The Three Hunters of Rohan 1.0

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@Taurelin if im playing multiplayer and I can't use one ring and inner strength cause someone using they're own what cards do you recommend to replace them with

I'd use the 2 copies of Tireless Thoroughbred from the sideboard. In multiplayer, ranged and sentinel become relevant.

Another option, if you own them, could be some dunedain-signals from your collection, like Dúnedain Warning or Dúnedain Mark. They are not restricted, but helpful anyway.

another option:

without Inner Strength consider using Beregond instead of Fastred, then your defensecapability from the start is even. the golden shield can go to eowyn. yes you cannot send back enemys, but keep your defense 4 from the start and also threadreduction, you gain also sentinel from the start, what is good in multiplayer.

if your mate is using Beregond AND Inner Strength, you are out of the wood anyways and should spend your first 1-2 Unexpected Courage on him, because he can defend the big attacks with his sentinel at you.

@doomguard In that case, I'd also drop Eomer for a ranged attacker like Bard the Bowman. I.e. play a different deck.

possible, i think attacking in the staging can also be good, even without fastred. and Éomers big advantage is he spares a action (questing and attacking at the same time) that is in hunters-decks better than a good ranged (at least, until enough courages-actions are out). and get the willpowerbonus on attack is only possible with rohan + Herugrim

for me Éomer Éowyn Beregond is a very solid 3huntersoption and i would play it with very limited alterations to your deck. (put in a Livery of the Tower and perhaps 1-2 Dúnedain Warning perhaps a Thorongil but leave the rest)

i would rarely play Fastred without defensboost from the start as maindefender. there are to much trolls and thaudirs and others with str 6 attack (or 5 +shadow) out there.

Of course, attacking in the staging area with action advantage is awesome. As long as there are enemies there. That's Fastred's main job, to provide enough targets.

What I mean is, that if you need a reliable defender, Beregond is a better choice, true. But he doesn't have any synergy with Eomer at all. On the contrary, as his higher threat-cost will result in earlier enemy-engagements.

Herugrim is a valid argument for Rohan, though. On the other hand, Bard or other substitutes have pretty toys as well. ^^

there is no toy like Herugrim that synergies with the +3(4) willpower of 3-hunters.

in singleplayer it is a huge difference, but there u can have fastred +ring in multiplayer its not so uncommmon to have an enemy in the staging, and Éomer is not bad at attacking home either. alone playing anduin i would take Beregond over Fastred without ring every time.

Bard the Bowman attack in the staging, have difficulties to get an attack together to kill bigger enemies using Great Yew Bow takes 1 restricted slot and gives no bonus, and you have to gain it. and Hands Upon the Bow is (sadly) officially no ranged attack.

all in all, i will not say, that a barddeck would be much worse, but, then you cannot play your deck. with beregond you have a replacement and can play the exact same deck. it is not as good as the one with the ring, but it is the closest to the original with the smallest adjustments and loose not very much of its power.

the ring+Inner Strength is a vital part and the safer replacement would be Beregond, the risky replacement with holding Fastreds ability would be adding more Dúnedain Warning, but i would play the low-risk-version. and i think he can now decide what he wants to do, and what is better for his fellowship. if there is a good defender who takes the big attacks, then the more risky version might be better, if you should remain/become the maindefender (perhaps the ring is not used with Inner Strength at the other deck, or its campaign) i would definitely prefer the Beregond-version.