So i played a friend with his really really annoying Dark Elves, any way i was destroying in the magic phase and the Combat phase, so i figured, hey? why not run my vampire lord with blood drinker, into a unit of corsairs? you know, why not get one easy wound back? so my lord is on the very edge of the unit (squeezing into the combat along with the GG) than out of nowhere an assassin pops out right in front of my lord, he goes first with the hydra blade and killing blows my lord in the face... so i crumbled to a rather disturbing loss... is all of that legal? What pisses me off is that if i went first, i could have probably killed him.
Can a Druchii assassin do this?
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Assassins can't have Hydra Blade... though could take Rune of Khaine (same effect) and Touch of Death (KB). Assassins have ASF. Seems legal to me.
Yup, Assassins can be quite dangerous for our characters, and especially our generals. The Nightshroud is a pretty good deterrent though since, as you said yourself, if the Vampire gets to go first the Assassin is usually toasted~
Yeah I'm sure you meant Rune of Khaine there as its 25 pts while Hydra Blade is 35 pts I think? Assassin's dont have access to the magic items list - only the Cloak of Twilight and Venom Sword in the Gifts section.
But sadly, yes. Its legal and painful. Assassins are overpowered for the mere points they cost. Take Cadaverous Cuirass or Nightshroud next time (;
Gotta protect that Lord.
But sadly, yes. Its legal and painful. Assassins are overpowered for the mere points they cost. Take Cadaverous Cuirass or Nightshroud next time (;
Gotta protect that Lord.
Well, if he did have it then your opponent penalised himself by 10 points as he can get the same effect on the rune of Khaine... in other words, your opponent probably mis-spoke 
But yeah, course this can happen. What do you expect Assassins to do, just stand there and tickle you? Last week my Lord fell victim to one as well, just 5 S4 attacks, poison/killing blow negated by my Vampire's armour, yet it was still enough to kill my Lord in one go. Nice eh?
But yeah, course this can happen. What do you expect Assassins to do, just stand there and tickle you? Last week my Lord fell victim to one as well, just 5 S4 attacks, poison/killing blow negated by my Vampire's armour, yet it was still enough to kill my Lord in one go. Nice eh?
I typically run all fighty Vampires (Around 6 PD if I'm lucky) so I commonly run into an 'Assassin Fiend' over here who likes to run with one DE Master dude and crap tons of assassins. Just because he likes them.
Ever seen EVERY UNIT your opponent fields have an assassin? It was a nightmare. I couldn't commit characters anywhere without the Assassins trying to give them a boot to the head. -.-
But, it's all good. I ended up winning because his 2 DD couldn't hold up.
Back on topic. Yes, DE Assassins are -that- bad. Have you seen the Strength 7 throwing stars of Doom yet? Got my Black Coach popped one time by that, and I really wanted to go primeval on him afterwards.
Ever seen EVERY UNIT your opponent fields have an assassin? It was a nightmare. I couldn't commit characters anywhere without the Assassins trying to give them a boot to the head. -.-
But, it's all good. I ended up winning because his 2 DD couldn't hold up.
Back on topic. Yes, DE Assassins are -that- bad. Have you seen the Strength 7 throwing stars of Doom yet? Got my Black Coach popped one time by that, and I really wanted to go primeval on him afterwards.
That is the thrill of playing Vampires. We need our fighty Lord right in the font rank fighting the most violent enemies, while at the same time there's always the risk of a sneaky Assassin or other character-killer utterly crushing our splendid battle plans!
It's all part of the game. Yes they can be nasty, but then so can we. No doubt when we charge in red fury infinite hatred lord that powers through their troops they start moaning.
At the end of the day every army has some nasty things at their disposal, it's all about trying to plan and work around it.
At the end of the day every army has some nasty things at their disposal, it's all about trying to plan and work around it.
Assassins aren't that cheap.ha ha ha, then Johnny, you're playing the wrong army...
perhaps you ought to go for High Elves or Dark elves instead? not that they are gits, but rather "clever" enough to keep their powerful wizards out of harms way.
we Generals of the Undead however couldn't care less about our own health or well-being. We know not fear, hesitation or have any instinct of self-preservation...
So it's just a matter of charging in! In a way, you should be glad your General got killed, as life as a living dead is far worse than the everlasting rest when finally being banished.
perhaps you ought to go for High Elves or Dark elves instead? not that they are gits, but rather "clever" enough to keep their powerful wizards out of harms way.
we Generals of the Undead however couldn't care less about our own health or well-being. We know not fear, hesitation or have any instinct of self-preservation...
So it's just a matter of charging in! In a way, you should be glad your General got killed, as life as a living dead is far worse than the everlasting rest when finally being banished.
Onikaigo said:
He was playing illegally then. They cannot have that unless they errated it since i last played.
Which they actually have, Udo. Check the first question on the right on page 3 of the official FAQ, they clarified it there. 
Yeah, assassins really are pretty stupid. Thankfully, the last time I fought one, he decided to pop out and challenge a herald of Khorne on a friggin juggernaught...didn't work too well for him.