The Hunters Grim Challenge ~ Usage Rates

This will be the first post in a series of numbers based of our Hunters Grim Challenge.   This first part is 'Usage Rate'  Which shows the frequency and number (out of 90) that each model was used in this test.

Model	Usage	Usage Rate
Burrowers Max	63	70.00%
Impaler	62	68.89%
Runebearer	59	65.56%
Fell Caller	51	56.67%
Chronicler	48	53.33%
Scattergunners UA	41	45.56%
Blitzer	35	38.89%
Slag Troll	34	37.78%
Fennblades UA	33	36.67%
Fennblades Max	31	34.44%
Bomber	28	31.11%
Whelpsx5	28	31.11%
Bone Grinders Min	27	30.00%
Scattergunners Min	25	27.78%
Mauler	22	24.44%
Krielstone Elder	20	22.22%
Krielstone Min	18	20.00%
Scattergunners Max	17	18.89%
Storm Troll	17	18.89%
Mulg	14	15.56%
Sons of Bragg	14	15.56%
Thumper Crew	12	13.33%
Pyre	10	11.11%
Scouts	10	11.11%
Bouncer	9	10.00%
Earthborn	8	8.89%
Mountain King	8	8.89%
Krielstone Max	7	7.78%
Kriels Caber	6	6.67%
Janissa Stonetide	5	5.56%
Kithkar	5	5.56%
Pendrake	5	5.56%
Rok	5	5.56%
Saxon Orrick	5	5.56%
Warders Max	5	5.56%
Winter	5	5.56%
Bushwackers Max	4	4.44%
War Wagon	4	4.44%
Champion Hero	3	3.33%
Fennblades Min	3	3.33%
Gatormen Max	3	3.33%
Sluggers Max	3	3.33%
Axer	2	2.22%
Burrowers Min	2	2.22%
Kriels Max	2	2.22%
Kriels UA	2	2.22%
Sluggers Min	2	2.22%
Swamp Gobbers	2	2.22%
Witch Doctor	2	2.22%
Champions Min	1	1.11%
Gatormen Min	1	1.11%
Horthol	1	1.11%
Long Riders Max	1	1.11%
Long Riders Min	1	1.11%
Skaldi	1	1.11%
Swamp Troll	1	1.11%

Here is what I would glean from this table or rather what my opinon is of what this data might show.

Assuming people had enough games to alter thier lists based on what was working for them you can infer that models with a usage rate above 45% are likely models that people stayed confident in using as their lists changed during the challenge.  These models are those that one could consider Staples, or result in a high probability of helping your Grim list achieve it's goals.  Personally, I don't use the Runebearer with Grim, but most people have been.  Additionally, I don't think it is any surprise to us that people like the Burrowers the most when they play The Hunters Grim.

Then we have the yellowing area of the table.  Models with a usage rate between 15 and 30%.  There are two categories I would think these set of models fall into and more data would like show greater separation of the two based on usage percentage.  1- Some of these models are models that people starting using and has success with but as a group they were later additions, the models that fall into this category would be models whose percentage would increase over time with the collection of more data.  I'd wager that with more data the Sons of Bragg and Mulg would find their usage increase.  2- The second set in the group are models that everyone thought wold be GREAT with THG, but through game play found out they were not.  In my opinion with the colleciton of more data you would see the usage of Bone Grinders andd the Krielstone decrease.

Finally we have the models whose usage is below 10%.  Again there are two kinds of models in the group 1- Models that just did not get tested enough.  Models that are generally liked but did not see enough table time with our data to make any impact on the numbers.  Models like the Earthborn and Rok are probably models that would see a much higher usage rate with more data.  2- The second set of models in this group are generally models that are widely considered unusable with any Caster.  These are models whose usage rate would be low regardless of what warcaster you bring.  He isn't on the list at all because nobody who reported games (other than myself and my data is not in there ) but the Skinner is a model whose usage rate would likely stay low no matter what Warcaster you had.