2500 skeleton end times theme

[Seneschal]

Ok a skelly theme off the top of my head...

Blender lord level 4 on hell steed that I listed above
Necromancer with dispel scroll
Skellies blocks
Swiftness knights, ten strong
Ten hex wraiths
Grave guard brick
Wight king with night shroud either mounted or in the gg

Sorry if I missed it (on my phone) but are you alright with tomb king horse archers? They are great diverters

 

[Ulrock]

Yeah I'm fine with tomb king archers! So a no master necro or mortis engine?

 

[DrunkenDane]

If I was to make a skeleton themed list I would bring a MN yes. master of the dead is simply to important if you load up on skeletons. (I assume, I ahvne not tried a skeleton themed list)

For damage dealing I would propably get good block of Grave guard with great weapons and throw a vampire and a wight king into that unit for good measure.

Now black knights are skeletal however without character support they are kind of useless, so I would bring vargheists and a unit of blood knights in rare. That could bring some power and speed (and they can ignore the general's 12" march bubble rule).

 

[Ulrock]

I took into consideration your all's advice and revamped the list. Is this competitive? Is no mortis engine or ranged ok? I could drop the hexwraiths and add in archers.

 

[Ulrock]

Any input? I am playing this weekend.

 

[Seneschal]

I'm not a fan of running both GG and BK in an army as I feel they both need the support of a strong vampire. You also have very few units but that said, 10 hexwraiths scare the pants off a lot of armies so maybe this list will perform ok without more support units.
Hexwraiths > TK archers any day of the week except against DoC and wood elves, perhaps skaven as well due to their magical shooting.

 

[Ulrock]

Should I drop the BK then? Add the vampire into the GG. I could then add in some skeleton archers or a catapult? Hmm I was hoping this list would be up to par for yalls previous advice.

 

[Seneschal]

Ah I forgot the title of this thread, my apologies.
Drop the level upgrades on the VL if you are taking a master necromancer.
You definitely need more units so you can divert, redirect etc. TK horse archers will come in handy. You can drop some skellies for them since you have Master of the Dead.

 

[Ulrock]

Should I drop the vampire completely and add in more units or downgrade him to lvl 1?

 

[Ulrock]

What if I dropped the Lord added in a regular vampire some wight kings. Dropped skeleton hordes to 40 men each and added in skeleton archers? Or a catapult?

 

[Seneschal]

Keep the VL as you need the hitting power only he can provide.

 

[Ulrock]

Should I add in skeleton horse archers? This is what I'm thinking now:
Blender VL
MN
40 skeletons w/ FC
40 skeletons w/ FC
12 horse archers
38 grave guard w/ GW and banner of barrows
10 hexwraiths
9 black Knights Blender lord goes here
1 screaming skull catapult

Is this better or I feel like it dosent have enough kill power. I haven't tried out hexwraiths yet but what about the morghast?

 

[Bullhax]

I think you need to drop the BK's soften up the skeletons and get some DW's. When bringing a unit of GG's you need a lot of drops and redirectors so it gets where it needs to be.! Put the VL in a unit of skeletons or the GG's.
I'd make one skeleton unit smaller and make it a bunker for the MN.
10 Hexies are very cool and will work very well. What's your loadout on the characters?

 

[Ulrock]

Without the BK I feel like I have no punch outside of the GG.

 

[The Sun King]

Master Necros are brilliant. If you haven't read it already Najo and I have made a guide to all the VC units (check the link in my signature).

With the new options from Undead Legions I think Skeletons can be really good. Take a Vampire Lord with Level 4 Shadow (to get Mindrazor) and put him with a Skeleton Horde with Spears. Put a Tomb Prince with Armour of Silvered Steel in there for WS5 on the Skels.