Games Workshop - Middle Earth - Lord Of The Rings: Mordor Troll/Isengard Troll

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Please remember it can take some time for your bank or credit card company to process and post the refund too. There are a wealth of reasons why these models are discouraged from competitive play and today, we begin the year with the impossible task of trying to provide a counter-perspective to . Before we delve too deep, let's do a quick review of the three ways Mordor Trolls can be fielded: they can be run " vanilla" for 100 points, they can be given a War Drum (that affects all "Mordor" models - or "Isengard" models for Isengard Trolls) for 130 points, or as part of a Mordor War Catapult - yes, the Mordor War Catapult profile on page 123 of the Armies of the Lord of the Rings book says that the siege engine is crewed by "three Orc Warriors with armor and sword, and a Mordor Troll, all with no additional wargear. As great as the Mordor Troll's profile is (F7/S7/3 Attacks on offense, D7/3 Wounds on Defense - and Courage 4, which is pretty good for a monster), most Strike heroes can get above F7 reliably (or at least to F7), they can roll 3+ Attack dice (especially if there are multiple models that charged the Troll), and dealing 3 wounds to a trapped monster isn't that hard - and for some heroes, the trap isn't even necessary.

Because our catapults will be joining the action eventually, I've slanted a TON of emphasis into their crew - you'll want to avoid getting caught in the center in Contest of Champions with this list, as over one-third of your army will be starting within 6" of your board edge! Having double monsters also gives you some very interesting shenanigans, as does having two siege engines that might muck up your opponent's attempts at wrapping around your flanks! At 700pts, it's certainly possible to spam a lot of guys (a mix of Orc Warriors and Morannon Orcs, probably - along with lots of 50-80pt heroes), but the double catapults does a few things for you.For the most part, the stats of these Trolls are all the same - if fielded as part of a War Catapult, the Troll's Courage goes down (C3) but his shoot value goes up (4+), which is particularly awesome, since the Troll doesn't actually fire the siege engine - he just gives it rerolls if he's touching it, so he can hurl a S8 stone if he doesn't move AND you can fire a S10/S5 Catapult (or S3 + Courage-test-or-flee if you get the Severed Heads upgrade) with each catapult team (rerolling To Hit and Scatter rolls). A similar strategy could be employed by using an Immobilize/Transfix spell caster - anyone who can cast either of these spells on a 2+ or 3+ against a model that can't resist them has the potential to stall out a good lump of points away from the action (or worse still, who is in the MIDDLE of the action but can't move and can't make Strikes if engaged).

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