Dire Brackets - pDoomy by TheGreatBlah

Maybe I'm a glutton for punishment for picking pDoomshaper for this thing but it just couldn't be helped.   Yeap his defense is pretty bad, yeap he dies to a stiff breeze if someone gets a bead on him, but I'll be darned this old troll is just a lot of fun to play.  Unfortunetly for pDoomshaper, Grissel is his first opponent.  Say what you will but she is the one Troll caster who couldn't give a lick about his feat.  She doesn't need to use fury and usually doesn't bring a lot of beast which automatically hoses pDoomshaper's feat and one of his best Hordes screwing spell.  Combined with the fact that Goris is a dirty rotten scoundrel on the battlefield and well deserving of his cutthroat agressive repuation and Old Man Doomy could be in trouble.  That and since Goris beat me the last time we played means it's time for vengeance.

Not to worry though I have a plan. 

Lock and Load List 2 - thegreatblah

So my second list is my other most played caster since MKII and easily my most played in MKI.  Madrak, Thronwood Chieftan.  The old standby.  He doesn't have the offensive power ability of his epic form but he brings other things to the table for scenario play.

Trollbloods
Standard Army
PCs: 50 / 50
40 models
[00] Madrak Ironhide, Thornwood Chieftain (0 / 6 WB)
[02]  >> Trollkin Runebearer
[09]  >> Dire Troll Mauler
[03] Janissa Stonetide
[03] Fell Caller Hero
[02] Stone Scribe Chronicler
[03] Trollkin Champion Hero
[06] Kriel Warriors (9 grunts)
[02]  >> Kriel Warrior Standard & Piper
[03]  >> Kriel Warrior Caber Thrower (3 Caber Throwers)
[10] Trollkin Champions (4 grunts)
[03]  >> Skaldi Bonehammer
[08] Trollkin Fennblades (9 grunts)
[02]  >> Trollkin Fennblade Officer & Drummer

The first thing you will notice is that there is only one beast.  If I lose him I'm screwed. The second thing you will notice is that there is no Kriel Stone.  I know its good but I just don't feel like it adds enough to my list to be worth losing half of one of the units.

First things first, the Mauler.  We all know beasts are needed and even fantastic so why one Mauler.  The answer is simple, out of all our casters pMadrak manages fury the worst and can run the lightest AND I want as much infantry as I can fit in the list to help swarm the board.  So my choices are either one heavy that costs nine points or two lights that cost 9 points.  I chose the one melee heavy that can really get it done in melee if necessary and that has a spectacular animus for any models in range.