2000 “realistic” and as strong as possible

[Deft]

My first OW list

I want it to be “realistic” - meaning with a little bit of everything. I want it to be as strong as possible… but without a star dragon

The wiz is w the sisters. The bsb is managing the three infantry units and the griffon guy is with the silver helms. The reavers and eagle are chasing war machines and diverting

Please advise



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Elf [2000 pts]
Warhammer: The Old World, High Elf Realms
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++ Characters [642 pts] ++

Archmage [240 pts]
- Hand weapon
- Level 4 Wizard
- On foot
- Silvery Wand
- Ruby Ring of Ruin
- Warden of Saphery
- High Magic

Noble [161 pts]
- Hand weapon
- Full plate armour
- Battle Standard Bearer
- On foot
- Reaver Bow
- Dragon Helm
- Warden of Saphery

Noble [241 pts]
- Lance
- Light armour
- Shield
- Griffon
- Armour of Caledor
- Pure of Heart

++ Core Units [662 pts] ++

5 Silver Helms [120 pts]
- Hand weapons
- Lances
- Hand weapons (Hooves)
- Heavy armour
- Barding
- Shields

5 Ellyrian Reavers [80 pts]
- Hand weapons
- Cavalry spears
- Hand weapons (Hooves)
- Light armour

24 Elven Spearmen [231 pts]
- Hand weapons
- Thrusting spears
- Light armour
- Shields
- Sentinel (champion)
- Standard bearer
- Musician

24 Elven Spearmen [231 pts]
- Hand weapons
- Thrusting spears
- Light armour
- Shields
- Sentinel (champion)
- Standard bearer
- Musician

++ Special Units [341 pts] ++

20 Phoenix Guard [341 pts]
- Ceremonial Halberds
- Full plate armour
- Keeper of the Flame
- Standard bearer
- Musician

++ Rare Units [355 pts] ++

Eagle-Claw Bolt Thrower [80 pts]

Eagle-Claw Bolt Thrower [80 pts]

Great Eagle [60 pts]

9 Sisters of Avelorn [135 pts]
- Bows of Avelorn
- Light armour

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[Morgen]

Certainly seems like a very solid list! It'd be fun to hear how it performs for you. I'm a big fan of spearmen blocks.

[Prince of Spires]

I think you have too many spearmen and too many points in core to be as strong as possible. The spearmen are still only S3, T3 models. You also don't have a lot of shooting. I would replace one of the spearmen units with 10 archers, which saves you 130 pts. Which is a Lion Chariot, or equivalent.

I'm not sure the BSB on foot adds much to the list. Yes, the reaver bow is nice, but once you get into combat he's not that impressive, if you consider that you can also take 10 SM for the same price (yes, they're only S5 compared to S6, but they still get way more attacks).

Lastly, keep in mind that the griffon guy is your general. He's decently tough of course, but he'll also have a big target on his back. Don't be too reckless with him.

[Pash]

You have three anvil-like units (PG, 2x Spears) but no real hammer unit. Our Core is middling at best, so I wouldn't recommend spending much more than the bare minimum on it unless you are going with a theme. You need to work out what is going to get you points and what is going to create problems for your opponent. At the moment, you might be able to whittle some things down but I don't think that outside of your griffon Noble you'd be able to kill anything off.

I'd suggest picking a decent hammer unit and building your list around that. Dragon Princes, multiple Lion chariots, Monsters, characters in Silver Helm buses, something along those lines. The rest of the army builds around that.