Thats basically what I'm trying to do with this army, so it's divided into two sections, shooty and maneuvarble for the wearing down and surrounding, and hitty and msu-y for the snatching victory.The Athenians won by not engaging the enemy straight away, wearing them down, surrounding them and biding their time until an opportunity arose for them to snatch victory.
Oh, and as this is from my Cult of Chroesh fluff there's very little magic and no cold ones.
High Priest Gorgoneth
Highborn, Dark Peg., Lance, AoD, Lifetaker 241
Spellbreaker Priest
Sorceress, 2 DS 140
Warrior Priest
Noble, Great Weapon, Heavy Armour, Seal 103
Leads Execs, force multiplier
Horsemen of Chroesh
3x 5 DR, RxB, Mus 381
Followers of the Serpent Lord
20 DEW, Shields, Mus+Stan 175
Guerillas of Har Kython
6 Shades 84
Daughters of Chroesh
6 Harpies 78
Temple Guard
12 Executioners, Mus and Stan 150
Priestesses of Poison
13 Witch Elves, Stan, Hag, Witchbrew 218
Sacred Beast
Hydra 220
Altar of Pain
Cauldron of Blood 205
Total: 1995
The Highborn, 3 units of DR, Harpies and Shades all attempt to envelope the enemy, using missile fire and carefully chosen combats to kill off (in order of priority) enemy maneuverable units, mages and shooty units, then cavalry. The remaining units, in theory only heavy cav. and combat inf., can then be engaged in multiple combats by the Highborn, Hydra, Execs, Witches and DEW, supported by rear and flank charges from the DR. In theory anyway...
My main questions are where do I hide the spellbreaker and might it be worth dropping the COB in favour of some "devoted of chroesh" (corsairs)? The main problem with this option is I don't know how I'd convert them, as the normal corsairs don't look fluffy at all.