Eowyn Goes Berserk 1.0

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I understood it all until your final statement "After resolving the attack, repeat for each of the remaining three trolls, for a total of ... 40 damage.". Where is the 40 damage calculated from? I can see an attack strength of 17 from your description, how does that translate to 40 damage?

4 attacks and either guessed dmg, or different defense of the trolls.

I was thinking of effective damage, based on the trolls' hit points (10 each). But you're right, @Marctimmins89, technically it should be attack strength (max. of 17) minus enemy defense (3 for each troll, since they gain +1 from The Carrock as active location), for a total of 14 damage x 4 trolls = 56 damage.

Thanks, I just wanted to understand. The deck looks like incredible fun and I enjoyed reading how Eowyn made Grimbeorn stammer. Very cool.

"She'll need two readying attachments before facing the trolls." - that gives her three attacks. How does she makes 4th one?

@Warenhari her own ability readies her too besides giving the attack boost, so if she is ready at the start of the combat phase it readies once first thing with her ability and twice says with UC, so she can attack a total of four times.

But she will have had a weak first attack before using her ability...

@Marctimmins89 that's what this deck is all about. If you use her ability during the action window between steps 6.8.1 and 6.8.2 of the first attack she will ready and have her attack bonus already for the first attack (but also for all the following attacks in the rest of phase).

I had to look up the Rules Reference because I don't know what 6.8.1 and 6.8.2 are. So she is declared attacker, you use her ability to boost attack and ready, attack strength is then determined after that, and then the first attack is finally resolved. She is now ready for the next 3 attacks and has a boosted attack for the remainder of the phase. Have I got it right now?

Correct.

Does Unseen Strike stack? If you had both copies, and played both of them on Eowyn, would she be +6 ? Upping the theoretical ceiling to 20 per attack?

Absolutely unnecessary, but while we're going full beast mode....

Yes it stacks

Another option would be to use War Axe instead of Dagger of Westernesse so that your threat would not be an issue in the corner case where triggering Éowyn's ability pushes you over the edge

Why the multiple copies of Firyal? Since it's unique you can't play the other copies... and if the hero version goes down you lose your Lore resources so you can't play the backups.

The latest ruling about Setup timing has it so the Contract Setup effect takes place after drawing the starting hand (and possibly taking a Mulligan). If your only copy of your MotK target is in your starting hand, then the Contract effect will be unable to fetch it and fizzle, so having 2 copies of Firyal is a way to further reduce the odds of that unlucky scenario

@Alonewolf87: good call, War Axe is an objectively better choice.

@Alonewolf87 thanks for the explanation!

Anyone else think that Éowyn is extremely overpowered? I'm thinking maybe we'll get a new errata soon, especially with this trick of letting her attack twice...

no, she needs that, to fill her role out of the books, where she killed the witchking after he killed her father.

it is a oneshot. in multiplayer you rarely get the situation that all enemys will wait in the staging until your setup is ready. remember, the whole deck is build for her to shine. you can have similar things with Aragorn or Boromir . Aragorn with Merry and a few weapons can also kill easily multiple enemys and only 1 have to be defended and they can do that every round if merry has some readying.

she is definetly one of the best heroes, but not better than elrond, or gandalf or strategy-important like Dáin Ironfoot or Erestor.

I think the difference between Eowyn and other strong heroes like Dáin Ironfoot or Elrond is that she needs no setup. Those heroes are all the engine of certain types of decks, such as Vilya swarm or Dwarf swarm, and they need certain things to be powerful (Elrond needs his ring, and Dain needs dwarf allies to boost). The thing about Eowyn that is maybe OP (but that I also love) is that you can throw her in any deck. She provides cards, and fills the role of quester while having very low starting threat. Then she also has her nuclear option. Even heroes like Aragorn and Merry, while very powerful, need attachments and time to become great. Eowyn doesn't need any of that.

Her perfect use in definitely on a boss enemy, so yes, she might not ever have an opportunity to attack twice. Then again, there are plenty of hardy enemies out there that you encounter normally (looking at you, Corsair ships!).

Also, while her ability is extremely thematic, it does seem a little like cheating thematically to use her attack multiple times, because in the book she only used it on the Witch King, not the other Nazgul as well :)

I actually agree with @JTTawney that Eowyn is a little overpowered. I don't think her readying is a big deal, since her attack buff is only good for one round. Sure, it breaks Conflict at the Carrock, but even in true solo it's not going to break most quests. I think the real problem with Eowyn is her initial threat discount. There may be stronger heroes than Eowyn, but most of them cost roughly twice as much.

If you took away Eowyn's threat discount, she'd still be plenty powerful and worth playing. But you'd have to think a little harder about whether to include her.

about the discount i agree, the nuke is unique but not op. (would count e.g. Denethor +2 res as equal).

every table should have eowyn, thats clear ;)