The Wilding Way, Tactical tips for Druids both new and old

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The Circle Orboros is arguably humanity’s most ancient organization. This cabal of powerful mystics who call themselves druids predates all the civilizations presently dominating western Immoren. For thousands of years druids have gathered in secret to master control over nature and to wield that power as both a formidable weapon and a versatile tool. They are a pseudo-religious organization that draws their strength from an entity they call Orboros, a philosophical idea inextricably connected to the Devourer Wurm. Orboros manifests in the raging storm, the sizzle of lightning, the roar of thunder, the unrelenting power of flood, and the hunger that drives all predatory beasts to stalk their prey relentlessly. Druids can call on all these primal forces and bend them to their will.Druids are not chosen or recruited but rather are born with the power to call on nature. This is called the “wilding” and manifests in young children as a type of madness. They begin to flee into the wilderness at night, howling incoherently or emulating the beasts of the wilds. Such odd children are often shunned or even cast out by their own families, but the druids have ways to find and collect them, training them to unleash and control their inner power. After years of this work these druids earn their place in this ancient hierarchy, an organization that prizes power, cunning, intelligence, and the ability to manipulate lesser creatures. Druids such as Krueger the Stormwrath, Mohsar the Desertwalker, and Morvahna the Autumnblade lead the Circle Orboros, which has stepped from the fringes to join battle against those enemies who would despoil their sacred circles or whose mere existence defiles Orboros. Civilization is their enemy, but so are the blighted dragons, the invading skorne, and even the Trollbloods who were once allied with them.Druids are relatively few in number, but they wield a potentially boundless power. Over the centuries these mystics have gathered or manipulated others into joining their cause and fighting their battles for them. This includes a large group of loosely organized warriors and mercenaries called the Wolves of Orboros, along with the tribal and bloodthirsty Tharn, hulking cannibals who worship the Devourer Wurm and who can transform their bodies to become ultimate predators. Many great beasts of the wilds are at the beck and call of the druids and their allies, including savage warpwolves, protective but fierce goat-like satyrs, enraged gorax, two-headed argus, and more. Some druids, like Baldur the Stonecleaver, specialize in the mastery of ancient rituals enabling them to bring stone-and-wood constructs to life. These great wolds are shaped by chisel, axe, and a druid’s power to become towering weapons of war, in many respects the equal of the warjacks created by the armies of the “civilized” nations.

Starting Out

• The Battle College is a good place to read up on what each of our units is.
• Circle's playstyle compared to Legion's
• Getting Started With Circle
• So, you want to start a Circle army?
• Guide to Circle Battlebox Journeyman League Tactics ( Note: Not the Don't Stop Believin' Journey )
• Buy List for Competitive Circle
• What does Circle DO exactly?

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Model-specific Tactics

• Warlocks
• Baldur
• Tactica: Rock of Orboros ( pBaldur's Tier List )
• In Depth: Baldur 1
• eBaldur
• How to use eBaldur's tier
• eBaldur's Tier List
• In Depth: Baldur the Stonesoul
• Another Perspective on Baldur2
• eKaya
• Tactica: Kaya the Moonhunter (eKaya)
• eKaya at 50 points + Gorax discussions
• Morvahna
• Tactica: Morvahna the Autumnblade
• Morvahna the Autumnblade Tactica by The Golden Arrow
• Mohsar
• Excellent advice for Mohsar
• Mastering Mohsar
• pKaya
• Kaya the Wildborne
• A new look at Kaya
• eKrueger
• eKrueger ?
• Tactica: Krueger the Stormlord ( eKrueger )
• eKrueger's new Tier
• Kromac
• Tactica: Kromac the Ravenous
• In Depth: Kromac the Ravenous
• Kromac the Ravenous An In-Depth Guide ( from Skillt )
• Cassius and Wurmwood
• Some Wurmwood Success
• Cassius and Wurmwood
• Tactica: Cassius and Wurmwood
• pKrueger
• Paula Deen's Guide to Pan Frying with pKrueger
• If pKrueger isn't the best, I'll eat my Lightning Hat
• Grayle
• Grayle Tactica
• Grayle the Farstrider Profile and Tactics
• eMorvahna
• eMorvahna: Not Fair.
• Units
• Tactica: Bloodweavers
• Tactica: Tharn Ravagers
• Tactica: Shifting Stones ( With Pictures!)
• Shifting Stones with pictures that don't randomly disappear!
• Tactica: Stone Keeper
• Tactica: Druids of Orboros
• More Druid Discussion
• Druids of Orboros. Why?
• I less than three Skinwalkers
• Tactica: Tharn Bloodtrackers
• Sentry Stones: What's the point?
• Wolf Rider Tactica 1
• Tactica: Tharn Wolf Riders
• Tactica: Wolves of Orboros
• In Depth Reeves of Orboros
• Warpborn Alpha
• Warbeasts
• Tactica: Woldwyrd
• Tactica: Woldwarden
• Pureblood Warpwolf. How and why?
• Tactica: Gnarlhorn Satyr
• Shadowhorn Satyr Rundown
• The Gorax
• The Wold Guardian
• Tactica: Argus
• Some discussion of the Wold Watcher
• Tactica: Pureblood Warpwolf
• The Winter Argus
• Solos
• Deep Thoughts on Lord of the Feast
• The Druid Wilder
• Tactica: Wolf Lord Morraig
• Tactica: Blackclad Wayfarer
• Tactica: Celestial Fulcrum
• Tactica: War Wolf
• Minions
• Pity the Feralgeist
• The Thrullg
• The Totem Hunter

