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Dodging is the harder the more tackle zones you're moving INTO. Try to never leave a corner of the cage next to a standing opponent, because then they can open up that corner by blocking them, and still have a Blitz available to hit your ball-carrier with.ĭODGING. Don't fill all the squares with people, though, because then the ball-carrier can be 'chain-pushed' out of the cage. The easiest way to start with is using an X formation, with the ball-carrier in the center, and four people around him.

You should generally protect your ball-carrier as well as you can. And standing one step away from the opponent is also key to stopping their cage moving forwards much on their turn.ĬAGE.

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If they step up to you on their turn, then you get free hits on them when it's your turn. This means that you can minimize what damage you take by not following up blocks where the opponent still remained standing. Unless the opponent starts their turn next to you, they can only attack once with the Blitz action. Usually it's best to only have the required 3 people on the center line if you're defending, and everyone else 2 steps back (because Quick Snap allows the opponent to take one step on offense, which would leave your people close enough for them to bash, if it comes up). The opponent can outrun you easily then, and a Blitz result on kick-off would leave you completely defenseless. Don't put all your people on the center line in one big clump, no matter how bashy you are. Yes, this is three entries saying basically the same thing, but it's an important lesson.įORMATION. Try to ensure you are somewhat prepared to handle your turn ending with the first roll you make. Anything where you roll the dice will fail at the worst possible time. Try to never start a turn off by blocking with a Big Guy (ogre, troll, etc) - they have no Block, and rerolls only work half the time on them (due to the Loner trait).ĮXPECT TO FAIL. You often need to take risks (blocking so other people can move in place), but try to make them calculated ones. If you were planning to have people at some spot anyway, you should put them there before doing anything risky (i.e. Do the safe moves first (the ones where people just need to walk somewhere, not needing to dodge or block to get there). If you fail the pick-up, the opponent may have an easy goal right then and there. This is the more important the faster and more agile the opponent is - Gutter Runners and elves are shifty, don't give them the chance to shine. When you're receiving the ball, if it lands where the opponent is in range to reach the ball with some player of theirs, try to protect the ball by standing AT LEAST one player over it before trying to pick it up. You're better served by just buying an extra team reroll directly. They're the other thing you can buy in the team menu, but only affect two (common) Kick-Off random event results, and both of those just see which team gets +1 team reroll for that half. They let you avoid early turnovers from surprise triple-skulls when attacking, or especially trying to pick up the ball with an unskilled beastman.ĬHEERLEADERS AND ASSISTANT COACHES ARE USELESS. 2 is something every team can have right away, 3 is what you should aim for. They're half price at that point, and every team needs rerolls. Let's look at some basics, starting with team creation.

And if you keep playing mostly against AI, it will develop bad habits that won't work at all against human opponents. And once you do get better, then you suddenly notice just how bad it is. The AI is a bad training tool, since it does such random shit all the time, you don't know what to expect. Probably not helped much because my drooling moron players can't manage a 2+ pass or 2+ catch >.<

#ORC BLOOD BOWL ALTERNITIVE HOW TO#

I get the tackle zone/attack of opportunity thing and that each player can only make or support one tackle per turn, understand how to pass and so on, but beyond that it's a bit of a mystery. I hit up GameFAQs, but bizarrely they have nothing even for the basic version of the game. It seems fun, and I want to like it, but I've got no idea what to do. I suspect having no familiarity with gridiron is also hampering me, since I understand Rugby League tactics fairly well and go all right in those games. I can stall a game out 0-0, or manage the odd draw, but actually beating the opposing team is proving impossible despite playing several races (Skaven, Human, Orc, High Elf, Dark Elf) so far and having the game set to Easy. I picked up a copy yesterday because it was on special, and after several hours of frustration have kind of sort of got a grasp on how to not lose.

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