1500 point MSU army-worth a look

The dark prince · Post by **The dark prince** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 2:05 pm

Ok this is the army I threw together in anticipation of our store's tournament.

Heroes:

Noble w/ dark steed, HA, SDC, halberd, SoG

-Goes with the standard-equipped DR to give them some punch. Could get switched to the Executioners.

Scroll Caddy

-Necessary at this points value...

Core:

2*12 Spearelves w/ shields

-Deployed 3*4 I find them to be very effective roadblocks. The shields increase their survivability

5 Dark Riders w/ rxbs, muso

5 Dark Riders w/ muso

5 Dark Riders w/ muso, standard

-These guys are basically for harrassing and disrupting the opponents battle line and for war machine hunting. Indispensible in my opinion...

10 Rxbmen w/ muso

-Just there for some fire support and to assist the RBTs. I don't like giving them shields because I feel those points can be well used elsewhere.

Special:

10 Executioners w/ champ

10 Executioners w/ champ, standard

-These guys are here to give me some armour penetration. The 2nd unit contains 1 of the 2 standards in my army and needs to get into combat.

9 Harpies

-War machine hunters basically...

Rare:

2 RBTs

-Although boring I feel they are mandatory for an MSU army to give it some firepower.

Total Points: 1436

Any suggestions on what to spend the last of the points on? Comments welcome...

Post by **Dark Alliance** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 2:08 pm

Drop one musician from the DRs and get some Shades. You have the potential for deep penetration early in the game then.

Rasputinii · Post by **Rasputinii** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 3:10 pm

I agree, shades would really help this army. Or at least have the potential to do so. Although you could drop a single harpy instead of the musician as that musician is often invaluble with DR.

The dark prince · Post by **The dark prince** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 10:24 pm

Ok I will take them standard equipped DR's muso away and get 5 shades. Any other suggestions?

Comrade igor · Post by **Comrade igor** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 10:52 pm

seems a good list well done

Comrade Igor

Ricci · Post by **Ricci** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 11:56 pm

i like this list alot, it may be tried out very soon!

Maelis · Post by **Maelis** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 12:05 am

If you are going Shades you have to free up some SPECIAL SLOTS (2x Executioners + 1x Harpies = 3 slots taken).

I would suggest to not use the Shades, or swap them for Harpies and add WITCH ELVES instead of one unit of Execs (1 is enough I think) - one Hag with manebane can do as much amage and whole exec unit when fighting T4+.

The dark prince · Post by **The dark prince** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 8:22 am

I think I will leave the shades unless I playtest it and find it unbalanced. I really like the two units of Exes. I find harpies to be better at war machine hunting then shades and also a more effective prospect in combat.