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I was wondering firstly does the eye of the gods rule from the shrines get denied to trolls?

and secondly whats the army run like?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/420959/3749381.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/420959/3749381.page GMT Chaos Troll Army - more fun than tough? MSU units of trolls and shrines do work on our trolls. Units of about 8 with Throgg work as a smash and run style. Happens to be what I play.
Butler the Pug and RiTides are also Throgg players on here]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/420959/3749758.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/420959/3749758.page GMT Chaos Troll Army - more fun than tough? . Just like Johnny-Crass says! Nice to have several of us on here who run it

Units of 8 is a nice number. Buttler I think used to swear by many units of 6, but I find I always get one caught outside of the leadership bubble of throgg and my general if I have too many units of trolls.

Warshrines do work, I'm just converting 2 to try out with it myself

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But back to how competitive they are- imo they're right in the middle of the pack. In tournaments I've been 50/50 or a bit under usually with a throgg-led list. It's got a lot of weaknesses (low initiative, not much static combat res, difficulty keeping your wizard/bsb safe) but a lot of strengths, too! Particularly, having magic vomit attacks might help with the new ethereal VC units coming out

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And I think "as if he were army general" is for things like Pandemonium as if you notice it gives a range for his next ability but not the first. I might put this to YMDC]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/420959/3750200.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/420959/3750200.page GMT Chaos Troll Army - more fun than tough? . I usually end up dropping whatever extras I can to cram in the most monstrous infantry possible (mixing in some ogres and dragon ogres).

A thread in YMDC for the leadership question sounds good... I'd love to be wrong!

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I personally used the O&G river troll models, with minimal conversion, painted in chaos-y colours ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/420959/3750737.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/420959/3750737.page GMT Chaos Troll Army - more fun than tough? Most people at my local store use the o&g river trolls.

Infinite ld? My book just says ogres trolls drogers and hounds get to use his ld if they are within 12 inches, check the FAQ.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/420959/3750996.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/420959/3750996.page GMT Re:Chaos Troll Army - more fun than tough? vc's coming out it wont be too hard to convert up the big ghouls into trolls with abit a green stuff]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/420959/3751056.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/420959/3751056.page GMT Chaos Troll Army - more fun than tough?
Warboss Gutrip wrote:Yes, it's most definitely a low model count army.

I personally used the O&G river troll models, with minimal conversion, painted in chaos-y colours

Agreed! And I also use the O&G river trolls

I had the same thought about the new vc's, Gorfan... only bummer is it's $47 for 3 models. But River trolls are I believe $44.50, so only $2.50 really... but at that price the army is rather expensive despite the low model count.

I have a friend that has gotten old O&G stone trolls and converted a bunch of other models (he's really good!), another who uses the old metal Chaos trolls. There's a lot of flexibility here... they're trolls, after all!

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cowpow16 wrote:
Infinite ld? My book just says ogres trolls drogers and hounds get to use his ld if they are within 12 inches, check the FAQ.


It gives his reroll thing a range but not his general bubble Cow, also the Faq does not speak of Throgg]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/420959/3751771.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/420959/3751771.page GMT Re:Chaos Troll Army - more fun than tough? BS]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/420959/3755396.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/420959/3755396.page GMT Chaos Troll Army - more fun than tough? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/420959/3758471.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/420959/3758471.page GMT Chaos Troll Army - more fun than tough? IMO Throgg does not need warriors but marauder blocks for steadfast are helpful. Dragon Ogres are also helpful and Chaos ogres have nice models (If you use the ogre range)]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/420959/3758473.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/420959/3758473.page GMT Chaos Troll Army - more fun than tough? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/420959/3758525.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/420959/3758525.page GMT Chaos Troll Army - more fun than tough? ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/420959/3758536.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/420959/3758536.page GMT Chaos Troll Army - more fun than tough?
Just gotta think outside the box, and possibly throw him on a Flying Carpet... err... rock.

But yes, I am quite fond of the 6 man units of Trolls, especially if your running a larger sized block of Dragon Ogres (possibly only if your running a big block of Drogres). Its not the most competitive way to play them, but I find it much more fun and maneuverable with the small units.

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Niccolo wrote:Also, mages: on their own, on a mount or monster, in a unit of big guys or a possible role for mortals? I figure that expanding the army at some point a magic user becomes useful.

I am always taking a mage these days- I have several conversions, inspired by Buttler's .

However, I am more and more leaning towards putting my characters back into units. That way, if a troll units gets outside the LD bubbles, I don't become a paperweight. The problem is you have to stick the character on the side of the unit due to different base size.

My current thought is to go with a Daemonic Mount, or Steed of Slaanesh if the model is joining Dragon Ogres (to keep swiftstride). I've gotten the parts for some conversions and will be trying it out (although for my BSB, it's on a mini-rhinox from the scraplauncher kit, and I'm going to use that as a counts-as daemonic mount instead of juggernaut to try it out). I find the juggernaut too much of a liability, as he is forced to overrun

Most of my recent games have been played with characters with MoT riding discs, but it's not quite as convincing having an ogre on a disc (although Buttler's troll-on-rock is quite nice!). Also exposes them to small-arms fire, whereas being joined to a unit doesn't. A new trick I've realized is that in deployment you can join disc-riders to units, then move them away turn 1. Keeps them from getting shot / magicked Quite as easily before you even get to make a move.


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