Vampire Counts 2500 List

[Aurelion117]

Hey guys, this is a list I have been working on lately and I was hoping some of you could give me pointers on what you think, thanks in advance.

Lords:
Vampire Lord - Heavy Armour, Talisman of Preservation, Book of Arkhan, Enchanted Shield, Sword of Might, Level 4, Quickblood, Red Fury

Heroes:
Vampire - Heavy Armour, Sword of Striking, Dragonhelm, Dispel Scroll, Shield, Lore of Shadow (Maybe Vamp lore?), Hellsteed, Red Fury, Level 1

Necromancer - Lore of Vampire, Cursed Book, Level 2

Core:
Crypt Ghouls - 29x, Champion (Vamp Lord goes here)

Dire Wolves - x5

Dire Wolves - x5

Dire Wolves - x5

Dire Wolves - x5

Zombies - 25x, Standard, Musician

Zombies - 24x, Standard, Musician

Special:
Crypt Horrors - 8x

Spirit Host

Spirit Host

Vargheists - 4x

Vargheists - 4x

Rare:
Blood Knights - 4x, Standard, Standard of Discipline

Total = 2496 Points

Like I said, any comments are greatly appreciated.

 

[The Sun King]

Hi there I removed your points costs due to forum regulations

It's a nice list with some flexible heavy hitters. I think you need something to take care of high armour saves though. The BK's will die fast but that's fine since that's just target saturation. However I don't think you should run the baby vamp on horse... sure it's nice having him flying around causing trouble, but you might also just give points away, but it's a fun gimmick so try running it and see if it works.

However here are some tweaks for the list:

1. Bring your Ghouls to 40, they die too fast otherwise and you need them at fighting strength when they hit combat. Cut some other core for it.
2. Get Ogre Blade for your VL - he needs the higher strength to cut through armor.
3. I would cut a level on the Necro to save points.
4. Cut Zombs down to 20 models per unit and they don't need musicians.
5. I would cut the Sword of Striking and switch it for a lance for the Baby Vamp since he needs higher strength and the lance is cheap.

Best of luck!

 

[Aurelion117]

Hello, thanks for replying and I am very sorry about that, I really should of remembered.

I was considering taking him off the horse so he could add more of a punch to one of my Zombie units, so I think I might just take him off as my last game had him die fairly quickly.

I was running my original Ghoul unit 6 wide and 5 back, do you think I should make it 10 wide and 4 back if I up there number to 40? If I gave him the Ogre Blade, should I just totally get rid of the Book of Arkhan? The musicians were mainly to fill Core tax but if I increase the Ghoul number then that won't really matter. If I take him off the horse do you think I should stick with the Sword of Striking?

Also, my Necromancer has The Cursed Book, should I replace that with the Book of Arkhan since I am taking it off my VL?

Thank you for all these pointers, they are greatly appreciated.

 

[The Sun King]

Hey man, glad I can help

Hmm, well you should definitely give the baby vamp Sword of Swift Slaying if you take him off the horse - and by no means stick him with the zombies... they die too fast to be a good character bunker.

Cursed book vs. Book of Arkhan... they're both good but add different elements to your army. Do you want to be fast and get in the enemy's face quick? Then take Arkhan. Are you facing tough opponents that are hard to kill? Pick Cursed book. It really depends on what armies you face.

The Ghouls should be fielded 10 wide and 4 deep, yes.

 

[Aurelion117]

Hello again, and where would you think he would suit beat? I could leave him on the Hellsteed and then put him with Blood Knights and wait for the right time to fly him out?

I ended up going for the Book Arkhan, mainly due to having the extra Vanhels makes me feel a bit safer as a back up in case my main is dispelled, which it very often is. The fact that it is also cheap helped me decide too.

Once again, thanks for all he advice, I cannot wait for my next game.