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L: Vampire Lord - Vamp Lore, Lvl 2
Ogre Blade, Talisman of Preservation, Other Trickster's Shard, Heavy Armor, Shield
Red Fury, Quickblood
L: Master Necromancer - Death, Lvl 4
Dispell Scroll

H: Vampire - Vamp Lore
Armor of Destiny, Shield, Lance, Barded Nightmare
Red Fury
H: Tomb Banshee

C: 49 Skeletons (Tomb Banshee goes here)
FC, Spears
C: 30 Ghouls
C: 20 Zombies (Necro goes here)
Standard
C: 35 Zombies
Standard

S: 27 Grave Guard
FC, Banner of the Barrows, Great Weapons
S: 6 Varghiests

R: 6 Blood Knights
Standard
R: Terrorgheist

3k on the button. Vargheists, Blood Knights, and Terrorgheist threatens the flank. Core act as anvils for the GG and raise zombies for chaff. Thoughts?

I'm putting together a 2500 pt VC army, so I'm also curious about this.

You've got two Lords, so you're not vulnerable to a single cannonball.

How many of these units will be fielded as hordes? I'm concerned how ungainly your 'anvil' will be.

Do you think this has enough offense at 3k? A terrorgheist, 6 blood knights, and 6 vargheists is how many points? If one gets caught in a tarpit melee, or gets wiped out by warmachines, will you be able to roll up several units with the rest?

His main offense will end up being his 2 vampires I think. This isnt a bad thing as they are very good at bringing the pain! lol

But I think you would benefit from putting a vampire in the skeletons and the tomb banshee in something else. They will offer great protection for your vampire lord, for example.

I have 2 Lords because I don't like all of my eggs in one basket. A level 4 combat lord is ferocious but closing in on 500 points. For nearly the same name number of points I can have the combat lord to support the hammer you forgot about (the grave guard) and a level 4 necromancer using death for character sniping and purple sun against things that really hurt my army such as Ogres and hydras.

I don't plan on running anything in horde because our troops tend to die quickly and I would rather have the extra ranks than the extra attacks. The skeletons with the tomb banshee are there to anchor one side with the vargheist to either hammer anything that flanks the skeletons or proceed ahead to target chaff/war machines and other small targets of opportunity. The other wing of the army will be the manuever element consisting of the grave guard, blood knights and terrorgheist.

I think I have enough 'scary' things to give the enemy a chance to spread any shooting but I'm pretty sure the terrorgheists is going to attract the most of the shooting which should keep my vargheists, blood knights, and grave guard alive a little longer. We will have to see.