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Greenleaf also has a Frodo [[signet]], so you can defend him in a skirmish with some of the Frodo signet [[event]]s discussed below, like {{Card|Mind Your Own Affairs}} and {{Card|No Use That Way}}. If you're doing that, then {{Card|Bow of the Galadhrim}} may be an option: if you kill the minion Legolas is skirmishing with a skirmish event, then you can wound another minion in another skirmish too. | Greenleaf also has a Frodo [[signet]], so you can defend him in a skirmish with some of the Frodo signet [[event]]s discussed below, like {{Card|Mind Your Own Affairs}} and {{Card|No Use That Way}}. If you're doing that, then {{Card|Bow of the Galadhrim}} may be an option: if you kill the minion Legolas is skirmishing with a skirmish event, then you can wound another minion in another skirmish too. | ||
Legolas can use {{Card|Double Shot}} to get an additional [[undirected wound]], but most of the other {{C|Elven}} archery cards have too much [[cultural enforcement]] to work in a rainbow deck. He's terrible at using {{Card|The Splendor of their Banners}} since it conflicts with his inherent exertion ability, and you need a lot of elf companions for cards like {{Card|Elven Bow}} or {{Card|Break the Charge}} | Legolas can use {{Card|Double Shot}} to get an additional [[undirected wound]], but most of the other {{C|Elven}} archery cards have too much [[cultural enforcement]] to work in a rainbow deck. He's terrible at using {{Card|The Splendor of their Banners}} since it conflicts with his inherent exertion ability, and you need a lot of elf companions for cards like {{Card|Elven Bow}} or {{Card|Break the Charge}}. | ||
While it isn't strictly a wounding card, {{Card|Glimpse of Fate}} only requires that you have two elves in play to play it, so Greenleaf and an elf ally are sufficient. And if Greenleaf dies afterward, it still keeps working just fine. Rainbow decks in [[Movie Block]] are often running multiples of these conditions, oftentimes with a discard outlet (like {{Card|Don't Look At Them}}) to activate them. If you need a discard outlet, to activate these initiative conditions or simply to [[cycle]] your hand, {{Card|Elven Sword}} is an option, although Legolas is a poor skirmisher. | While it isn't strictly a wounding card, {{Card|Glimpse of Fate}} only requires that you have two elves in play to play it, so Greenleaf and an elf ally are sufficient. And if Greenleaf dies afterward, it still keeps working just fine. Rainbow decks in [[Movie Block]] are often running multiples of these conditions, oftentimes with a discard outlet (like {{Card|Don't Look At Them}}) to activate them. If you need a discard outlet, to activate these initiative conditions or simply to [[cycle]] your hand, {{Card|Elven Sword}} is an option, although Legolas is a poor skirmisher. | ||
Rainbow Wounding often runs a [[Tank|tank]] companion or two to help manage enemies that can't be wounded or are simply immune to direct wounding. {{Card|Arwen, Queen of Elves and Men}} is one option for that role, especially with her strong [[possession]]s like {{Card|Gwemegil}} and {{Card|Asfaloth}}/{{Card|Asfaloth, Elven Steed | Rainbow Wounding often runs a [[Tank|tank]] companion or two to help manage enemies that can't be wounded or are simply immune to direct wounding. {{Card|Arwen, Queen of Elves and Men}} is one option for that role, especially with her strong [[possession]]s like {{Card|Gwemegil}} and {{Card|Asfaloth}}/{{Card|Asfaloth, Elven Steed}}. Another choice is {{Card|Glorfindel, Revealed in Wrath}}, who is cheap, efficient, and also needs no support. Alternately, if you're running a largish elven contingent, {{Card|The Last Alliance of Elves and Men}} on a {{C|Gondor}} companion is an option. (At some point, though, that deck goes from being Rainbow Wounding to an [[Elfman]] deck.) | ||
== Lady of Ithilien and Rohan support == | == Lady of Ithilien and Rohan support == | ||
