The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game/Tactics/Minas Tirith

Why Play Minas Tirith

Because Minas Tirith is one of the most complete LotR armies in the game, has some amazing models. Because You want to be the Jack of all Trades army. Because You want infantry with the Defense of Heavily armoured and shielded heroes. Because Warriors of Gondor look cool. Because you like having a

Pros

• Almost universally high Defense values
• Incredibly versitile on the tabletop
• Multiple amazing heroes
• Has the ability to drop a metric TON of infantry down
• TREBUCHETS!

Cons

• not the best in any one field
• Certain troops can be really expensive

Unit Analysis

Heroes

• Aragorn, King Elessar:

• Faramir, Captain of Gondor:

• Peregrin, Guard of the Citadel:

• Boromir, Captain of the White Tower:

• Madril, Captain of Ithilien:

• Damrod, Ranger of Ithilien:

• Denethor, Steward of Gondor:

• Beregond:

• Cirion, Lieutenant of Amon Barad:

• Knight of the White Tower:

• Captain of Minas Tirith:

• King of Men:

Troops

• Warrior of Minas Tirith:

• Knight of Minas Tirith:

• Ranger of Gondor:

• Citadel Guard:

• Guard of the Fountain Court:

• Osgiliath Veteran:

Artillery

• Battlecry Trebuchet:Who needs rings of power when you can launch a 90Kg stone over 300 meters? at 110 points, you get a terrifying weapon that absolutely devastate whatever it hits, and even does a fair bti of damage to things standing to close to it's target. With a slew of upgrades, it's a really fun weapon to use in larger games, however it is too expensive for lower point matches.

• Avenger Bolt Thrower: