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i know that the helstorm is bad, and the 12-8 units of knights, other than that rip away!!! i know that it isnt perfect


Empire 3500 points--------power dice=8---------dispell dice=7
Lords
General of the empire- full plate armour, shield, barded warhorse, sword of righteous steel, the crimson amulet, and the shroud of magnus-216
Wizard lord-lvl 4, wyrmslayer sword, holy relic, icon of magnus, and wizard’s staff-305
Heroes
Captain of the empire- bsb and armour of meteoric iron-100
Warrior priest-great weapon, heavy armour, barded warhorse, and the guilded armour-152
Warrior priest-heavy armour and sword of Sigismund-139
Battle wizard- lvl 2 and van horstann’s speculum
Core
20 swordsmen- full command-145
20 swordsmen-full command and banner of arcane warding-175
20 swordsmen- full command-145
Detatchment: 6 free company-30
20 flaggelants- prophet of doom-210
x2—10 handgunners- full command and hochland long rifle-120
10 huntsmen-100
Special
x3—great cannon-100
12 knights of the inner circle-full command and banner of the daemon slayer-412
8 knights of the inner circle-full command-362
Rare
x2—helblaster volley gun-110
helstorm rocket battery-115

which lore of magic do you use? Why the preference with swords over spears? I'm asking to learn.

Hand weapons and Shields give you an additional armor save in close combat.
Spears give you an additional rank of melee.

Note that this only applies to attacks coming from the front. Attacks from the
rear and flank negate this bonus +1 save.

my lores are usually fire and death
swordsmen have 1 better ws

Oh I didn't realize that swordsmen had 1 better WS, too! Ew.

could anyone comment on the list please?

Your knight units are too big, with 18 knights total run them in 3 units of 6, gives you the best bang for the buck. Forget the daemonslayer banner, only works AFTER you have to test for fear, war banner is better

Kit one of your warrior priests with the icon of magnus and have him ride with the IC knights, making them immune to fear

DON"T kit your wizard lord out for combat, its the last place you want him. You magic defense is very weak, you need at MINIMUM 2 scrolls at this level, probably 4. Drop the lvl2 and make him a scroll caddy

I would give the general the sword of sigismund and the holy relic, mount him on a barded warhorse for a 1+/4+ save combo

drop the standard from the handgunners - free points to your opponent. You should make your swordsmen units 25 strong and your detachments 9 strong (fielded 3x3)

Drop the prophet of doom and take another flaggie, field them 7x3

hellstorm and hellblaster are too random to be really useful, a stank would work (and not be cheesy at this point level)

Drop the huntsmen and take some pistoliers if possible

BSB is fine but the warrior priest kit could use work, at minimum stick them both on a barded warhorse for the extra save

just quick thoughts

PapaSmurf