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Independant Characters:

-=Lord=-

Bellamy the Shadowalker
Vampire Lord 205
Magic Upgrade 50
Vampiric Powers: 95
-Dark Acolyte 30
-Spectral Form 50
-Summon Ghouls 15
Total: 350

Tactics: Hang out in the back of the army, spamming Invocation and Danse Macabre.

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Units:

-=Graverobbers Squad=-

Baldur the Unquenchable
Vampire 100
Vampiric Powers: 50
-Dread Knight 25
-Infinite Hatred 25
Magic Items: 50
-Hand of Dust 50
Total: 200

Crypt Ghouls (20) 160
Cryp Ghast Upgrade (1) 8
Total: 168

Grand Total: 368

Tactics: Smash. Smash good.

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-=Leatherskin Squad=-

Nuada the Thousand Lives
Vampire 100
Battle Standard Bearer 25
Vampiric Powers: 50
-Dread Knight 25
-Ghoulkin 25
The Drakenhof Banner 125
Total: 300

Crypt Ghouls (20) 160
Cryp Ghast Upgrade (1) 8
Total: 168

Grand Total: 468

Tactics: Stay in front of the Graverobbers, soak up damage.

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-=Nightstalker Squad=-

Cecht the Arrowbane
Vampire 100
Vampiric Powers: 50
-Flying Horror 30
-Avatar of Death 20
Magical Items: 50
-Sceptre de Noirot 25
-Dispel Scroll 25
Total: 200

Fell Bats (5) 100
Total: 100

Grand Total: 300

Tactics: Slip behind enemy lines, summon a few zombies to hit the enemy's rear and screw with em, and maybe attack some warmachines, depending on how things go.

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Same-Type Squads:


Fell Bats (4) 80
Total: 80

Tactics: Distraction, annoyance, protect Nightstalkers.

Varghulf (1) 175
Total: 175

Tactics: Do what they do best. Charge in and chomp some heads until the Ghouls show up.

Varghulf (1) 175
Total: 175

Tactics: The same.

Zombies (21) 84
Total: 84

Overall: Exactly 2000 points.

Thoughts? Opinions? Honestly, it's my first time with Vampire Counts, but I think this spread covers just about everything that can come up.

Certain units of undead have to be close to a vamp to march isnot that correct.

The other tactic of the undead is to raise figures that have been killed.

Yes you have some very good offensive spells.

Keep us informed about how your tactics did.

If I have read this right you have 1 VLord + 3Vampires
2 units of ghouls
2 units of fell bats
2 Varghulfs

And your leathskin squad only adds up to 368 not the 532 you indicated.

So you are missing a core unit (require 3) which may be because you did not list it.

Or my eyes are funky because of how you presented the army.

Sorry about that. Wrote this up while on cough medicine. Stuff messes with ya!

Anyway, tacked on a unit of 16 zombies I could throw in the way of scout or something else that pops up. That alright?

tacked on a unit of 16 zombies

Sorry, but min. Zombie size is 20.

Uriah

Another silly mistake on my part. There, minused a fell bat to make it a squad of 21 zombies.

It seems decent but does not have much of a hitting force to it.

The Varghulfs are only US4 so will not break ranks in a flank and with so much flaming for anti regeneration out there they may not last as long as you want.

Having the ghouls and supporting Vampires move up early will defintely help. If you hide your flyer in a ghould unit at the start of the game then move up before the game begins and then fly them out to behind the opponent then you can get your anti marching and your zombie raising going turn 1

9PD and 7DD is average.

Make sure you keep your ghasts accepting challenges so your vampires dont have too. And then raise them back so you can keep you ghasts for the next round.

Good luck.

It seems decent but does not have much of a hitting force to it.

Yeah, that's something I was worried about. I'm likely to go up against Dwarves, HE, or Skaven. The first and last I'm okay with, but if the HE brings a dragon, I'm not sure my puny Vampire magicks are gonna be enough.

If you hide your flyer in a ghould unit at the start of the game then move up before the game begins and then fly them out to behind the opponent then you can get your anti marching and your zombie raising going turn 1

Awesome tactic man, thanks! I gotta remember that...

9PD and 7DD is average.

I'm... assuming that has something to do with the number of zombies I raise? Also, do the zombies count for victory points?

If you raise a new unit of zombies (any size) they are worth 50vp at the end of the game if they are destroyed.

9 Power dice and 7 Dispell dice is average for any army.

I have run a Tzeentch Daemon list with 15 Power Dice and 10 Dispell Dice.

The less dice you have the less opportunity you have to raise more zombies and or use invocation to increase the size of your zombie units or to bring back Ghouls.

If your magic gets shut down or you lose Vampires you are going to have more difficulty maintaining units.

Yeah you have very little punch with this list, granted you have 4 vampires but they can be rendered combat ineffective or flat out killed if needed. Varghulfs are great and hard hitting but maybe not worth taking two. You could try sacking one and scimming the ghouls down to units of 14 then using the extra points for Blood Knights or Black Knights. They are fast enough to keep up, have larger unit strength for flanking manuevers, and have either Killing Blow (BKs) or allot more attacks (blood knights).