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Hello, I was browsing the new vamper book and I am wondering what you think of the new ghoul lord?

I usualy play defensive with the magic items, however, he can not have armour and cost quite a lott of points if you want to fitt him out with a weapon and vampiric powers. How do you use a character that cost under 500 points and has only a 5+ save? Howeverm he is pretty beefy and if you give him a sword of bloodshed and the the vampier power that lets you attack one more time if you cause a wound you can rank up to 16 hits with him. It is not likly, but with hatred, S5, Poison and 5 attacks base you can quikly do some damadge. (I would supose a fencers blade woul be good as well, as you woul have 6 attacks that hit on 3+ with a reroll.)

But where in the army do you put him? What unit should he be in? He is infantery siced (I think) with a movement of 6, but not ground units move that fast. Any ideas anybody?

Well, people seem rather fond of mounting him on a Terrorgheist, soo... On a Terrorgheist?

I have seen him mostly riding a terrorgheist thus far and used as a hunter of monsters, etc. I havent tried him yet. Ive been tooling around thus far with the throe, engine, and necromancer lists.

The ghoul king is ideal for slaping the new scabskrath on as he comes with a built-in regen save that can still be augmented by the cheap-as-chips dragonbane gem. Give him curse of the revenant + aura of dark majesty, slap his butt onto his pet terrorghiest and you've got an absolute monster on your hands!

He's a good hitty lord who's going to cost a bundle, but can potentially remove whole units in a single turn with decent rolls. On the charge you're looking at;
7 re-rolling attacks from the king @ S5
2D6 + 5 - Ld wounds from king's scream
2D6 + 6 - Ld wounds from 'ghiest's scream
4 S5 + D6 thunderstomp from the 'ghiest

Have fun dealing with that!
Or else swap curse for red fury for extra attacks based on what you kill with the king.