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{{Card|Smeagol, Always Helps}} is a strong addition to any Rainbow Wounding deck. Not only because he wounds minions, first [[exhaust]]ing them with his game text then killing them with a direct-wounding card, but also because of the costs involved in doing so. Rather than exerting himself (and requiring healing), he generates [[threat]]s and consumes cards in [[hand]]. He can also deal with often-troublesome high-vitality minions, especially [[Enduring]] ones, like {{Card|Shelob, Her Ladyship}} (assuming he doesn't get excluded from skirmishes by her!) and {{Card|Sauron, the Lord of the Rings}}. | {{Card|Smeagol, Always Helps}} is a strong addition to any Rainbow Wounding deck. Not only because he wounds minions, first [[exhaust]]ing them with his game text then killing them with a direct-wounding card, but also because of the costs involved in doing so. Rather than exerting himself (and requiring healing), he generates [[threat]]s and consumes cards in [[hand]]. He can also deal with often-troublesome high-vitality minions, especially [[Enduring]] ones, like {{Card|Shelob, Her Ladyship}} (assuming he doesn't get excluded from skirmishes by her!) and {{Card|Sauron, the Lord of the Rings}}. | ||
His game text only exhausts minions, and, with his low strength, he may still be in danger. The challenge is finding that last wound. The usual tool is {{Card|Don't Look At Them}}, which is powerful (often enough to kill minions on its own!) | His game text only exhausts minions, and, with his low strength, he may still be in danger. The challenge is finding that last wound. The usual tool is {{Card|Don't Look At Them}}, which is powerful (often enough to kill minions on its own!) and [[cycle]]s unneeded cards out of your hand, but can usually only be used once or twice a turn. You can also finish off minions with {{Card|Where Shall We Go}}, or because he has a Frodo [[signet]], {{Card|No Use That Way}}. A {{C|Shire}} contingent in your deck means you can also finish off a minion he's exhausted with {{Card|Mind Your Own Affairs}} or {{Card|Unheeded}}. Since the exhausting happens when Sméagol is ''assigned'' and not when he actually resolves his skirmish, {{Card|Eowyn, Lady of Ithilien}} or {{Card|Bow of the Galadhrim}} can snipe the minion before it becomes time for him to skirmish. | ||
If Sméagol wins his skirmish, he has powerful tools that trigger from that. {{Card|Don't Follow The Lights}} can pick off another minion with no need for wounding. {{Card|Not Listening}} can heal him and remove the burdens placed by the {{C|Shire}} direct wounding cards (which, in turn, can activate {{Card|The Shire Countryside}} for more healing, in a {{C|Shire}} deck.) | If Sméagol wins his skirmish, he has powerful tools that trigger from that. {{Card|Don't Follow The Lights}} can pick off another minion with no need for wounding. {{Card|Not Listening}} can heal him and remove the burdens placed by the {{C|Shire}} direct wounding cards (which, in turn, can activate {{Card|The Shire Countryside}} for more healing, in a {{C|Shire}} deck.) | ||
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{{Card|Shire}} culture also has strong skirmish wounding, generally based on placing [[burden]]s to wound minions who are skirmishing Frodo or Frodo-[[signet]] characters. Some of these don't even require any hobbits, despite being {{C|Shire}} cards: {{Card|No Use That Way}} can wound any minion skirmishing a Frodo-[[signet]] companion (like Greenleaf or Always Helps, above!) and {{Card|Power According to His Stature}} can wound minions skirmishing any [[ring-bearer]], which is especially strong against [[swarm]] decks. Some do have a bit of [[cultural enforcement]], though: {{Card|Cliffs of Emyn Muil}} can wound any minion skirmishing any hobbit, and {{Card|Mind Your Own Affairs}} spots Frodo to wound a minion skirmishing a Frodo-signet companion. All of these events can be [[recur]]red with {{Card|Birthday Present}}, albeit at the cost of even more burdens. {{Card|Frodo, Wicked Masster!}} has a minion-wounding ability of his own, albeit at such a high cost that he is rarely played. | {{Card|Shire}} culture also has strong skirmish wounding, generally based on placing [[burden]]s to wound minions who are skirmishing Frodo or Frodo-[[signet]] characters. Some of these don't even require any hobbits, despite being {{C|Shire}} cards: {{Card|No Use That Way}} can wound any minion skirmishing a Frodo-[[signet]] companion (like Greenleaf or Always Helps, above!) and {{Card|Power According to His Stature}} can wound minions skirmishing any [[ring-bearer]], which is especially strong against [[swarm]] decks. Some do have a bit of [[cultural enforcement]], though: {{Card|Cliffs of Emyn Muil}} can wound any minion skirmishing any hobbit, and {{Card|Mind Your Own Affairs}} spots Frodo to wound a minion skirmishing a Frodo-signet companion. All of these events can be [[recur]]red with {{Card|Birthday Present}}, albeit at the cost of even more burdens. {{Card|Frodo, Wicked Masster!}} has a minion-wounding ability of his own, albeit at such a high cost that he is rarely played. | ||
