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My main army is Slaves to Darkness. I just picked up the Sylvaneth Start Collecting box. This is going to be a small 1,000 to 1,200 point army, just to have some fun with on occasion. At 400 points, Spirit of Durthu is one third of my points. I know that's not necessarily a bad thing, just wondering if there's a good reason to save some points, and go with the Ancient, and get a little magic in the bargain.

Durthu is much, much more of an heavy hitter while the Ancient is a support piece that can pack a punch, but will normally be kept in the backlines. It's used mostly in the Gnarlroot Wargrove to return dead Kurnoth Hunters back to life.

Personally I prefer the Spirit of Durthu.

For 1500+ point games, I would prefer the Spirit of Durthu, but for smaller games, it's more of a toss-up. The Ancient is definitely cheaper, so you could squeeze in an extra unit of Tree Revenants for mobility or Spite Revenants for bravery fun (though I'd rarely recommend taking Spite Revenants without Drycha debuffing enemy bravery). It really depends on whether or not you want more magic.

Thanks, guys. I pretty much had my mind made up to go with Durthu, I just needed to see if there were any compelling reasons that would talk me out of it. Never played Sylvaneth, or against them, so I'm in uncharted territory here. This is going to be a small army that my son and I are doing for a change of pace if one of us doesn't want to use our main army, Chaos, and Death, respectively. With the other units we're thinking about, we should have a good balance between magic and might.