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<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "1500 High Elves"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/93.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net 1500 High Elves imo, the Seaguard are not worth the points you pay for them, so I scratched them from the army in favour of a bigger unit of Spearmen. And also, instead of the Phoenix Guard I've been running Elryian Reavers, who are pretty useless tbh lol.

What I would do is spam Shield of Saphery on the Spearmen and Swordmasters to give them some kind of protection against the mortars and I'll hopefully roll some good offensive magic to take out some of his massive blocks of infantry that he always takes.

Let me know what you guys think of it

Prince
Heavy Armour
Shield
Vambraces of Defense
The White Sword

Mage
Level 2
Silver Wand

Mage
Level 2

40 Spearmen
Sentinel
Standard

18 Swordmasters
Bladelord
Standard

18 Phoenix Guard
Keeper of the Flame
Standard
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Curious.. Will the PG and SM be run 6 x 3 or have you just left spots open for characters?

Speaking of characters that's something different you've done with your prince. T3 and only a 5+/4+ save. Survivability doesn't look as good as before. That said you do get a re-roll on the armour save so that does make it better. Could choose Temakador's Gauntlets though for a 4+/5+ (If you keep the HA) and save 25 points to get something else. Maybe The Amulet of Light? Chuck him in with some spears and then laugh =P]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319575/1973213.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319575/1973213.page GMT 1500 High Elves tbh. I wrote this list at uni pretty quickly. And my Lord on foot was to save points and hopefully save him a little bit.
And I dunno, I like the massive unit of Spearmen, good surviveability there.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319575/1974224.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319575/1974224.page GMT 1500 High Elves
Another idea is drop a couple of SM and PG to fit in the points for an eagle and see if that works for hunting warmachines.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319575/1974277.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319575/1974277.page GMT 1500 High Elves lol.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319575/1976556.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319575/1976556.page GMT 1500 High Elves http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319575/1976898.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319575/1976898.page GMT 1500 High Elves

Jake Bake A Cake wrote:This is true but I was using the mortars wrong. Much easier to hit now, no guess range. Have to double check this but I'm pretty sure you can just chuck the template wherever you want then roll for scatter =D

Yup, just drop template within range and then roll for scatter.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319575/1977625.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319575/1977625.page GMT 1500 High Elves

Jin wrote:

Jake Bake A Cake wrote:This is true but I was using the mortars wrong. Much easier to hit now, no guess range. Have to double check this but I'm pretty sure you can just chuck the template wherever you want then roll for scatter =D

Yup, just drop template within range and then roll for scatter.

Neglected to read up on the FAQ document before playing

Thanks for that clarification.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319575/1977688.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319575/1977688.page GMT 1500 High Elves http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319575/1978345.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319575/1978345.page GMT 1500 High Elves

Solbo wrote:a high elves army without archers? weird...

Archers aren't that great in 8th.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319575/1978473.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319575/1978473.page GMT 1500 High Elves
Oh and that just makes mortars absolutely ridiculous. Why the heck would they make them so good in 8th edition??]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319575/1980382.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319575/1980382.page GMT 1500 High Elves
The closest I've seen to any archers in a HE army list so far is Sea Guard. You pay the each 1 (2 for shields) point per model and you get something that has multiple uses.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319575/1980809.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319575/1980809.page GMT 1500 High Elves PG seem out of place in this list, that is alot of points to spend on protecting lvl2 mages, for teclis sure but spearmen are fine for hiding the cheap mages. I would drop the PG and spend the points on dragon princes instead. Two 5 man squads of DP's to rush up a flank protected by shield should make short work of mortars.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319575/1982209.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319575/1982209.page GMT 1500 High Elves DP? Would you be better off getting a couple of eagles to do the same job for 1/3 of the price?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319575/1982963.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319575/1982963.page GMT 1500 High Elves PG have a good ward save which would really help against those mortars.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319575/1989491.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319575/1989491.page GMT 1500 High Elves DP as they will actually make it there, eagles are t4 3 wounds and no armor hell a single volley of arrows can put them down.

Yes the PG have the ward save to protect against the mortars but simply surviving rarely wins the battle you need killing power and PG don't excel at that.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319575/1991483.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319575/1991483.page GMT 1500 High Elves http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319575/1991526.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/319575/1991526.page GMT 1500 High Elves DP really cost effective though? Sure they can get in CC much faster then PG but at TWICE the point cost I don't see the real benefit.

All that extra 15pts gets you is an extra attack and a better armour save. Not really worth it in my opinion at 1500 points when it is more about bodies on the field.

For this list as an example. Say you were to drop the 18 PG for a unit of DP, you'd be getting rid of 18 men and replacing them with 8 (W/ Full command). And what are those 8 models going to do exactly, run ahead of the army, get shoot/magic'd to hell then get out numbered in CC.

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