The burden costs end up being a soft form of cultural enforcement, however. Firstly, [[Frodo]] generally has the highest practical [[resistance]] of any [[ring-bearer]] in a [[rainbow]] deck, especially if you're playing {{Card|Frodo, Resolute Hobbit}}. But hobbits also have a very strong [[initiative]] condition that removes a burden almost every turn, sometimes more than once a turn: {{Card|A Light In His Mind}}. {{Card|Sam, Resolute Halfling}} can activate it almost at will, while serving as a well of exertions for Shadowplay/Unheeded. | The burden costs end up being a soft form of cultural enforcement, however. Firstly, [[Frodo]] generally has the highest practical [[resistance]] of any [[ring-bearer]] in a [[rainbow]] deck, especially if you're playing {{Card|Frodo, Resolute Hobbit}}. But hobbits also have a very strong [[initiative]] condition that removes a burden almost every turn, sometimes more than once a turn: {{Card|A Light In His Mind}}. {{Card|Sam, Resolute Halfling}} can activate it almost at will, while serving as a well of exertions for Shadowplay/Unheeded. That usually isn't enough burden removal on its own, but it can be supplemented with {{Card|Frodo's Cloak}}, {{Card|Brace of Coneys}}, {{Card|Nine-fingered Frodo and the Ring of Doom}}, and, if you're using Sméagol, {{Card|Not Listening}}. {{Card|No Help For It}} [[Combo|combined]] with {{Card|Frodo, Master of the Precious}} is another way to dump burdens while also healing Sméagol by replaying him. | ||
All of this burden removal may seem excessive, but you often want to place and remove as many burdens as possible because of another powerful {{C|Shire}} card: {{Card|The Shire Countryside}}. Every time you remove a burden, it heals a companion for ''each'' copy of Shire Countryside you have, which can turn into quite a lot of healing! Funnel that healing to a character with a powerful exert-to-wound ability, and you can mow down troublesome minions every turn. | All of this burden removal may seem excessive, but you often want to place and remove as many burdens as possible because of another powerful {{C|Shire}} card: {{Card|The Shire Countryside}}. Every time you remove a burden, it heals a companion for ''each'' copy of Shire Countryside you have, which can turn into quite a lot of healing! Funnel that healing to a character with a powerful exert-to-wound ability, and you can mow down troublesome minions every turn. | ||
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[[Gimli]]—almost always {{Card|Gimli, Bearer of Grudges}} or {{Card|Gimli, Feared Axeman}}—can bring a lot to a Rainbow Wounding deck. The main benefit to having him is | [[Gimli]]—almost always {{Card|Gimli, Bearer of Grudges}} or {{Card|Gimli, Feared Axeman}}—can bring a lot to a Rainbow Wounding deck. The main benefit to having him is {{Card|Preparations}} and {{Card|Slaked Thirsts}}. Not only is Slaked Thirsts a powerful card, placing two wounds for the cost of one exertion, you don't need to keep Gimli healthy to use it. You can make sure any excess healing (for example, from a [[sanctuary]]) won't go to waste by using it to place Slaked Thirsts on Preparations, and Bearer of Grudges with {{Card|Answer to All Riddles}} has a deep wound pool and is unlikely to take any unexpected wounds against many Shadow sides. Any extra copies of Preparations won't go to waste either, since they can be used as a (weak) direct-wounding card. If you draw Slaked Thirsts, you can play it when you have exactly three other cards in hand to quickly lose then regain initiative for the other cultures' initiative [[condition]]s. Like {{Card|Shadowplay}} above, Slaked Thirsts is a powerful tool for stymieing obnoxious [[hate]] cards like {{Card|Grima, Chief Counselor}}, {{Card|Grima, Wormtongue}}, or {{Card|Ulaire Enquea, Lieutenant of Morgul}}. Compared to Slaked Thirsts, the {{C|Dwarven}} wounding cards are fairly anemic. {{Card|Quick As May Be}} is cheap and basically free, so it's worth finding space for sometimes. {{Card|Baruk Khazad}} can be useful, but it isn't as strong as Slaked Thirsts and can't easily be replayed. | ||
