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In my opinion, one of the most interesting mechanics in the WoW Miniatures Game are the epic figures. They come with unique power and special abilities, which no other figures have.

So it is really pity that they are so rarely used.

But the reasons for this are obvious: first each Epic has 10 honor. That means you need 2 kills and 2 VP at least to win the game. That is much for just one figure.

Second your opponent gets 8 VP for killing your epic. This is a heavy drawback, mainly because some epics are really fragile (I think of a lich we all know).

In this article I will discuss a warband with Highlord Bolvar Foredragon. And if you enjoy it, I will write something about the other epic figures.

 

The most important thing to build a group with an epic is synergy. But I am sure, all of you are knowing this. So let’s take a look on Bolvar:

 

Paladin- Retribution

Armor: 4

Resist: 2

Health: 11

 

T3 R1 D5 (melee)

Crit: damage +X, where X is the damage on another ally

 

Special Ability: Consecration

At the end of ticks 5/10 deal one damage to each adjacent enemy

 

At first sight, Bolvar’s stats are good. A fantastic 4 armor, a solid 2 resist und 11 health. His chances to survive alone in the field are very good.

His crit is awesome, because it is possible to one-shot most characters. But the Problem is, that therefore another character must be badly wounded. So it is necessary to use a character, which is able to control his health. The only one who is able to do that is Amon Darkheart.

With his ability “Life tap” it is possible to control the damage on him and to advance his attack. Amon’s job will be to make magic damage and to push Bolvar’s crit. But this makes him very vulnerable, so he needs protection. The perfect guy for this job is Savin Lightguard with “Bulwark of Azzinoth”. The SavinWall was well discussed in other articles so I think where is nothing to say.

So Amon is able to make a T2 R3 D6 (magic) attack and is perfectly protected by Savin. Such an attack is awesome and much better that most epic’s attacks.

So we have our warband, consisting of Bolvar, Amon and Savin.

 

Actionbar cards:

The choice of the actionbar cards is for Savin really easy. First “Bulwark of Azzinoth” to protect Amon and Bolvar if necessary and  second “Blessing of Protection”. Because Savin will tick up for Amon’s attacks with his “Blessing of Wisdom” it will be improbably that he will be able to take a turn. But “Blessing of Protection” is a react that can be played any time.

 

Amon’s actionbar cards should be: “Summon Piztog” because of blood pact, Shadowburn to kill totems and pets quickly and “Corruption” for Characters with high resist.

 

Bolvar should get his special card: “Bolvar’s Retribution” for healing his team mates if necessary, “Cleanse” for Debuffs, “Blessing of Might” to advance his probability to get a crit and finally “Hammer of Justice” to tick dangerous enemys up a little bit.

 

So our group consists of:

 

Highlord Bolvar Fordragon (Honor 10)

Bolvar’s Retribution

Cleanse

Blessing of Might

Hammer of Justice

 

Amon Darkheart (8)

Summon Piztog

Shadowburn

Corruption

 

Savin Lightguard (8+2)

Bulwark of Azzinoth

Blessing of Protection

 

That makes a total honor of 28. That is many and maybe this group will not win a championship, but I makes really fun to play with it.

I hope you enjoyed this article, and maybe you got some inspiration for your own epic warbands. If you liked it, I will next week discuss the most fragile epic: Ras Frostwhisper.

Neat party, I like the synergy between Amon and Bolvar.  The only card I don't really like in the build is Hammer of Justice.  I would think that anything would be better than that card since you tick up just as much and it is with Bolvar who would rather attack with the BoM buff.  Otherwise, good job!  I'm curious as to how you would use Ras or even Chen.

Agreed, Hammer is in general pretty inefficient choice for paladin ABC.

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Hey guys,

first thanks for your replies. I agree with you in the case of "Hammer of Justice". But to be honest, I absolutly had no other idea for a ninth abc. So I choose it mainly random. I would play Bolvar anyway with "Bolvar's Retribution"(BR) and "Blessing of Might". If I would play against a team with many beduffes, I would replace BR with "Cleanse".
In my opinion, all other paladin abc's are not applicable for this build.
"Flash Heal": BR is much better
"Blessing of Kings": In my opinion to expensive for just 1 Armor/Resist
"Hammer of Wrath": In this case is Bolvar's main attack much more effectve in synergy with Amon.

But you are absolutly right. But in the way I would play it, it would make no difference.

I can see you possibly using the flash or the BoK on Savin against magic heavy teams.  Even a second cleanse could come in handy for those pesky triple warlock matches.  Anyways there are probably a couple matches where you do not need the BoP and something else would be better.  Nonetheless, I like this build and will definitely try it out sometime at my BG.  Thanks for the cool idea!

Feel free to modify it. My article was meant to give some inspiration and ideas. I would be glad if you would post your experience with this warband here, after you played some matches at your local BG.