Arbiter wrote:
I do not play as VC but every once in a while against them, the purpose of this
Thread is to discuss the different units in the VC codex and how to counter them in general.
I normally watch Fantasy tournaments and the Vc players normally have a blender lord,
2 terraghiests (spelled correctly?) and zombies and knights of some kind. So what about these
other units which I rarely see, are they good or pointless?

1) Skeletons Skeletons die just as easily as any other T3 infantry with light armour and a shield, except they have lower WS and I, they can be raised back it's true, but it won't be a VC player's priority to raise them back.
2) crypt horrors A good, fast, ogre-like unit that swaps impact hits for poison, T5 and a 5+ regen, they are very cheap and raise back very fast (caster's level + 1) but since regen is their only save, if you bring a certain 10point item...
3) spirit hosts Hands down one of the best chaff in the game, it is a 4 wound, M6 ethereal swarm no more to say about that
4) bats Don't really see bats these days, but they are T2 and get an extra wound over the spirit host as well as being both faster and cheaper as well as making everything in B2B strike last, which can be useful
5) coven throne I don't really get the Coven Throne, its just a chariot that is really hard to kill and has a cheap bound spell that will give itself re-rolls to hit or wound, its tough, but is a cannon target, so I can't really help you with this one
6) wraiths/banshees These are great as characters, banshees are bascially mini terrogheists and cairn wraiths bring some S5 attacks to the table, not to mention chill-grasp either
7) black coach The black coach is interesting, it is the toughest chariot in the game and over the course of the game can get scythes, +1 S for rider and horses, KB and flaming for horses, rider and impacts, MR2 and strider, ethereal and fly

Any and all comments are appreciated!