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HEROES = 493
Noble on Foot, BSB, Armor of Caledor, Guardian Phoenix, GW 168
Mage, Lvl 2, Annulian Crystal 175
Mage, Lvl 2, Jewel of Dusk 150

SPECIAL = 758
13 Phoenix Guard, FC, Banner of Sorcery 275
13 Swordmasters, FC, Lion Standard 250
10 White Lions, FC, Banner of Arcane Protection, Amulet of Light 233

CORE = 548
10 Archers 110
31 LSG, Shields, FC, Banner of Eternal Flame 438

SPECIAL = 200
Repeater Bolt Thrower 100
2 Great Eagles 100

Total = 1999

Plan to sit one of the mages with the SM Unit and the other with the PG.
Noble BSB goes with LSG.
Going to try to use Eagles and WL to Flank/Disrupt/Hit War Machines.
And SM on the other side.
Archers are kind of throw away to get core points. I'll probably stick them by RBT to help protect it.

I would appreciate any and all help, nothing is set in stone and I'm ordering most of the units when the new HE models are released in Oct. Also ideas for expanding/improving this to a 2250 or 2500 Army would be greatly welcomed. Thanks in advance.

RBT isnt that useful. would use its points for more special. I think you should switch SM to WL. I would drop the 2 mages in favor for a Lvl4 who is very useful in 2k

What lore of magic do you think you are going to use?

I find that Shadow or Life work best on an arch mage while high is best for mages.

I usually take a lvl 4 shadow/life (depending on how I feel that day) with the staff of sorcery and a lvl 1 high mage with the trickster's pendant. Magic phase works on how many power dice I get. If I only get 2-3 then throw all dice at drain magic and let your opponent most likely miscast next turn.

for the core a unit of 50 spearmen with the magic resistance banner works great for me. I find them to be a better option then sea guard especially if they get regeneration or mind razor.

Retweaked it a little, one lvl 4 mage is probably better but I'd really like to mess around with two mages :(
I wanted to throw the lvl 2 mage with the Swordmasters to give them a MR save. And was thinking about lore of life for him. The lvl 1 mage I like for the 2nd arcane item and I'll mainly be using him to throw up drain magic. I put him with the PG to help protect them.
I added a Tiranoc Chariot and will have that and a Great Eagle on the same side as the SM. I have the pieces from Island of Blood so would like to use those. I'm not necessarily opposed to 2 units of white lions instead.
I liked the idea about the giant horde unit of spearmen for core instead of LSG.

HEROES = 473
Noble on Foot, BSB, Armor of Caledor, Guardian Phoenix, GW 168
Mage, Lvl 2, Seerstaff of Saphery 165
Mage, Lvl 1, Annulian Crystal 140
SPECIAL = 975
13 Phoenix Guard, FC, Banner of Sorcery, Sword of Might 290
17 Swordmasters, FC, Lion Standard, Amulet of Light 315
14 White Lions, FC, Razor Standard 285
1 Tiranoc Chariot 85
CORE = 500
50 SM, FC, Banner of Arcane Protection 500
SPECIAL = 50
1 Great Eagle 50
Total = 1998

Open for any and all critique improvements.