldn't be so hot on Deepwood Archers, though.
I feel like the combination of Packleader's Spear and Ambush Predator on Aliana is going to make her a terror for at least one backfield support unit.
She lacks brutal, so every bit of damage has to count, and if she runs wide around the field, you'd mostly be wasting your time trying to chase her down with infantry. Getting intercepted by cavalry could ruin her day but... **** she is maneuverable and will be hard to catch.
Turn 4-6, she could ride in and just obliterate a supporting archer unit.
1 minute ago, Budgernaut said:On another note, these are some interesting upgrades. I don't think you take Ambush Predator for the damage; I think you take it for the immunity to ranged attacks and then just let the damage be a nice bonus. I wouldn't want to hold her back past round 3.
Yeah, I think the lethal damage is the icing on the cake on this one. She throws out too much damage normally to hold her back for a couple of extra points of damage.
4 minutes ago, WWHSD said:Yeah, I think the lethal damage is the icing on the cake on this one. She throws out too much damage normally to hold her back for a couple of extra points of damage.
Not THAT much damage. The lack of Brutal is striking, and while she's deadly to 1/1 figures, she's going to struggle against formations of higher def models. Two mortal strikes will only take you so far when you've only got an effective 9 hp.
Do you think the name of her setup ability is a misprint? Is it supposed to be "Lana's" or should it be "Aliana's?" Lana was the name of the elf at the beginning of the Runewars: Banners of War rule book. She says, "I was at Summersong! I lost friends there!" My bet is that this character was originally supposed to be the same character and while the name got switched, the ability did not.
However, it could be that Lana will come out in the future and be of higher rank than Aliana. Or maybe Lana died subsequently and Aliana took her place? It would be weird to see Lana in this game since she, too, would be a Leonx-riding Elven hero. They're too similar.
Ambush predator will be really fun if you also pick bounty. They will just never catch her and shooting won't even work. Bwahahaha
6 minutes ago, Tvayumat said:
Not THAT much damage. The lack of Brutal is striking, and while she's deadly to 1/1 figures, she's going to struggle against formations of higher def models. Two mortal strikes will only take you so far when you've only got an effective 9 hp.
I think she's definitely a run around the back and hit targets of opportunity type unit. Going after Maru or a group of Archers/Crossbowmen will probably be her jam.
If the elves get something with the Protector ability, she can flank without worrying about return damage.
Toss Fortuna's Dice on her to either guarantee double mortal strikes or the removal of a 1 wound figure upgrade.
Lana is short Alianna?
1 minute ago, Ywingscum said:Lana is short Alianna?
Could be. Man, I really want more lore on this hero!
Her Leonx name is Wildcall. I love the connection between elf and mount. All my Leonx riders and mounts will have names. Anyone kills my Leonx riders and I will jump over the table and tackle them!!!
7 minutes ago, Ywingscum said:Her Leonx name is Wildcall. I love the connection between elf and mount. All my Leonx riders and mounts will have names. Anyone kills my Leonx riders and I will jump over the table and tackle them!!!
*Writes note on phone* "If I ever play Ywingscum, ignore leonx riders"
I just reread Ambush Predator and realized I completely ignored the last line: "Then discard this card." It makes a ton of thematic sense, so I don't know why I missed that first time. I thought it gave her ranged attack immunity the whole game. But it is only 3 points, so it seems balanced. I was just surprised I had missed that the first time. Now I definitely see this upgrade as turning her into a stalking hunter that's focused on taking out other heroes with her automatic mortal strike and the bonus damage from Ambush Predator.
Dear FFG, please stop making the elf units so. ****. cool.... I don't have the money for all the factions. they were supposed to be my easy pass....
That dial is just fun.
Ambush Predator is more interesting for that "Enemy {Ranged Attacks} cannot target you" than the extra lethal damage, but that Wildcall's Instinct can do some rather silly maneuvering. I'm wondering about using that spear on other elf leaders since you just need someone with brutal to really do some damage.
Brutal won't matter to the damage from the Spear since it's not affected by the threat of the unit.
I feel Kari must have trained against her because only her ability will catch her.
47 minutes ago, stet2 said:Brutal won't matter to the damage from the Spear since it's not affected by the threat of the unit.
None of her bonus damage cards are. They're all lethal. Which is good, since she has one threat period.