I've not played using any kind of points system. Have done using wounds, and saying 30% on monsters and heroes of those wounds. Nearly always use a battleplan, my Local GW did a D66 chart to roll for them, out of all the ones in books so far. The scenario and deployment can drastically affect the result, even if you use the same armies, and sometimes you end up suited to defending, other times attacking.
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