Which in real ity me ans yo u would spe nd mos t o f t he sea son not act ual ly pla yin g a Dark Elf te am at a ll, ju st a s qua d of ge ne ri c El f li ne me n. The dou ble d cos t of lat er Re-roll s is of no conseq uence to your fu ture costs becaus e if yo u bou ght s eve ral Re- rol ls i nst ead of pla yer s at t he start, y ou woul d be shor t of those playe rs and t herefor e re qui re t he s am e am oun t to be s av ed for e ac h (a pp ro x 100 ,000 ) and end u p wait ing a ver y lon g time bef ore yo u get them for your team. Pla yer s can de ve lo p, an d a Re -r ol l will ne ve r be mo re tha n a Re -r ol l no mat ter how ea rly it was bo ugh t. In lea gue pla y I opt fo r pla yer s ove r Re- rol ls. Wi th y our r em ai ni ng 17 0,0 00 y ou w ou ld ha ve en ou gh fo r ju st o ne of y ou r po si ti on pl ay er s ( an d a sec ond Re- rol l), or tw o if you opt fo r bot h Thr owe rs. No t on ly do es a Da rk El f te am ha ve no s pe ci fi c ‘b as ic game’ to aim for, your positio n playe rs are extra expens ive to boo t. Thi s mak es it e asy t o dro p a few of thos e lineme n for bette r playe rs, and thu s gener ate the core of the ir g ame. Now, the Dwarfs a nd other Elf te ams tha t suffer lik e you fro m s uch expe nsi ve lin epl aye rs get to purc has e t hei r ‘po sit ion’ pla yer s (thr owe rs, rec eiv ers, bli tze rs, etc ) for aro und 80, 000 to 90, 000 g ps. Even then this migh t not be enough to keep injury and death at bay whilst you try to build the squ ad. Adding to this 1 Fan Factor (ruled minimum) and one Re- rol l brin gs thi s squ ad to 830 ,00 0 gps an d any te am tha t st ar ts wi th on ly el ev en pl ay er s i s s ur e t o ne ed an Apothecary. Th e ch ea pe st pl ay er, th e li ne ma n, co st s 70, 000 alo ne and ele ven lin eme n wi ll cos t 77 0,0 00 g ps. Y our starting sum will struggle to buy anything more than a fi rs t el ev en. Regard less of how you envis ion your team perform ing in the futu re, yo u will qui ckl y find you r star tin g mil lio n jus t isn ’t eno ugh to buy wh at you w oul d lik e and, when yo u compa re what you do buy with what y ou could get for any other te am, yo u may fe el shor t chang ed – and wel l you might, for yo urs is the most e xpens ive te am th ere is. I’m not going to tel l you what you s hould or shoul dn’t do in pic kin g a sta rti ng te am, t hat w oul d def eat t he wh ole poi nt of it be ing yo ur te am, (an d the re’ s no rig ht or wrong) but there are a few points wort h considering. Flexib ility is indee d the keywor d to success with Dar k Elv es. Y our pl aye rs’ abi lit y to do so is the ir onl y streng th. As coach you mus t learn to be flexible in your approach to each game contin ually a djusti ng your play ing styl e as each sit uat ion ari ses. Dark Elves are tru ly the maste rs of miser y. Wh at Da rk El ve s ex ce l at i s th e ab il ity to ad ap t to the st re ng th s an d weaknesses of their opponents and exploit them with near pe rfectio n. An y a tte mp t t o r ig id ly for ce on e pa rti cu la r p la yi ng st yl e ont o a Da rk El f t ea m (s uc h as ‘a Pa ss ing ga me ’) is su re to en d in fa il ur e. ![]() ![]() Nor can you sti ck to ru nnin g wit h the bal l (in t he bel ief y ou ha ve a vi cio us team), for as soon as y ou co me u p agains t a ‘real ’ run ning tea m yo u wi ll quic kly find you rse lf on t he pain ful end of a se ve re po und ing. If Pa ss in g wa s th e reason you c hose Dark Elves you a re best s uited to playi ng a W ood Elf or Hig h Elf te am ins tea d wher e your i nst inc t to thro w t he bal l w ill pay off mor e ofte n. Y ou c oul d be fo rgi ve n fo r th ink ing t ha t b e in g E l v e s w i t h a n a l l - r ou n d A G 4 y ou h a v e a fa nt as ti c Pa ss in g ga me – yo u do n’ t. The more you pla y, the more you’ll learn and that really is the only solution toĪs you will quickly discover, Dark Elves do not excel at any sp ec ifi c st yl e of pl ay. Fo r co ach es n ew t o Blo od Bow l, t he Dark Elv es c an be to ugh t o tak e as a firs t squ ad, but d on’t let earl y setbac ks put you off. ![]() We ll that sounds perfect! Unfortunately, though this is true up t o a poin t, for a s tar ting rook ie t eam it d oes n’t quite work out tha t way and y ou rea lly have to be in this for the long haul t o see any e ffort on your p art re warde d on th e pla yin g fie ld. Nee dle ss to say, this makes the m superb Blood Bowl playe rs equall y at hom e t hro win g t he ba ll or ru nn ing wi th it, or si mp ly forg etti ng abo ut it enti rel y and sm ash ing the hel l out of their opposi tion, which, due to their evil tempera ment, they are wont to do on occ asi on. Th ey ar e a cr ue l an d in cr ed ib ly vi ci ou s r ac e, co mb in in g hi gh in te ll ig en ce an d na tu ra l gr ac e wi th an inte nse hatr ed for all thin gs l ivi ng and dea d. Dark Elv es are infa mou s for thei r w ors hip of wei rd and dev ian t viole nce so Blo od Bow l fits in to this ve ry nic ely in de ed.
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