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Ok I am playing dwarves and been outta play for over a year due to deployments. Can you please let me know if you think this is competitive and if not what I can do to make it such, thank you.



Runelord
1 Runelord
General; Hand Weapon; Gromril Armor; Shield
1 Anvil of Doom
2 Anvil Guards
Hand Weapon; Gromril Armor; Shield
1 Runic Armor
Master Rune of Adamant; Rune of Stone
1 Runic Talisman
Master Rune of Balance

Master Engineer
1 Master Engineer
Hand Weapon; Gromril Armor
1 Runic Armor
Rune of Stone

Master Engineer
1 Master Engineer
Hand Weapon; Gromril Armor
1 Runic Armor
Rune of Stone

Quarellers
14 Quarrellers
Musician Mus; Standard Bearer Std; Hand Weapon; Crossbow; Light Armour; Shield
1 Veteran
Hand Weapon; Crossbow; Light Armour; Shield

Thunderers
9 Thunderers
Standard Bearer Std; Hand Weapon; Dwarf Handgun; Light Armour; Shield
1 Veteran
Hand Weapon; Dwarf Handgun; Light Armour; Shield

Thunderers
9 Thunderers
Musician Mus; Standard Bearer Std; Hand Weapon; Dwarf Handgun; Light Armour; Shield
1 Veteran
Hand Weapon; Dwarf Handgun; Light Armour; Shield

Dwarf Warriors
19 Dwarf Warriors
Musician Mus; Standard Bearer Std; Hand Weapon; Heavy Armour; Shield
1 Veteran
Hand Weapon; Heavy Armour; Shield

Artillery Battery
1 Cannon
Rune of Burning; Cannon
3 Crew
Hand Weapon; Light Armour
1 Engineer
Hand Weapon; Light Armour

Artillery Battery
1 Cannon
Rune of Burning; Rune of Reloading; Cannon
3 Crew
Hand Weapon; Light Armour
1 Engineer
Hand Weapon; Light Armour

Artillery Battery
1 Bolt Thrower
Rune of Burning; Rune of Penetrating (x1); Bolt Thrower
3 Crew
Hand Weapon; Light Armour
1 Engineer
Hand Weapon; Light Armour

Artillery Battery
1 Bolt Thrower
Rune of Penetrating (x1); Rune of Reloading; Bolt Thrower
3 Crew
Hand Weapon; Light Armour
1 Engineer
Hand Weapon; Light Armour

Artillery Battery
1 Organ Gun
3 Crew
Hand Weapon; Light Armour

Artillery Battery
1 Flame Cannon
3 Crew
Hand Weapon; Light Armour

Total Roster Cost: 1998

i´d drop the bolt throwers and put in a unit which is decent in combat at the least.

i doubt you will be able to shoot down everything the opponent throws at you before they get to combat which means you presently only have one unit (warriors) who will hold their own. the quarrelers may be able to as well but a third unit will give you a good solid line in front of your warmachines (or give you units to flank them back with).

aim to remove rank bonus´ with your fire against hoards so your combat units will win.

against others make sure flankers are shot down and the major point sinks are heavily targeted (e.g. giants with cannons, units over 300/400 [including characters] wiped out before they get close or nulified)

Would a 10man miner squad w/ full command and blasting charges be a good replacement for the bolt throwers?

i think a unit along the lines of 15/20 dwarfs. have a look in your rulebook for best value etc but ironbreakers, hammerers, longbeards are all good. another option could be a unit of warriors. i think they can have crossbows and heavy armour, shield, greatweapon. but you may not get many shots off with the crossbows

if you need extra points to make the combat unit maybe drop a unit of thunderers.

on that note drop the standards on the thunderers. it just gives the opponent victory points. the veteran in the unit probably isn´t worth the points either. leave the muso but only if you have the points spare.

looking at your character selection runic armor probably isn´t worth it on the engineers. i´m not sure what all the runes do with the dwarfs but engineers are not meant for combat so having lots of armor isn´t worth it most of the .

also when you put your army list in put the units in this format

10 Thunderers
Veteran, Musician Mus; Standard Bearer Std; Hand Weapon; Dwarf Handgun; Light Armour; Shield

reason being the champion is like an upgrade rather than an extra model in the unit

sapper wrote:Would a 10man miner squad w/ full command and blasting charges be a good replacement for the bolt throwers?

Dear lord no.

The bolt throwers are about the best artillery in the list because they never misfire (take the 2+ to hit rune on one of them to snipe lone characters)

but with all the engineers the rest are very unlikely to misfire. i think you can snipe lone characters just as easy with a cannon if not easier .

you might want to consider taking some longbeards and dropping one of the master engineers for a thane/bsb

two bolt throwers(one Str7) and the goblin hewer (if allowed) plus a dwarf warrior unit, an iron breaker unit and a hammer unit plus fill the rest with thunderers and quarellers makes for a good solid force. One defensive lord, a fighty hero, and a runesmith for characters. Thats the kind of list I roll with usually. I know its not specific advice but its been a while since I broke out the stunties.

Meph