Tackling Banelords?

[Shovah32]

Well for fighting against just normal troops i would expect horror helm rather than the cap but yea, RonD covered the basics pretty well.

For an anti SC banelord for example you might have:

Shadow Brand
Dusk Dagger
Spirit Helm
Jade Armour
Winged Shoes
Ring of the Warrior
Stone Bird

Place him where you know the enemy SC will go and let him do his thing. With the bonus of defending he'll attack first and with flying he'll be there on the first turn of battle.

He has 12 attacks:
2 Shadowbrand attacks at 31 AP damage and 24 attack
2 Duskdagger attacks at 21 AN damage and 22 attack
8 Stone Bird Attacks at 9 damage and 22 attack(these reduce enemy defence and cause morale checks)

He also shoots lightning from his head, had 20 prot, 19 defence and a chill aura. Another advantage is that with decent survivability and that many attacks he can handle basic troops too(generally clearing out 2 squares full of troops per turn).