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The Book of Isamu

Grimnak said:
Great analysis! While I can definitely see your point for Major Q9, I still don't think I ask myself "how can this army defeat Raelin?" and such. I expect Isamu to be in any given tournament army just as I expect to see Raelin.
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But you may find yourself planning on how to deal with her regardless. Not every unit is capable of punching through things wrapped in bacon. She really can ruin an army simply because her defense boost is insane. She also slots in many top tier armies like butter without ever putting more than 1 OM on her.
 
Ok so quick question. This also pertains on the ninjas of the Northern Wind but i thought id post it in this thread. If i am using either the deathstalkers or wyvern and roll all skulls will the units with vanish be able to vanish. Based on how i read it the wyvern puts damage on immediatly but it could be that they try for vanish first. So what is the correct order

Thanks

Edit: also can isamu vanish above his original height cause the card shows no limitations on the height. So can he go like 10 spaces up even though its above his height
 
Isamu/NotNW will get to roll for Vanish/Disappear. The one-skull criteria was met. If they fail, then "roll defense dice normally" is replaced by the Wyvern/Deathstalker's automatic wounds.

Also, Isamu cannot ignore his height when Vanishing. It is a "move" and therefore subject to all the normal move rules.
 
Ok thanks. How do you make the decision on which one would occur first. Cause they seem extremely close in standard. Ill still follow your ruling just wondered how you got to your conclusion
 
Well, looking at the FAQ I think this question is answered. Isamu can roll against Ullar's Enhanced Rifle, but cannot against the Rechets because "the defending figure... is immediately removed from the battlefield".

That word immediately means that Lethal Sting stops being an attack at some point and becomes a power, since wounds are not mentioned and the figure is simply destroyed.

With both Maul and Venemous Sting the wounds are inflicted by the attack. Maul states "the defending figure receives a wound for every skull" which negates Tough and whatnot, and might make a case for not letting him Vanish after Maul, but I still agree with NecroBlade's ruling. That line is just clarifying what is happening, that the skulls from the attack dice are dealing the wounds. That makes me think Maul is still an attack, and doesn't breach into the territory Lethal Sting does to skip over all defensive powers.

To expand even more, if there was a power that read "this figure receives no wounds when attacked by Soulborg" it would ignore the Maul damage; but if there was a power that read "this figure receives no wounds when attack by Undead figures" it would still be removed by Lethal Sting, since no wounds are inflicted with that.
 
He will always be A+ in my book. For 10 points, I've assassinated more figures than should be humanly possible with this sneaky little sucker. The cheapest/most flexible figure in HeroScape to me. Need a lackey? Isamu. Need a distraction? Isamu. Need to get a certain under priced, broken Jandar Hero who's name starts with a "R" and ends with an "--Aelin" out of your way? Isamu. Need to make a mad dash to try to capture an enemy flag? Yea....I think I've proved my point. :)
 
I once plopped Isamu in a chokepoint, failed to Vanish, then blocked the one-skull attack, forcing the rest of my opponent's army to take the long way around either side, ultimately helping me win the game.

No one does a good Isamu story like @Deroche, though.
 
This might be out of scope but if he was set at 20 points, and you had 20 points left, would you take Isamu or Marcu (or Otinashi and Bol)? other than Marcu as a Wound glyph soak, Isamu is better in my opinion. If you want to nerf him a little, use my 15 point version:

 
NecroBlade said:
I once plopped Isamu in a chokepoint, failed to Vanish, then blocked the one-skull attack, forcing the rest of my opponent's army to take the long way around either side, ultimately helping me win the game.

No one does a good Isamu story like @Deroche, though.
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That's epic. One game, years ago, I slaughtered an entire squad of knights, 2 vikings, sir denrick at full health, 2 4th mass troops and 1 minion...!! :O
 
If Isamu is 20 points, the choice to take him comes down much more to the rest of the army, at least in a tournament setting. There's a lot of armies where wannok can do a lot of damage, and in a tournament setting I'd rather remove that variance and take Marcu to soak the wannok hits if I had 20 points left to fill.

I think at 20 points Isamu would have to switch roles from pure filler to having a specific role in the army, like to assassinate Raelin, Nilf, or some such Jandar hero and then putting more than one OM on him at a time is quite a problem.

I'ts not that Isamu isn't worth it at 20 points, it's just that 6 wannok hits is often worth more.
 
Here's an epic story! Isamu is last one left versus Kaemon Awa and 3 death chasers (175PTS together)... The dc catch isamu first, but he vanishes!! Leaving the other two without an attack. Isamu kills one next turn. Defends with vanish. Kills. Vanishes. Kills. And rests sipping sweet ice tea while Kaemon Awa journeys across. Kaemon arrow hits nothing. Isamu moves to height to strike and deal Awa 3 damage. With one life left Awa circles to level ground for special attack 3 skulls! But isamu vanishes! Isamu returns to attack rolls 1 skull..Awa needs 1 shield to live or a 2nd to win with counter strike...rolls BLANKS!!!
 
Son of Mulhalla said:
Here's an epic story! Isamu is last one left versus Kaemon Awa and 3 death chasers (175PTS together)... The dc catch isamu first, but he vanishes!! Leaving the other two without an attack. Isamu kills one next turn. Defends with vanish. Kills. Vanishes. Kills. And rests sipping sweet ice tea while Kaemon Awa journeys across. Kaemon arrow hits nothing. Isamu moves to height to strike and deal Awa 3 damage. With one life left Awa circles to level ground for special attack 3 skulls! But isamu vanishes! Isamu returns to attack rolls 1 skull..Awa needs 1 shield to live or a 2nd to win with counter strike...rolls BLANKS!!!
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Now THAT'S a story.
 
Dr.Goomonkey said:
How does Vanish interact with Explosion Special Attack?
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FAQ 13.4 Page 16
If Tul-Bak-Ra is attacked with an AOE attack like Deathwalker 9000’s Explosion Special Attack, or any Special Attack that notes which figures are affected before the attack roll happens, and he Teleports Reinforcements, will the teleported figure be affected by the attack as well?
No. Because in Explosion Special Attack (and some other Special Attacks), the targets are chosen/noted before the attack roll.
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This FAQ is for a different power interacting with Deathwalker 9000’s Explosion Special Attack but the same reasoning. The figures adjacent to Isamu before he vanished are still affected (and any figures he becomes adjacent to would not provided they were not already affected). Also means that he could vanish to a space adjacent to his original space and he would not be affected again.
 
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