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How playable is Elven Armaments?

5 (Best)  
55%
  [ 10 ]  55%
 
4  
33%
  [ 6 ]  33%
 
3  
5%
  [ 1 ]  5%
 
2  
5%
  [ 1 ]  5%
 
1 (Worst)  
0%
  [ 0 ]  0%
 

Total Votes : 18
legoles3333
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 12:54 pm
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This is nothing to laugh at, a strength +2 AND a vitilaty boost is jut awesome. its special ability also helps elven telepathy decks in the archery phase, although its requirements are kinda bad, but the best Elven possession so far. from me, a 5
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DáinIronfoot
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 12:56 pm
Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 4594 Location: Beltsville, MD, USA
Awesome boosts, even considering it prohibits you from bearing other possessions (though not artifacts or conditions, so you can still pump other ways).

The big drawback, in my opinion, comes when you try to play it on a unique Elven companion: it eliminates the archery Elves excel at. This means you better either play it on a non-unique Elf (interesting way of forcing that, D) or plan on using Elves for skirmishing only.

Still, a very neat card. It’s hard to give it a 5 with that drawback, but a 4 is definately deserved.
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Anonymous Prodigy
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 1:01 pm
Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 4197 Location: United States
Sweet card, except for the fact that it generally disables Elven archery. Rolling Eyes

The lore is neat. I’m glad to know that is what Elrond actually said in the movie. It always sounded like "Turn and go hide!" Laughing

Anyway, a 4 from me. Smile
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AgentDrake
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 1:04 pm
Joined: 01 Apr 2007 Posts: 667 Location: Halfway between eccentric and insane...
Ah, it may kill elf archery, but it does the same to the orc archery which is rapidly approaching broken...
A 4 from me, although I doubt I’ll ever actually use it myself.
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elf lvr
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 2:23 pm
Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 3065 Location: Rivendell
A great thing for elven telepathy/elvent decks. Give this to Elrond, Witness to History or Cirdan, the Shipwright.

5.
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BattleWarg
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 4:02 pm
Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Posts: 579 Location:
I love it for a specific reason - It’s a Hand Weapon, and it’s a Shield!


That being said, if we can find a way to prevent wounds during skirmishes to a unique Elf companion, I think we’ve found the new deck...
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Felipe Musco
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 4:06 pm
Joined: 18 May 2006 Posts: 2434 Location: Florianópolis, SC, Brasil
Ok, WTH are they holding the shield IN ADITTION to a hand weapon, and your companions cannot? Kinda sucks. However, the card is REALLY powerful!
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Merrick_Hale
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 4:15 pm
Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 445 Location: Austin, Texas
This is a combo hand weapon/shield card. A character can only hold one possession of each type, which means no other hand weapons. I mean if you think about it, a great shield and a spear (long spear or pilum) use both of your hands so you really can’t carry anything else in active combat. Not a bad card, but I have a hard time seeing elves using this consistently after RotK block rotates out. Cirdan, The Shipwright would be awesome to use this with/on especially since it doesn’t prevent the use of artifacts.
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BattleWarg
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 4:18 pm
Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Posts: 579 Location:
I’m a little confused on what you mean...

But, I’ve found my method:

Bilbo, Bearer of Things Burgled + Consorting with Wizards
Gondor Wraiths + Swept Away
Balglin, Elven Warrior + Elven Armaments (using Elf ally to play him)
Discarding Merry/Pippin + Shadowplay to keep a minion exerted (whoever faces Balglin


No archery phase prevents the archery wounds. The only one who can take skirmish wounds is Balglin, and if you make sure the minion assigned to him is wounded, he has a limit of one per turn...
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AnxiousChieftain
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 8:17 pm
Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 3947 Location: Maryland
ESCALATION!!!

This is pretty much an auto-win against any archery deck. Dang. And against anything else, you still get some awesome stats.
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