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some friends of mine are starting a bllod bowl league, and ive alwayd played with ogres, but ive been reading the new rulebook, and im not sure.

ive narrowed them down to:

Ogres
"The Averland Avengers"

Norse
"Sea of Claws Spartans"

Dark Elves
(currently un named lol)

any ideas on which may play better?

Thanks.

Between those 3 or any team in general?
Between those 3 I would say dark efs probably have the most potential to do well if you know how to play them.

Norse have good short term potential but can suffer in the long run from their av7, but they are good in tournaments where injuries reset each game.

Ogres are a personal favorite of mine. I dont even mind switching from goblins to snotlings as much as I mind going from 12 to 6 ogres. If you dont mind 6+ of your players getting 3dblocked whenever someone blocks or blitzes them, snotlings can make good annoyance with their titchy and sidestep giving the ogres support they need.

On the whole, I'd say norse are probably easier to use, but dont yield as well long term success as dark elfs. Ogres are by no means an 'easy' button and require a lot of work and development to even do half good, but I'm sure you know this. So it depends on your personal taste.

If you're looking for suggestions outside of those 3. Amazon can do well, as can the other 3 flavors of elf. Undead are a solid team, just dont rely on ghouls too much.

The Norse will be inifinitely more playable than the Ogres and Dark Elves. Both those other teams are finess and have a play style that isn't conventional (though Dark Elves can pass and dodge... it's their lack of conventional specialists that makes them odd to play).


Norse will give you a lightly armoured team that can actually become quite defensive quickly by making some of your team Blodgers (adding Dodge to their universal Block). Just watch out for Dwarfs who you'll run into like a brick wall.

But, as always, go with the one you're jazzed by the models for.

One warning, if you're not significantly better than your opponents and you pick the Ogres, you need to be prepared to lose most of the time. If you're much better than the rest of the players, then pick Ogres, it'll make it more fun for everybody involved

They're a very weak team, by deliberate design.