DDM Community Draft DDXP 02/17/2007

Here's my report for the Community Draft from DDXP 2007. The original link can be found here:

http://www.hordelings.com/forums/postView.php?post_id=56590&viewPage=0#56590


Alright so I had alot of fun with this and instead of putting it in the Community Draft post, I figured I'd post my own insight into how the Legend of InvisiHammerer was born.

First we were put into the pod with LurkingLidda. She was the first person to open boosters and we all got a good look at the Unhallowed booster. The guy in front of me took the rare which was the Wizard of Turmish. I looked at it and really wanted the Duergar Slaver. But for some reason I zoned out and was still in Blood War mode from the championships so I opted to take the Gnome Trickster instead. It was only Chris Squires took the Deurgar did I realize that I'd passed on all the Unhallowed minis. Next I opted for a CODA that got passed to me. And then I knew I was drafting good aligned. But I didn't get anything good. I kept getting Hammerers passed to me and other than 1 Kolyarut I managed to get, that was the basics of what I had to work with. So my band ended up being the following:

Cleric of Dol Arrah
Gnome Trickster
Kolyarut
Free League Ranger
Hammerer x 3
Wild Elf Raider

So I looked around and realized I had a subpar pull compared to some of the builds that were drafted. But we were only going 3 rounds and maybe, just maybe I could pull out a win or two with my band.

Round 1 I got paired with Richard II. Richard was running Maralith, Doomguard, Orc Wizard, etc. Blindsight was just what I wanted for Invisihammerer. And it went about as expected. The Hammerers did a little damage and then Maralith did her buzzsaw imitation and ate some Hammerers for lunch. 0-1

Round 2 I got paired with Lex who was running Dragon Totem Hero and Warduke. Great....more Blindsight for Invisihammerer. This one was actually close and had the Hammerers actually hit something, it might have been within reach. But it wasn't and Warduke easily ran through my warband. 0-2

Round 3 I got paired with a Dual Hellcat band. And just like the first 2 rounds...I got more Blindsight. I managed to get 1 Hellcat and some more figures but just couldn't pass enough Conceal on the 2nd Hellcat in order for it to matter. 0-3

So, Invisihammerer didn't pan out like I'd hoped. It's miracle wins never came about. I placed 55th out of the 58 people who finished Round 3. And it led me to this conclusion.....whether visible or invisible, Hammerers are never a great idea. :)