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Heroes - 883 pts

Prince - 322 pts
Elven Steed,Jewel of the Dusk, Radiant Gem of Hoeth, level 2 upgrade
Lance, Dragon Armour, Shield, Temakador's Gauntlets
Mage - 197 pts
Elven Steed, Dispel Scrollx2, Silver Wand

Mage - 150 pts
The Seerstaff of Saphery, Amulet of Fire

Noble - 214pts
Elven Steed, BSB, Battle Banner, Great Weapon, Dragon Armor, Shield


Core - 390 pts

Spearmen x 20 - 195 pts
Musician, Standard Bearer

Spearmen x 20 - 195 pts
Musician, Standard Bearer


Special - 672 pts

White Lions x 20 - 380 pts
Full Command, Banner of Sorcery

Dragon Princes x 5 - 205 pts
Musician, Standard Bearer, Banner of Arcane Protection

Ellyrian Reavers x 5 - 92
Musician

Rare - 300

Repeater Bolt Thrower x 2 - 200 pts

Great Eagle x 2 - 100 pts

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Power Dice 10-12

Dispell Dice 5

2250

BSB and foot mage go in the White Lion unit. Prince goes in the Dragon Prince unit. I plan on deploying the lions in the center supported on the flanks with the spearmen units. Using the reavers to bait charges and the DP's to hammer anything that gets in combat with the lions or spearmen. Supporting this with 9+D3 power dice magic and two bolt throwers for shooting. Eagles are for warmachines, lone casters, general harassment. What do you think?

Get rid of the one mages horse and place both the mages in your spearmen units and run them 7X3 so you get 21 attacks.

White lions are a poor choice compared to swordmasters. As I pointed out to a friend of mine, "stubborn" is only a good thing if you plan on losing combat. A unit of 7 swordmasters delivers 14 str 5 attacks that always strike first. I'd split that unit into 3 units of 7 swordmasters and give the banner to your bsb.

Then put the BSB in the reavers and the prince in the dragon princes. Also, just a side note, can princes be sorcerors? I didn't think they could take magic levels.

where is your dragon mage? they are seriously worth the points

Hi, thanks for the advice, I've got a couple questions though. It seems to me that the bsb is a little exposed being in such a flimsy unit, do most players just keep the unit out of sight most of the game and take the benefit from the banner? The radiant gem of hoeth says that the character now counts as a level 1 high elf mage. I'm assuming that this allows the character to take any options allowed to a mage which would include the level 2 upgrade. I could be wrong however.

I don't think the gem of hoeth lets you upgrade to a L2 mage. I think it just gives the other advantages of a L1 HE mage (+1 to dispel, ability to cast spells, and so on)

As was said, where's the dragon mage? the only downside to the dragon mage is the lack of +1 to dispel (which you have covered by the second mage, or the prince with the gem of hoeth. dragon mages can lay down alot of hurt with fire magic or the dragon they're riding. they can also get behind enemy lines without issue, march block, hunt characters/war machines, and break fleeing units

i think that 40 spearmen are over the top - i fail to see spearmen worth their points as a flank guard. if you took SM's instead of WL's, opponents won't come in charging range, and you could spend the points on archers instead of spearmen. if they still come close, pepper them with RBT bolts and arrows from your archers

First off, the gem doesn't let you upgrade to level 2 and therefore isn't worth it. Upgrade the second mage to level 2 and you'll still have a solid magic phase. Personally I think 4 characters is too many but each does serve a purpose, so if you want them go ahead. If you want a prince I like the vambraces of defense on him. I like adding the war banner to a spear unit. Also the 7 by 3 is a solid formation, especially if you have a noble or prince in the unit. I also agree the 20 white lions is too many. I run 2 by 7 units for swordmasters and white lions to good effect. The only elites I run 20 strong are phoenix guard. Drop 6, the arcane banner on the dragon princes, the gem on the prince and you've got close to another 14 strong unit of swordmasters.