Epic Hero Special Rule Applicability to Companies and Formations - Elven Heroes [Part 3/10]

As discussed over in the post for the Unit Cost Analysis for Elves - there were several heroes that had special rules that seemed redundant to the rules that the individual companies already had (e.g., Terror). To correct the problem, we changed those rules that the Epic Heroes had to be a "Bestow" rule - meaning that the special rule could be given to either the company or formation that the Epic Hero was currently within. We also showed how this would apply when we discussed the battle between the Mumakil and Minas Tirith Warriors (who do not normally have Terror) - with Legolas included in the formation invoking his Bestow Terror rule to the command company in which he was located, thusly giving that company the special rule Terror. In fact, that was very useful when his company charged the Mumakil and reduced the Mumak's Fight Value to 0 for the turn.

The purpose of this post is to look at the individual special rules that each of the Elven Heroes have (not just the Bestow rules) and determine what applicability they have to the Hero themselves, the Hero's current company, the Hero's current formation, or another target all together.

First - let's get the list of special rules that each of the Elven Heroes have - we can consolidate that into a single list, and then discuss the rules and their applicability (in unison - so that there is no discrepancy from character to character).

So it seems that there is a wide variety of applicability and it really comes down to the individual rule when determining what the rule applies to (be it the Hero himself, the Hero's Company, the Hero's Formation or another target). We will continue the evaluation of special rules on an army-by-army basis and once we are done with that we can rack-and-stack the special rules to determine their relative strength/benefit.

LINKS TO OTHER SPECIAL RULE EVALUATION POSTS

1. Gondor & Arnor Epic Heroes' Special Rules [Part 1/10]
2. The Kingdom of Rohan Epic Heroes' Special Rules [Part 2/10]
3. The Elven Kingdoms Epic Heroes' Special Rules [Part 3/10]
4. The Dwarf Holds Epic Heroes' Special Rules [Part 4/10]
5. The Forgotten Kingdoms Epic Heroes' Special Rules [Part 5/10]
6. Mordor Epic Heroes' Special Rules [Part 6/10]
7. The Fortress of Isengard Epic Heroes' Special Rules [Part 7/10]
8. The Misty Mountains (Moria) Epic Heroes' Special Rules [Part 8/10]
9. The Fallen Realms Epic Heroes' Special Rules [Part 9/10]
10. Angmar Epic Heroes' Special Rules [Part 10/10]

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