Hitting the Road Hog

[Dan from Chicago]

Okay, it's out ... what are people doing with it? What works, what doesn't?

[Fedora]

Well, I don't play pigs, but I am considering picking up R&B with a Road Hog all for the sake of giving Terminus Sprinting hilarity.

[MagnustheJust]

You lure me in here with a bad pun, and there's not even a spread???







I have not played against either of the local Piggy players in a while, mostly due to the both of them having faction ADD.

I'll get back to you if things change...

[cannonball]

I got on release day, had it fully painted the next and then have not had a chamce of a game since. Nonetheless I plan on running it all the time. 10" spray and good SPD? Why thank you.

[MikeC103]

I've got two games in with it so far. 1st game last night, I played against a Cygnar player and found out the hard way that it really seems to be an infantry clearer. Its good if you want to light enemy heavys on fire, but its not goin to take them out. Played against a beast heavy Legion list tonight and just used it on his light beasts, and to put his Carnivean on fire. With Carver and Sturm and Drang he can easily move to where you need it.

[Hoyled]

Mines assembled and ready for some games tomorrow. Might have video battle reports to go along with it.

[Space Donkey]

I've played two games with him so far. The first one against Mercs, I overextended and lost him after only taking out some Sea Dogs. In my game tonight I went up against a Feora with with Cleansers, so the spray was of no use, but on the bright side my two units of Slaughterhousers took out a Castigator and the Avatar in one round. Had my Warpig not been able to finish of Feora, the Road Hog was in a prime position to trample 12" through the unit of Cleansers to get to her and take her out.

[Feverdream]

I hope I did it right, but Targ can grant an additional flamethrower attack, right? Played against Zaal last night and torched the hell out of a unit of Immortals. What didn't die first usually died to lucky rolls on the fire attack the following round. That's the only remarkable thing he did. Oh, he took out an Ancestral Guardian on Dr. Arkadius' feat turn, thanks to it being the nearest model, and the Full Boar had been used his last activation.

I think he contributed greatly, but yeah, he's anti-infantry with a little bit of pop to him. Lost by assassination even though I had wiped out over 75 percent of Zaal's toys. Them's the breaks when you get too cocky.

[MagnustheJust]

@ Feverdream :

Yes you did that right, provided Targ was within 5" of the Roadhog.


On a side note, I did not really look at Targ's abilities till now, because I play Gators...

Holy crap he is good!! Piggies definitely got the 1-UP in Domination.

[Feverdream]

Oh good. I was torching the hell out of everything in the way.

"Some boars like to watch the world burn..."

And that's why I will take Targ in every list. Especially with the Road Hog now. Except against Menoth, maybe.

[gaminguy]

I hope I did it right, but Targ can grant an additional flamethrower attack, right? Played against Zaal last night and torched the hell out of a unit of Immortals. What didn't die first usually died to lucky rolls on the fire attack the following round. That's the only remarkable thing he did. Oh, he took out an Ancestral Guardian on Dr. Arkadius' feat turn, thanks to it being the nearest model, and the Full Boar had been used his last activation.I think he contributed greatly, but yeah, he's anti-infantry with a little bit of pop to him. Lost by assassination even though I had wiped out over 75 percent of Zaal's toys. Them's the breaks when you get too cocky.

That's just Zaal, it's what he does. Give him the slimmest little seam in your line to work with...

I've been proxying the Road Hog since the book was out; I think it's a fantastic complement to the War Hog's hitting power.

- Dr. A loves it for it's raw speed and Pain Dial, he can really move Hogs around on feat turn but struggles the rest of the time and the road Hog extends his threat range a lot. Forced Evo sure doesn't hurt anything either. The first game I got in with them I put an assult spray on the opposing warlock on top of two and that set the tone for the whole rest of the game.

- S&D likes it too, although not quite as much. He didn't get to do a whole lot of damage that game, but the threat vector he presented kept my opponent from positioning how he wanted. Maneuvering to avoid the Road Hog put him in position for a Gun Boar and Targ to get the kill.

Haven't played him with Carver (or at least it wasn't a memorable game) so I can't comment from experience there. He has the speed buffs to crank it to 11, but that also means he doesn't need it as much.

[Feverdream]

As I said, I got cocky. Shoulda primal shocked that kovass into the ground instead of taking the gamble to crippling grasp Zaal. I had tied him up with all my beasts, after all.

Damn this unforgiving game.

