8th Ed. How Useful are Cold One Cavalry?

[MHK Pathfinder]

Hello all,

So I'm playing in my first 800pt tournament in a few weeks, and I'm wondering how useful Cold One Cav are in a 800 pt battle. I've been working on my riders http://www.lustria-online.com/threads/cold-one-cavalry.13042/, but they're just so expensive to field.

Are they worth taking in smaller point games? I love the look of mine, so I want to be able to use them at some point, but I also don't want to get steamrolled at my first tournament. Are there certain point battles that Cold One Cav really shine?

Thanks,

Chris

 

[n810]

Well they are better than they used to be, and even with the optional spear they are a point or two cheeper than the last book, and the cold ones fo an extra attack and the riders got the predatory fighter rule.

for a low point game I would consider them without spears,
with a standard bearer and musician,
and definately with a mounted Scar Vet.

 

[sorrowquin]

If you want to take them you can give it a try.
At this point lvl they should actually be quite good since there wont be much stuff that can deal with their 2+ armorsave. Definetly wouldn't take spears!
A Unit of 5 with a Standart comes at 160pts. If you put a Scarvet (probably your general) in that unit you have a real hammer.

 

[Moniker]

At low points they should do great! I'd take em without spears and send them at the biggest block of light infantry I could find then grind my way through em.

 

[Lizardmatt]

I'd rather have 12 temple guard.
18 S5 attacks every round instead of 10 S4 @ WS4 and 10 S4 at WS3.
Plus the ability to pack a magic banner.

Stupidity can be a game wrecker, especially at low points.

-Matt

 

[MHK Pathfinder]

I forgot to mention, but for this tournament one standard bearer can be upgraded for free to a BSB and has the unbreakable quality, so the unit has to be destroyed/broken in combat.