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Guv's Grave Guard Halberdiers unit
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Guv's Grave Guard Halberdiers unit

Description
My first unit for Vampire counts coming up!

Grave Guards are cool. Everybody knows that but there are only 2 variations of them. Grave Guards and Grave Guards (Great Weapons) which means you still need those boring and pesky Skeleton Spearmen to deal with anti large. But fear not, This unit will make your Grave Guard army happen!

I present to you, Grave Guards (Halberd)!

My goal here is to make a viable unit for vanilla Warhammer as best as I can. This was so frustrating to make. I was initially going to release this mod before the Dwarf rangers but I had to put this on hold as I ran unto bugs and glitches with the weapon model animations. But I managed to fix it after hours and hours of poking around. I've indeed been playtesting that this is a solid unit! They're not better than Empire Halberdiers and that's how it should be. Grave Guards (Great Weapons) loses to Greatswords so i took inspiration to that when balancing them. I'd say at the moment they're 90% balanced. :)

PS: Insipration for the creation of this unit![4.bp.blogspot.com]

Pro's and Con's:

Pros

+ Another Anti large unit for Vampire Counts!
+ High melee defence to fit the gimmick!
+ cheaper than Grave Guard (Great Weapons). Recruitment(850) and upkeep(209)!

Cons

- lacking damage compared to the rest.
- pretty pure anti-large as they can take casualties against infantry


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( Unit card image: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/59/1b/6d/591b6d8d92eea116f343065a7d7261d1.jpg )
116 Comments
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Guvenoren  [author] 6 Oct, 2017 @ 4:04pm 
@Yeti Nope, wouldn't be lorefriendly and I stray towards lorefriendly content as of now :P
Besides, an archer unit is not nessecary for their roster.
Yeti 6 Oct, 2017 @ 11:40am 
Have you thought about doing a Grave Guard archer unit?
Guvenoren  [author] 16 Sep, 2017 @ 9:24am 
Minor update, check Change logs for more info :)
Guvenoren  [author] 19 May, 2017 @ 8:32am 
@LAMB as far as I'm aware, not possible :( Since it's tied to animation
Old Man 19 May, 2017 @ 7:49am 
Love this mod, but anychance of a version with the glowing eyes?
Guvenoren  [author] 13 Apr, 2017 @ 10:24am 
@The Malachite Stalagmite Well, if you could fine one who could resize like an absolute pro then by all means send them here haha!
Ddraig Lleuad 13 Apr, 2017 @ 10:13am 
Now THOSE look like halberd stats. Nice change.

Shame about the halberd models. The modding tools don't let you resize them? I suppose you could maybe use the Bretonnian halberd models, although you're right that the Orc ones do look more cruel and aged, like the normal/greatweapon grave guards.
Guvenoren  [author] 12 Apr, 2017 @ 4:37am 
@The Malachite Stalagmite Well, that's because the "halberds" are Orc boar rider spears. It's just something you'll going to have to deal with. I have significantly updated the unit today. Thanks :)
Guvenoren  [author] 12 Apr, 2017 @ 4:29am 
stat images updated.
Ddraig Lleuad 21 Mar, 2017 @ 3:36am 
It's a neat idea, and it looks better to me than the scthe-armed units somebody else made, but there's two problems.

One, if you zoom in then the polearms look almost comically oversized for the Grave Guard. I'm not quite sure what it is, but they seem... fat, I guess.

Second, the stats, while good, don't /feel/ like a halberd unit. Most halberd units have a relatively high melee defence to go with their defensive nature, but a mediocre melee attack that becomes great when the anti-large bonus applies. These are just... Average, I guess, at both.