8th Ed. Best Old Blood Build 300 points or under

[lifestar]

Title says it all. Incidentally, that's because that's how many points you have left over after a Life Slann with Focused Rumination and Mystery, in a 2,500 point game.

My best build so far:

Saurus Oldblood w/ Cold One, The Other Trickster's Shard, Armor of Destiny, Dawnstone, Great Weapon for 277

Ideas?

 

[forlustria]

i know people shot thi one down before but he has yet to die in a battle (15 battles so far)

oldblood
hide of the cold ones
talisman of pres
warroir bane
shield

thats 251 points. for t6 1+a 4+w 5 s5 attacks any wounds reduces the attacks of the character/monster hes fighting.

the only thing that came close to killing it in testing was a strigoi with giant blade and other stuff.

 

[Anubris]

oldblood
hide of the cold ones
talisman of pres
warroir bane
shield

Very interesting build. Do you put him in a saurus unit? Or temple guard? How does your list look like at 2400 or 2500 points?

 

[skillfull_dan]

Old blood
-Charmed Shield
-Talisman of preservation
-Pirana Blade
-The other tricksters shard
-Cold One

1+/4++, charmed shield save for cannonballs. Point in the direction of something nasty and pirana blade and tricksters shard should cut through most things.

 

[Qupakoco]

Oldblood
Cold One
Crown of Command
Sword of Striking
Glittering Scales
Dawnstone

275 pts. Against ~80% of troops, he hits stuff on a 2+, gets hit on a 5+, wounded on a 6+, gets to reroll his 1+ armor save AND he's stubborn. And if you have a BSB nearby... whoa baby. I think he's as good as the incorporeal+stubborn Slann.

 

[forlustria]

oldblood
hide of the cold ones
talisman of pres
warroir bane
shield

Very interesting build. Do you put him in a saurus unit? Or temple guard? How does your list look like at 2400 or 2500 points?

i only use him when i cant fit a fully kitted out slann. so 1250-1500 point games. he goes with saurus

 

[lifestar]

All great ideas, thanks! Dan- I love that, basically unkillable and very hitty. I might go with this one. Qupakoco- I'm not sure the -1 to hit and stubborn is worth giving up the 4+ ward save, since I've never had problems with Lizardmen fleeing, but I'm open to being convinced.

 

[MI_Tiger]

All great ideas, thanks! Dan- I love that, basically unkillable and very hitty. I might go with this one. Qupakoco- I'm not sure the -1 to hit and stubborn is worth giving up the 4+ ward save, since I've never had problems with Lizardmen fleeing, but I'm open to being convinced.

With Qupakoo's build, you have the option to charge out of a unit and take on enemy units solo. This can be effective to hold up a horde of relatively weak troops - they would have a hard time wounding the Old Blood but could break him with static combat resolution. The stubborn crown prevents this.

 

[Qupakoco]

Yeah, the Crown is very handy. I've had this guy flanked on both sides by Rank and File and he never lost a wound. Solid tarpit.

From Scalenex's other post I see that my build is actually illegal since the Sword of Striking is 25 pts in our book. My bad. But the defensive gear is still good. Just give him a Great Weapon, Halberd, or Poison instead.