1500 8th edition Escalation League List

[drkshmn3984]

Hey everyone....store I play at has been playing an escalation league.. first one ended.. second one starts at end of july with the new 8th edition rules...here is what I came up with...any critique is much appreciated.

Vampire Lord
-Red Fury, Dreadknight
-Blood Drinker, Cadaverous Cuirass, Talisman of Endurance

Necromancer
-Invocation of Nehek, Vanhel's Dance Macabre
-Dispell Scroll

Necromancer
-Invocation of Nehek, Vanhel's Dance Macabre

Ghoul x24
-Ghast

Ghoul x24
-Ghast

Dire Wolf x5
-Doomwolf

Dire Wolf x5
-Doomwolf

Grave Guard x20
-Standard Bearer (Banner of the Barrows)

Black Knight x5
-Standard Bearer (Royal Standard of Strigoi)

Total Points 1498

Vamp Lord joins Blood Knights each necro joins a ghoul unit.. ghoul units are at 24 so if necro dies they can still be raised to their 3 rank bonus..4 ranks of 6..Dire Wolves used for Warmachine hunting, march blocking.. wasnt sure if i should do 1 unit of 10 or the 2 units of 5...Also originally I was thinking the blade of strife for 2 extra attacks on lord.. however i like the blood drinker for bringing back lost black knights and healing himself. Let me know what yas think .. Thanks =)

 

[obs0l3te]

you really need to look at the new horde special rules.

Old edition yes.. new no... HUGE zombie unit.. and by huge I mean like 10x5 for 50.

 

[Originman]

As cool and fluffy a zombie horde would be....

Don't.

Just giving your enemy more frontage to get more guys in and kill your zombies. Remember: every guy your enemies kill is going to be 2 dead zombies.

Its not like you can do much more with 30 WS 1 Str 2 Init 1 attacks than you can with 10.

If you want a big zombie unit, stack them up 5xlots