Monsters! (Podcast)

Monsters! Monsters! Monsters! Join as we discuss all things Monster in SBG. Who (what?) do we like? Who (what?) do we not! What do we think is viable? Join us and find out!
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[@ReganSmash83]

Thanks for reviewing my list guys! I have played a couple of games with that setup and found it quite fun but I absolutely struggle with terror. I will take some of your suggestions here and keep tweaking it!

[@gwflora615]

Thanks for keeping these going!

[@SonsOfGondor1]

Finally getting to this episode - so happy you guys have a new pod! Theoretically, Radagast doesn't need Strike because a F7 mount and Immobilize will give him a higher FV than most foes. If Radagast had a free Will point each turn from his staff while on the eagle, this would totally work - but because he doesn't have the staff, this option is on a timer. He's almost better on foot or a horse with a friend to do the work (like Gwaihir or any number of Dwarf heroes).

[@andrewpalmieri2902]

Matt I remember your game at our NJ event against triple great beast, classic!

[@tw8364]

Next time I play Rivendell I am going to try out Gwahir allied in as losing the Riv army bonus doesn’t feel like a huge loss. I’ve never used a monster before so thanks for the interesting podcast!

[@arashh23]

Let's go!

[@alihannicholls31]

Hi guys,
Thanks for the pod - great as ever! Your list review got me thinking. If you’ve done this in the past, please ignore or direct me there! I’ve been looking at knights of Dol Amroth as I got hold of some old metal ones.
The discussion point is, what are the best/worst troop options in terms of points efficiency, and which are most over and undercosted. When I look at those knights, I want to paint them up for the hobby and nostalgia. However, at 11 points each, they feel pretty badly costed compared to Black Nums, Elves… I know there are other troops that are very well-costed/efficient and others that aren’t. I’m mostly interested in the overcosted ones to see you maybe discuss or rank which are the worst offenders!
Just an idea I had.
Thanks

[@xavierlemaire7620]

Just food for thought, based on the this episode and the last one about the meta.
Do you suspect that the meta has become boring because of the advice people are taking from competitive podcasts?
Not to be an attack on you guys, you do a great job, however just about every unique style list that is reviewed ends up just getting told to take the same old meta picks.
WK + sully or black nums backed by morranon orcs and so forth.
Just thought worth saying, but I do love the pod and the insights

[@obicproductions890]

This is Alisher!
I think part of the challenge with a list review, is that people are ultimately asking for advice with optimizing their lists (presumably so that they do better at events). At the end of the day, I am generally a very big proponent of “play what you want to/feel comfortable with” (I did after all just attend an event with treebeard), but when someone sends a mordor list and asks “how do I optimize this” then we are kind of left giving the tried and true advice of WK/Sulladan with moranons and black numes. If someone comes to be with a list, saying “is this going to be good at a tournament” it’s tough for me to say “of course it is” when In reality it’s not the most optimized choice and it would be bad advice to say that it is. To the point of “do competitive players directly contribute to meta stagnation?” The answer is unequivocally yes.