2,000 points balanced friendly list

[Drax]

1 Lord w/ extra level, Master of the Black Arts, Forbidden Lore, Lord of the Dead, Flayed Hauberk, Skull Staff, Biting Blade 455

1 Vampire w/ Summon Ghouls, Dark Acolyte, Book of Arkhan, Cadaverous Cuirass 195

1 Vampire w/ Summon Ghouls, Dark Acolyte, Sceptre de Noirot 170

19 Skeletons w/ spears, full command, Banner of the Dead Legion 216

19 Ghouls w/ Ghast 160

19 Ghouls w/ Ghast 160

5 Dire Wolves 40

5 Dire Wolves 40

1 Corpse Cart w/ Unholy Lodestone 100

6 Black Knights w/ full command, Banner of the Barrows 229

3 Fell Bats 60

1 Varghulf 175

Total 2000

the likely opponents are Wood Elves, Ogre Kingdoms and Khorne Mortals

i am essentially planning to move the infantry up the centre whilst increasing their size (or at least maintaining it against the WEs) whilst the faster elements harrass one flank. obviously the Varghulf will keep the other units moving.

beyond that i kinda fall down on strategy, as i haven't played in quite a while.

 

[Lord Fear]

11 power dice + Skull Staff + 2 bound items = not friendly (Though you have balanced it by including proper infantry rather than the usual dull 3 x 10 ghouls).

It's a nice list, one little addition would be to chuck the Biting Blade onto your Lord, since you've a spare 5 points. Nice for denying Forest Spirits their ward save

 

[Drax]

oooh good idea thanks

so without asking for the points cost directly (am at work without the army book) i presume i have exactly enough?

 

[Master of Shadows]

Yes you have exactly enough points to add the Biting Blade, will take you right to 2000 pts.
EVC is kind of right, 11 power dice is gonna be crazy against a WE army and Orges. But it will be fun. If they are buddies then I dont really forsee any problems at all. Its a solid list overall.

With that many power dice and adding+2 to your ION rolls you wont have to worry all that much about WE shooting unless the player take a tonne of archers. You can spam that spell all day long.
.....I know I play WE as well as just starting VC and I just played a game against VC, its hard to stop all that ION, damn near impossible actually.

 

[Drax]

ok i concede that maybe stating this list as 'balanced' was something of a misnoma

its magic heavy, yes; but by balanced i meant in terms of the unit selection. i.e. as you say the 3x10 Ghouls etc. in that regard have i succeeded?

as for the biting blade, i have added it as an edit to the original list as it seemed daft to resubmit the listt with that as the only change.

 

[Grish]

I've played with low starting strength. I found I had to waste magic to keep healing my guys instead of using it offensively. A higher starting US would have helped me greatly.

 

[Drax]

not sure i follow - are you saying i need to increase the starting size of my units? if so, where should i shed points from?

 

[Darklord]

Looks like a decent list to me.

I can't say I see 3 ghoul units being unbalanced incidently, personally I've started using a ghoul rush army and it makes a great change to the zombie horde I've been playing, for the last few years.

Daniel.

 

[shadowhunter361]

there is nothign wrong with ghouls he was just saying that they are the cheapest core for their worth so you can spend points on other more interesting units.

 

[shadowhunter361]

second, if you plan to play only WE, Ogres, and Khorne, your fell bats will mainly be usefull only to kill units of glade guard. perhaps use those points to have more black knights, a unit of 9 will be useful with an outnumber while with only 6 you'll likely have to kill 8 to make up for it.