zomg vampires!

[sovereign]

<nerd tiem>

So it was my birthday yesterday, and at one point I took a stroll through a nearby Games Workshop store. I strolled out with a battalion, unit of Grave Guard, army book, and the model for Vlad von Carstein.

:crazy:

Don't do this if it isn't your birthday/you aren't rich. Wallet = oh noes.

Anyway, I took a stroll through the army book and holy crap, why are Grave Guard so win... at least the Invocation of Nehek can't raise them above starting size, but still...

From Skeleton statline, for paying a measly four points you get:

+1 strength and toughness

Killing Blow

+1 armor save

+1 WS and Initiative

+3 Ld

And, a 50 point magic standard.

For four points per model.

:wacko:

That, and the models no longer cost 4x as much, and look prettier to boot. I so want to field a unit of 60 and go "WHAT NOW" to someone. glhf killing that.

Oh yeah, Tomb Banshee = mobile Ark of the Covenant. And stand and shoot. And fire into combat. And unkillable.

Speaking of unkillable, Vlad is unstoppable. Really. He's practically impossible to hit, very difficult to wound, you need a cannonball to surpass his armor, and even then he has not only a ward save but he comes back to life ANYWAY!!!

And Mannfred, with the knowing 13 spells, isn't too shabby either. Having almost as many Wounds as a frikken dragon never hurt, to top it off. And he can ride an Abyssal Terror...


So, methinks they are teh brokenz. Unless you play Skaven and aim 4 Warp Lightning cannons at the general first turn, but that's being unsportsmanlike. I guess so is an Ethereal, scythed, killing blow-enhanced, flying chariot, but still.

</nerd tiem>

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