Tuesday, May 5, 2009

The Undead Might of El Duque Azul

Since I've been challenged on the Fantasy Pyramid (finally!), and since we've been fiddling with this army composition scoring system ( http://atlantis.sverok.net/WPS/RT_WPS_Comp.pdf ) to gauge how "hard" our armies are, I've spent the whole evening blowing off the battle report I promised Arlin I'd do, instead trying to come up with a Vampire Counts army that scores half-way decent with the scoring system I found, that I can field, and that I would enjoy. Like most VC army lists, it's dependent on magic. I also enjoy a lot of speed, including some flying. It's got a lot of big beefy infantry units, including a wight king BSB-led Grave Guard unit (with spears...I wanted to do Great Weapons but ran out of points!). A unit of Wight King led Black Knights to sneak thru the trees and terrorize flanks, some Cairn Wraiths with a Banshee to pick on, well, anything. And a Black Coach, because it's just too cool. This is 2500 points, and scores 2178 in that comp system. I'm quite pleased with it...let me know what you think! Vampire Lord (1#, 440 Pts) 1 Vampire Lord @ 440 Pts General; Vampire; Level 3 Upgrade; Hand Weapon; Undead 1 Sword of Might @ [x] Pts (+1S) 1 Walach's Bloody Hauberk @ [x] Pts (4+as, 5++) 1 Wristbands of Black Gold @ [x] Pts (3++ vs. all ranged) 1 Dark Acolyte @ [x] Pts (+1 magic level, making him lvl 4) 1 Flying Horror @ [x] Pts (Fly) 1 Forbidden Lore @ [x] Pts (Can pick Vamp or any BRB Lore, knows all spells of that lore in addition to Invocation) Lord of the Barrows (1#, 135 Pts) 1 Wight King (Battle Standard Bearer) @ 135 Pts Hand Weapon; Heavy Armour; Shield; Battle Standard Bearer; Undead 1 Royal Standard of Strigos @ [x] Pts (Bearer and unit has Hatred) Lord of the Barrows (1#, 140 Pts) 1 Wight King @ 140 Pts Hand Weapon; Heavy Armour; Shield; Undead 1 Skeletal Steed @ [0] Pts 1 Sword of Kings @ [x] Pts (Killing blow on 5+) 1 The Gem of Blood @ [x] Pts (1st w taken rebounds) Vampire (1#, 195 Pts) 1 Vampire @ 195 Pts Vampire; Hand Weapon; Undead 1 The Flayed Hauberk @ [x] Pts (2+ AS) 1 Black Periapt @ [x] Pts (Saves a magic/dispel die) 1 Talisman of the Lycni @ [x] Pts (M9) 1 Avatar of Death (Great Weapon) @ [x] Pts (hvy arm & gw) 1 Infinite Hatred @ [x] Pts (rerolls all to-hits) Squad (1#, 100 Pts) 1 Corpse Cart @ 100 Pts Balefire (-1 to enemy cast roll within 24") Dire Wolves (5#, 40 Pts) 5 Dire Wolves @ 40 Pts Fast Cavalry; Undead Dire Wolves (5#, 40 Pts) 5 Dire Wolves @ 40 Pts Fast Cavalry; Undead Crypt Ghouls (10#, 88 Pts) 9 Crypt Ghouls @ 88 Pts Causes Fear; Poisoned Attacks; Undead 1 Crypt Ghast @ [16] Pts Crypt Ghouls (20#, 160 Pts) 20 Crypt Ghouls @ 160 Pts Causes Fear; Poisoned Attacks; Undead Crypt Ghouls (20#, 160 Pts) 20 Crypt Ghouls @ 160 Pts Causes Fear; Poisoned Attacks; Undead Black Knights (5#, 169 Pts) 5 Black Knights @ 169 Pts Musician Mus; Standard Bearer Std; Hand Weapon; Lance; Heavy Armour; Shield; Undead 1 Standard of Hellish Vigour @ [x] Pts (can march without vamp) 5 Skeletal Steed @ [0] Pts Grave Guard (19#, 258 Pts) 18 Grave Guard @ 258 Pts Musician Mus; Standard Bearer Std; Hand Weapon; Heavy Armour; Shield; Undead 1 Seneschal @ [x] Pts Hand Weapon; Heavy Armour; Shield Fell Bats (5#, 100 Pts) 5 Fell Bats @ 100 Pts Flyer; Undead Cairn Wraith (5#, 275 Pts) 4 Cairn Wraiths @ 275 Pts Great Weapon; Causes Terror; Ethereal; Skirmishers; Undead 1 Tomb Banshee @ [x] Pts Causes Terror; Ethereal; Undead Black Coach (1#, 200 Pts) 1 Black Coach @ 200 Pts Causes Terror; Chariot; Large Target 1 Cairn Wraith @ [0] Pts Great Weapon 2 Nightmare @ [0] Pts Total Roster Cost: 2500

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