The main issue with Isildur is that he is only fight 6, yes the ring isgreat but if he gets charged by any monster bar an isenguard troll when he doesn't have it he is dead because of rend and most monsters being fight 7 or more, least with Elendil he has the will to not be shut down by a single wraith/barrow wright. The problem I have had with rivendell knights is that some games they are brilliant, but others they just fail horribly, again usually due to the likes of throw and sorcerous blast dismounting them quickly, and they do cut into numbers a lot, so I'm not sure I would want to take more then 5. Awren is both unfluffy due to the Numenorians, but also the times I have tried her, she just failed, natures wrath is nice, but 3 will and 4+ to cast mean she will at best likely get it off once. Plus I'm thinking if I went for the elven infantry, the storm caller could be good for boosting the other hero's will or blowing monsters away from combat. I'm going to be using Isildur in my 500pts list, so will see how he does with his one will, and maybe try him out at this level. If I were to drop Elendil for Isildur, it would be tempting to also drop Gwaihir and try for a horde list by swapping them for rivendell knights, led by Lindr, getting me 45 models, though no really powerful heroes.
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