Ethereal Lord Army List - 3000pt - Advice Wanted!!

[Disciple of Nagash]

This list is based on the fluff for my army which is detailed in other sections.

So the the Lord has to be Ethereal and I want heavy Magic so heres what I got:

Characters

Malachi the Dammed - Lord Character @ 355pts
Extra Magic Level
Spectral Form
Dark Acolyte
Avatar of Death
(Ethereal, Heavy Armour, GW, Lvl 4, 4PD/2DD)
Will be placed in Wraith unit

Elesa - Lord Character @ 450pts
Extra Magic Level
Master of the Black Arts
Forbidden Lore
Summon Creatures of the Night or Ghouls (advice needed!)
Skull Staff
Night Shroud
Sword of Might
(S6, Light Armour, +1 to cast/dispel, Lvl 3, 5PD/2DD)
In GG Unit

Fengar - Vampire Hero Character @ 200pts
Hunter in the Dark
Supernatural Terror
Talisman of Lynci
Armour of Night
Black Periapt
(Scout, Terror, M9, -2 to hit, Lvl 1, 1PD/1DD)
Alone

Rienhard - Vampire Hero Character @195pts
Dark Acolyte
Lord of the Dead
Tomb Blade
Flayed Hauberk
(2+ SV, Lvl 2, 2PD/1DD)
In Skeleton unit without magic banner

The Forgotten Warrior - Wight King Hero Character @85pts
GW
HW & Heavy Armour
(4+/5+ SV)
In Skeleton Unit with magic banner

Hanz Kressar - Necromancer Hero Character @ 125pts
Extra Necromancy Spell - Vanhels Danse Macabre
Dispel Scroll x2
(Lvl 1, 1PD/1DD)
Mounted on CC

Core

Skeleton Warriors x 14 @ 142pts
Full Command
Banner of Hellfire
(Flaming Attacks)

Skeleton Warriors x 14 @ 132pts
Full Command

Zombies x 30 @ 128pts
Standard

Ghouls x 12 @ 96pts

Corpse Cart @ 100pts
Balefire
Mount for necromancer, placed in Ghoul unit

Dire Wolves x 8 @ 64pts

Dire Wolves x 8 @ 64pts

Special Units

Grave Guard x 14 @ 257
Full Command
GW
Banner of the Barrows

Fell Bats x 3 @ 60pts

Rare

Cairn Wraiths x 7 @ 375pts
Tomb Banshee Upgrade

"Beast" - Vargulf @ 175pts

Total:3003Pts


Phase Breakdown

Movement - Average, some fast moving units to protect flank, one fast moving tough unit (Wraiths with Lord). Combat enemies movement with scout & dire wolves?

Magic - Very Strong, 19 Spells, 15PD(poss 16)/9DD(poss 10), two dispel scrolls, one caster +1 to cast/dispel, 1 Bound Spell plus choice of lore for one caster so will adapt to enemy (i.e Lore of Metal for Dwarfs)

Shooting - Poor, protection in form of distractions, (scout, fell bats)
screeners (Wolves), sight blockers (wraith unit vs non-magical shots)

Combat - Good, most units have a hard-hitter, two main skeleton units will be raised above starting number for autobreak (anvils), GG, vargulf & wraiths as hammer, Zombies as tar pit for anything really dangerous. Ghouls & CC as support unit

The idea is to use the scout & bats to block marching, possibly cause units to flee, wolves & vargulf to protect flanks, core units to protect each other, ghouls mainly supporting. Wraith's with Lord keep in terrain where possoble to avoid magical fire and then engage in combat. I should be able to keep the units up and running with the strong magic phase and protect my general and wraiths.

So any feedback? I know its not ideal but its first a fluffy army, then a tactical one, still any ideas would be much appreciated.

 

[Caerdrath]

RE: Ethereal Lord Army List - 3000pt

Hee there,

First off, I like the idea of a vampire in your wraiths, its rock hard, its fun, its new.

Second, I dont think this army is very fluffy. You'd need more of a coherent theme. If it's gonna be ethereal, stick some more ethereal troops in / more ethereal characters!

 

[Disciple of Nagash]

RE: Ethereal Lord Army List - 3000pt

Sorry, its not an ethereal theme as such, its based around the background for my Lord which is found in the background section, he's become ethereal by accident, looking for a new body, if I was to include more ethereal troops what would you suggest to swap?

Edit:Here's a bit of fluff its based upon -
WraithLord - Malachi the Dammed

No-one knows what bloodline he belongs to, his powerful necromantic abilities speak of Necrach yet he has the composure and looks of the von Carsteins. Wanting to emulate Nagash he travelled far and wide to increase his knowledge and power along the way meeting Elesa, falling in love with her he granted her the blood kiss and they have been inseparable since. However one fateful day he attempted to cast a spell to increase his magical power, it went horribly wrong blasting his body into dust. Luckily Elesa managed to keep Malachi's spirit on this realm, he now searches for a way to inhabit a new body, to feel flesh once more, in battle he strides forth sealed inside his enchanted armour.

Elesa - Malachi's get and wife, they attracted each other with thier powerful magical abilities, she has studied various Lores and is very adept at adapting her magic to the situation. Beautiful, Malachi fears he will lose heer if he does not find a body soon.

Fengar - The sixth thrall Malachi attempted to posses, the procedure blasted his mind devolving him to the more bestial tendancies of the vampire, the magic amulet around his neck is the only thing that keeps him partially sane. In battle he is a stealthy hunter sneaking forwward to ambush his prey

Beast - The fifth thrall Malachi attempted to possess, again another failure this time the vampire went mad until he lost of sense of himself, now a vargulf he knows only combat.

 

[Disciple of Nagash]

RE: Ethereal Lord Army List - 3000pt

Aww no more replies!! No-one have any idea's for improvements. changes?

 

[illusionarypresence]

magic heavy lists like this, where your vamps arent really made for combat really benefit from the helm I think.

It provides an automatic instant stopgap wherever you need it, often changing combats entirely by making enemies hit you on 4s if not 5s and you hitting on 3s instead of the other way round. When you counter with your GW wielding GG you can switch to them making them hit on 2s.....

also I dont really see the point of the wight king. he adds very little to that unit.

IMHO skeles are there not to die, ie an offensive banner is a complete waste of points. warbanner and eternal nightmare are the options for skeles for a fantastic +6 CR without having to lift a finger

 

[Disciple of Nagash]

I was thing about dropping the wight king too and scraping together some other points for another Corpse Cart with Balefire or maybe better banners for the troops?
As for combat I was considering Elesa taking Lore of Beasts, the Bears Anger on a Lord, 7A at S7 and T6 :grin: