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Title: Cycling Dwarves - Morcs
Post by: Tunadan on October 18, 2021, 07:22:26 PM
This is a list I have been trying out. Any advice on how to improve it?

Ring-bearer: Frodo, Courteous Halfling
Ring: The One Ring, The Great Ring

Adventure deck:
Anduin Banks
Anduin Confluence
Doorway to Doom
Helm's Gate
Barazinbar
Mithlond
Mount Doom
Starkhorn
Sirannon Ruins

Free Peoples Draw Deck:
4x Durin III, Dwarven Lord
1x Gimli, Opinionated Guide (start)
4x Gloin, Son of Groin
3x Thrarin, Smith of Erebor
1x Gamling, Defender of the Hornburg (start)
1x Dwarven Armor
3x Dwarven Axe
4x Dwarven Bracers
1x Gimli's Armor
1x Gimli's Battle Axe, Trusted Weapon
1x Gimli's Helm
4x Hand Axe
1x Armor of Khazad
1x Erkenbrand's Horn
1x Sting, Bane of the Eight Legs
4x Axe Strike
2x Battle to the Last
2x Blood Runs Chill
2x Proud and Able
1x Rohirrim Doorwarden
1x Robin Smallburrow, Shirriff #$&*@!-Robin
2x Stout and Strong

Shadow Draw Deck:
3x Morgul Ambusher
4x Morgul Brute
3x Morgul Creeper
4x Morgul Destroyer
3x Morgul Lurker
1x Morgul Squealer
2x The Witch-king, Black Lord
2x Úlairë Attëa, Wraith on Wings
3x Úlairë Cantëa, Faster Than Winds
2x Úlairë Enquëa, Lieutenant of Morgul
2x Úlairë Lemenya, Eternally Threatening
2x Úlairë Nertëa, Dark Horseman
2x Ulaire Nelya, Third of the Nine Riders
2x Black Marshal
2x Dark Temptation
2x Flung Into the Fray
4x Gates of the Dead City
2x Streaming to the Field

The current strategy is to use Opinionated Guide, Gloin, Son of Groin, and Robin Smallburrow to cycle and set up the Morcs. The Morcs actually are a mix of wounding and beatdown that seems ok.
Title: Re: Cycling Dwarves - Morcs
Post by: Tunadan on October 19, 2021, 07:05:05 AM
Here are some replays:

One I lost: https://play.lotrtcgpc.net/gemp-lotr/game.html?replayId=Tunadan$yxomx5lzi68etenz

One I won: https://play.lotrtcgpc.net/gemp-lotr/game.html?replayId=Tunadan$6hynt1huprxon7kq
Title: Re: Cycling Dwarves - Morcs
Post by: Shelobplayer on October 22, 2021, 04:27:22 PM
Changes I'd make to the shadow:
-4 Gates of the Dead City
-2 Dark Temptation
-1 Black Marshal
-1 Attea, Wraith on Wings
-1 Morgul Creeper
-1 Morgul Lurker
-2 Streaming to the Field

+4 Captured by the Ring
+1 Gollum, Dark as Darkness
+1 Nelya, Third of the Nine Riders
+2 They feel the Precious
+1 Lemenya, Eternally Threatening
+1 Morgul Ambusher
+1 Evil-smelling Fens
+1 Led Astray

Also I'd experiment with a variety of Witch Kings. Captain of the Nine Riders and Morgul King can work well here too. Ring of Terror, The Pale Blade and Too Great and Terrible are also cards you can try. Or Gothmog, Morgul Leader + Enquea, toto goes well with your list in general, and with the cycling potential of your freeps side, you can probably pull it off quite often.
Title: Re: Cycling Dwarves - Morcs
Post by: Tunadan on October 22, 2021, 06:24:42 PM
Thanks for the input. I agree on the Witch-kings, having a morgul king in there would be good. I did end up adding 2 nelyas, and want to remove black marshal. However, I would say that dropping dark temptation/gates of the dead city and streaming to the field and initiative stuff, I would say drop one of those gambits and keep the other. Gollum. DaD is a good idea, will experiment.

With all these modifications, this is the list I come up with:

Ring-bearer: Frodo, Courteous Halfling
Ring: The One Ring, The Great Ring

Adventure deck:
Anduin Banks
Anduin Confluence
Doorway to Doom
Helm's Gate
Barazinbar
Mithlond
Mount Doom
Starkhorn
Sirannon Ruins

Free Peoples Draw Deck:
4x Durin III, Dwarven Lord
1x Gimli, Opinionated Guide
4x Gloin, Son of Groin
3x Thrarin, Smith of Erebor
1x Gamling, Defender of the Hornburg
1x Armor of Khazad
3x Dwarven Axe
4x Dwarven Bracers
1x Gimli's Armor
1x Gimli's Battle Axe, Trusted Weapon
1x Gimli's Helm
4x Hand Axe
1x Erkenbrand's Horn
1x Sting, Bane of the Eight Legs
4x Axe Strike
2x Battle to the Last
3x Blood Runs Chill
2x Proud and Able
2x Stout and Strong
1x Rohirrim Doorwarden
1x Robin Smallburrow, Shirriff #$&*@!-Robin

Shadow Draw Deck:
1x Gollum, Dark as Darkness
2x Gothmog, Morgul Leader
3x Morgul Ambusher
4x Morgul Brute
3x Morgul Creeper
4x Morgul Destroyer
1x Morgul Squealer
1x The Witch-king, Black Lord
1x The Witch-king, Morgul King
3x Úlairë Cantëa, Faster Than Winds
1x Úlairë Enquëa, Lieutenant of Morgul
3x Úlairë Enquëa, Thrall of the One
2x Úlairë Lemenya, Eternally Threatening
2x Úlairë Nelya, Third of the Nine Riders
2x Úlairë Nertëa, Dark Horseman
4x Captured by the Ring
1x Black Marshal
1x Dark Temptation
2x Flung Into the Fray
4x Gates of the Dead City

Dropping the initiative stuff, just too risky. Gates still in, with the addition of toto and morgul leader.