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Alright, I'm in an escalation league and I'm playing a 500 pt list. The next round of play will be at 1000pts, and I was hoping for some help getting there.

my current list
Personally, I'm more of a defensive player, but I'm willing to make a change. Love PG, and would like to keep them in future lists.

Only rules so far are that you can't take special characters.

Any help would be appreciated, so have at it!

My Current 1000pt (998pts) List idea:

-Mage lvl 2, HIGH Lore, Talisman of Perseverance

-16 Sword Masters w/Music, Gleaming Pennant

-15 PG w/Music, Standard of Discipline

-15 Archers - light armor & Music

- 5 Reavers - bows,

-Bolt Thrower

I think they're awesome, but you may need another 10 of them.
I find reavers to be good. They use up your core % and make good redirectors and warmachine killers.

Alright, I decided to come up with a list on my own, and would like to hear some thoughts on it. It's in the original post.

I didn't take any reavers because, I don't think they'd fit well in my playstyle, and would get killed before doing anything useful. At least in my hands.

 Guardsmen Bob wrote:

Mage lvl 2 Life Lore, Crown of Command (will be with Sword Masters, probably a bad idea)

Yep, bad idea. Lore of Life is wasted on Lvl2's and this list doesn't need it anyway. Shadow will benefit your infantry more and Death would be better for sniping enemy characters like BSB's/Mages. Even high magic would be better than life, especially if you put the mage in the PG and buff them to 3++. Crown of Command is a waste, just take a Dispel Scroll. If the Swordmasters are losing combats regularly enough to make this item useful then your not playing them correctly and it's a combat you shouldn't be in. On top of that this guy is your general at LD8, so he is not helping in that area at all.

17 Sword Masters w/Music, Banner of Eternal Flames

Giving these guys flaming attacks is pointless. You are asking for them to be held up by a cheap character with the Dragonhelm/gem.

15 PG w/Music, Standard

Reasonably good anvil that can also dish out some pain at this point level. Your mage should be here and they should have the Standard of Discipline to give you a pseudo-LD9 general.

14 Archers

All good.

Bolt Thrower

Taking 2 would be better.

10 Seaguard w/Standard, shields

Absolutely pointless unit. Your essentially paying for expensive archers who don't even have longbows and the spears don't matter in so few numbers. Make these archers and don't bother with anything except maybe a musician.

Alright, I tinkered with my list (OP).


Gave my melee guys some magical standards to help out with LD tests. Also gave my mage some Ward save love, and switched him to HIGH lore.

Decided to throw in the reavers for distraction/hunting.

Thoughts?