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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Anti-Sean" data-source="post: 2436488" data-attributes="member: 11797">The buzz I hear from people much more in the know than myself is that its low HP makes it not quite worth it in 200 point constructed matches, but people seem to have higher hopes for it in 500 point games. Sealed tournaments, however, may be a somewhat different story. I pulled the Ghaele Eladrin as one of my rares in the prerelease tournament last week, and couldn't resist using it. I wound up with a 3-2 record by the end of the day.This was my first tournament ever, and the first time I had played in a relatively competitive setting; I'm used to much more casual, slowly paced matches against my wife and my brother with fun bands that would be summarily destroyed in a competitive environment. I pulled a chain devil as my other rare, and due to the rest of my booster contents, wound up using those two figures plus a Dwarf Wizard and a Dwarf Mercenary. Like I said, I couldn't resist using the Eladrin after pulling her <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> I knew that such a low activation band would be a definite gamble, especially with my two big hitters being such glass jaws (only 50 HP on the chain devil), but as long as the dice gods smiled upon me, I faired relatively well. My two losses were to two very skilled players who dismantled me quickly and brutally.Stone Giant: " Ha Ha! I laugh at your puny AoO, Chain Devil! Here, Ms. Eladrin, have 20 points of damage, free of charge!" *thump*Cleric of Dol Arrah: "Oh, below 50 HP now, I see? Here's a Dismissal!"*Eladrin fails her save and disappears from the battlemat*(damn, now that I've typed that up, I just remembered she has SR, and I think I forgot it that day! poop!) <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />My wins were against skilled players, but were mostly the result plenty of dice rolls in my favor. The Chain Devil was able to take advantage of the Eladrin's CE twice that day, and the gaze attack worked at least 5 or 6 times across the 5 matches. Her blindsight came in *very* handy against some imps and direguards, and her magic damage, Legion's Magic Weapon, and DR were great assets in the sealed tourney environment. Improved Init was great, I think I only lost initiative 2 or 3 times that day!I think it all boils down to luck, and your willingness to gamble. I'm normally an incredibly risk-averse person, but since I showed up to the tournament mainly to get some boosters a week early, I went with it, and was very pleased with the results. I've been tempted to try building a few 200 point warbands with her in it for casual play, but my wife just brought home a booster with an Archmage in it today, so I may have to shelve those plans for a while! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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