The next most-important reason to bring Gimli is {{Card|Shoulder to Shoulder}}. If you're bringing {{Card|Legolas, Greenleaf}}, the two of them can share their vitality pool for Greenleaf's exertion ability or Preparations. As with the {{C|Elven}} contingent above, adding in {{Card|Elrond, Herald to Gil-Galad}} gives them a powerful source of healing every single turn, at the cost of generating some [[twilight]] in the [[Maneuver Phase]]. | The next most-important reason to bring Gimli is {{Card|Shoulder to Shoulder}}. If you're bringing {{Card|Legolas, Greenleaf}}, the two of them can share their vitality pool for Greenleaf's exertion ability or Preparations. As with the {{C|Elven}} contingent above, adding in {{Card|Elrond, Herald to Gil-Galad}} gives them a powerful source of healing every single turn, at the cost of generating some [[twilight]] in the [[Maneuver Phase]]. | ||
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You can start with {{Card|Gimli, Bearer of Grudges}} (almost always with {{Card|Answer to All Riddles}}) to enable {{Card|Preparations}}/{{Card|Slaked Thirsts}} and/or {{Card|Shoulder to Shoulder}}. This version of the deck will generally have less wounding from events (other than Slaked Thirsts), and more wounding from characters like {{Card|Legolas, Greenleaf}} and {{Card|Eowyn, Lady of Ithilien}}. As a result, it tends to need more healing, and tends to rely more heavily on keeping those specific characters alive. How you plan to do that varies: Aragorn and {{C|Gondor}} means a fourth culture, but offers archery wounds and some strong skirmishers. Elves offer healing and their own archery. {{C|Rohan}} has a strong skirmisher in {{Card|Eomer, Third Marshal of Riddermark}} and better protection for Eowyn, but otherwise only weakish healing and skirmishing. You can include {{Card|Smeagol, Always Helps}} in this deck, and the cycling from {{Card|Don't Look At Them}} is nice, but you'll really need to land good combos with Lady of Ithilien to get a lot of mileage out of him when Don't Look At Them isn't in play. You can also consider the bounding hobbits for {{Card|Shadowplay}} and possibly {{Card|Unheeded}}. | You can start with {{Card|Gimli, Bearer of Grudges}} (almost always with {{Card|Answer to All Riddles}}) to enable {{Card|Preparations}}/{{Card|Slaked Thirsts}} and/or {{Card|Shoulder to Shoulder}}. This version of the deck will generally have less wounding from events (other than Slaked Thirsts), and more wounding from characters like {{Card|Legolas, Greenleaf}} and {{Card|Eowyn, Lady of Ithilien}}. As a result, it tends to need more healing, and tends to rely more heavily on keeping those specific characters alive. How you plan to do that varies: Aragorn and {{C|Gondor}} means a fourth culture, but offers archery wounds and some strong skirmishers. Elves offer healing and their own archery. {{C|Rohan}} has a strong skirmisher in {{Card|Eomer, Third Marshal of Riddermark}} and better protection for Eowyn, but otherwise only weakish healing and skirmishing. You can include {{Card|Smeagol, Always Helps}} in this deck, and the cycling from {{Card|Don't Look At Them}} is nice, but you'll really need to land good combos with Lady of Ithilien to get a lot of mileage out of him when Don't Look At Them isn't in play. You can also consider the bounding hobbits for {{Card|Shadowplay}} and possibly {{Card|Unheeded}}. | ||
''Example deck: [https://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/index.php?topic= | ''Example deck: [https://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/index.php?topic=10002.0 Rainbow Wounding / Twilight Corruption], a Movie Block deck by Imrahil on The Last Homely House forums'' | ||
Alternately, you can start with Frodo (usually {{Card|Frodo, Resolute Hobbit}} or {{Card|Frodo, Son of Drogo}}) to allow the Frodo-signet wounding cards, as well as {{Card|Shadowplay}} and possibly {{Card|Unheeded}}. This deck is now less concerned about healing characters, and thus less invested in keeping specific companions alive, but it does need some way to get rid of the burdens, and possibly replay the events. {{Card|Legolas, Greenleaf}}, {{Card|Smeagol, Always Helps}}, and {{Card|Aragorn, Elessar Telcontar}} all have Frodo signets, so you can use the wounding events to set up or finish off minions with them. These cards all do stack up burdens pretty fast. {{C|Shire}} and {{C|Gollum}} cultures can help with those burdens, with {{Card|Nine-Fingered Frodo and