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Balin
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Darksbane
, Mar 20 2013 06:09 AM | Last updated Mar 20 2013 06:09 AM
Type: Hero Sphere: Leadership Threat Threshold: 9 Willpower: 2 Attack: 1 Defense: 2 Hit Points: 4 Dwarf. Response: Pay 1 resource from Balin's resource pool to cancel a shadow effect just triggered during an attack. Then, deal the attacking enemy another shadow card. (Limit once per attack.) "Well, it is the first time that even a mouse has crept along carefully and quietly under my very nose and not been spotted." - The Hobbit Set: OtD Number: 2 Quantity: 1 Illustrator: Winona Nelson |
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3 Comments
For Leadership monosphere, I can't see putting him in to replace Dain, Thorin, or Gloin. They all seem so much better at being a dwarf. If you're looking to have all three heroes as dwarves, I guess he would be an ok addition with Gloin and either Thorin/Dain (Dain is soooo good!). I only have cards up until the Hobbit Sagas, so maybe there is a future combo for him. Redrawing a shadow effect is nice, especially when there is a good chance you draw a card with no shadow text to replace it. It also can activate during any shadow card draw for any player, so it could be very helpful during multiplayer. I like the artwork, and I love the quote.
I'll have to agree to disagree there.
If you're running Dwarf decks then you're running Dain. But I would put this guy in before either Thorin or Gloin.
For one, I think Hero Gloin works better in a deck with some easy way to heal him. Or at least some ways to buff his hit points. Neither are native in Leadership if you're going mono as you stipulated (well, not on cards worth playing, anyway). Plus, Ally Gloin is pretty nice too and you're giving him up by running the Hero.
As for Thorin...there's no way to say he's not a great card. And that early-game 3 or 4 willpower/attack can be clutch. But...he's also 12 threat. Meaning you're gonna be seeing the worst the encounter deck has to offer a few turns earlier. And while his resource generation is great, there's a bunch of great resource generation in Leadership.
When I ran Dwarves 2-player we ran Leadership/Spirit (Dain/Nori/Balin) and Lore/Tactics (Bifur/Gimli/Ori) and those decks chewed through almost anything (except, for some reason, Into Ithilien, which we have still never beaten).
Jonof,
Apologies; I forgot to mention I'm playing a four player adventure group, each monosphere. With those limitations, I don't see him beating out Gloin (who I can heal as Lore player), Thorin (who would be great except he can't go in the same group as...) Dain (the one dwarf hero my friend uses). And to be completely honest, I've had to fight to get my Leadership player to include Dain in his deck because of all the dwarves we have across the table.
So, I have to be more careful with detailing my set up and why I reached those conclusions. Thank you for reminding me.
You make excellent points, especially about threat level.
I'm actually considering replacing Elrond with Thorin in my deck to make a dual sphere.There is at least one surprise attack , a few Snowborn Scouts, and a few dwarf friendly events that could make it worthwhile to me. But I don't want to mess with another man's cards.