@DarthDadaD20

I think the cost for quicksand is pretty spectacular. I used it against a Hydra that cost my opponent 16 mana. I only had to pay 8 mana to render him useless! Pretty dang efficient if you ask me.

@dexmark

His helmet is great, I agree. I personally love putting Battle Fury on it. But the Horn of Gothos is essential because it can boost melee AND ranged capabilities AND affects the entire arena, not just one target. You can mix the horn with the helmet to do a lot of damage. Another thing I throw into my Warlord build is the Holy conjuration called Hand of Bim-Shalla. It only costs 5 mana (and 2 spellbook points), and with it you can give a living creature +1 melee until the end of the round. I played a game today where, combining Battle Fury on the helment, the charge +1 from the horn, and the +1 melee from Bim-Shalla, my Goblin Grunts were killing creatures left and right. It was crazy.

I think I can help OP.

> Attack Spells

Don't use attack spells. Focus on your creatures. Everything revolves around creatures.

> Conjurations

Use stone walls to block the line of sight of your opponent's ranged attacks.
Use pike walls against an opponent relying solely on melee.
ASAP, get a barracks with harmonize and two garrison posts to give your barracks +4 channeling.
Akiro's Hammer can wipe out enemy conjurations really quickly with its 8 dice attack; use this.
Hand of Bim-Shalla, though a Holy Spell, synergizes well with the Warlord's goals.
Quicksand is a great way of dealing with annoying creatures.

> Creatures

Make a goal of summoning a creature every turn (after turn 3), either from your mage or from your barracks.
Use Goblin Grunts to charge relentlessly forward. Don't worry about whether they die or not. Think of them as pests.
Goblin Slingers are cheap but great ranged units.
Orc Butchers can be used like your Goblin Grunts, but be more careful with them.
The Dwarf Kriegsbiel makes a great Standard Bearer. (don't use against Wizard, he has lightning +2)
Iron Golem is a solid creature, great against forcemaster. (don't use against Wizard, he has lightning +2)
Ludwig Boltstorm is very situational. I haven't been successful with him.
Grimson Deadeye, Sniper is powerful but squishy. Keep him in the corners.
Sir Corazin, Blademaster is totally awesome when you pump him up. Give him Bear Strength to get the option of a 6 dice doublestrike!!!
Thory, Chief Bodyguard is good if you are playing against a creature heavy build. Keep him in your mage's zone. He can be pretty awesome if you give him a defense and taunt creatures into his zone. (Even if they miss him, he still gets a free counterstrike since he is on guard!)

> Enchantments

Fortified Position, Standard Bearer, Bear Strength, Falcon Precision. That is what I use.

> Equipment

Be sure to have Elemental Clock and Regrowth Belt (no matter what mage you are... seriously)
Horn of Gothos is your bread and butter. Use it as much as possible. Helm of Command is also very useful.

> Incantations

Not much to know here. You need the essentials (Dispel, Dissolve, Heal). Some great command incantations include Charge, Perfect Strike, Power Strike, and Piercing Strike.

> Overall

Creatures, creatures, creatures. Summon a creature every turn. It doesn't matter if it is a Goblin Grunt, just summon it if you have nothing else to do. Don't waste time with fancy trickery and pumping up weak creatures. Focus on brute force and overwhelming.

> Useless cards

War Sledge
Mangler Caltrops
Goblin Bomber
Goblin Builder
Earthquake (too situational)
Whirling Strike (too expensive, too situational)
Hail of Stones (full action? range of 1? thanks but not thanks)

@Sausageman   

Totally agree. The Warlord should have better armor, as well as a better melee weapon. His war hammer is really pathetic.

However, I still like the Warlord a lot. I love how he has the dirt cheap trash troops, the heavy hitters, and then all sorts of creatures in between. He even has some cool ranged units. Horn of Gothos is really dynamic and useful.

The math is surprisingly simple. The creature is crushed if they roll 1-7 on the first roll, 1-8 on the second roll, 1-9 on the third roll, and 1-10 on the fourth roll. That gives you (7x8x9x10) / (12^4). Calculate it and it is 0.243, approximately 25% chance of being crushed. What if the creature was crushed after having 3 load tokens on it instead of 4? In that case, the odds of the creature being crushed would be (7x8x9) / (12^3). That ends up being 0.29, so 30%. 2 load tokens would be a 40% chance of being crushed and 1 load token would be a 60% of being crushed respectively.

Odds of pissing off your opponent? 100%.

@shapeshifter   

Interesting, but I have to ask, why on earth (pun intended) do you use the longbow? First of all, the Warlord already has some great ranged creatures. Second of all, the bow takes up 2 hands, thus preventing you from using the Warlord's Horn of Gothos. And Horn of Gothos is absolutely essential!

When I play as the Warlord, everything focuses on my creatures. I make a goal of summoning a creature every turn after setup is complete (either from my barracks or directly from my Warlord). Between that, using the Horn of Gothos, using Helm of Command, and healing/buffing my creatures, I feel like I never have the time to use attack spells. My Warlord is rarely close to the enemy mage anyways during a game because I hate being in range of dissolve/explode. Also, that is my playstyle anyhow...harassing the enemy, forcing him to respond to my creatures, while I hide safely away. You can call it a cowardly tactic, but it seems to work out fine for me :p

I have played 4-5 games as the Warlord, and every single time, regardless of who I am playing, I rarely find a use for any of the earth attack spells (Hurl Boulder, Hail of Stones). I am always focusing so much attention on my creatures that I don't really have time to worry about attack spells I guess. My fellow Warlords (wow... that sounds nerdy), do you find yourself playing the same way? No attack spells and just creatures?

Goblin Builders. I don't understand the point of them.

Removing 1 damage from a conjuration is pretty much useless; by the time my Akiro's Hammer takes any damage, removing 1 damage isn't going to help much. I understand that they can also build stuff without it taking away an action from the Warlord, but this never seems to help me, and it doesn't help that they don't channel their own mana!

What am I missing about these guys? Are they terrible? Or am I just not using him correctly?
How do you guys use Goblin Builders? Building walls? Building outposts in enemy territory? Please explain.