OverviewGoblins are the linemen of the goblin roster. They have 6 2 3 7 stats with Right Stuff, Stunty and Dodge skills to start with and just agility skill access. All for 40k cost, which sounds cheap, but is expensive compared to what you get. Team value quickly gets worse. If you manage to get a goblin to survive and roll 6+6 and 6+5 and a double for block, you could have an awesome 6 3 4 7 Block, Dodge goblin worth 160k TV having had 3 awesome skillups. That's the same as a pro elf with any two skillups, which would then be worth 100k TV.
Goblin builds
So what goblin builds are worth the added team value? (Skills are listed in ideal order, but many of the skillups require exceptional rolls so you are unlikely to get all the skills and very unlikely to get them in listed order. The list may potentially have more than 6 skills in them, as some may require exceptional rolls so you may have to live with an alternative. Skills in italics are not available on regular rolls.)
| Role | Description | Skills |
|---|---|---|
| Ballhandler | The pogoer is the preferred ball player, but he's only one and need a backup. As there are lots of goblins, some of them might roll more exceptional than the pogoer and thus end up better suited for the job. A double early in development for Sure Hands, or an early agility increase are both great starts for a ballhandler. Multiple good ballhandlers also simplifies a one turn touchdown by throwing a goblin. | +AG, Sure Hands, Block, Catch, Diving Catch, Sure Feet, Kick-Off Return |
| Fouler | Goblins can use their relatively low TV value, hopefully large roster and easy available bribes to foul with greater success than most other teams. You may want several foulers. Ideally they should all just have dirty player to keep their TV low, so you lose little TV when they are sent of. Sneaky git can be useful if you have foul targets but not enough assists close. Another option is to give your dirty player skills to fit some other role when he's not fouling. Bare in mind that your bribes may be reserved for keeping secret weapons in the game, so you often just have to let your player be sent of if ejected. | Dirty Player, Sneaky Git |
| Blitzer | Stunty allows a goblin to dodge into any number of tackle zones on 3+, or 2+ if it's an awesome goblin with +AG. In desperate times that can be used to try and bust a cage. Wanted skills are all exceptional ones though, so you are unlikely to have a good one. But one with just wrestle isn't that bad. A blitzer is also useful to open a hole in the opposing line if a troll isn't available for the job. | +ST, Wrestle, Tackle, +AG, Sure Feet, Side Step |
| Catcher | Catchers are useful to be able to take advantage when the ball is free. They are also useful when trying to make a one turn touchdown, especially if they have agility increase. While several catcher types are nice to have, and you can make many as there are many agility skill options, don't bloat your TV too much by giving out too much catch and/or diving catch. | +AG, Catch, Sure Feet, Diving Catch |
| Entangler | Versus agile and fast teams, it's nice to have some goblins useful to tag players that wants to dodge away to do something you don't want. This works great against catchers in scoring position, and against team heroes that they always wants to use for blitzing or other crucial activities that doesn't include just hitting the entangler. These are decent also without block and can thus be made with just regular rolls, however, don't bloat your TV by making a lot of them just because you can. | |
