Games Workshop - Middle Earth - Lord Of The Rings: Mordor Troll/Isengard Troll

Product Information

A small number of these Trolls are gifted with a form of primordial cunning and intelligence, which makes them the leaders of their race and a far more dangerous foe than the rest of their kin. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed for advertisers, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests. With base F7, most heroes are going to need to declare a Heroic Strike just to tie/beat the Troll's Fight Value (the F8+ club is pretty exclusive), so we know that the hero is going to be down at least 1 Might point.

Posts come out every Monday and Thursday (with the occasional bonus post), so check them out and join the discussion in the comments! Before we delve too deep, let's do a quick review of the three ways Mordor Trolls can be fielded: they can be run " vanilla" for 100 points, they can be given a War Drum (that affects all "Mordor" models - or "Isengard" models for Isengard Trolls) for 130 points, or as part of a Mordor War Catapult - yes, the Mordor War Catapult profile on page 123 of the Armies of the Lord of the Rings book says that the siege engine is crewed by "three Orc Warriors with armor and sword, and a Mordor Troll, all with no additional wargear. There is a need to field at least one Hero of Fortitude or higher for each siege engine, so in reality, you're actually paying 250-300 points for a siege engine and a full Fortitude warband, but you're also getting 15-20 models for those points, so you could have some pretty massive numbers if you don't splurge on a really expensive hero. We're back in our In Defense Of series for the next few weeks and I wanted to start off with what has become one of my favorite Mordor units: the Mordor Troll. Instead of running a mid-tier hero and a March hero (like Shagrat and an Orc Captain on Warg/Guritz), you could instead run a Mordor Troll with a war drum and a cheap beater hero (like Gorbag or Zagdush), which will give you two good combat pieces instead of 1 good combat piece and a so-so combat piece.

If the hero is S4 and has no bonuses To Wound (which is surprisingly common - especially if you don't believe in using your hand-and-a-half weapon two-handed unless you have a rule that removes the dueling penalty), even a hero who Strikes up and wins a duel is only going to wound the Troll on 6s . All of these thoughts apply to Mordor Trolls however you field them - now let's turn to the two more specialized cases of Mordor Trolls. Yes, these guys are the more-expensive, less-reliable cousins of Moria Goblin Captains - and the often overlooked blister-mates of the dreaded Moria Blackshield Shaman.

One final thought is about Isengard Trolls: these guys are pretty similar to Mordor Trolls, but they can have limitations. While both Mordor and Barad-Dur (and most of the Legions from Mordor) have access to an Orc Drummer for 30pts, you COULD have +1 model by taking an Orc Drummer with . Second (and still on the topic of Troll Chieftains), the cost of a Mordor Troll plus a cheap Hero of Fortitude in any Mordor list is likely to cost MORE than the cost of a Troll Chieftain. Our final list is the most likely situation where you'll see a Mordor Troll show up - and it's in the Black Gate Opens Legendary Legion.The Witch-King and the Shadow Lord are excellent heroes - and great for deterring heroes from challenging our Drummer Troll, who is supported by a horde of Morannon Orcs and Mordor Uruk-Hai (and some Orc Trackers to sit on objectives). You can block or delete them by changing your browser settings however, as described below under the heading " How can I control cookies? We do this using a variety of digital marketing networks and exchanges, advertising technologies like web beacons, pixels and cookies, in addition to technology offered by third parties such as Facebook pixel's custom audience feature. This is "potentially" a problem, but only if you want cheaper Dunland/Orc models in your list instead of running pure Uruk-Hai - then it's not a problem. This finely detailed kit comes with 4 weapon options and a range of head and armour options that allow you to customise your Troll.

But this leads to our first rule about fielding Mordor Trolls: Mordor Trolls are great at draining enemy resources, especially Might points. they just can't charge at all (instead of only being prohibited from charging if they move after the March hero). Finally, any time you invest in a big monster, there's a good chance that your opponent might grab his handy-dandy Heroic Defense caddy to run right up to the Troll and say, "I see your F7 and I raise you a wound-me-only-on-natural-6s". Perhaps this is why I've seen Isengard Trolls recommended by at least one person on Facebook at low points levels in an Assault Upon Helm's Deep list - it's an interesting idea, since the Helm's Deep list usually relies on siege engines to deal with big heroes . bases are pretty common for big monsters in MESBG (my beloved Balrog has one, as do Ents, Eagles, Shelob, Gulavhar, the Spider Queen, and Mordor Trolls/Chieftains), but with 6" movement AND a large base size, the typical situation a Mordor Troll will find himself in is that he will a) move towards the enemy line very predictably, b) charge or be charged, and c) be stuck in that general area for the rest of the game.Regardless of how you build out your Mordor Troll, the primary purpose of taking them is to provide a distribution of your threats.