So come April I have a Tournament commimg up. problem is that they are strict with their WYSIWYG policy so my options are limited. this is the list I have so far, I have used it once against Bretts and was quite happy with the results (tho my Lord had the standart CoT loadout)
I also used Shadow on my SS but have been looking at Heavens aswell.

Any suggestions and changes would be very helpful

+ Lords +

* Dreadlord
Dark Pegasus, SDC, Shield
* Magic Items
* Enchanted Items
Other Trickster's Shard
* Magic Armour
Dragonhelm
* Magic Weapons
Sword of Might
* Talismans
DE - The Black Amulet


* Supreme Sorceress
Hand Weapon, Lore of Heavens, Wizard Level 4
* Magic Items
* Arcane Items
Dispel Scroll
* Talismans
DE - Ring of Hotek


+ Heroes +

* Master
Battle Standard Bearer, Cold One, Hand Weapon, Lance, Light Armor, Sea Dragon Cloak, Shield
* Banner or Magic items
* Magic Items (100 pts)
* Magic Armour
Glittering Scales
* Talismans
Dawnstone


+ Core +

* Dark Riders
Light Armor, Musician, Spear
* 5x Dark Riders
5x Repeater Crossbows, 5x Shield


* Dark Riders
Light Armor, Musician, Spear
* 5x Dark Riders
5x Repeater Crossbows, 5x Shield


* Darkshards
Hand Weapon, Light Armor, Musician, Repeater Crossbow
* 14x Darkshards
14x Shield
* Standard bearer
Banner of Eternal Flame (*)


* Darkshards
Hand Weapon, Light Armor, Musician, Repeater Crossbow
* 10x Darkshards
10x Shield


+ Special +

* Cold One Knights
9x Cold One Knights, Dread Knight, Hand Weapon, Heavy Armor, Lance, Musician, Shield
* Standard bearer
Banner of Swiftness (*)


* Reaper Bolt Thrower


* Scourgerunner Chariot


* Shades
Hand Weapon, Repeater Crossbow
* 5x Shades
5x Great Weapon


+ Rare +

* Doomfire Warlocks
5x Doomfire Warlocks


* Kharibdyss

I like that list! Especially the character loadouts. I have a tough time with what lore to choose myself, but heavens has a lot of good stuff. Shadow is great on an SS though since she can meet the high casting values of the lore of shadow much easier than lesser casters, and shadow can be extremely devastating and is huge against low initiative opponents.

If you want to change something, I'd take a look at the chariot. For 150 points, you can get another unit of 5 shades + a bolt thrower (just one RBT is often disappointing). You could scrape together 10more points for another kharibdyss or hydra. Another cool option is a unit of 10 black guard as a stubborn "tarpit" (150pts exactly). That unit take a charge from a tough unit, they lose a lot but stick on stubborn, and you charge in with your cold one bus to finish them off.

Just a couple of ideas.

while I do like those ideas, alot, there is 1 problem. since the Tourny has a strict WYSIWYG i cant field anything i dont have
and what I have is


Core;
38 Corsairs (29+ Unit Filler)
10 Dark Riders (Optional Musi & Champion)
16 Darkshards with Full Command

Special;
8 Cold One Knights with Full Command
1 Reaper Bolt Thrower
1 Scourgerunner Chariot
5 Shades (with optional Champion)

Rare;
5 Doomfire Warlocks
1 Kharibdyss

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with 10 Darkshards on the way and 15 (well 10 but i have unit fillers planned for this) SoS.

so minus the Corsairs im basicly fielding everything i own xD

Haha, I had a feeling that was gonna be an issue. As I said, I really do like you're list, it's got a lot of mobile units with the characters and DRs, decent shooting between the RBT and shards, as well as the kharibdyss and cold one bus for the punch. Scourgerunner is kind of a wildcard but should be a fun model to use and has a large charge range for a chariot. Impact hits are nothing to scoff at.

Major issue is at 2250 points you will probably be facing pretty thick blocks of ranked troops that will be steadfast, which is what I notice you're list lacks. Pick you're targets wisely with your shooting and magic to thin the ranks before you charge in with the cold one bus or your likely to get bogged down and counter charged. Your list has the capability to deal with those threats, just something you'll have to be aware of and plan appropriately.

