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Which Magic Armours do you Use?

  • Enchanted Shield

    Votes: 20 33.9%
  • Walach's Bloody Hauberk

    Votes: 22 37.3%
  • The Accursed Armour

    Votes: 12 20.3%
  • The Flayed Hauberk

    Votes: 47 79.7%
  • Armour of Night

    Votes: 5 8.5%
  • Nightshroud

    Votes: 26 44.1%
  • The Cadaverous Cuirass

    Votes: 15 25.4%

Which Magic Items do you Use?: Armour

2K views 15 replies 14 participants last post by  no1cafc 
#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
Second part of my big poll, which magic armours do you use?

And to clarify, when I ask which ones you use I mean which ones you take most of the time. Don't put in ones you use every now and again, which items do you use in most of your armies.

Poll is multiple choice so put down all the itmes you use.
Hey, do you think it would be possible to add closing dates to your polls in the future? It's early morning and I could be sleeping right now. Cheers. -AFG//
 
#2 ·
My lord ends up with the WBH for the ward save, but have found giving a basic vamp the Night Shroud, though not very protective means i can risk a challenge against lesser troops or assasins and get to strike first, taking out the threat before it becomes a problem.
 
#3 ·
The Enchanted Shield is a favourite of my combat Vampires as it pairs so nicely with the Book of Arkhan. The Nightshroud makes for a great combination with the Sword of Kings that my Wight King often uses while the Flayed Hauberk provides good defense for a Lycni Vampire. The Cadaverous Cuirass I've assigned to my general in order to boost her armour save and also provide immunity to poison and killing blow. You can't ever be too sure of the VC general's safety. :)
 
#4 ·
I selected the Flayed Hauberk and the Nightshroud because those are the only ones I like. The Flayed Hauberk goes onto my running Vampire (Infinite Hatred, Avatar of Death, Flayed Hauberk, Talisman of Lycni) to give him the best protection. Too many times he's died to Glade Riders taking pot shots. The Nightshroud goes onto my General. His unit has Hatred, and combining Striking first with a Blood Drinker and Hatred he should be fine against most troops. If someone wants to kill him with a character or champion then my champion will declare a challenge.
 
#6 ·
I would have thought the combination of Nightshroud and Blood Drinker to be an ineffective match.

The vampire only goes into "strikes first mode" if he/she is being targeted, otherwise strikes as normal.

And then if your vamp would have to be in either a unit that is not at starting size, or be in a unit were they have the ability to raise over the starting size (lord of deead = skeletons etc) to be any effect. As i suspect most lords are not sat in ghouls, skeletons and bats/wolves, they will be in either GG or alone when striking first and raising could only posibly bennifit a unit already undersize possibly from being hit by a chariot or not getting raised back in the magic phase.

And if as Bagotrx says he would accept a challenge from hero or unit champions with a unit champion instead of nightshroud vamp then surely it deffeats the point of having such an item.

What may be an idea is combining Cursed Book and Nightshroud. Meaning you strike first, and if your opponent is tries to then hit you they have only WS1.
 
#8 ·
Saltrock, I don't use them in combination, I use them separately. The Blood Drinker is there so I don't have to invocate my Grave Guard too much. The Nightshroud is just a precaution in case someone does intend to attack him. My Grave guard have 2 corpse carts on either side, so my Grave guard should be striking first anyway. Now that you point it out it does seem a bit pointless since he shouldn't have anybody attacking him with the champion taking on characters and the corpse carts letting me fight first, but it's all to keep the unit up and running and so that he's safe.
 
#9 ·
I typically give my general the Flayed Hauberk. It's just to make sure she stays nice and safe. Other vampires get the Enchanted Shield, but I usually don't bother too much with armor. Unless there's a reason I can't afford the Avatar of Death power, they don't take armor. I have been experimenting with the Night Shroud, but I'm not sure yet, as few people swing for my vampire. It's fun when they do however, because he's in a unit of WS7, Hatred, Great Weapon, grave guard. :devil:
 
#10 ·
Most of my armor comes from Avatar of Death, but I keep my Lord wearing Walach's, a ward save without him catching the stupid? I'll bite.
 
#12 ·
all depends on the role i have in mind for the vampire in question...

for example, my caster general runs w/accursed armour which is combined w/crown of damnation + book of arkhan. she's suported by a bunkered vampire w/helm of commandment, while the book helps mitigate the appauling I4...
when taking lore of beasts, i end up with a S7/T7 4+ ward monster who lashes out with a staggering 7 attacks!!! (come and fight my dragon of a vampire!)

meanwhile, a typically combine the armour of night on a war machine/skirisher/missile troop hunter when facing armies like empire, wood elves, shooty high elves and similar. the combined -3 to-hit penalty means that even those silly elves need 6's to-hit me at long range! (cannons tend to be a problem, though i'd much rather sacrifice a lone vampire than have a cannonball thwack my general on the first turn...)

if i need a vampire to support the combat ability of say a skeleton unit, then it's the flayed hauberk all the way!

of corse, if i want a fighty general, then i always go for the cadaverous cuirass for it's no KB/poison...

cheers!
 
#13 ·
I like night shroud and sword of battle for a hero vamp, and accursed armor and sword of kings for my wight king (in a black knight unit with BoB and usually supported by the helm to alliviate the poor WS) and then a lone vampire runs around with either flayed hauberk or the armor of night
 
#14 ·
We had a discussion at my gaming club the other day about the way the Avatar of Death equipment is worded because of the word 'either'.

Does it mean you have heavy armor and can choose either the great weapon, two hand weapons, or hand weapon/shield - effectively giving your character the Black Orc 'Armed to da Teef' rule?

or

Does it mean you get the heavy armor and either one of the three combinations of weapons, chosen at the start of the game, foregoing the other two?
 
#16 ·
The Flayed Hauberk is the only armour I use a lot, probably all my games in fact. It's not that the others are bad it's just that I will use dread knight if I want to armour a vamp or I will simply not give them armour because they will not be fighting much.
 
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