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ok so Im new to WHFB but i have played 40k pretty extensively and i want to play VC my basic idea on the army is zombies zombies and more zombies, with probably a few grave guard in there a unit of blood knights and a smattering of necromancers, my general will most likely be a Wight King and i'd prefer to not use any Vampires. Tips are appreciated

Ive tried this and it dose not work, why? because you end up losing more that you can regain because of the unstable rule.

Also which route are you preferring to take casual or competitive gameplay?

Casual, mostly pick up games and ill be usually fighting my two friends, one will have Dwarves the other will use Wood Elves

ok then in that case just play whatever works for you however I would recommend armour and ethriels against dwarfs since there the ones with the cannons (and cannons are not fun on the receiving end) Wood elves? just play what you like against them, if your in for a good time just play whatever you like .

Ok, also i was thinking of tossing a Black Coach in, i hear it can hit pretty hard as well as a Mortis Engine

If you're fighting dwarves, you will need more than a smattering of casters. All the artillery will ruin you if you have a lord and a hero caster. You don't want to use a vampire, fine, use a master necro. Necromancers are so cheap you can fit a few level 1s in with invoc. And repeatedly one dice it. HOWEVER, if you are playing a unit of grave guard, you will want a red fury+quickblood, with the +2 attack sword vampire lord in there to maximise damage output. Plus with the amount of attacks he can pump out there is a fair chance he will take on stuff like the DE peglord and come out on top.

I guess smattering was a bad word, Im probably gonna shove as many necromancers into this army as i can physically fit, considering how cheap zombies are Im probably gonna have points to burn


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Ok having looked over the Force Organization chart I've got a better idea about what Im gonna field, no numbers just vague ideas

General: Lvl 4 Necromancer

Heroes: 1 Wight King, Necromancers (all remaining slots)

Core Units: mostly zombies roughly two large blobs of prbly 50 or so and one or two blobs of 20 sword and board skelies

Special Units: 1 corpse cart, 1 unit of hexwraiths prbly 10 strong, and 2 units of Grave guards maybe 15 strong

Rare Units: 1 black coach, 1 mortis engine

(FYI: i have no idea on what this will be points wise this is just a rough concept of my army)

General in a VC army has to be a wizard, and has to use LoV, so get a lvl4 necromancer in there

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Ok, slight change, my buddy has switched from Dwarves to Ogres, anything i need to watch out for?

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Ok, slight change, my buddy has switched from Dwarves to Ogres, anything i need to watch out for?

Close combat. Ogres are going to eat zombies up. You'll need more hitting power. If you don't like vampires, then pick up some wraiths for heroes. At least that will give you a little bit of a punch in hand to hand and limit the damage he does to you.

-Matt

Do you know if Banner of The Dead Legion is still around? because if it is ill just give it to everyone who can have it, that should give me some serious hitting power