Let me know how you do! Love reading the battle reports on this forum.

yeah i know the Scourgerunner is a Wildcard xD but thats what I like about it. last game it missed all 5 of its shots, then on the last turn i had it charge a unit of 3 Demis in the flank that where beeing a pain and managed to break em

generally i run a unit of ~35 Corsairs as my steadfast block with my BSB in there. but I wanted a Lv4 and didnt have points to put her on a DP. so needed a bunker for her. but then i dont have points left for a good block of Corsairs.

dillemas

I like your list !

I saw that term before, what does this mean ?

WYSIWYG ?

What you see is what you get = wysiwyg

So having a great weapon on your shades' model is mandatory if you opt for that in your army list for example. It's a pretty standard tournament rule.

Looking forward to meet this list on the battlefield then in April for the finals

Well to keep my last battle simple, I got tabled xD this was largely due to bad positioning and less to bad units.
New list has some alterations (dropped Khallipso in favor of 2 more RBTs and will switch to Lore of Fire)

My biggedt dillema is still my Drealords Loadout.
So far i have either

Full Mundane, Lance, CoT, Dawnstone, SpellShield
or
Full Mundane, Black Amulet, The Other Trickster Shard, Sword of Might, Dragon Helm

the first one might get changed to CoT, Ogre Blade, Dragon Helm if i just want him to punch stuff hard & kill it but I would like him to have some staying power after te first round of combat

If I'm not mistaken then your DL kit with the Black Amulet is 5 pts over. Amulet is 60, dragonhelm 10, sword of might 20 and OTS 15. Replacing the helm with the charmed shield is a option

Is there going to be magic comp, ie. power dice cap? 'cos mindrazor could be a real difference maker. The other tools of shadow will run well with your list too; -BS for enemy firepower, -T for enemies and then concentrate fire on them. -S for when/if your knights and pegasus have to take a grind for the team. And incidentally, cold ones with S9 are pretty nasty too I think 3 RBT's and no K-beast is the right call. It matches your list more.

For the 'first pegasus' in my lists, I almost always go with the cloak + dawnstone combo. He has the best defenses available, which, as your only flier, should be a clear priority. He will beat chariots, many kinds of monsters, war machines (of course) and smaller packs of elite troops with ease. What he cant do is kill ward saved combat heroes, and big blocks of nasties. But then, prolonged duels is not the DE way

Honestly, I would not look twice at the black amulet build when there is a much stronger option: ogre blade + talisman of preservation + the other trickster's shard will give you way more utility, as the black amulet limits his use to challenges. Where the tooled combat heroes of many other races will sometimes even beat him, as an OTS on the enemy hero severely limits the strength of the black amulet :/

@Sentarr;
the Sword of Might is only 15 Points, not 20

@Thraundil;
Nope, no ristrictions at all, just 2250 points and everything needs to be atleast Base Coated. I've always used Shadow, put I felt that I needed a little magic punch other then "I Test or Die" and since I expect quite a high average 'I' I was looking for something more potent
In the end it boils down to that doesnt it? It's by far my favorite load-out aswell, yet with a special Scenario where your Unit Champions can pick who they challenge. I would just hate for him to get bogged down xD (hence all the Champions)
Hence why I looked at the Black Amulet

In which version of the rulebook? 'cos in mine, it says 20 points

Uncomped, I'd look to simply get some more warlocks on the field, and then stick with shadow. But of course if you are limited by model count... I'd honestly still grab corsairs with mindrazor. They will carve through stuff - and should the cast be dispelled, you then presumeable have enough hexes to at least make your corsairs survive the fight, only to attempt razor again next turn. Opponents with more models available will surely come with all kinds of nasty stuff, and you need something to carve them up I feel.

I feel so stupid now My Apologies Sentarr
I need to stop relying on BattleScrib...

Preferable I would field a large unit of Corsairs, (have 39 of the buggers) but I need a good bunker for my SS and I dont have the point allowance to put her on a DP

Man only 1 RBT...no witches, no black guard or executioners? I'm not sure I'd know how to cope!

Adaptation and the fact that I put way to much thought into Fluff
I always wanted a nice unit of BG (out of place reasoning (played one in WAR)) but later found out a DL on Foot was just sub optimal.

I have plenty of fluff too - I made up a whole Black Ark for my army (The Black Ark "Apocalypse"), but I also have to marry that to, especially in my college days when I was single, my addiction to buying minis.

Let's just say I have options.

that... is also a big reason xD I havent started the hobby that long ago so this is basicly all I have

Quick question consirning my SS loadout, since i have a battle 2night
What do you guys think has more value?

Lv4, Dispel Scroll, ICI
Or
Lv3, Dispel Scrill, RoH
?