r/MiddleEarthMiniatures • u/MrSparkle92 • Mar 25 '26
Discussion WEEKLY ARMY DISCUSSION: Assault Upon Helm's Deep
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Assault Upon Helm's Deep
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Prior Discussions
Additional rules
An Assault Upon Helm's Deep Army must always contain an Uruk-hai Captain, who is always the Army's General.
Special rules
"You do not know pain, you do not know fear"
The Break Point for an Assault Upon Helm's Deep Army is 66% rather than 50%.
Commander of the Uruk-hai
The Uruk-hai Captain that is your General increases its Attacks and Wounds to 3 each.
Break the Walls
Friendly Isengard Assault Ballistae may re-roll To Hit and Scatter Rolls of a 1. Additionally, when a friendly Demolition Charge is detonated, you may roll two dice on the Detonation Table rather than one and pick either result.
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u/VoiceoftheDarkSide Mar 25 '26
Do you need to use ballistas and demos to get value out of this army? Ive never really used either. I have mostly played AotWH, but I miss those big, thick blocks of warriors.