richsabre said:

richsabre said:

Yes, I think he can be super good but it usually needs be supported by card draw; first to get the Tactics event early enough, second to have cards for the exhange.

Dam said:

I think that really depends on the deck - and of course, coop/solo play. I think solo there is no question Hama is better, even than Legolas although his progress boost can be great in a right deck. In coop, beside the card draw, you shall probably need to either make Hama ranged or have a sentinel on the other side because it is likely you might not have enough defense on the same deck as Hama - but he can keep Feinting them…

ps: Hama actually ditched Boromir in my Rohan deck, but only for Boromir to appear in another deck… Boromir still remains my favourite Tactics hero, I know he's not always that useful but the times when he is just totally make up for that (for me), it is such fun to get out of trouble with Boromir's superior "readiness"

on the note of brand i was so dissapointed in his ability - taking his ability aside his stats are actually one of the best rounded set of all the heros…..a sort of tactics all rounder such as beravor (only with out the good ability)

richsabre said:

But then, you do only play with yourself (by yourself?). Although, Brand is often called on to quest in my Tactics/Spirit deck, especially early on before the WP-allies show up, hopefully sooner than later. But haven't really gotten as much use out of his ability as I would've liked, but Ranged helps even if I don't get to use his ability.

yes im an expert at playing with myself by now hhahahaahha

Brand is excellent especially with Beravor on the other side of the table, acting as her Unexpected Courage as times - plus there is usually someone else also ready to be readied. His stats are really nice as he can quest occasionaly, not quest when you know you will be killing an enemy at the other side and defend when absolutely necessary.

I have been giving Háma some love lately, and made a deck around him, and I have to conclude that he is very playable and poweful. I tried both Eowyn, Théodred and Háma, which lacked card draw enough, and Eowyn, Beravor and Háma, which went better, and got a lot of cards for Háma to interchange. I was feinting again and again, and there were no one enemy that represented a trouble in this games. The keys were Feint, Quick Strike, Swift Strike, Unseen Strike and Hail of Stones… and tons of cards in my hand to recover them.

I really liked Háma I must say. Greetings.

I use exactly those Tactics events safe Swift Strike. I might reconsider that one as well as I also use Spearman in the deck. The thing is you sometimes do not wish to kill off the enemy before Háma can strike which is exactly what Spearman plus Swift Strike should do. At first though I felt compelled I would haveb to use Háma all the time to really make his ability worthwhile, in fact I learned it needs not be used very much to be effective, especially solo when you should not expect enemies every round.

Robert McMutton said:

I use the same hero alignment with a lot of success. The game was all about keeping a Feint in hand at all times (if not a couple). I never really abused Beravor + UC before, so a lot of the power was coming from there. But Hama rounds it out with solid defense.

In a two-player game, a mono-Tactics deck using Hama to recur Thicket of Spears is pretty entertaining. Just locks down enemy attacks whenever necessary. Requires a fairly substantial resource investment, but offers terrific board control.

lol.. I like this.. but also well.. kinda sounds a little broken… no more than a fiet EVERY single trun I guess

It's somewhat abusive, but it does require you to run three Tactics heroes (or have Songs in play). Plus, it gives new life to a previously underutilized card, which is always nice to see.

I run a single copy of thicket in the Hama deck with supporting songs. It is rather resource hungry, so I don't think it is broken. But if you fall behind on managing enemies, it is a great option to keep from being overrun.

Beano said:

I just tore apart Carrock with Hama and Thicket. Fun as hell. :-)

Hama rocks!

If I had to pick it'd be Gloin for myself I think! Love the artwork and is a handy resource builder if u can get Self Preservation on him and/or Steward of Gondor. Also love Bilbo and Theodred and like how Denethor feels thematically with his action (the whole palantir thing).

they should make the palantir an attatchment (lore obviously) and make it that if you attatch it to characters with high enough willpower (to stop sauron driving you mad) you get denethors ability…..however before everytime you peek at the encounter deck, you have to discard the top card of it and if its an enemy then you have to raise your threat by (X) where X is the threat of that enemy

…..oh wait- thats a bit rubbish….thered be no point in its ability if you have to take a chance to look at the next card, you may as well take the chance anyways….oh well ive made the post now ……

Nonetheless, Palatír is another of many things we may be looking forward to seeing in this great game.

Perhaps the palantir could be a 'treasure' card one day? maybe? With Denethor's action on it would be cool, tho I feel it won't happen because it'll render playing denethor a waste of time.

To come back to the OP, I'd say Glorfindel right now.

bollywongaloid said:

if it had a higher play 'cost' than denethor, ie worse than just exhausting then it would keep him valid and also provide a nice theme card

adding a threat gain on use would seam to make sense for this item.

I'd say Legolas…I love his ability. I also like theodred ( I use him in almost every deck) because of his great resource production ability.

Glorefindel spirit for solo games !

I like Eowyn. Dat willpower.

Interesting, until page 5 nobody mentioned Legolas or Eowyn! I prefer heroes that excell at a specific task (quest, attack, defend). Eowyn ist the best quester in the game (!) and Legolas is one of the best attackers (i rarely play solo).

However when it comes to whom i like most… Eowyn is great… but boring. You tap her in the quest phase without second thoughts and don't look at her until the next quest phase.

Therefore Legolas is my favourite. I like him in the books, i like archery, i like elves, i like his abillity. He is awesome combined with a weapon (like "rivendell blade") and strong in combination with "quick strike". He reliably strikes down one enemy per turn, wherever the need is greatest and meanwhile advances the quest too!