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Cyric the Mad · November 13th, 2007, 19:34

Denied Flank
Contributors: Skarsgard
Denied (or Refused) flank is a term that pops up quite often in Warhammer when speaking of deployment. Denied flank involves only fighting the battle on part of the battlefield, forcing your opponent to fight the majority of your army with a portion of theirs.

Denied flank can be used in many situations but is typically used against gunlines, horde armies and slow armies. This type of deployment generally requires you to trick your opponent into spreading their force out. Remember, the point of this type of deployment is to fight part of your opponent’s army with your full force. There are three basic subsets to this strategy:

True Denied Flank
Sacrificial Flank
Fast Flank

True Denied Flank

This is used against an opponent that will have no choice but to spread out, gunlines and hordes. There is no deception required in this stratagem, what is required is dedication and commitment. Your opponent will try and trick you into spreading your force out by placing potentially “soft” targets that seem too good to pass up. With this deployment you have to be careful not to get units in the way of each other. Thankfully Wood Elves are very mobile and this seldom presents a real problem.

Sacrificial Flank

Here make the pretence of intending to spread our army out. A unit is deployed on one side of the table and another is deployed near it. A third unit is then placed on the other side to give the impression that more units will go there. Once your opponent commits a couple of units to that side, stack the rest in your original deployment area. The reason this is called the Sacrificial flank is that the unit(s) placed there are ones that you will leave there to draw your opponents attention. The sacrifice has to be something that will draw their attention but you are willing to lose. Glade guard are excellent as this.

Fast Flank

This is similar to Sacrificial Flank but it is very different. Here you start placement as normal then place fast units like Wild Riders, Warhawks and even skirmishers on the denied flank. This forces your opponent to place units to combat them. The first turn of the game these units all move at an angle across the battlefield and join the rest of the army ignoring your opponents units on the denied flank. The end result is that you're facing a portion of your opponents army with your full force.

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Cyric the Mad Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Hurm Age: 30 Posts: 2,571 Blog Entries: 10 Rep Power: 93 Total Awards: 2	Denied Flank Denied Flank Contributors: Skarsgard Denied (or Refused) flank is a term that pops up quite often in Warhammer when speaking of deployment. Denied flank involves only fighting the battle on part of the battlefield, forcing your opponent to fight the majority of your army with a portion of theirs. Denied flank can be used in many situations but is typically used against gunlines, horde armies and slow armies. This type of deployment generally requires you to trick your opponent into spreading their force out. Remember, the point of this type of deployment is to fight part of your opponent’s army with your full force. There are three basic subsets to this strategy: True Denied Flank Sacrificial Flank Fast Flank True Denied Flank This is used against an opponent that will have no choice but to spread out, gunlines and hordes. There is no deception required in this stratagem, what is required is dedication and commitment. Your opponent will try and trick you into spreading your force out by placing potentially “soft” targets that seem too good to pass up. With this deployment you have to be careful not to get units in the way of each other. Thankfully Wood Elves are very mobile and this seldom presents a real problem. Sacrificial Flank Here make the pretence of intending to spread our army out. A unit is deployed on one side of the table and another is deployed near it. A third unit is then placed on the other side to give the impression that more units will go there. Once your opponent commits a couple of units to that side, stack the rest in your original deployment area. The reason this is called the Sacrificial flank is that the unit(s) placed there are ones that you will leave there to draw your opponents attention. The sacrifice has to be something that will draw their attention but you are willing to lose. Glade guard are excellent as this. Fast Flank This is similar to Sacrificial Flank but it is very different. Here you start placement as normal then place fast units like Wild Riders, Warhawks and even skirmishers on the denied flank. This forces your opponent to place units to combat them. The first turn of the game these units all move at an angle across the battlefield and join the rest of the army ignoring your opponents units on the denied flank. The end result is that you're facing a portion of your opponents army with your full force. __________________ A Tale of Two Titans \| Dark Angels Army WIP \| Wood Elves Army WIP Last edited by DavidVC04; June 19th, 2008 at 17:18..