Need some help with Death

[Trickster]

Ok guys I need some help making a 1000pt death list which MUST include Arkhan.

I do already have a simple 1000pt death list but I have a game coming up in a week which I need to include Arkhan for reasons.

I'm stuck making a list that'll actually work so maybe one of you amazing people have some awesome ideas

Thanks for the help!

[AverageBoss]

Not really much you can do with a list using Arkhan at 1,000. You might try:
 

Allegiance: Legion of Sacrament
Arkhan The Black Mortarch of Sacrament (320)
- General
- Lore of the Dead: Soul Harvest (Deathmages)
Necromancer (110)
- Artefact: Shroud of Darkness
- Lore of the Deathmages: Overwhelming Dread
40 x Skeleton Warriors (280)
- Ancient Spears
5 x Dire Wolves (60)
2 x Morghast Harbingers (220)
- Spirit Halberds

Total: 990 / 2000
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 78
 

[RuneBrush]

Would say that the above list is pretty solid.

One thing to bear in mind is that we get 4 gravesites regardless of how big a game we're playing, so the more summonable units you have, the more you're going to benefit from them.  The same goes from the Mortarchs who can Deathly Invoke 4 units a turn (@ 18").

I run Neferata at 1k, plus 40 x Skeletons, 10 x Skeletons, 10 x Skeletons, Vampire Lord.  Having 3 summonable units means that each turn I've the potential to raise between 7 and 21 slain skeletons - multiply that up over 5 turns and you realise that you've pretty much added a free maximum sized unit of skeleton warriors   Quite a decent amount of magic in the list too, which is one of the main damage dealers.

[Josh]

i took the following list to an 18 player tournament on the weekend, struggled & lost against Nurgle & Daughters of K, but did well otherwise  (made mistakes in both games but thats life) & got a triumph most games, hoping for 1-2 for re roll hits on the hosts or save it for ebon claws on arkhan

arkhan - vile transference 

neco - shrouded in darkness, overwhelming dread

wraith

5 d wolves

5 d wolves

9 spirit hosts 

970

[Takaloy]

but you can't use deathly invocation on the same unit more than once right? 

[AverageBoss]

4 hours ago, Takaloy said:

but you can't use deathly invocation on the same unit more than once right? 

From different heroes yes, just not from the same one.

[Tiklis]

Allegiance: Grand Host of Nagash

Leaders
Arkhan The Black Mortarch of Sacrament (320)
- Lore of the Dead: Soulpike (Vampires)
Necromancer (110)
- Lore of the Deathmages: Fading Vigour
Vampire Lord (140)
- Lore of the Vampires: Amaranthine Orb

Battleline
10 x Dire Wolves (120)
40 x Skeleton Warriors (280)
- Ancient Spears

Total: 970 / 2000
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 81
 

I would play with something like this. You have the necro to improve your skellies and bother your rivals.

Vampire Lord to help the skellies and his spell to further bother your rivals.

Keep Dire wolves to be summon and send them from behind to press them.

Arkham can focus on the enemy main thread, using magic or even facing him.

[smucreo]

22 hours ago, Josh said:

i took the following list to an 18 player tournament on the weekend, struggled & lost against Nurgle & Daughters of K, but did well otherwise  (made mistakes in both games but thats life) & got a triumph most games, hoping for 1-2 for re roll hits on the hosts or save it for ebon claws on arkhan

arkhan - vile transference 

neco - shrouded in darkness, overwhelming dread

wraith

5 d wolves

5 d wolves

9 spirit hosts 

970

Interesting list. If you don't mind, how did you play it? Did you put the Spirits in the graves? I'm guessing you deployed the wolves as screens for your heroes right?

[Josh]

wolves are objective grabbers or screens, hosts are hammer and anvil unit 

wraith is to tag onto sides of units and just be a pain

necro is there for double pile in for the hosts, arkhan is casting all other spells & killing chaff/ squishy units

[smucreo]

ok, thanks for the clarification!

[Josh]

no problem man ^^