I'd swap the DR's for a chariot and the assassin for a L2 Sorc.

If you go for Dark Magic on the L4 and use Dagger, you will quite often be able to cast all her 4 spells and have some dice left for the L2 as well.

I fought a battle against VC yesterday. He had 2 hordes of 40 Zombies. One breath from the Hydra from the flank killed 29 Zombies. Then a breath from the Dragon killed 21 in the other unit, from the rear. If the hydra hasn't been hurt it can pretty much take away more than 50% of a horde, even T3 on...

Last sunday I had a game against VC, where I charged some blood knights and a Vampire with a unit of Cold One Knights. I killed all the Blood Knights, then the Vampire struck back with his Blood Drinker and killed 3 Cold One Knights. He then wanted to raise 3 Blood Knights. Saying the Vampire counts...

The lifetaker is nice, but 200 points almost soley for the Lifetaker seems too much. I'd rather swap the Lifetaker and Pegasus to the Supreme sorceress. She can make more out of the flying mount and still shoot around corners without exposing herself too much, while using the Focus Familiar to get L...

Seems to me like removing your sorceress with the seal will solve most your problems. 130 points for 2 extra dispel dice is very expensive. Half of these armies will probably have little or no magic anyways. RoH and 2 dispel scrolls are enough magic defense against most armies. Just take out their c...

I like the 2nd list more, but I'd give your Dreadlord a Dark Steed, so he can easily pop from unit to unit and always be where he's needed the most. This way he also put some pressure on the enemy, as he can charge up to 18" out of his unit. I wouldn't solo charge with him in most cases though,...

Didn't notice your Dark Riders have crossbows. You could always drop the DR crossbows and then change your 15 crossbowmen into 2 units of 10. Should have enough points for that just by trimming away some command groups.

Seems like a solid list, but the setup of the crossbowmen and warriors seems less than optimal. You can save some points by dropping the command group on the crossbowmen and reducing them to 10. You can also save some points by removing the musician from the knight units. This gives enough points to...

Sadly, Dragonlord, BSB and 2x L2 sorcs is too many Heroes. I suggest dropping one sorc and go with Dragonlord, BSB and a scroll caddy. If your tournament allows, you could use 1 assassin as your 5th shade, they look almost identical after all. Something like: lord on dragon hero/bsb on cold one scro...

We've got a lot of Deamon players up here in the cold north I find that the best way of dealing with them is to ignore the Plaguebearer bunker completely. Don't shoot them, don't fight them. Focus on destroying his fast and/or hard hitting units. Like Seekers and Flesh Hounds. While march blocking h...

I just played against a quite similar list last weekend, but without the Yeomen. He had some questing knights and a treb instead. I played a pretty standard DE army with Dreadlord on dragon, cauldron, hydra, 2x5 knights, BG. etc. He had huge problems with the dragon. It dominated the battle from tur...

The spellshield will also protect the unit he is in. If you want to include Malekith in your army he would fit in nicely in a BG unit. Where he'll be relatively safe. But be aware that Malekith is fragile. Most enemy characters with a magic weapon or something like a Greater Deamon or Treeman will e...

As you have said yourself, the obvious weakness of this army is magic. So, do you think the manticore worth this weakness? I'd say no, many magic strong armies can burn you down in no time. Drop the Manticore and get a scroll caddy. The 2 scrolls can keep you in the game for long enough to hunt the ...

The steamtanks synergy with a gunline is the main problem I believe. Almost no matter what you do, it will be able to destroy 1 of your units if you advance and if you don't advance, the rest of his army will shoot you to pieces. Charging at full spead ahead is a risky tactic, you usually win big or...

Your 2nd list seems much better btw. DRs will be good at removing rank bonus from whatever your chariots charge. Your Master could be better though. Give him something like Crimson Death or simply get Armor of Darkness instead of Blood Armor. It is only 4 points more compared to Blood armor, SDC and...

As Calisson said Harpies are good. Atleast 2 units of 5. Keep them in range of your general until you charge with them. If there's no terrain to sneak up on the enemy anywhere, a full speed ahead tactic is usually the best. But you need a fast army for it to work. So you can threaten his entire line...

Yes, I am talking about the Blood Drinker. And I targeted and killed the champion as well as 3 normal troopers. I struck first, as I charged. Then the Vampire Lord struck, before his unit, as he had higher initiative. And then finally the Vampire Lords unit struck. And these were 2 different combats...

Had a few questions after my last battle against VC. First, he had a unit of knights. I shot them to pieces in my turn. He charge with 1 model and raise the rest of his knights back up in his magic phase. I allowed his raised knights to get the charge bonus...but it didn't feel right and I can't fin...

Played against Deamons this week and the Deamon player had a Keeper of Secrets in a unit of Deamonettes. Never seen a Greater Deamon join a unit before, he claimed they count as characters and can join their own type of deamon units. So I let it pass. But it seems wrong to me, I checked the Deamon A...

OK, then it can simply move into any unit in range, but still have to see the enemy and move into the correct facing of the unit it is charging.

Where exactly does it say the Doomwheel doesn't have to declare a charge? For every other unit I know in the game that can charge without first declaring so, it sais spesificaly that it can do so in the units rules. All it sais it that it moves 3D6, like a chariot and in the compulsary move phase. I...

You could give your Lord a Dark Steed, mounted characters can join infantry. This will give him more options. The Null Talisman on the lord is rather useless as you have one in the BG unit already. Your magic defense is pretty week. You need scrolls bad. A level 2, even with DS cloak, wont do much o...

Thanks for the tips guys. I fought the Wood Elves today, really nasty dual treeman list, with 6x treesinging in every phase. When the dust settled he had only 2 models left, his treeman and treeman ancient. Every other wood elf was slain. I lost my knights and my dragonlord, but the rest of the army...

I am fighting wood elves on Thursday and could use some pointers. I expect to fight a pretty tough WE army played by an experienced player. GG, Dryads and atleast 1 Treeman, supported by some fast and/or mobile elite units. The basics of the wood elves I know. I've read their book and the DRAICH. Bu...

I'd say you can remove the musician from the knights and Black Guard, if the Knights draw a combat they're already screwed and may be better off fleeing sometimes. And the BG are stubborn, they dont really need it. This gives enough points to give your knights a standard, which is much more usefull ...