the Ring of Doom}}, {{Card|Not Listening}}, and/or {{Card|A Light In His Mind}}. You'll want at least a second hobbit for A Light in His Mind, and that also opens up {{Card|The Shire Countryside}}, to turn all that burden removal into healing. | Alternately, you can start with Frodo (usually {{Card|Frodo, Resolute Hobbit}} or {{Card|Frodo, Son of Drogo}}) to allow the Frodo-signet wounding cards, as well as {{Card|Shadowplay}} and possibly {{Card|Unheeded}}. This deck is now less concerned about healing characters, and thus less invested in keeping specific companions alive, but it does need some way to get rid of the burdens, and possibly replay the events. {{Card|Legolas, Greenleaf}}, {{Card|Smeagol, Always Helps}}, and {{Card|Aragorn, Elessar Telcontar}} all have Frodo signets, so you can use the wounding events to set up or finish off minions with them. These cards all do stack up burdens pretty fast. {{C|Shire}} and {{C|Gollum}} cultures can help with those burdens, with {{Card|Nine-Fingered Frodo and the Ring of Doom}}, {{Card|Not Listening}}, and/or {{Card|A Light In His Mind}}. You'll want at least a second hobbit for A Light in His Mind, and that also opens up {{Card|The Shire Countryside}}, to turn all that burden removal into healing. | ||
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[[Ninja Gollum]] is a problem. Ninja Gollum plays almost exclusively high-[[vitality]] minions: {{Card|Shelob, Her Ladyship}} and various versions of [[Gollum]], occasionally with [[splash]]able [[hate]] minions that it [[recur]]s over and over. Rainbow Wounding has a lot of trouble chewing through [[fat]] [[Enduring]] minions like Shelob, and is often vulnerable to hate like {{Card|Grima, Chief Counselor}} or {{Card|Ulaire Enquea, Lieutenant of Morgul}} (which it [[recur]]s repeatedly with {{Card|Evil-smelling Fens}}). It's possible to beat Ninja Gollum: you need a plan for when your main trouble-shooting skirmisher{{--}}usually Lady of Ithilien or Sméagol, Always Helps{{--}}gets excluded by Her Ladyship, you'll need a plan to defang {{Card|They Stole It}} and {{Card|Promise Keeping}}, and you'll definitely need a plan like {{Card|Slaked Thirsts}} or {{Card|Shadowplay}} to stop hate minions. Any decent tank companion can usually handle Shelob on turns where Lady of Ithilien/Always Helps can't, and {{Card|Secret Sentinels}} or {{Card|Deep In Thought}} can handle the conditions. This is always going to be one of your hardest matchups, though. | [[Ninja Gollum]] is a problem. Ninja Gollum plays almost exclusively high-[[vitality]] minions: {{Card|Shelob, Her Ladyship}} and various versions of [[Gollum]], occasionally with [[splash]]able [[hate]] minions that it [[recur]]s over and over. Rainbow Wounding has a lot of trouble chewing through [[fat]] [[Enduring]] minions like Shelob, and is often vulnerable to hate like {{Card|Grima, Chief Counselor}} or {{Card|Ulaire Enquea, Lieutenant of Morgul}} (which it [[recur]]s repeatedly with {{Card|Evil-smelling Fens}}). It's possible to beat Ninja Gollum: you need a plan for when your main trouble-shooting skirmisher{{--}}usually Lady of Ithilien or Sméagol, Always Helps{{--}}gets excluded by Her Ladyship, you'll need a plan to defang {{Card|They Stole It}} and {{Card|Promise Keeping}}, and you'll definitely need a plan like {{Card|Slaked Thirsts}} or {{Card|Shadowplay}} to stop hate minions. Any decent tank companion can usually handle Shelob on turns where Lady of Ithilien/Always Helps can't, and {{Card|Secret Sentinels}} or {{Card|Deep In Thought}} can handle the conditions. This is always going to be one of your hardest matchups, though. | ||
The other bad matchup is [[Beasterlings]]. [[Easterling]] decks almost always run {{Card|Easterling Polearm}}, often on a huge awful [[Fierce]] minion like {{Card|Easterling | The other bad matchup is [[Beasterlings]]. [[Easterling]] decks almost always run {{Card|Easterling Polearm}}, often on a huge awful [[Fierce]] minion like {{Card|Easterling Army}}, often with a {{Card|Raider Bow}}. You need a very strong tank to deal with this, or else you'll need to discard the Easterling Polearm or simply bypass the Easterling Army turns with some sort of trick. Aragorn with {{Card|Anduril, Flame of the West}} and {{Card|The Last Alliance of Elves and Men}} or {{Card|Eomer, Third Marshal of Riddermark}} (if you can exhaust the Army first) can often tank the hits, but be wary of {{Card|Discovered}}. Gandalf with {{Card|Roll of Thunder}} or Eowyn with {{Card|Eowyn's Shield}} can remove the Polearm. {{Card|Dwarven Armor}} can sometimes get Gimli through it, {{Card|Gandalf's Staff}} can fend it off at a high cost, and {{Card|Rohirrim Helm}} (ideally [[recur]]red mid-skirmish with {{Card|Merry, Swordthain}}) can deal with one turn. This is a rough matchup, but luckily the deck is fairly rare. | ||
