Warhammer Fantasy Battle Reporter Forum

Ok
for 150pts with banner of mork's spirit totem on BSB in large block of orcs and lv1 night gobbo with staff of stealing i can get 7 DD for only 150 pts.

Now to go offensive magic it costs quite a lot and then you have a 1/6 chance per unit with caster to squabble and not even be able to cast. now greenskins do have good spells, but is the 1/6 chance per unit, if you have 3 units your chance is now 50% to roll a 1, are offensive magic armies worth it?

so answer the poll and leave a response as to why you think which is better. Poll open for 2 weeks from 9/28

oh yeah i vote defensive by the way.

offensive in case you havnt noticed they dont havedefensive spells and i dont put mages in units

I tend to take a couple of Goblin/Night Goblin Shamans in almost any O&G army I build. I almost always use them very offensively.

I'd rather make someone's head implode than have a dispell caddy.

Offensive for me))

there's no defensive, but there are supportive and i'm quite sure thats what the TO meant
and I would have to say it can vary greatly what I can be in need of.. the supportive where you get to charge 2d6 towards closest enemy can be very nice to have if you are under alot of ranged fire and want to get into melee as soon as possible with a certain group.
also there's dispel scrolls and dispel dice to cover alot of defensive maneuvers within the magic section, and that should be enough.. so pure offensive have an upper hand if you really don't need the hand of gork, or "WAAAGH!" that badly.

I like to take one or two dispel scrolls if I have 2 or more shamans and then aim for offensive spells

ok maybe i need to clarify what i mean by defensive magic, means you take no offensive stuff at all and dont plan on casting any spells, just stopping the opponent from casting. So for a measily 150 pts you can get 7 DD and opponent is -1 power dice. not too shabby for cost.