Weakness: Magic Defense. Apart from the Betrayer and the Golden King (whose Will you want to save for other things), you don't have much in the way of obvious anti-magic defense. There are no wizards, you don't have any Fury shamans, and most of your heroes have 2 Will or less. Suladan is the exception, and probably the best utility hero you have for magic defense, because he has both 3 Will points and access to Heroic Resolve. That will buy you a couple turns of defense, but if you need more than that, you probably want to ally in someone from Mordor (even a generic wraith with 8-10 Will can do the role better than anything you have in the Serpent Horde). Scheps, Walter (1975). "The Interlace Structure of 'The Lord of the Rings' ". In Lobdell, Jared (ed.). A Tolkien Compass. Open Court. pp.44–45. ISBN 978-0875483030. In southern Harad during the Third Age, there lived beasts of vast bulk thought to be ancestors of elephants, which would be much smaller in size. [1] According to the Red Book, they were bigger than a house. Lastly, if you go with justthe Mumak and warriors in the Howdah, you'll run into some potential issues. For one, even if your model count is "high" (hey, it's all relative), your model footprinton the board is going to be "low" (because the 14 models you'll have--the Mumak, its driver, and the twelve dudes in the howdah) are confined to a single base... it's a hugebase, but it's just one base, and as such, it can only be in one place at a time. So you'll probably want some sort of accompanying contingent to ride along with your Mumak to pull things out of combats (unless you've taken the aforementioned Repelling Linesupgrade). You could go with a foot contingent if you wish-- Haradrim Warriors, Serpent Guard, Mahud Warriors, and Half-Trollsare all available to you--but I prefer mounted contingents that can either keep up with a Mumak or run interference for it: Haradrim Raiders (very cheap F3/S3 cavalry with war spears), Serpent Riders(also very cheap F4/S3 cavalry with war spears), and Mahud Raiders(devastating F3/S4 cavalry with war spears, plus a S4 Impalerhit they inflict on whatever they've charged--and its mount, if applicable).

This box set contains one multipart plastic Balrog and includes options for a flaming sword or whip. Model supplied with a 60mm scenic base. Men of Gondor called an Oliphaunt a mûmak (plural mûmakil). The word Oliphaunt is only used by hobbits. Tolkien, J. R. R. (1955). The Return of the King. The Lord of the Rings. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. OCLC 519647821.Undoubtedly the most impressive part of the army is its stunning display base, which depicts a stairway leading up to an entrance to Moria in the Misty Mountains. On either side of the stairway is an imposing Dwarf statue, whilst the rest of the board is covered in snow to give a wintery appearance. Robert has even made a selection of Objective markers themed around the events in Khazad-dûm! Evil – Far Harad Mahud Raiders. Mahud Warriors with blowpipes can kite most infantry pretty easily, but they'll have trouble with fast-moving cavalry with bows (aka, Rohan or mounted Rivendell). If they're posing trouble for you, you'll want to give your warriors their own war camels. This does two things for you. First, it allows you to skirmish with infantry even easier: instead of 3"/5" moves plus 12" blowpipes with 4+ shoot (depending on whether you called a Heroic March), you now have 5"/7.5" moves plus 12" blowpipes with 4+ shoot, which makes you nigh uncatchable. Second, it makes it much easier to skirmish with enemy cavalry archers, especially if they win priority (plus you'll have poisoned blowpipes to reroll 1s to wound, great against enemy horses in particular). Third, if you catch the enemy's horses and are able to charge them, your own cavalry do Strength 4 impact hits (which, for almost all mounted cavalry archers, means a 4+ to wound the horse, before we get to the rider). If the mount (or rider) survives, you have a Strength 4 warrior with a war spear (4+ to wound Defense 5-6, 3+ to wound Defense 3-4), which is fantastic. Just make sure they have banner support (or help from friendly Serpent Riders, or preferably both) to help them win as many fights as possible. Solopova argues that the Haradrim's mûmakil war elephants put their country far to the East, since only India and lands to its east went on using war elephants after classical times. [17] Lee and Solopova mention that Tolkien could have used the Old English version by Ælfric of the Book of Maccabees, which carefully introduces elephants to its Anglo-Saxon audience, using much the same phrase as Sam Gamgee, " māre þonne sum hūs", "bigger than a house", before describing their use in battle; the hero stabs the elephant, which is carrying a " wīghūs", a " battle-house", from below. [22] Tolkien however mentioned Pyrrhus of Epirus's use of war elephants against Ancient Rome in 280–275 BC in his notes for the illustrator Pauline Baynes. [6]

a b J. R. R. Tolkien, " Sigelwara Land" Medium Aevum Vol. 1, No. 3. December 1932 and Medium Aevum Vol. 3, No. 2. June 1934. Weakness: Low defense. With all that emphasis on killing power, I guess something had to give (don't tell that to Iron Hills Dwarves, though). Apart from a few heroes, the Serpent Horde caps out at Defense 4 (or Defense 3 on your Watchers of Karna). That's usually okay in the fight phase (Strength 3 models usually still need 5s to wound you, and you still have average-to-above-average Fight value to win combats), but it can make impact hits in the move phase (Khand, Iron Hills, Far Mahud) and prolonged shooting wars (against crossbows in particular) bloody affairs. Speaking of which... You don't have any heroes to spare, so use them wisely. As you'll see in the Army Showcase, for the most part you'll want a good-sized cavalry contingent in this legion. Pair that with a Mumak, and the ability to move first (or at least to have the threatof moving first--more on that shortly) is really, reallyimportant. As such, losing anyheroes with Might still on them is really, reallybad. Straubhaar, Sandra Ballif (2006). "Saracens and Moors". In Drout, Michael D. C. (ed.). The J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment. Routledge. pp.588–589. ISBN 1-135-88034-4.Junius 11 "Exodus" ll. 68-88". The Medieval & Classical Literature Library . Retrieved 1 February 2020. Rappelling Lines: One of the coolest and most cinematic options available to your War Mûmak, this upgrade allows those in the howdah to disembark and help out in combat, or capture objectives in matched play games. One of my favourite things to do with Rappelling Lines is to place a few Half Trolls of Far Harad in the howdah, then have them drop down and swing into action! In addition, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/or http://www.youronlinechoices.com.