Ironbreaker roadblockstyle.
Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 2:31 pm
I've been looking around a bit on this forum and I have a question.
I'm leveling an ironbreaker and I wanted to know if it is viable to make an Ironbreaker that is focussed mainly on defense.
Getting my Armour,Toughness, wounds, block, parry and dodge up as high as possible.
Then build my skills around defence skills as well for instance oathstone, Grumble an' mutter and stuff like that.
Here is the way I play my ironbreaker now (and used to play in live).
I debuff MDPS or tanks running into our pack. As soon as they are in the middle of our pack and they start taking damage that's when they try to get out again after doing their stuns or AOE damage. That's the moment I stun them and body block them from the rear so they have difficulty getting to safety. Usually this delays them just long enough for our MDPS to run in and burn them down.
So as you see I don't care at all about doing damage and DPSing I just annoy the **** out of them and once they overextended (sometimes out of pure frustration) I try to make it as hard as possible for them to leave again. That's the reason I want to go all defense. Make myself a roadblock getting in but afterwards that same roadblock getting back out.
I am a Warhammer fan since 1995 and my main army always has been dwarves.So I know a thing or 2 about Ironbreakers and their lore. In a tabletop game I always used them as deterent and mayor near unkillable roadblock but they never did much damage. That's the way I like to play here.
Can someone suggest a build or maybe give some tips for this type of playstyle? OR am I just gimping myself doing this.
I'm leveling an ironbreaker and I wanted to know if it is viable to make an Ironbreaker that is focussed mainly on defense.
Getting my Armour,Toughness, wounds, block, parry and dodge up as high as possible.
Then build my skills around defence skills as well for instance oathstone, Grumble an' mutter and stuff like that.
Here is the way I play my ironbreaker now (and used to play in live).
I debuff MDPS or tanks running into our pack. As soon as they are in the middle of our pack and they start taking damage that's when they try to get out again after doing their stuns or AOE damage. That's the moment I stun them and body block them from the rear so they have difficulty getting to safety. Usually this delays them just long enough for our MDPS to run in and burn them down.
So as you see I don't care at all about doing damage and DPSing I just annoy the **** out of them and once they overextended (sometimes out of pure frustration) I try to make it as hard as possible for them to leave again. That's the reason I want to go all defense. Make myself a roadblock getting in but afterwards that same roadblock getting back out.
I am a Warhammer fan since 1995 and my main army always has been dwarves.So I know a thing or 2 about Ironbreakers and their lore. In a tabletop game I always used them as deterent and mayor near unkillable roadblock but they never did much damage. That's the way I like to play here.
Can someone suggest a build or maybe give some tips for this type of playstyle? OR am I just gimping myself doing this.