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Hi!
First post here + first army ever in Warhammer for me, so looots of doubts... hope you can help!
After a lot of reading I decided to go with Vapire Counts At least, one decision made

I have asked some people that play for a while, read a bunch of threads on this forum, and I ended up with 2 lists.
I would really appreciate if you could comment pros & cons of both lists (or differences in gameplay) and try helping me decide what way should I go! The plan is to move to a 2500 point army in a while, but for now, 1500.
Keep in mind I'm new to this, so don't hesitate in over explaining any small detail you feel important

Here we go...!


OPTION A
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***1 LORD***
Necromancer Lord, General, Level 4 upgrade
+ Dispell Scroll
+ Lore of Vampires
>225points

***1 HERO***
Vampire
+Barded Nightmare
+Lance, Heavy Armour, Shield
+Red Fury
+Lord of the Vampires
>185points

***5 Core Units***
38x Skeleton Warriors, Standardbearer, Champion
>210points

5x Dire Wolves
>40points

5x Dire Wolves
>40points

5x Dire Wolves
>40points

10x Skeleton Warriors
>210points

***2 Elite Units***
6x Crypt Horrors
>228points

9x Black Knights, Barding, Lances, Standardbearer, Champion
>254points

***1 Rare Unit***
1x Terrorgeist
225points

TOTAL: 1657points (where should I cut the 157 extra points I have?? If you think OPTION A is the way to go...)

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OPTION B
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***2 HERO***
1x Necromancer
>100points

1x Cairn Wraith
>60points

***4 Core Units***
20x Cryps Ghouls
30x Skeleton Warriors
30x Skeleton Warriors
10x Dire Wolves
>580points

***3 Elite Units***
3xVargheists
>138points

5x Hexwraiths
>150points

5x Hexwraiths
>150points

***1 Rare Unit***
1x Terrorgeist
225points

TOTAL: 1253 (247poitns left... What should I add to this Option? Including upgrades or addons to those units... Is OPTION B the way to go?)



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Any help on commenting/comparing/recommending or esxplaining a bit the main differences between those 2 lists would be AWESOME..!
Hope you can help me decide... can't wait to start with this!!

I would probably go with list A because it has units like the Black Knights which can be surprisingly effective with a good armour save and a Master Necromancer so you can raise more tar pits for the enemy easier. If you did go with list B though, you could add a few Spirit Hosts though as they're pretty hard to kill or Blood Knights to annoy your opponent both have good movement as well, or if all else fails, create another couple of units of zombies or skeletons. Hope this helps (By the way, this is my 100th post! Yeay!)

Add champions to skellie blocks. They might not look much but they can absorb challenges.

Thank you both!
Will take into consideration everything you said

Any one else have thoughts about this 2 Options??