Go Canucks Go Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 (edited) Just wondering what everyone thinks out there is the Best Effigy and Why? Which Masters work the best with each Effigy and anybody have any tricks up there sleeves for these guys. I'm a Neverborn Guy with Zoraida, Collodi and also have a Resser's Seamus Crew, trying to find best Effigy to work with these Guys. Edited July 29, 2012 by Go Canucks Go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozz Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 It Depends who your playing with. As guild i do like the idea of the Brutal Effigy for his healing spell (NB can also ofc steal this) For Zoraida my friend says arcane is the best for the extra cast action, and the extra card. Carrion is again good with NB as you can steal corps counters to heal your crew with for the use of 1 action on the effigy and everyone within 4" can sac a counter to heal. Great to deprive the corps hungry ressurs of their counters If i had to say a best effigy, i would probably go with the Arcane simply for the extra card, as the rest all have uses depending on who you are with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAH Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 Hodgepodge is great for Leveticus since he can't have a totem anyway, and it brings some nice abilities to his list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 I voted brutal for having seen it on the other side of the board often enough to respect it. My *FAVORITE* effigy is the Carrion... ... Because I love the model so much. Getting it to do good things for me is another matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 They can all have their uses, and I like them all in different roles. I like hodgepodge the best at the moment though. Ability to ignore armour (or other things) is good, looking at opponent's cards is good. His defensive trigger has been great for me too. Good all-round model for 4 points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Albrecht Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 Huh, when did the Brutal Effigy get so popular? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sliver Chocobo Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 Arcane, more spells for big mama Z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undisclosed Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 I voted brutal, because i'm in a damage and healing mood today. In honesty i like what they all bring to the table, and it all depends on the crew, they are all mostly on par for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rameses Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 I voted Mysterious, mostly because I don't have an educated opinion beyond that I have one sitting on my desk waiting to be painted :Sad_Puppet2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hateful Darkblack Posted July 30, 2012 Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 I voted for the Arcane Effigy by far. An extra AP for my Master plus a vicious little bodyguard? Yes please. The Brutal Effigy is handy too. A cheap healer with decent combat is well worth 4 soulstones. The Hodgepodge I bought and think is beautiful, but the more I look at it, the less I want to field it. It has lackluster melee and ranged, and its special Joker powers all seem like a lot of price for only a little card manipulation. I just can't imagine that I will ever want to field it instead of a Rotten Belle, Slop Hauler, Freikorpsmann, or (for an extra Soulstone) Stitched Together, depending on the Master in question. It seems fine, just lacks the punch for the price. I don't own the Carrion Effigy or Mysterious Effigy. Both of them seem useful in some situations for some opponent. Removing immunities and Cheating face-down seem handy. More than the Hodgepodge, just not as much as the Brutal or Arcane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfDayDream Posted July 30, 2012 Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 I voted for Mysterious Effigy mainly cuz he looks like a Master himself and could be used for story driven skirmishes abilities wise I know nothing about em lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hateful Darkblack Posted July 30, 2012 Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 Yeah, I voted based on play style, not art. Honestly, I think the art on all five is top-notch, and I love the way each of them combines notable traits of all four masters from their Faction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_acolyte Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 Mysterious effigy, i can cheet with the card down once a turn and gives slow i love this little guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go Canucks Go Posted July 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 Apparently no one likes the Carrion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancor709 Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 I voted Arcane but my favorite look wise is the Carrion. The carrion could be great if the aura was larger I think it has uses but on pure ability Arcane wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boardgameguy Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 Arcane for me I love the +1 ap for cast or channel for Zoriada. Look forward to taking it with Colette as well to get the +1 ap for her reactivate action in the same turn. Wahoo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorian Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 I love carrion effigy! Hes so durable, versatile and useful I just dont know why no one else votes for him. I mean come on look at his stat line, amazing compared to every other effigy. His abilities synergize so well, i mean he can remove immunities from anything close enough to kill him next activation. Like all resser models he is decently tough to take down, that h2k really keeps him alive and kicking, best of all he doesnt drop a corpse counter or anything so I dont have to worry about walking over to pick it up. Carrion effigy is best effigy the same way north korea is best korea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustcrusher Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 I haven't actually used my effigies much yet, but I like ol' HP the best. His defensive trigger is really irritating and his knife, while not particularly powerful, can adapt to your opponent's weaknesses. I also happen to like that he looks like something Marilyn Manson wishes he'd thought of first. I like the Carrion Effigy as well- If nothing else, Wk 5 Flight in addition to his debuff and healing abilities are pretty nice together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuroFire Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 Huh, when did the Brutal Effigy get so popular? When it became a Melee Expert healer that also has a chance of giving Slow, I think. It's a fantastic bodyguard that costs only four stones, and I don't think I've played a game with it where it didn't deal some damage and heal some guys before it got taken down. I adore my Brutal Effigy; really become disinclined to bother with a totem. (Effigy is even more the way to go when taking the avatar option, since attached totems disappear when you manifest.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alviaran Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 Definitely Arcane. Extra card in hand for Zoraida, Collodi and the Dreamer without taking a totem, an extra AP for each of them and a decent gun on top of it all. Ok. I'm in. (Lilith and Pandora I don't mention since they seem to be just fine taking a totem. However, it does free things up. At some point, I plan to grab aLilith which means Primordial Magic is getting kicked to the curb for this little buddy every time. Pandora I still need to play to pass judgment on totem vs effigy for her) Oh, and Arcane is a sweet little model too. That never hurts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sliver Chocobo Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 Definitely Arcane. Extra card in hand for Zoraida, Collodi and the Dreamer without taking a totem, an extra AP for each of them and a decent gun on top of it all. Ok. I'm in. (Lilith and Pandora I don't mention since they seem to be just fine taking a totem. However, it does free things up. At some point, I plan to grab aLilith which means Primordial Magic is getting kicked to the curb for this little buddy every time. Pandora I still need to play to pass judgment on totem vs effigy for her) Oh, and Arcane is a sweet little model too. That never hurts. Zoriadia with out a totem, are you crazy Also Neverborn can have as many effigies as they want and still have a totem Cause that's how we roll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alviaran Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 Zoriadia with out a totem, are you crazy Also Neverborn can have as many effigies as they want and still have a totem Cause that's how we roll Am I mistaken in thinking that if Zoraida takes a totem I cannot create a Voodoo Doll? I am shaky on a lot of Malifaux rules but I thought you can only attach one totem at any time unless you have a rule that lets you have more (such as the Dreamer's Daydreams). Because I thought that I had to take no totem so I could use my Voodoo Doll, making the Effigy even more attractive. Especially considering I want to get her Avatar because it looks like so much fun and I can only imagine how much fun the Effigy lets me get up to. Or no good. I get those two confused a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuroFire Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 Am I mistaken in thinking that if Zoraida takes a totem I cannot create a Voodoo Doll? I am shaky on a lot of Malifaux rules but I thought you can only attach one totem at any time... That's what I've always heard. So if she takes a totem, it has to die before she can attach a Voodoo Doll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q'iq'el Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 Carrion is the prettiest of them all. Arcane is OK I guess but looks a bit off. Mysterious would compete with Carrion in the looks department if not for that weird thumb that reminds something rather unsavory protruding from its behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alviaran Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 See, I like Carrion's model (mostly because of the whole bird beak/plague bit), but Arcane is probably my favourite model wise too. I currently only own Arcane/Mysterious but have plans of adding all of them to my collection for Collodi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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