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Greetings!

I have deviced a list, and I was hoping for some input. The list is not for competitive play, but I still won't mind winning. So here we go, I'll hide my comments beneath the units.

Behold:

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Lords:

Vampire Lord
-Level 3 Wizard
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Vampiric:
-Master of the Black Arts
-Forbidden Lore
-Lord of the Dead
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Magical:
-Skull staff
-The Flayed Hauberk
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Points: 445
Casty as 'ell. Goes in Grave Guard.

Heroes:

Wight King (BSB)
-BSB
-Nightmare
-Lance
-The Royal Banner of Strigos
Points: 152
Goes in 5-man Black Knight unit.

Necromancer
Spell: Vanhels Danse Macabre
Items: The Book of Arkhan
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Corpse Cart
w/ Lodestone
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Points: 190
Goes in skeleton unit 1.

Necromancer
Spells: Raise Dead
Items: Sceptre de Noirot
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Corpse Cart
w/ Lodestone
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Points: 180
Goes in Skeleton unit 2.


Troops:

11x Skeleton Warriors
Hand Weapons and Shields
Full Command
Points: 108
To be raised in turn one,

10x Skeleton Warriors
Hand Weapons and Shields
Full Command
Points: 100
..five or six PD on IoN w/ CC's should do the trick.

20x Ghouls
Points: 160
Goes on one of the flanks.

5x Dire Wolves
Points: 40
Sadly only one unit of the lovely doggies.


Special:

20x Grave Guard
Great Weapons
Full Command
Banner of the Barrows
Points: 335
With WS4+1 to hit, GW's and hopefully ASF, 'tis my mainstay castle. Goes between the two skeleton units beneath two CC Miasma pies.

5x Black Knights
Full Command
Banner of Hellish Vigour
Points: 175
Wight King BSB goes here for added hittyness and Strigos hatred. Goes on opposite flank from Varghulf with the flag of Hellish running.

6x Black Knights
Full Command
Points: 174
Basic stuff. Might need a bigger banner, but where to take points?

Rare:

Varghulf
'Nuff said
Points: 175
Can't go wong with these badman's. He'll give march to 5-BK's and Wolves on one flank.

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Power Dice: 10 + 3 Bound Spells
Dispel Dice: 6
Points: 2232

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There we are. Strategy in a nutshell: slow stuff goes in the middle, cramped together around the Lord with a CC on each side (overlapping on the GG). The Varghulf strolls up one flank with his Wolves and 6-Black Knight friends, while the Wight King grabs the 5-Black Knights and heads for the other flank. Cue pincer manouvre


Any and all feedback vastly appreciated!


-Crawler

I do not know alot about VC but I do know this. You gotta have a magic hat. (Helm of command) it is the single best buy in the VC army book.

Thanks for your reply Russell.
Since all my characters are either too low in WS (Wight/Necros) or have filled their quota (65pts for the main item on Lord) I don't see where that fits in. I know it's a good item, but I don't really fancy buying a Vampire muppet with it for the sole purpose of standing behind my lines and making skeletons kill a couple more enemies a turn. It would be great to have WS6/7 for the Black Knights without hatred though...

Any further comments vastly appreciated.

-Crawler

The flayed Hauberk might be a little much for the Lord. I would consider swapping that for the helm if you can. Also you should have enough points to give him the M9 talisman.

If the vampire gets in combat with anything that is really flighty he is going to be dead rather quickly even with the 1+ save. Better off giving the unit of grave guard the WS they need to win combats.

Thanks for your reply Negativemoney.
How would you play the Lord with that setup? Running around between the OOC units?

-The Hohenheim

Basicaly I would have it so that at no point an Enemy can get off a charge with anything other than a single model.If he is on foot he can maneuver so that he stays out of combat and out of LoS of enemy shooting and magic.

What about Magical spells that does D6 attacks to evey unit on the table? Against for example lore of heavens I'd get smacked no?
Also a lucky cannon bounce is all thats needed to smother him across the landscape...

I don't know, is it really a viable option?

-Crawler