First time 2500 VC list

[Lysandus]

LORD
Vampire Lord , Barded Nightmare (365)
Red Fury
Quickblood
Armor of Fortune
Great Weapon

Master Necromancer, Barded Nightmare (260)
lvl 4
Staff of Damnation

HEROES
Wight King BSB (115)
Great Weapon

Necromancer (115)
Book of Arkhan
Dispel Scroll

CORE
Dire Wolves, 6 (xx)
Dire Wolves, 5 (xx)
Dire Wolves, 5 (xx)
Crypt Ghouls ,25 (xx)
Crypt Ghouls ,25 (xx)

SPECIAL
Black Knights, 5 (160)
Hell Knight
Musician
Standard
Barding
Lances

Grave Guard, 25 (380)
Senechal
Musician
Standard
Great Weapons
Banner of the Barrows

Bat Swarm, 2 (xx)
Corpse Cart,1 (xx)
Unholy Loadstone

RARE
Blood Knights (275)
Kastellan
Flamming Banner

OK I know it's has a little bit of everything but will something like this work? I really want to keep the 2 calv units as it is fluff based ( BK are my KoTR unit and the blood knights are my Lord and BSB from my Bret Army). can a unit of 25 Grave guard work is another thing im looking at. As Isaid this is my first attempt at making a list so feel free to give advice/ suggestions.
Thanks

 

[Weibz]

Well, first off your Baby Necro can only have one arcane item. So, picking between the 2 I would take the dispel scroll, ditching the book. I'd use the spare points in your GG unit to try and get them to 30 guys. Them having GWs, and only 25 is a bit iffy if you ask me.

Second, I'd try and figure a way to put more guys in your blood knight unit. You need 5 Rank in File guys to avoid cannon sniping your lord out of the unit. The Kastellan doesn't count to that number so factor that into consideration.

Thirdly, when you throw a list up here. You can't include straight costs on units unless they have upgrades in the unit. Games Workshop Copyright stuff. Example: The dire wolves just put XX as their point cost, Bat swarms, and your Ghouls.

Do I think this can work? Not really. Your forces are stretched pretty thin. 5 Black knights will not hold up, and 25 ghouls can die in one round of combat. If you really want to keep the 2 cav units I'd do a couple of things. I'd think about getting rid of the GG, boosting the numbers on my Black Knights to (10 guys min) 12 guys, and get some war-machine hunters like Hexwraiths or maybe some Gheists. I'd also consolidate the ghouls into a unit of 35 or 40, and use the spare points into another core unit. Lose the Corpse Cart as well unless you put in some Crypt Horrors or something else not moving to quickly to hold the lines. Things is really slow and your army seems to be moving quite quick. 4" movement max trying to keep up with knights? hard sell imo.

Also, I would read these threads. Sounds like something you could benefit from wanting to go heavy Cav Bret army theme.
https://www.vampirecounts.net/Thread-Hex-wraiths
https://www.vampirecounts.net/Thread-Question-about-multiple-Blood-Knight-raising

 

[Lysandus]

Thanks for the reply. I totally missed that goof with the 2 arcane items. I also totally forgot about WM hunting, I guess i'm going to have to choose between BK and GG.

thanks again