Topic: 1500 pt Competitive "Melee Focused"

[ArmouredGoose]

HQ:

Warrior Priest, Warhorse, Barding,heavy armour,shield and Hammer of Jugdement :135:

BSB, Griffon Standard, Full Plate, Sword of Battle :148:

Core:

Swordsmen x20, Full HQ, detatch 9 FC 3x3, and 5 archer (BSB goes here) :230:

Knights x7, Full HQ, Banner of Steel (Mounted WP goes here) :210:

Flagellant Warband x15, Prophet of Doom :160:

Special:

Pistoliers x5,Musician,Outrider with rep pistol :114:

Great Cannon
Great Cannon

Rare:

Steam Tank

Total: 1497

My worry is that this lists magic def is not quite up to par, any ideas/thoughts? All comments greatly appreciated. thnx

[Folken]

Hello! First off welcome to the forum! Have one on Midaski! 

A battle standard bearer who is given a magical standard cannot have magical equipment.

I would reconsider the Griffon standard as the unit is only 20 men strong so it would work better to make the BsB a bit more tanky(perhaps give him the hammer of judgement and the armor of meteoric iron).

Knights are crunchy, given its a 1500 you won't be dealing with any lord choices so not sure if 2 cannons is the most prudent choice although it will be sure to kill anything that would be able to hurt the steam tank.

I would suggest the Icon of Magnus for your warrior priest in addition to a magical weapon.

A decent list though.   

[ArmouredGoose]

Alright so revised list shall be:

HQ:

Warrior Priest, Warhorse, Barding,heavy armour,shield,icon of magnus + Hammer of Justice :155:

BSB,Full Plate, Sword of Jugdement :123:

Core:

Swordsmen x20, Full HQ, detatch 9 FC 3x3, and 5 archer (BSB goes here) :230:

Knights x7, Full HQ, Banner of Steel (Mounted WP goes here) :210:

Flagellant Warband x16, Prophet of Doom :160:

Special:

Pistoliers x5,Musician,Outrider with rep pistol :114:

Great Cannon
Great Cannon (Will switch one out for mortar if facing horde army, and use points for more flaggies)

Rare:

Steam Tank

Total: 1501

thnx for the tips

[Huntsmen]

1pt over so maybe you could drop the flaggies to 14 (7x7) and get your captain a barded mount and maybe lose one knight.

[IsThisIt]

If you're not giving your captain a magical banner it would be silly to not give him Armor of Meteoric Iron.  You want that banner to stick around.  Seeing as you're sticking him in a block of inantry, and he can't take a shield, AoMI is really the best option.  I would give him this and THEN consider magical weapons.  3 str 4 ws 5 attacks are still scary to most troops. 

7 knights + a hero?  That's a painfully awkward unit size.  Not quiet enough men for a second rank (which many people advise against anyways), and too wide to guarantee that all members will get to fight against most troops.  I would recommend dropping the unit size to 5.

You now have 46 points to play with.  Subtract the point you're over by, and you have 45.

Add 5 swordsmen to your unit for 30 points.

Give the captain AoMI and Sword of Might rather than Sword of Judgement.

You're now at 1500 points.