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hi dakka, now i was wondering with manoverability being a major thing in WHFB i thought to myself wether an all mounted WoC army would work with 4 units of knights, maruder horsemen with throwing axes and a bucket load of dogs but would it work in tornaments??

You could not pack 4 knight units there i think. What points are we talking about? If 2250 then you go about 250-300 for each knight units thats about 1100. 4 Units of marauders horsemen is about 350. Thats 1450. Ten (yes ten!!!) units of dogs are 300. Thats 1750. Lord is about 300 thats 2050. Sorcerers + some scrolls for leftover points. It may fit actually but its wierd. I think you need some chariot... or hellcannon or pair of shaggots. To give some proper advice i need to know how many points are we talking about. Knights are good but you dont need to fill all avanible slots with them first i think.

It's certainly been speculated at, but I don't think so.

Shooting plays a huge factor into it, mainly. Small units are ripe for being ripped apart, and cavalry are no exception.

Deadly in Theoryhammer, but not so much in-game.

Rifles will make real mess. Same with elf fast throwers.

Very viable. Shooting isn't that scary- the dogs and Slaanesh horsemen make good screens. And they will get 1-2 turns max before you tear into the line. Mark of nurgle is also helpful to reduce shooting effectiveness. Just watch bolt throwers and cannons- do not give them a flank shot!

Big fliers and undead are a bigger problem. Dragons and the like are faster than you and can eat up units while undead can tarpit you and grind you down with CR.

It's a list that needs some skill to run, but can do well. I suggest 3 sorcs for magic defense. Take lore of Nurgle to snipe, Tzeentch on disc for hunting, and/or fire for Sword and to tag regenerators. You could also try a dragon lord if playing a big game.