captain or knight?

D0Cdeath · **Posted:** Wed Aug 29, 2012 5:37 pm

i was just wondering who is best to choose from for my war band leader , knight of the white tower or a captian of minas tirith?.I know the knight is a few extra points but he has an extra fight and his special rule sounds really good . Which would you choose and why?

Battalia · **Joined:** Sat Jul 16, 2011 4:14 am **Posts:** 190

I do believe that the knight of the white tower is an independant hero and therefore cannot lead your warband.

D0Cdeath · **Posted:** Wed Aug 29, 2012 6:41 pm

he hasnt got the little flag icon next to his profile to symbolise an independant hero

SouthernDunedain · **Posted:** Wed Aug 29, 2012 7:05 pm

D0Cdeath wrote:

i was just wondering who is best to choose from for my war band leader , knight of the white tower or a captian of minas tirith?.I know the knight is a few extra points but he has an extra fight and his special rule sounds really good . Which would you choose and why?

I tend to take one of each, if you give a captain a shield (def 7) then they are both the same points. The white knight needs troops to back him up as to get the most from his special rule and tbh the generic captain fills the role perfectly. And yes, he can lead a warband. Battalia must be thinking of the Kings Huntsmen for Rohan.

fritskuhntm · **Posted:** Thu Aug 30, 2012 4:13 am

for a 55 pt hero i would rather have madril

whafrog · **Posted:** Thu Aug 30, 2012 4:26 am

Have to agree with fritskuhntm...or for a bit more I'd rather have Faramir...or quite a bit less, Beregond. A captain is "okay" if you don't have anyone else. IMHO, the Knight is a specialty profile, really only useful against monsters and enemy heroes (and even there, he needs someone else to win the fight for him because for his special rule he has to go 2-handed), with not enough Might to lead troops.

But a Knight leading 12 FC w/shield allied with Rumil leading some spear+shield Galadhrim and a few pikes...cower and flee, ye monstrous trolls and southron beasts!

D0Cdeath · **Posted:** Thu Aug 30, 2012 5:16 pm

Why would you rather have madril ? The stats of the knight seem to be better apart from the might even a captain with shield looks better again apart from the might .

whafrog · **Posted:** Thu Aug 30, 2012 5:35 pm

Just for me:
a) the extra Might is a big deal
b) I'd normally rather go with a specialty profile that excels in a particular area, than a generic that is middling in several. A CoMT is probably best used as a tank, but there are better tanks.

Beowulf03809 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 30, 2012 5:55 pm

For the most part I agree that an extra point of Might will usually be more effective in the game than a particular stat increase.

Exceptions always exist and your intention for the Hero plays a huge part of course. As long as that Hero isn't such a liability that you can't use him for his intention. If you are looking to get a Hero that's going to mostly call Heroic Combat with the front line troops then he needs the Defense (or Fate!) to survive those combats and a high Fight to help his group get the strikes.

WhoelsebutHaldir · **Posted:** Fri Aug 31, 2012 5:03 am

@whafrog: That combo is... Just mean for 125pts you could feasibly take on and win a fight against a Balrog and kill it. Simply amazing!

D0Cdeath · **Posted:** Fri Aug 31, 2012 6:22 am

Who are you talking about whoelsebuthaldir ?

SouthernDunedain · **Posted:** Fri Aug 31, 2012 6:24 am

whafrog wrote:

But a Knight leading 12 FC w/shield allied with Rumil leading some spear+shield Galadhrim and a few pikes...cower and flee, ye monstrous trolls and southron beasts!

He is talking about this combo D0Cdeath.

WhoelsebutHaldir · **Posted:** Fri Aug 31, 2012 6:57 am

Yup, as I said its just mean.

D0Cdeath · **Posted:** Fri Aug 31, 2012 8:01 am

Ha , well that sounds interesting im not yet familiar with any combos I'll have to have a look into that , just one last question for now what's FC stand for ?

WhoelsebutHaldir · **Posted:** Fri Aug 31, 2012 8:03 am

Fountain court guard I believe.

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