There are a few other Shadow decks that can make minions (mostly or conditionally) immune to direct wounding as well. Most of the other similar Shadow cards don't protect minions during the skirmish phase, so Lady of Ithilien, Don't Look At Them, and the Frodo-signet wounding get free rein. {{Card|Broad-Bladed Sword}}, {{Card|High Vantage}}, and {{Card|Line of Defense}} can all shut down archery (particularly Greenleaf) and most uses of Unheeded, but they're not too problematic in general. {{Card|Broad-bladed Sword}} or {{Card|Isengard Warrior}} can be problematic in combination with {{Card|Saruman's Snows}}, but those cards are fortunately rare in Movie Block, and it's even possible to pick off the Isengard Warrior with Unheeded and either Slaked Thirsts or two copies of Shadowplay. | There are a few other Shadow decks that can make minions (mostly or conditionally) immune to direct wounding as well. Most of the other similar Shadow cards don't protect minions during the skirmish phase, so Lady of Ithilien, Don't Look At Them, and the Frodo-signet wounding get free rein. {{Card|Broad-Bladed Sword}}, {{Card|High Vantage}}, and {{Card|Line of Defense}} can all shut down archery (particularly Greenleaf) and most uses of Unheeded, but they're not too problematic in general. {{Card|Broad-bladed Sword}} or {{Card|Isengard Warrior}} can be problematic in combination with {{Card|Saruman's Snows}}, but those cards are fortunately rare in Movie Block, and it's even possible to pick off the Isengard Warrior with Unheeded and either Slaked Thirsts or two copies of Shadowplay. | ||
As mentioned with the Ninja Gollum matchup, [[ | As mentioned with the Ninja Gollum matchup, [[Hate|magic bullet]] minions are often a problem. Rainbow Wounding decks often want to run a large rainbow Fellowship, which runs afoul of {{Card|Grima, Chief Counselor}} or {{Card|Ulaire Enquea, Lieutenant of Morgul}}. Slaked Thirsts or (ideally multiple copies of) Shadowplay can defang those two minions and most similar [[rainbow]]/[[rule of 6]] hate in other cultures. Shotgun Enquea can also be mitigated with {{Card|Shoulder to Shoulder}}, by transferring the wounds he applies as he applies them to keep him from killing anyone. Just be careful of [[Southron]]s: they can run {{Card|Southron Leader}}, {{Card|Southron Commander}}, and {{Card|Southron Veterans}}, and like Ninja Gollum they can [[recur]] them repeatedly, this time with {{Card|Ships of Great Draught}}. | ||
Speaking of Southrons, [[archery]] and [[direct wounding]] Shadows will check how good your healing is. Archery/[[grind]] decks, be they [[Sauron Grind]] or [[Moria Archery]] or [[Southron Archery]] or [[Uruk Archery]], all pose basically the same challenge: can you outheal the damage they do every turn? {{C|Elven}} healing, {{Card|The Shire Countryside}}, or bouncing hobbits are all strong defenses against these grind Shadows. It's also helpful to avoid leaving characters exhausted, so they can't be picked off with {{Card|Hate}}, {{Card|Whirling Strike}}, or {{Card|Caradhras Has Not Forgiven Us}}. [[Condition Removal|Condition removal]], usually from {{Card|Elven}} or {{C|Gandalf}} cultures, is also helpful, since all of these decks rely on key conditions to do damage. | Speaking of Southrons, [[archery]] and [[direct wounding]] Shadows will check how good your healing is. Archery/[[grind]] decks, be they [[Sauron Grind]] or [[Moria Archery]] or [[Southron Archery]] or [[Uruk Archery]], all pose basically the same challenge: can you outheal the damage they do every turn? {{C|Elven}} healing, {{Card|The Shire Countryside}}, or bouncing hobbits are all strong defenses against these grind Shadows. It's also helpful to avoid leaving characters exhausted, so they can't be picked off with {{Card|Hate}}, {{Card|Whirling Strike}}, or {{Card|Caradhras Has Not Forgiven Us}}. [[Condition Removal|Condition removal]], usually from {{Card|Elven}} or {{C|Gandalf}} cultures, is also helpful, since all of these decks rely on key conditions to do damage. |