Topic: My Arch Lector Build Schnizzle

[mr chumley warner]

This is how I role g's!

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AL VHS BW  OgBl ICI HA OpAm   228

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Van Horstman's Speculum, Barded War Horse, Ogre Blade , Iron Curse Icon, Heavy Armour, Opal Amulet,

It's the 3+ AS, 4++ against the 1st wound, Strength 6 Van H character hunter !

Boom ,

Roll in with 20 IC Knights and my AL,

Sniff out the enemy Lord, swap stats and nail him with my Ogre Blade ,

I think the Opal Amulet is under rated

 

[zifnab0]

I think the Opal Amulet is under rated

15 points for a 4+ against the first wound or 5 points for a 2+ ward against the first hit.

[mr chumley warner]

opps what's the 5pt option again?

[zifnab0]

Charmed Shield.

[spite]

Charmed Shield isn't a Ward Save, it ignores the first hit on a 2+. I find the Arch Lector setup for my games an interesting one, at the moment with Warriors of Chaos coming out, Daemon Princes will be seen a lot and apart from Cannons there's nothing that can really answer a tooled up Prince.

Issue I have with the AL is spending nearly 250pts on a character, that unless it gets into a another Character doesn't seem to earn his points back. You have to protect him too, Opal Amulet is rubbish for me, I'd rather just take a constant 4+ Ward instead for an extra 30pts.

I'd run him with VHS, Heavy Armour, Barded Steed, The Other Tricksters Shard, Talisman of Preservation, Great Weapon, Charmed Shield/Shield/Enchanted Shield/Dragonhelm.

[rothgar13]

It's effectively a Ward save, as most attacks in the game can't Wound if they don't hit.

And an Arch Lector can easily answer a Daemon Prince, thanks to Van Horstmann's Speculum - you likely won't kill him, but he can't charge you because he'll be tied up for most (if not the entire) game.

[Cpt. Wham]

Even without the charmed shield, why not give him a mundane one?  It doesn't seem to clash with any of your other equipment, and a 2+ is a huge advantage over a 3+.

[mr chumley warner]

ah yes true dat!