Small round tamplate. how to achive the most hit's

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Small round tamplate. how to achive the most hit's

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I've been fooling around with the template and bases. This is what I came up with.

by positioning the template as seen below, we can score an number of hits equal to:

for unit's on small bases in formation 5x5 and larger = 21 hit's

for unit's 5x4 = 20 hit's

for large based infantry = 16 hit's

skirmishers on small bases in 5x3 = 12 hit's
skirmishers on large bases in 5x4 = 12 hit's

cavalry in 5x3 = 11 hit's :shock:
cavalry in 5x2 = 10 hit's :shock:



Agains small sqr based unit's in formation 5x5 or larger,
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If the unit is positioned 5x4 you can hit all 20 models, notice the corners of the models placed in the corner's of the unit are partially covered.
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for large bases we can hit a max of 4x4 bases,
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as for cav. I was quite surprised that in 3x5 we can get 11 hit's.
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as for 2x5 we can clearly hit all 10.
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moving on to skirmishers, small bases, the dice are 1/24 less then 1/2 an inch.
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and large based skirmisher's.

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Post by Calisson »

Thanks, KillerK. You've got an entry in the D.R.A.I.C.H.!

This template check is useful for us when casting some spells, and is nice to know when we're victims of warmachines or spells.
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Post by Ungorlucky »

Except we are not going to tell our opponent how to maximize the number of kills with a template ! Are we? :twisted:
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Re: Small round tamplate. how to achive the most hit's

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KillerK wrote:for unit's on small bases in formation 5x5 and larger = 21 hit's


22, if you move it a bit to the top left. ;)

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Post by Killerk »

The picture was done using my phone, so it's not the best quality.

By moving the template to the top left, it would cease to cover the 2 bases in the bottom-right corner, it's just an photo trick, I probably held the phone at a slight angle, that's why it look's like there is enough template, just checked again to make sure, the template is just a fraction of an inch too small. :cry:
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Ok, just going by the photo it clearly looked like it. ;)

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It took me a while to realize what was going on, and why didn't I notice it before.
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Post by Vampire1812 »

I thought round templates had to be centered over a model in the unit. Is that not correct?
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Post by Brad »

The hole has to be over a single model but it doesn't have to be centered on that model.
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Post by Dalamar »

One problem. I have no knowledge of templates that don't scatter in 8th edition.
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Post by Auere »

Dwarf grudge throwers with rune of accuracy!!!!

They never never never never scatter! I mean seriously - even with a reroll they have to scatter some times, dont they?!?

Dammit I hate grudge throwers! My opponent consistently take 2+ with RoAccuracy, RoPenetrating and RoBurning.

... which obviously means that I am consistently taking 3 units of 5 shades ;-)


(apart from that, Black Horror doesnt scatter - even in 8th!)
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Post by Thanee »

Dalamar wrote:One problem. I have no knowledge of templates that don't scatter in 8th edition.


Black Horror. ;)

Most templates with a 1/3 chance.

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