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Having now playtested several lists I have decided on the following. It was a tough call on whether to go for PG or WL as my large Special unit but I really like the Lore of Life which has many more benefits for the WL and Swordsmasters than PG. IMO Law of Shadows works best with PG but I don't think that it is as effective. All comments very welcome:

Archmage lvl 4, Forliath's Robes,Talisman of Preservation, Silver Wand - Law of Life

Prince Karadal Ogre Blade,Enchanted Shield, Dragon Armour, Vambraces, Barded Elven Steed

Mage lvl 2, Annulian Crystal - Law of Light

Battle Standard Bearer Armour of Caledor, GW, Guardian Phoenix

48 Spear Elves Full Command, Lion Standard

12 Archers Mus

12 Archers Mus

Lion Chariot

20 White Lions Full Command, Banner Sorcery, The Aumlet of Light (had 15 points left and thought this amulet may come in handy)

14 Swordsmasters Mus

5 Dragon Princes Mus

14 Swordsmasters Full Command, Banner of Eternal Flame

Great Eagle

Great Eagle


This is very much meant as an all comers list.

Anything guys?

You probably like msu but youd be better off running one unit of 28 rather than two of ofurteen for the swordmasters. Bulk up the dragon ptince unit to ten with only 6 with the prince, you canyt break ranks, youve no standard and your t3 a horde of ungor could destroy you in a turn of combat

Note that currently, your prince is illegal since the enchanted shield should be 5 points more than what you're paying (you use the HE AB price, not the BRB price).

I'm kind of too lazy to total this up, but is this 2.5k or 3k?

I kind of feel like the Prince is a bit over-rated for what he'd add to your army. I'd personally drop him in favor of another unit of something (I mean, for his points, you can get another unit of Dragon Princes and another White Lion Chariot with some minor changes here and there). That'd serve you MUCH better than the Prince.

im going to have to agree with jin on the prince, for his points you could probably use the points much more effectively for more princes, SM etc etc.

as for your level 2 mage, IMHO lore of light may be underwhelming, you already have lore of life which is an awesome defensive lore, for a level 2 i like runing seerstaff and either shadow or metal. shadow with withering enfeebling or okrams are all awesome, if you run the two rip spells then your opponent is going to be focusing his magic phase on dispelling all these spells as opposed to casting his own, or he doesw cast his own and his troops are ineffective.

lore of metal with glittering robes is Great! you can even turn it into a bubble, 3+ armour save elves is sweet, and if your against chaos dwarvs or lizardmen or any kind of heavy cav searing doom will tear them apart.

i like the two units of swordmasters, i generally run 2 units of 12 swormasters and a unit of 12 white lions, for me its been pretty effective jsut make sure you have somthing supporting them, that being said id consider splitting your spearmen unit in have, itll give you an addittional anvil unit along with some maunuevreablity.
Food for thought!!

Cheers
Mike

Love it! I do something like this with my dark elves, but less combat more shooting.
Metal makes a great secondary lore, shadow is good with elves too.
MSU is all about mass and manouver, and elves do that really well, what with high Ld and M5.


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Just remember, everything is expendable. Thats the way MSU works best.

I like it. MSU is fun to play, and play against. You will be taking some losses along the way.
As for the level 2, take the seer staff. You want to choose your spells.
I faced a high elf who took high magic on his level 2. This gave him drain magic, and his choice of 2 more. Against my hordes he took Flames of the Phoenix, and the 2D6 magic missile.

Seriously, I don't know why more people don't take high magic (with choose spell item).

Flames of the Phoenix hits a lot of units like Dwellers does (kills half the unit), but also drains power dice from your enemy, because he wants to stop it before it hits again. It's easier to cast, and has better range.

-Matt