Malebolgia wrote:
a) No I won't. I don't like proxy cards as this bacially means I'm netdecking and I don't want that. I have what I have and my opponent has what he has. That is good enough.
b) Don't agree he's too fragile. In my experience fragility comes down to the Impenetrable Armour value and with a value of 12 that is fine. And you can keep him back behind a squad of Razides which take the hits he gets. With their Nazgaroths they make ideal bodyguards and they are still very deadly.
With access to five free powers, his cost is fine and he brings fantastic tools for your army. Dark Banishment is great one for collecting souls and the other ones make good support powers. Call of Corruption is a fantastic power for battlefield control. Con-tests are scary, especially if you cannot heal the wound effect. And also great as a med-pack for your own forces. Blindness is a nice one to cast later in a turn, so units like Heavy Infantry or Armoured Chasseurs are screwed real good. This one becomes even more interesting if you manage to nuke your opponent's Warlord. Bringer of Dark Tools is one of the better spells IMO...+2Strength is brilliant...either on the cheap units or the expensive units. They all gain so much power! Same goes for Transmorphication. Once again an excellent buff spell.
The good thing about Valpurgius is he can cast three spells for one Resource: Debuff, Psychic and Buff. So you can boost your own models, annoy enemy squads and also damage them. Stay back in a good position and he is very hard to get rid off (unless your opponent rapid deploys the nasty stuff into close combat...but basically that means death for most Warlords)
c) Yes, I know custom warlords are always better. But that doesn't mean I always want to play them. Me and my mate don't play Warzone as a competitive game, so we're not aiming for the most cost effective solution. And I despise Necrobeast Riders, so they won't see action in my lists. Just hate the concept and sculpts.
Unfortunately, I have to disagree:
a) I feel everyone can do what he wants. Just saying that if you use old models, you are obviously not playing with the cards that would come with those models today. Also, some things are just ridiculous. Need to buy 3 Behemoths to be able to play 1 card 3 times just because it´s only included once? As it is now, even 1 behemoth is too much.
b) No, he cannot cast 3 spells per turn. Each action, Buff, Debuff, Shooting, costs 1AP as it is written in the rulebook. So you would need to t2b 1 to give him a 3rd AP to do that. And yeah. Every opponent I have played uses Rapid Deployment. Why wouldnt you if you have super cheap Etoiles or Valkyries? And yeah: RD is the bane of most warlords. But most warlords dont cost 30% of your army total. Still I would be happy to play against Valpurgius one time and just see what he does in real life. I still feel that 275 points is just too much when you could just buy 3 Nazgaroth Razides for that. I´d really rather do that. Or 5 Nazgaroth Nasca Razides, for that matter.
c) it was just an option. you could buy 3 Nasca Razides, too. Or just 6 Necromutants.
Btw: Super cool looking old models. The best I have seen so far.