[Azahul]

Good grief he's fast with Arkadius I mean, yeah, he's fast with the other 'locks as well, but between Hyper Aggressive, Feat, and then normal movement I had him move 20" in one round. Cue sprays and laugh as half a Cygnar army goes up in flames. Could've gone even faster if I'd done an assault charge, but I wanted to save the Fury for boosts.

Made a fun tag team with Gudrun in my games with Sturm and Drang as well. Sturm gives Gudrun Sprint, Gudrun clears away a bunch of Exemplars and gets out of the way (tying up a heap of Errants in the process), then the Road Hog rockets through the gap and fire, fire everywhere.

[PG_Devilsquid]

I like the road hog a lot with Sturm and Drang. With Crit Knockdown on the tusks, he makes a great Watcher Target, but can still block for S&D and impact the game with his range and Animus.

I think the Road Hog brings a lot of versatility to the battlefield, where the War Hog is one dimensional in it's application (though wonderful in it).

[zionson]

On a side note, I did not really look at Targ's abilities till now, because I play Gators...

Holy crap he is good!! Piggies definitely got the 1-UP in Domination.

Says the faction that got Sacrificial Strike on an FA:3 solo.

[PG_Devilsquid]

And three heavys and two lights.

[MagnustheJust]

Says the faction that got Sacrificial Strike on an FA:3 solo.

I would gladly trade the witchdoctor for access to Targ -

ALL DAY LONG !!

[Hoyled]

Had my games in. First game he failed a assault spray on ECaine and I got gate crashered. Game 2 he went toe to toe with an iron clad then died. Im really rusty with my farrow so Im holding off on evaluting till I get some more practice time.

[deadboytat2]

So I have been proxying him in a few games before he came out and have not got to play a game with my him since the model has come out. But I can not wait to play with him as painting him was super fun!! Anyways I have modified all my lists to have him in all of them but have only played him with S&D because I have only been playing S&D and here are a few cool things I have done with him.


I have buninated pretty much a hole unit of fenblades between him and Targ as well as 3 warstone's and a unit of Orboros wolves. So the bunrinating is fantastic im really happy to have this spray in our list. Having a animus that is useful on a wide variety of targets is also really handy! and it give the Bone grinders a decent spell in our faction to eat when/if he dies.

But I have to say the Highlight I have had with him is the one or two times I have gotten to throw there warbeast's to my warhogs. The Roadhog is just so much faster and the lightning strike give it the ability to move forward throw a beast back wards and then move back out of harms way so that my Hogs can tear there beast up. Allowing me to have a beast advantage on the table. Most of the time if they retaliate and try and get the road hog for doing this they over extend themselves and I get to much more things with my Housers and Hogs. This dose not work all the time but when it dose!!!

Having out first heavy with a open fist really opens up some options for us. I forgot how nice it was to toss a jack at a warcaster and have him get knocked own or killed because of it!

Honestly Pigs are the best. We do not have a ton of beast like the gators but the three we have are AWESOME and do some pretty amazing things The warlocks we have are fantastic and we have some of the highest fury stats on average in the game. Our infantry although def and arm have a lot to be desired are vary flavorful and for the most part hardy. We have a lot of toughness to go around and although I still feel there overpriced at least they get the job done! seriously my hats off to privateer press when we get a few more models to toy around with we will be every bit as competitive as the main factions are.

I look forward to seeing out next beast. I hope it is a melee low point cost light like say 3 to 4 points. And I hope we get one more non character solo and one more decent unit. And we will be set to play at just about any point range I think.

[SavageClass]

I love the Road Hog, hes super fast, and surprising. I used him in a leauge game with S&D: put visoin on him and charged into combat, then next turn telekenesist him into malee with the thunderhead and after two turns it was dead. This is while the slaughterhousers & Gundrun ran around a building to flank Nemo. Happy with my resalts.

[MagnustheJust]

I got to take a look at the sculpt, live & in person yesterday. He's a good amount of pieces, but they really are sharp detail-wise.

And the goggles, while doing nothing, look amazing!!

[Hoyled]

Yeah its a great model, and its bigger then I expected. The images made it look a little puny but its almost warhog big.

[MikeC103]

who doesn't love a pig that wears goggles??!!

[Buster]

And the goggles, while doing nothing, look amazing!!

This made my day. While I can't stop singing praises about the War Hog to my buddies I can't wait to do the same with the Road Hog. Think I'll call him Max to.

[deadboytat2]

This made my day. While I can't stop singing praises about the War Hog to my buddies I can't wait to do the same with the Road Hog. Think I'll call him Max to.

I think you are missing Mad in front of that... Lawl