night goblin fanatics

[Dis-member]

i know they are supposed have ball and chains, but they don't seem to in combat. they have no usable abilties. can someone please tell me what they exactly do in this game.

[[PHNX]Kordarus]

they release the ball and chain randomly. They removed all units abilities in this game, they made it passive. I can tell you that the ball and chains are real. I did a battle vs gobos and there were like 5 of them breaking my line just before the charge.

[I'm Ant]

They release their fanatic when the enemy is about 100feet away you will see it more if you make them wait for the enemy to come to them. Can be fun with archer fanatics set them to skirmish and they will keep moving away and releasing a fanatic while the enemy gets exusted chasing them.

[Steppenrazor]

Word of warning. - in the ball and chain fanatic is in the game.. (ive tested orks a bit.. but im saving them for after vampires.. ;)

Be Careful.. in table top a good player could use them aginst you. summon undead or attack with fliers.. and they could often get them to be pushed out in the direction of your own units.

lot of players used to take some very, very cheap fliers just for that reason.. so the fanatic would hit your own units.

[V4.Skunk]

Make sure the Night Goblin Fanatics are in the front ranks as well! I found out the hard way!

[Steppenrazor]

Originally posted by V4.Skunk:

Make sure the Night Goblin Fanatics are in the front ranks as well! I found out the hard way!

see my remark above...

some one summons undead behind you.. guess what?

or manages to get a flier unit to attack your rear..

guess where the Fanatic is going....

i cant count how many times that happened to me in table top. depending on who i was playing.. i even stopped taking the real Fanatic as they'd be more dangrous to me then the enemy. (and if they tried to set them off.. and i didn't have one.. i got a few free points by crushing their unit.

i hope they give folks the option.. "this unit has one.. this one doesn't etc."

[srrrg]

Still, they don't kill anyone cause every one gets back up!!!ftw

[Alinsar]

Originally posted by coglione:

Still, they don't kill anyone cause every one gets back up!!!ftw

True :P

[[PHNX]Kordarus]

Originally posted by coglione:

Still, they don't kill anyone cause every one gets back up!!!ftw

Yeah exactly, they are more to break a solid line than for dealing lot of damage. Same role as the boar chariot. Best to use just before your melee charge, so you open the front line and can split the army in 2. Kind of spearhead tactic the orks are good at. Especially agaisnt a dorf army that can be a solid formation very hard to break in a frontal charge.

[Steppenrazor]

Originally posted by PHNXKordarus:

Originally posted by coglione:

Still, they don't kill anyone cause every one gets back up!!!ftw

Yeah exactly, they are more to break a solid line than for dealing lot of damage. Same role as the boar chariot. Best to use just before your melee charge, so you open the front line and can split the army in 2. Kind of spearhead tactic the orks are good at. Especially agaisnt a dorf army that can be a solid formation very hard to break in a frontal charge.

hmm.. that might not be so bad then..

bit lame if they don't do some dmg/kills.. but does make them a bit safer to use in your front line.

sooooo lame to have someone raise a small undead unit right be hide you and have your fanatic crash through them and into your core units in the rears.

lol.

[I'm Ant]

Get longer chains in the tech tree and they are a good laugh to watch.

[[PHNX]Kordarus]

Originally posted by Steppenrazor:

Originally posted by PHNXKordarus:

Yeah exactly, they are more to break a solid line than for dealing lot of damage. Same role as the boar chariot. Best to use just before your melee charge, so you open the front line and can split the army in 2. Kind of spearhead tactic the orks are good at. Especially agaisnt a dorf army that can be a solid formation very hard to break in a frontal charge.

hmm.. that might not be so bad then..

bit lame if they don't do some dmg/kills.. but does make them a bit safer to use in your front line.

sooooo lame to have someone raise a small undead unit right be hide you and have your fanatic crash through them and into your core units in the rears.

lol.

Yeah but technically you should'nt bring some fanatics vs a vampire player, so it's all your fault if you don't pick the right build for the right situation tbh...