This is my third game vs my friend and I suspect he'll go cavalry heavy once again. We're talking 10-15 inner circle knights with BSB and warrior priest, demigryphs, 2 x 5 regular knights, steam tank and some pistoliers. I believe he have changed hit pistolier unit into something else and I'm not too sure on his smaller knight units. At any point this is what I've come up with so far and if he doesn't go balls out cavalry then I'm confident that my army will do well, however I still want your advice on the matter so here is my current list: Lord: Slann (lore of metal) -Becalming cogitation -Harmonic convergence -Higher state of consciousness -Channeling staff Hero: Scar Vet (1) - Cold one - Great Weapon - Dawnstone - Gamblers Armour Scar vet (2) - Cold one - Great weapon - Dragonhelm - Light armour Core: 28 saurus - standard bearer - champion - musician 24 skinks/3 Kroxigor - standard bearer - musician 10 skinks (javelines + shield) 10 skinks (javelines + shield) Special: 5 Cold One Cavalry 150pts - standard bearer 3 Ripperdactyl Rares: Ancient stegadon 230pts - Sharpened Horns Here's the thing though. I want to try out the Skroxigor unit some more although if I remove it I'm still inside the 500pts point barrier and it frees up enough points so that I can get a decently sized Templeguards + I save a good amount of points on the Slann due to the Etheral discipline. On the same time my slann lacks MR and I can't seem to find another 30 pts if I stay with the current build, unless of cours I sacrifice some saurus to the Old Ones - would a 24 saurus unit be worth anything in this type of battle? The Slann also lack a dispel scroll which could hurt me. I usually go with the more expensive of the cowboys I've listed, I added the other one today because I wanted to try them both out in a bus. Hopefully those 4 WS5 S7 hits will eat up something nasty and should they be bestowed with the +1 to hit and armour piercing spell they'll wreck face. One question about the CoC bus though - the Army Book mention that the unit needs to be 5+, but couldn't I in theory get 3 regular CoC along with the 2 characters? Or just 4 CoC and free up those 30 pts for some MR to the slann. - Thoughts/opinions are welcome, and remember this is a newbies third match vs his newbie friend so we got plenty of learn. **EDIT** I forgot to mention - the Rippers will be used for cannon hunting.
Re: Newcomer needs help: 2000 pts vs Empire cavalry heavy ar Seems like a nice balanced list, "the Army Book mention that the unit needs to be 5+" yep you have to take at least 5 before you add characters.