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hi i need help i'm playing the store manager at my local store in a 3500 pts and i want to have a chance
at winning..... so if you have got any advice on how to beat them it would be much appriecated

oh, and i play skaven by the way.

come on please comment! surely someone would have some advice on how to kill vamps

x2 Grey seers 8 dispel scrolls
x1 BSB
x3 Warlock engineers- decked out with all the tricks

That should shut his magic phase down nicely.

Warpfire throwers and ratling guns up x as many as you can get. and everything shoots at the enemy generals unit and or heavy hitters.

Slave units to redirect the enemy so you can flank charge and negate ranks.

Beyond that I can't help.

I played against the new vamps for the first time this weekend with lizardmen at 3000 points at a tourney and we both camped out on opposite corners of the table and game was over in 35 minutes including deployment.

THAT much magic is needed? i was going to take 2 seers and one warplock engineer, a plague priest, a master moulder and a bsb how are they

You could just be an ass and say he can't cast his spells in CC.
But to be honnest, take as many dispell scrolls as you can and build as much combat resolution as you can. This has always been the way to beat counts in bolth old and new army books.

Its not you casting magic that will kill him, its you shutting down his magic pases that will.
For most VC armies the game is won in the magic phase - remove it from him and he's stuffed.
Remember you need to stop in priority:
1: Movement spells
2: New unit spells
3: Damage spells
4: Resurection spells.

I don't know if the engineers can take dispel scrolls (at work and don't have book with me) but if they can I'd fill them up with scrollss too.
I once played against brets at 3000 points with my VC under the old rules and he had 8 dispel scrolls on a level 4 and 2 level 2 mages . Shut me down completely...

In addition to the anti magic, I usually give my VC opponents fits with another item--the Warp Lightning Cannon. Aim it at his general every time. Nothing makes a VC player sweat like the thought of losing his general. Since it works like a "laser beam", you can pretty much target him every turn. Force those "Look Out Sir!" rolls. You're not likely to get him, but the harassment is priceless. Just remember not to line your own units up in case you misfire (Can't tell you how many times I've spun around and just missed entire lines of my own guys....life is cheap, but not THAT cheap!)