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Tactics ( and stuff )

• In Depth: Assassination
• Tactica: Power Attacks
• Guide to posting lists
• Discussion about Powerful Combos
• Bakemono takes on the entire faction
• Circle vs. Heavy Infantry
• Circle Warlock Assassination Styles
• The Refused Flank
• Stupid Prey Tricks
• Tactica Steamroller 2011 **I plan on updating this for SR2013**
• Tournament Ethics
• Baldur, Hardcore, and Me
• Theme Forces Review
• Walter takes on the entire Faction in an epic two and a half hour podcast
• Comparing the Ranged Options of Orboros
• What does Circle do Exactly?
• Understanding your Losses

Battle Reports

• UK Masters battle report
• Circle takes first place at Lock and Load Masters ( Not exactly a battle report, but contains a link to one. Also; good discussion
• Circle at OETC Poland 1 ( 2012 )
• Grayle and my First Tourney
• Circle at OETC Austrailia 2

Reserved for lulz

Krueger's favour to Blighterghast
Circle Warlocks need to get their act together

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Faction-specific Tactics

• eGaspy
• Lich Lord Terminus
• Kayazy Assassins /* And high DEF in general */
• Tactics vs Khador Battle Box
• Vs. Menoth
• Skorne Theory Discussion
• The Usual Suspects: A collection of discussions about difficult matchups.
• The Ongoing Legion Issue
• Circle vs Legion
• Who is your goto vs Legion
• Lock Theorymachine

[Arakiir]

Enemies find themselves tangled and outmaneuvered while the sounds of laughter echo in the trees.

What are we, elves? Name one druid with a sense of humor. Not even Baldur does much laughing.

More to the point, it's good to see this back. I'll see if I can dredge up or create some contributions when I have time.

[Mutton]

What are we, elves? Name one druid with a sense of humor. Not even Baldur does much laughing.

More to the point, it's good to see this back. I'll see if I can dredge up or create some contributions when I have time.

I suspect that Kruegar at least enjoys some Gallows humor.

[Arakiir]

I suspect that Kruegar at least enjoys some Gallows humor.

I can imagine Krueger smirking, but not laughing during a battle. Besides, he'd have already electrocuted everybody in earshot, so no one would hear him.


...If Krueger laughs in the forest, and no one's alive to hear him, is it any less terrifying?

[thepetchle]

...If Krueger laughs in the forest, and no one's alive to hear him, is it any less terrifying?

I don't know did he cast voice of thunder?

[Zyrael]

Morvahna MIGHT delight or smirk at her manipulations.
I can see Baldur as Jolly (paint him in red and tell me he doesn't look like a militant Santa).
And Kromac might utter maniacal laughter as he consumes still-beating hearts....

I don't think Krueger, Kaya, and Mohsar know how to express positive emotions.

[Bakemono]

It might be fun to pain a Circle Army with an Xmas theme.

[Mutton]

Morvahna MIGHT delight or smirk at her manipulations.
I can see Baldur as Jolly (paint him in red and tell me he doesn't look like a militant Santa).
And Kromac might utter maniacal laughter as he consumes still-beating hearts....

I don't think Krueger, Kaya, and Mohsar know how to express positive emotions.

I think all the years wandering the desert have given Mohsar a very dry sense of humor

[PG_fildrigar]

It might be fun to pain a Circle Army with an Xmas theme.

You sleigh me!

[Zyrael]

I think all the years wandering the desert have given Mohsar a very dry sense of humor

*rimshot* punny....

[Buddhanutz]

Wow, talk about a topic going astray.

I can see Moriaag being a jolly person, and laughing, and such.

[PG_fildrigar]

Can we get a Sticky on this? Or at least have someone copy the first post and get it stickied?

[kaneblaise]

Can we get a stickie? ( And I don't mean a Mannakin )

+1, Bump for such purposes.

[AshenFang]

I can imagine Krueger smirking, but not laughing during a battle. Besides, he'd have already electrocuted everybody in earshot, so no one would hear him.


...If Krueger laughs in the forest, and no one's alive to hear him, is it any less terrifying?

