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Middle-Earth => Lothlórien => Towers => Topic started by: Cw0rk on September 18, 2009, 07:59:36 AM

Title: Elf-Gorn or Gimli Hobbits / Uruk Battleground
Post by: Cw0rk on September 18, 2009, 07:59:36 AM
Frodo And Ring 
*The One Ring, Answer To All Riddles(4R1) 
*Frodo, Tired Traveller(4C302) 

 
Sites 
(1T)The Riddermark(4U328) 
(2T)Uruk Camp(4U335) 
(3T)Golden Hall(4U338) 
(4T)White Rocks(4U346) 
(5T)Deep of Helm(4U347) 
(6T)Great Hall(4U353) 
(7T)Hornburg Causeway(4U356) 
(8T)Valley of Saruman(6U119) 
(9T)Fortress of Orthanc(4U360) 

 
Fellowship (33) 
1x *Treebeard, Earthborn(4R103) 
2x *Aragorn, Wingfoot(4P364) 
1x *Gimli, Lockbearer(4R48)  (start)
1x *Merry, Learned Guide(4C310)  (start)
1x *Pippin, Just a Nuisance(4R313)  (start)
1x *Sam, Samwise the Brave(4C316) 
1x *Courtesy of My Hall(4C44) 
2x *Here Is Good Rock(4C50) 
2x *Stout and Strong(4U57) 
4x Best Company(4C42) 
1x Get On and Get Away(4R304) 
2x Knocked on the Head(4C308) 
2x Severed His Bonds(4C319) 
4x Toss Me(6R11) 
2x *Axe of Erebor(4R41) 
1x *Frodo's Cloak(4R303) 
1x *Horn of Helm(5U8) 
1x *Ranger's Sword, Blade of Aragorn(4U132) 
1x *Sting, Baggins Heirloom(5R116) 
2x Hobbit Sword(4C306) 

 
Fellowship (33) 
1x *Galadriel, Keeper of Nenya(6R18) 
1x *Ring of Barahir(6R55) 
3x *Aragorn, Defender of Free Peoples(6R50) 
2x *Faramir, Son of Denethor(4C117) 
1x *Haldir, Emissary of the Galadhrim(4C71)  (start)
1x *Legolas, Archer of Mirkwood(5P121)  (start)
1x *Sam, Samwise the Brave(4C316) 
2x *Agility(6C12) 
2x *Strength of Arms(4U82) 
2x Company of Archers(4R61) 
2x Defend It and Hope(4C115) 
1x Get On and Get Away(4R304) 
1x Severed His Bonds(4C319) 
3x Trust(6C56) 
2x Valor(4C87) 
1x *Ranger's Sword, Blade of Aragorn(4U132) 
2x *Sting, Baggins Heirloom(5R116) 
2x Elven Sword(4C64) 
2x Naith Longbow(6C21) 
1x Sword of Gondor(4C134) 

 
Shadow (33) 
4x *Down to the Last Child(4U148) 
2x Burning of Westfold(4R144) 
4x Ferocity(4C151) 
3x We Are The Fighting Uruk-hai(4C210) 
4x Advance Uruk Patrol(4U136) 
1x Southron Commander(4U249) 
1x Uruk Assault Band(4R179) 
3x Uruk Defender(4C184) 
3x Uruk Rear Guard(4C191) 
2x Uruk Stormer(4C198) 
1x Uruk Vanguard(4R200) 
2x Uruk-hai Band(4U202) 
1x Uruk-hai Horde(4R203) 
2x Uruk-hai Mob(4U205) 


Bid 0. It doesn't matter if you start or not. You need your site 1 as much as you need your site 2.

My sites 2-4-5-6-7-9 are battlegrounds.

The other fellowship uses a strong Gimli with cards like Horn of Helm and  Best Company which are great at battlegrounds. Once you have all 4 Toss Me out and he has his Axe, Gimli is strenght 14. I haven't tried it yet.

The other fellowship uses elven tokens with Gorn. Haldir's text is interesting on battleground sites.

The shadow is one of the most effective I have ever used. Once you control site some sites, they become very dangerous, especially if you control a battleground. Many of those Uruks are extremely good on battlegrounds. There are also some big uruks who become very cheap at then end of the game. In late game, Uruk-hai band become very strong. It's quite easy to win the skirmishes with all the pumps and We are the fighting uruk-hai is one of the most dangerous ever made. Most of my wins on GCCG were shadow wins.
Title: Re: Elf-Gorn-Smeagol / Uruk Battleground
Post by: ket_the_jet on September 18, 2009, 09:09:19 AM
I don't know how you would make the room, but you should probably run 2 more Uruk Stormer. Then you could run Gimli, Skilled Defender and Horn of Helm, if you liked that idea. And 35-35 is pretty reasonable.

Edit: Or you could run another elf or two. I think I'd like to see a few more companions. A Faramir, Son of Denethor is a nice splash companion or Pengedhel, Naith Warrior is pretty nice too.
-wtk
Title: Re: Elf-Gorn-Smeagol / Uruk Battleground
Post by: Cw0rk on September 20, 2009, 01:10:56 PM
Thanx for your suggestion ket.

So:

-1 Final Count
+1 Faramir, Son of Denethor
-1 Ranger's Sword, Blade of Aragorn
+1 Sword of Gondor
Title: Re: Elf-Gorn or Gimli Hobbits / Uruk Battleground
Post by: Cw0rk on June 09, 2010, 10:16:08 AM
I updated my first topic and added another possible fellowship.
Title: Re: Elf-Gorn or Gimli Hobbits / Uruk Battleground
Post by: chompers on June 09, 2010, 01:43:48 PM
I have noticed there are many cards in Towers that discard cards from your own hand. This was probably in response to Fellowship choke decks that clogged up your hand.

As a result, IMO bigger decks are easier to play in Towers provided you use some of the many cards that discard cards from your own hand ....
Title: Re: Elf-Gorn or Gimli Hobbits / Uruk Battleground
Post by: ket_the_jet on October 25, 2018, 10:07:04 AM
Cw0rk: Hope you are doing well; it's been a long time.

I have been playing the Hobbit/Gimli Free Peoples a few times with this shadow and enjoy it quite a bit. I have run into a few problems along the way (lack of condition discard is the deck's biggest weakness) but getting Aragorn and Gimli pumped up enough to beat most of what you run into is very satisfying.

I have maxed out at six sites taken with the shadow, which means a free Uruk-Hai Horde, but naturally that isn't to be expected in all games.

Sorry all for reviving long-dead topics (over eight years!) but I have been using this deck recently and wanted to encourage a few new ideas that aren't the normal Mono-Rohan or Mono-Ring-Bound Rangers for Towers Block.
-wtk