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I'm wondering if anybody else uses the silverhelms as a core choice instead of a special choice, would it be that bad to make up for GW's bobo and just use them as a core selectino so cav armies are still good to use, just wondering what dakka thinks

I think it'd be fine. All cavalry armes were problematic to say the least in 7th ed, which is why cavalry got moved out of core in most books at that time.

Under 8th ed rules, now cavalry can't just pile into the front of an enemy unit and route it regularly, the old issues with all cavalry lists are gone. If anything all cav is generall a difficult to play, somewhat underpowered list.

I suspect SIlver Helms will move back into Core in the next High Elf book. And if houseruling it now means we see some Silver Helms back on the field now that'd be nice.

Silver helms are barely taken anyways right now, they could certainly be a tad more attractive if put into core. But thats only a bit, Dragon Princes are just like them on steroids

ya that was my thoughts, why not just spend nine points for better armor and attack, plus all the other good stuff you can do with dp's, but i don't play eigth edition rules, the guys i play with have morphed mostly sixth edition rules, with touchs from seven and eigth where we think were good changes
so all cav is still good