http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/93.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net VC book are graveguard and the varghulf. Combine that with my unhealthy love of deathstar tactics and you get a pretty ridiculous list, based around an insanely tough, very killy gravestar and the power to spam danse to make it go where I want it to.

H: Vampire - helm, talisman of the fast movement, gw
H: Vampire - BSB, regen banner
C: 10 Ghouls
C: 10 Ghouls
S: 25 Grave Guard - full command, banner of barrows
R: Varghulf

I don't own the book as of now, but I'm interested in thoughts on what vamp loadout would be best to support the gravestar. The BSB deploys in the star and the general runs around to be where he needs to be, supporting with magic and increased WS. I also get the feeling all this might not fit, in which case I'd consider dropping the regen banner for something smaller - hatred perhaps, in which case the helm may be less needed.

EDIT -- I'll have access to the book tomorrow, so can flesh this out later with my thoughts.

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Drakenhof (regen) banner is gonna knock you over 1000 even with a naked Helm vamp general and a wight BSB.

Banner of Strigois (hatred), dread knight helm lord and wight BSB leaves about 45 to buy powers. Adding inf hatred and mounting the wight bsb makes an even 1000. Although summon ghouls would also be fun :-O

Graveguard with a wight king BSB is more resilient. Keep a corpse cart nearby for ASF and helm general can run nearby ;-)]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/208805/259158.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/208805/259158.page GMT
@ jmurph -- Thanks! That's exactly what I was looking for. The wight BSB does seem the way to go. When I get access to the VC book I'll check out the builds you suggested.

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H: Vampire - flying horror, avatar of death (gw + ha), enchanted shield, book of arkhan
H: Wight King - BSB
C: 10 Ghouls
C: 10 Ghouls
S: 25 Grave Guard - full command, strigois banner
R: Varghulf

1000 spot on. I thought long about the benefits of helm - makes the ghouls hit, the varghulf hit, the gravestar hit - but with such a weak magic phase I think the ability to pull a dispel die or get a unit to danse around is better. Flying gets him where he's needed, which might be into a chariot or war machine, and 3+ save vs shooting isn't too bad.

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