Angmar Unit Cost Analysis

Angmar is a very interesting army. It almost seems like an afterthought to Mordor and is intended to be a fluff army in order to use models that are already created but didn't fit thematically into the other Evil army lists. I think the equivalent on the Good side would be The Forgotten Kingdoms - but that has a lot more uniqueness to that army - separate from the other Good Armies. In fact, it is curious that 60% of the common formations are basically copies of other army's formations ... and 100% of the Epic Heroes are from Mordor.

• (C) [I] Ghostly Legion = Warriors of the Dead (Gondor & Arnor)
• (C) [H] Ghostly Riders =  Riders of the Dead (Gondor & Arnor)
• (C) [I] Spectral Host [Unique to Angmar]
• (C) [I] Carn Dum Warband = Dunlending Huscarls (The Fortress of Isengard [Not identical but very similar])
• (C) [I] Angmar Orc Warband = Mordor Orc Warband = Isengard Orc Warband
• (C) [I] Court of Fallen Kings [Unique to Angmar]

Also, why is the Necromancer not part of the Angmar army? Another thing is … almost all the formations have the We Stand Alone special rule - so the Epic Heroes cannot join but only 3/7 formation types! It just seems like a lot is missing a lot. I guess the only option is to use them as an Ally Army (as called out for The Forgotten Kingdoms on pages 85 & 86) for other Evil armies. Enough musing - let's get on with it!

ANGMAR WARRIORS

Keys:

(C) = Common Formation, (R) = Rare Formation, (L) = Legendary Formation

[I] = Infantry, [H] = Cavalry, [A] = Artillery, [M] = Monster, [MH] = Monster Hero

• (L) [MH] Buhrdur - Underpriced by 29%
• (C) [I] Carn Dum Warband - Underpriced by 25%
• (L) [MH] Gulavhar, the Terror of Arnor - Underpriced by 2%
• (C) [I] Ghostly Legion - Overpriced by 20%
• (C) [H] Ghostly Riders - Overpriced by 20%
• (C) [I] Angmar Orc Warband - Overpriced by 50%
• (R) [M] Shade - Overpriced by 54%
• (C) [I] Spectral Host - Overpriced by 78%
• (R) [I] Court of Fallen Kings - Overpriced by 85%
• (R) [I] Werewolf Pack - Overpriced by 85%

Applying the template from cheapest (weakest stat-wise) to most expensive (most powerful) gives the following. Of course, the Legendary Monster Heroes are at the bottom where they should be.

• 10 Points per Company:
• (C) [I] Angmar Orc Warband
• 40 Points per Company:
• (C) [I] Carn Dum Warband
• 45 Points per Company:
• (C) [I] Spectral Host
• 50 Points per Company:
• (C) [I] Ghostly Legion
• (C) [H] Ghostly Riders
• 65 Points per Company:
• (R) [I] Court of Fallen Kings
• (R) [M] Shade
• (R) [I] Werewolf Pack
• 175 Points:
• (L) [MH] Buhrdur
• 205 Points:
• (L) [MH] Gulavhar, the Terror of Arnor

GULAVHAR'S SWOOP ATTACK FOR BEING A FLYING MONSTER HERO

Just as we talked about the Eagle in the Forgotten Kingdoms army list - it makes sense for any Flying Monster to have the Swoop Attack Special Rule. I have included this in the profile cost for Gulavhar provided above.

BUHRDUR'S EPIC STRENGTH SPECIAL RULE

Similar to the Epic Strike special rule that several Epic Heroes have, Buhrdur has the special rule for Epic Strength. As we have shown in previous posts when doing the analysis for Hero profiles:

• Strength = +/- 5 points per value point
• Special Rules = +/- 10 points per spell, special rule, or epic action 

Using these two point values logically together:

Epic Strength = Special Rule = +10 Points = 2*(+5 Points) = 2* (+1 Strength)

There we have it ... Epic Strength is a 10 point special rule, so the equivalent Strength Value boost for that would be an increase of 2 Strength Value Points.

Epic Strength will increase the Strength Value of a Hero by +2 to a maximum of 10. Furthermore, if there are other special rules that have taken effect (even after Epic Strength has been applied) the minimum that a Epic Hero's Strength Value with Epic Strength applied can be reduced to is 2 (0 + 2).

ANGMAR HEROES



Key: (C) = Command Hero, (L) = Legendary Hero, (E) = Epic Hero

• (C) Ghostly Captain GL - Underpriced by 41%
• (C) Ghostly Captain GR - Underpriced by 41%
• (E) The Dwimmerlaik - Underpriced by 40%
• (E) The Tainted - Underpriced by 40%
• (E) The Witch-king - Underpriced by 15%
• (C) Barbarian Chieftain - Accurately Priced (0% deviation)
• (C) Angmar Shaman - Overpriced by 33%
• (C) Orc Captain - Overpriced by 43%

Sorting by the cost calculated by the template from cheapest (weakest stat-wise) to most expensive (most powerful):

• Heroes that should cost 35 Points:
• (C) Orc Captain
• Heroes that should cost 50 Points:
• (C) Barbarian Chieftain
• Heroes that should cost 75 Points:
• (C) Angmar Shaman
• Heroes that should cost 85 Points:
• (C) Ghostly Captain GL
• (C) Ghostly Captain GR
• Heroes that should cost 210 Points:
• (E) The Dwimmerlaik
• (E) The Tainted
• Heroes that should cost 235 Points:
• (E) The Witch-King

LINKS TO OTHER UNIT COST ANALYSIS POSTS

1. Gondor & Arnor Warriors
2. Gondor & Arnor Heroes
3. The Kingdom of Rohan Unit Cost Analysis
4. The Elven Kingdoms Unit Cost Analysis
5. The Dwarf Holds Unit Cost Analysis
6. The Forgotten Kingdoms Unit Cost Analysis
7. Mordor Unit Cost Analysis
8. The Fortress of Isengard Unit Cost Analysis
9. The Misty Mountains (Moria) Unit Cost Analysis
10. The Fallen Realms Unit Cost Analysis
11. Angmar Unit Cost Analysis