- Aug 19, 2007
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I am, right now, going to try out the vampire counts army as a more restrained in the character selection and also in some way make individual units more self-sufficient.
Vampire; level 2: 200
- Dark Acolyte
- Avatar of Death(HA+Shield)
- Book of Arkhan
- Sword of Might
Vampire; level 2: 175
- Dark Acolyte
- Lord of the Dead
- Helm of Commandment
Vampire; level 1: BSB: 175
- Spectral Form
20 Skeletons; Spears; FC; War banner: 225
20 Skeletons; Spears; FC; Hellfire: 210
10 ghouls; Ghast: 88
5 Dire wolves: 40
5 Dire wolves: 40
2 Bat Swarms: 70
9 Black Knights; Banner; BoBarrows: 301
5 Black Knights; 120
5 Fell Bats: 100
6 Wraiths; including Banshee: 325
1 Varghulf: 175
TOTAL: 2244
PD: 7 + Book of Arkhan
DD: 5
Core blocks + the standard summoner vampire will form the anchor. Being able to lend WS6 to them spears isn't a bad thing at all.
Ethereal vamp is there to make the wraiths more independent and be able to move up faster than usual. BSB for CR and less crumbling.
Combat/support vamp join a skeleton unit.
Varghulf will work mostly with the black knights. The smaller black knight unit will mostly be used to threaten flanks and go after smaller units.
Wolves and bats do their usual thing. The swarms are there to give 'weak' flanking units a harder time reaching my own flanks. M10 flying move makes them ideal for this.
The theme of the list is an attempt to individualise VC units.
Magic defence sort of worries me though, with only 5DD available I've considered either dropping the smaller BK for a CC with balefire or simply have 2 x 5 BKs as flankers and add a CC with balefire(the ASF part working well with the spears).
Thoughts?
Cheers!
Vampire; level 2: 200
- Dark Acolyte
- Avatar of Death(HA+Shield)
- Book of Arkhan
- Sword of Might
Vampire; level 2: 175
- Dark Acolyte
- Lord of the Dead
- Helm of Commandment
Vampire; level 1: BSB: 175
- Spectral Form
20 Skeletons; Spears; FC; War banner: 225
20 Skeletons; Spears; FC; Hellfire: 210
10 ghouls; Ghast: 88
5 Dire wolves: 40
5 Dire wolves: 40
2 Bat Swarms: 70
9 Black Knights; Banner; BoBarrows: 301
5 Black Knights; 120
5 Fell Bats: 100
6 Wraiths; including Banshee: 325
1 Varghulf: 175
TOTAL: 2244
PD: 7 + Book of Arkhan
DD: 5
Core blocks + the standard summoner vampire will form the anchor. Being able to lend WS6 to them spears isn't a bad thing at all.
Ethereal vamp is there to make the wraiths more independent and be able to move up faster than usual. BSB for CR and less crumbling.
Combat/support vamp join a skeleton unit.
Varghulf will work mostly with the black knights. The smaller black knight unit will mostly be used to threaten flanks and go after smaller units.
Wolves and bats do their usual thing. The swarms are there to give 'weak' flanking units a harder time reaching my own flanks. M10 flying move makes them ideal for this.
The theme of the list is an attempt to individualise VC units.
Magic defence sort of worries me though, with only 5DD available I've considered either dropping the smaller BK for a CC with balefire or simply have 2 x 5 BKs as flankers and add a CC with balefire(the ASF part working well with the spears).
Thoughts?
Cheers!