Ropetus Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 (edited) I can't help but look at this model's statline and wonder what is it supposed to do. Has anyone ever found any kind of use for the Child? Does it have some secret combo I haven't realized? For me it just keeps looking like an insanely useless model. It is very very slow. It's almost useless for casting Magical Extension with unsuited Ca 3. It has an average weapon for a Totem which means its a joke that might sometimes do a point of damage. It's defenses are also nonexistant with abysmal Wp and Df. It has Harmless, which is useless since the model is not a threat anyway. Misplaced sympathy is a strange spell, but requires suit and requires you to have high card in the bottom of your discard pile (so you pretty much have to cheat your first Duel which costs you the card you will just gain back...). Using it against opponents is a waste since they most likely have a useless card in their hand. Paying 3 SS for this model seems insane to me. Any Master can get their own Totem for (at least) 1 SS cheaper and they will actually do something useful. Viktorias can hire it for 2 SS but when they can hire Student of Conflict instead for 1 SS more (if they cannot afford that, they should take more SS anyway...). If it costed 1 SS I would not hire it, since it's still useless. Even at 0 SS I would hire a real Totem. If it came for free with a bunch of Soulstones it could be considered but still... Is this model really totally useless or am I just missing something? -Ropetus Edited July 13, 2010 by Ropetus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 (edited) It's useless. And before someone comes along and jumps on me for making a blanket statement, it does have a few uses, but for every one of those there is always a better alternative. I made a post a while back about what it could be used for...but there were always better alternatives. So, useless. Edited July 13, 2010 by Justin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karn987 Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 It's useless. And before someone comes along and jumps on me for making a blanket statement, it does have a few uses, but for every one of those there is always a better alternative. I made a post a while back about what it could be used for...but there were always better alternatives. So, useless. +1 lalo (I think this makes 10 agreements, the end of the world is close). It is honestly a useless model over-all and badily in need of an update to give him a use. Frankly, Wyrd does a very good job about giving a use to every model. But when Eric was handing out the awesome, this poor guy must have been on the toilet. It almost looks like he was a template for all other totems and except for his one unique spell, he is nothing special. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ropetus Posted July 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 It's useless. Thanks. Exactly what I thought. I would like to see some better rules for it. The model looks kinda fun but with that statline I don't see myself ever fielding it and jeopardizing my Crew. -Ropetus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serigala Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 But when Eric was handing out the awesome, this poor guy must have been on the toilet. And judging by the model he still is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natty Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Anyone else for voting this as the worst model in the game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blank Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Anyone else for voting this as the worst model in the game? :nod: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 If he were totally free, he would actually be kind of cool. "Crap! Not enough soul stones for a totem! Well...taking the child." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterdita Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 "The free red headed step child" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shekbo Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 He's actually not a terrible totem for Pandora, because of the WP duels he can trigger to irritate foes. Misplaced at least causes damage, then. But yeah, for 3.... Not too powerful, not really. A decent distraction, good for an unexpected whack with its weak little weapon. I've seem him used well with Pandora, never anyone else. In some situations he's better than the Poltergeist (when your opponent is a swarm rather than having one big minion you can distract.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ropetus Posted July 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 In some situations he's better than the Poltergeist (when your opponent is a swarm rather than having one big minion you can distract.) How? Poltergeist has two Rst: Wp Auras to use against hordes of enemies. And is much better at casting Pandora's spells too. The point is not that the Child cannot do anything. It's that anything it does, every Master can hire something that does the same job much better for the same price or cheaper. -Ropetus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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