8th Ed. Taking a one tourney break from Lizardmen for Highelves

[Eladimir]

I know its the lizardmen forum and I normally play lizzies but wondering if anyone uses High Elves here and had some thoughts

Been painting high elves for a while and wanted to try them in a local 2500 ETC tourney
Max 40 models/unit, max 45 shoot, no unit over 450 points, max 12 PD, no special characters
Not using lizardmen because of some serious restrictions.

Core (627):
13 Spears + Mu (Bunker for archmage and bsb)
10 Archer + Mu
40 Spearmen + FC + Gleaming Banner

Characters:
Lvl 4 Archmage Crystal 4+ Ward (Shadow)
Noble BSB GW CoA Guardian Pheonix

Rest:
5 Dragon Princes
Tiranoc Chariot
2 Eagles
24 Phoenix Guard FC + Banner Sorc
21 White Lions FC + Flaming Banner, Talisman of light, Ironcurse
14 Swordmasters FC, Either Ruby Ring or Silverskein

Totals to 2555 points,
Questions:
Where to drop the 55 points? Lose the swordmasters and add a lvl 1 mage with a scroll and couple extra models? Drop some items and some swordmasters?

Any other comments would be great, wanted to try and counter a HE weakness with a ton of bodies.

Other info, I tend to play lizardmen, don't have any more White Lions or PG models.

 

[Carny]

It has been a while since I played HE, but I can give you some suggestions:

first off you save either 15 or 5 points on your white lion champion as you can't have amulet of light/Iron Curse icon at the same time...


Second: To me there are several odd things. First: why not use archers as a magebunker and "are you sure you want your bsb with your archmage?

My suggestion would be to change bunker to archers. If you get charged late game, then 13 spears are not gonna matter, I would rather have some longbow shots.

also, I would very much like to have a mus on your dragon princes.


To me the weakest link is the tiranoc chariot.
You already have two brutal flankers (swordmasters and princes) and 3 solid combat units. A tiranoc chariot is not as dangerous as a lion chariot and its solitary bow shot is not enough of a tactical advantage. To me it is the weakest link.

I would suggest
turn 13 spears + mus = into 12 archers + mu
lose chariot
add mus to dragon princes
loose iron curse icon

and voila you even have 10 points left over.

 

[Arli]

I do not remember the name of the item, but there is something that you can take that will steal dice from the other guys magic pool. Make sure you take that. Also, if there is something that will end a magic phase, take it.

 

[Eladimir]

Thanks Carny I think I will do that.
Only have 16 archers unfort and with the max 40 models, no unit worth more than 450 makes the core really tough to build

The item I think your talking about is the annulian crystal and my archmage has it.