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so, I was thinking 'bout getting back into LOTR, and wanted to start an army of the dead army.

So I wanted to know, are they balanced and usable in the lotr sbg?

I think they are good as an army, but will be very boring to collect. They are all the same colour so you dont get to be very artistic with the paint scheme and they dont have many different types of troops. A king, warriors and cavalry i think are their only troops.

um, well, you could combine them with either Gondor or the High Elves, i do that and i smash everyone


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It a really good idea to do that actually!

They're good against some things, but then HORRIBLY TERRIBLE against others. 15 ppm is really hard to work with, and They are only F3, so still will lose plenty of combats, and they only have one hero who is 100 points with no might, which sucks.

YES

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...Is completely useless. Army of the Dead are cool cats with gondorians or elves, but by themselves, they seem hard to make an army out of.
You'll also probably get a lot of hate from people, since Army of the Dead seems to be some kind of troll magnet.

Fluffwise, it'd be hard to justify using them in any game that doesn't take place within a stone's throw of Minas Tirith. However, that's the beauty of the sbg, you can create your own what if scenarios.

On the table, Army of the Dead go through things like Goblins and Orcs like Narsil goes through butter. Your problem will be against enemy heroes with high courage who are able to counter the special ability of Army of the Dead models. If you really wanted to, you can always throw a unit of them in with a Gondor army.

Great as allies to a larger army, but don't have enough choices by themselves to make an army out of.