Best Named captain is...?

Balin son of Fundin · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 4:21 pm

What/Who is the point unnamed captain? Best Value for points?

JamesR · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 4:57 pm

Well as your title and post call for different things I'll give both.

Best generic captain IMO is a Uruk-hai captain. You can reach D7 with strength 5, pretty deadly.
Best named "Captain" I'd probably say is Rumil because of his parry ability. By captain level I assume it's a 3 Might version of a factions generic (same attacks, wounds etc)

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 4:59 pm

Captain Oveur in 'Airplane'.

Hill-Troll · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 5:29 pm

Dorthonion wrote:

Captain Oveur in 'Airplane'.

But he said UNNAMED...

Lord of Winterfell · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 5:33 pm

Uruk-hai Captain is a good shout.

You can't go wrong with a dwarf captain either...10pts higher than captains of men....but with higher fight, defence and courage

:boromir

Isilduhrr · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 5:47 pm

Erkenbrand is great all over. defence 7, +2 courage Horn, 3 might and all at a very cheap price.

Goldman25 · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 5:49 pm

I like Beregond and Damrod, purely cos they're cheap as chips and allow you more warbands

Galanur · **Joined:** Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:28 am **Posts:** 1389

Uruk hai captain with h.armour and shield for best Unnamed cappy
- 5pts more than a gondor captain with shield and still with best fight value and S
- same cost as dwarf cappy with less 1 courage and 1+ S
- and cheaper compared to elf captains despite having less 1 fight and 2 courage

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 6:23 pm

Dorthonion wrote:

Captain Oveur in 'Airplane'.

We have clearance Clarence, whats our vector victor? Roger! Uh

Quality movie lol

Sorry spamming the thread.

Bofur The Dwarf · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 6:25 pm

Uruk-Hai captain for unnamed, mainly for strength and defence.

Beregond for named, as he has some good stats for a relatively cheap captain.

Morbag_the_Orc · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 6:34 pm

I would say Uruk Captain too. Also the Captain of the Black Guard because the courage boost he gets.

For named Shagrat. He is like Uruk captain but with one less defence and one more might.

Coenus Scaldingus · **Joined:** Sat Aug 17, 2013 9:14 am **Posts:** 1121

Dwarf Captains are always a good investment - 65pts for a Defence 8 hero - most armies can spend whatever they want and still never reach that level of toughness! Solid Fight and Courage values too.

As for named Captains, nothing beats Meriadoc, Captain of the Shire! An actually named Captain, and these days amazing value for points. For a measly 5 extra points in comparison to his old profile (i.e. the one still found in the Rohan list), he does not only become a non-independent hero, but he sort of gets his Horn for free (the same horn that only really benefits him when using him in or with a Shire list anyway), and gains both an extra wound and an extra attack as well! On the charge (mounted on his trusty pony) he actually becomes sort-of dangerous that way. No competition, simply one of the best models in the game. :wink:

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 8:43 pm

The character Clint Eastwood played in the Dollars trilogy - he was named The Man with No Name. So he was named but unnamed or nameless and therefore meets the contradictory requirements above.

As for captains in Middle-earth, pick the captain to suit your army and style of play. If it all comes down to points values and wargear, you may as well put together a spreadsheet and work out who gives the greatest potential effectiveness at the least actual cost. I do say potential quite deliberately, as all captains can die, just like the rest of the minis. You need to have a strategy that does not hinge upon the performance of one mini as your opponent will surely see that and make every effort to mitigate against that.

Roger, Oveur and Out.

whafrog · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 9:23 pm

Unnamed...definitely UH captain.

LordoftheBrownRing · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 10:02 pm

Everyone says all this stuff and that's fine but honestly Moria/goblin town goblin captain for his points? I'm not saying they're great. The fight value and defense is weak but why I rate them some of the best is because they still have might for heroic combat and decent strength to kill. Furthermore between one of those captains and a full warband you pay only 85-100 points. You could mob ppl and have people to do heroic moves most importantly to gain priority trap and swarm elites and take em down.

Valadorn · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 11:10 pm

What you mentioned is the advantage over the disadvantage of goblin's slow movement.

GothmogtheWerewolf · **Posted:** Sun Mar 23, 2014 1:13 am

Best named? Golfimbul of course because he is awesome, I'm not speaking competitively by the way.

Nikrandonia · **Joined:** Sun Aug 14, 2011 11:52 pm **Posts:** 79

For a generic captain the Mirkwood Ranger Captain is decent. You get elven bow, elven cloak and knife fighter special rule. Can very quickly go up to 3 attacks at F6 which is solid. Nice courage as well

Deathclip · **Posted:** Sun Mar 23, 2014 10:09 am

Surprised nobody has mentioned rivendell knight captain!
He is the most undercosted one
A high elf captain is 80pts
And rivemdell knight captain for 10 extra points gets horse, lance and bow.

LordElrond · **Posted:** Sun Mar 23, 2014 10:46 pm

Don't post pts values, but a high elf captain doesn't cost 80pts anyway so I guess it doesn't matter. The best named is either Boromir of Gondor for his awesomeness or Prince Imrahil of Dol Amroth for his awesomeness, survivrability and leadership skills (e.g. Increased standfast and banner).

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