At least in the old Primal book, his fluff details how he 'laughed into the howling winds' when questioned of the druids ability to cull cities.

[hrym]

Can we get a Sticky on this? Or at least have someone copy the first post and get it stickied?

would be cool + maybe a little cleanup?

[kaneblaise]

Petition to add the thread "Circle Warlock Assassination Styles" to the Way.

[PG_fildrigar]

I haven't been spending much time on the forums lately, ( I just moved across the country, from the Seattle area to Austin, TX. ) so I may miss good threads. Please PM me if you see a good long thread with lots of tactical discussion of specific models or tactics. I get email notification of any PMs, so as soon as I know there's something to add I can pop on here and make the changes.

Thank you.


TL;DR = I just moved, busy, please PM to add something.

[Gsot]

Please can we add Tactica: Stone Keeper UA to the Wilding Way?

[PG_fildrigar]

Please can we add Tactica: Stone Keeper UA to the Wilding Way?

In the post directly above yours, I say:

Please PM me if you see a good long thread...

[PG_fildrigar]

I've spent some time catching up on links, we still need quite a few Tacticas. Anyone up for writing one?

[Warcaster Feiss]

Slight thread necro, but I figure it's a stickied thread, and relevant, so bite me

Anyhow, I'm seeing a lot of threads and discussion come up on the relative usefulness of Tier lists, does anyone think it'd be worthwhile having a separate thread discussing each 'Lock's tier lists?

If people think it'd be beneficial, I'd be up for starting the thread for the 'Rock of Orboros' (Baldur's) tier list

[PG_fildrigar]

Slight thread necro, but I figure it's a stickied thread, and relevant, so bite me

Anyhow, I'm seeing a lot of threads and discussion come up on the relative usefulness of Tier lists, does anyone think it'd be worthwhile having a separate thread discussing each 'Lock's tier lists?

If people think it'd be beneficial, I'd be up for starting the thread for the 'Rock of Orboros' (Baldur's) tier list

By all means, please do start the thread. I'll add it to the first post here.

[PG_fildrigar]

We still need a bunch of Tacticas written.

[jeffszusz]

I'm really interested in the "Faction-Specific Tactics" section that hasn't been fleshed out. I'm brand new and particularly interested in which Warlock and other units I should *generally* take against which factions.

[Lazybones]

Just a quick note-- the link to the SR 2011 tactica thread in post #1 is broken. It should be

http://privateerpressforums.com/show...eamroller-2011

[taffyjoe]

I'm really interested in the "Faction-Specific Tactics" section that hasn't been fleshed out. I'm brand new and particularly interested in which Warlock and other units I should *generally* take against which factions.

Here is a link to ideas against Menoth

http://privateerpressforums.com/show...024-vs.-Menoth

[PG_fildrigar]

I will get it edited once I'm back to a real computer again.

I am packing up and moving from Austin, TX to San Diego, CA; and may be paying less attention to the forums than usual.

As always, if you spot a good thread that should be added, or see corrections that need to be made, shoot me a PM. ( I get an immediate email when PM'd. That's much quicker than waiting for me to get tired of packing at decide to check the forums. )

[AmonadRodrigues]

The link to "eKruegers new tier" doesnt work.

[PG_fildrigar]

The link to "eKruegers new tier" doesnt work.

Thanks! Fixed.

[Snipafist]

the link to the Bloodweavers tactica is also broken.

[praxedes]

The broken links have valid links but also have a bunch of junk that stops the link working. I've been able to read the tactica by deleting the junk code, but it would be helpful if someone could clean the links. The junk looks like code for characters that don't translate for URL in the same way a space appears as %20.

Hope that helps

P

[PG_fildrigar]

A bunch of them got corrupted. Hopefully they're all fixed now. Let me know if any others get corrupted. Damn blight, it even got in here. Stupid dragons.

[Pierro]

Hello,
if some good willing people wants to add some hints about Grayle, that would be really helpfull, im a bit confused with him !

[Charlie Charles]

Morvahna MIGHT delight or smirk at her manipulations.
I can see Baldur as Jolly (paint him in red and tell me he doesn't look like a militant Santa).
And Kromac might utter maniacal laughter as he consumes still-beating hearts....

I don't think Krueger, Kaya, and Mohsar know how to express positive emotions.

Red and white baldur in the upcoming llyth sleigh = Santa Clause

[PG_fildrigar]

If a really cool thread pops up in the forums that should be added here, please PM me. I'm not frequenting the Circle forums as often as I used to, and could miss some cool stuff.

[Madbird]

As someone who is still fairly new to the game, this thread is an absolute godsend. Best community ever award, all years.

[pzach]

The tactica baldur stonecleaver link and the in depth 1 baldur link are the same. Also, the thread that is being made on eMorvahna would be a nice addition.