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Iron Lich Asphyxious
Bile Thralls 8
Cephalyx Overlords
Skarlock Thrall
Pistol Wraith
Pistol Wraith
Slayer
Deathripper
Deathripper
Defiler

all together it comes to 501 points would love some insight from the experienced players as this is my first list and just getting into warmachine.

Don't Cephalyx Overlords benefit units of Cephyalyx
mind slavers? I can't remember since they are still in No
Quarter previews and my magazines are scattered
throughout the house...

Drop the Defiler for another Deathripper. The Defiler's gun is not worth it, as you'll be hard pressed to ever hit anything.

This list looks like you're basically relying on Asphyxious to do most of the heavy lifting. He's more than up to the task, of course, but if you run into a Menoth force heavy on the anti-magic, you'll be in trouble.

ya think i should go for denny? seems like a good combo to get off dark seduction with the cephalax to lower cmd.

and the slavers benefit from the overlords due to they can make more slaves but anything in in 10in can be affected my -2cmd or mind controlled and another thing that i cant remember lol.

The Iron Lich and Denny have very similar playstyles: blast 'em with magic. The Lich is a bit more offensive, while Denny is more about supporting her army. Play one for a while to get comfortable and then maybe switch when you want a change of pace.

And if you're going to be playing with the Overlords, you might as well get a unit of the Slavers in the near future. Haven't played with them myself, but from just looking at their rules, Mecanithralls seem like a better investment (though not as cool looking).

lol ya i was going to go with mecanathralls with a brute attached but i got to reading the card and was like OOoooo on the overlords. but i see what ya mean untill i get a good grasp of the game start with the basics.

On the other hand, there's something to be said for playing an army that doesn't look like everyone else's. Maybe you could theme it so that you version of the Lich works with/exploits the Cephalyx as sort of a side project from his usual conquer-the-world machinations.