WHFB - 8th Looking for help on building a 2500 VC List

[Esarhaddon]

Hi all,

I'm very new to 8th edition - just a decade late or so, it seems!
Working on a list for 2500 Vampire Counts. The list as it stands is 2499. Any sort of advice or feedback would be helpful. I read through a lot of the Sun King's guides to put this together. I am going to be mostly playing vs Ogres, Dwarves, and Tomb Kings as well as potentially Skaven so I want the list to stand a chance against all of those. Appreciate any advice you can give me, tactics, etc against those armies too.


Lords [490]
Vampire Lord - 220 (290) [goes with black knights]
Hellsteed - 30
Ogre Blade - 40

Master Necromancer - 165 (200) (goes in zombies)
Level Four - 35

Heroes [90]

Necromancer - 65 (90) [goes in skeletons]
Dispel Scroll - 25
[580 total characters]


Core [670]
30 Ghouls - 300

40 Skeletons - 200 (230)
Full Command - 30

5 Dire Wolves - 40 (40)

5 Dire Wolves - 40 (40)

20 Zombies - 30 (60)

Special [804]

6x Crypt Horrors - 228

30 Grave Guard - 330 (360)
Great Weapons - 30

9x Black Knights - 189 (216)
Barding - 27

Rare [445]
Terrorgheist - 225

Mortis Engine - 220

 

[Count Berenthor]

You planning on running those black knights in? Did you look up the blender vamp build?

 

[Esarhaddon]

You planning on running those black knights in? Did you look up the blender vamp build?

Hi Count Berenthor,

I received some feedback from another group and I realized a few things. First off I wanted the vampire lord to join the black nights. I am familiar with the blender vamp build but didn't want to go too hardcore for my first game. I took him off the hellsteed and got him a barded knightmare instead

 

[Unas the slayer]

I am familiar with the blender vamp build but didn't want to go too hardcore for my first game.

Is this also the reason why you are not taking any ethereal?



(with that said.... hello and welcome to CN )

 

[Esarhaddon]

Is this also the reason why you are not taking any ethereal?



(with that said.... hello and welcome to CN )

Hi,

Yeah my friend has ogres which don't have a lot of magic weapons from what I understand? Otherwise I wouldn't mind as much. He has Tomb Kings which have some but not a lot. Thank you for the welcome!

 

[The Sun King]

I like the list! It is not specialized but have a lot of different tools, so I would say that it is versatile with a decent power level.

 

[Esarhaddon]

I like the list! It is not specialized but have a lot of different tools, so I would say that it is versatile with a decent power level.

I owe a lot to your guide which I pored over a few times while building my list! I enjoy lists that are flexible rather than hardcore skew so glad to hear I achieved that aim. I'll also say that a lot of it is testing related, I want to see what works best for me and then go from there.