1+ Wizard: at least 1 of Vampire Lord, Vampire Thrall, Master Necromancer, Necromantic Acolyte, Strigoi Ghoul King
Army list
Units the army can take, and the limits on them, where they differ from the Grand Army.
Added
Vampire Lord: Character, 0-1 per 1,000 pts, shared with Master Necromancer, Strigoi Ghoul King
Free Company Militia: Mercenary
Empire Archers: Mercenary
Not available
Vampire Count
Changed
Master Necromancer: Character, 0-1 per 1,000 pts, shared with Vampire Count, Strigoi Ghoul King → Character, 0-1 per 1,000 pts, shared with Vampire Lord, Strigoi Ghoul King
Strigoi Ghoul King: Character, 0-1 per 1,000 pts, shared with Vampire Count, Master Necromancer → Character, 0-1 per 1,000 pts, shared with Vampire Lord, Master Necromancer
Corpse Cart: Special, 0-3 per army → Core, 0-3 per army
Grave Guard: Core, 0-1, shared with Black Knights, 1 per Wight King or Wight Lord; Special, 0-1 per 1,000 pts, shared with Black Knights → Core, 0-1, shared with Black Knights; Special
Black Knights: Core, 0-1, shared with Grave Guard, 1 per Wight King or Wight Lord; Special, 0-1 per 1,000 pts, shared with Grave Guard → Core, 0-1, shared with Grave Guard; Special
Crypt Horrors: Special, 0-1 per 1,000 pts, shared with Fell Bats → Special
Fell Bats: Special, 0-1 per 1,000 pts, shared with Crypt Horrors → Special
Varghulf: Rare, 0-1 per 1,000 pts, shared with Terrorgheist → Special, 0-1 per 1,000 pts
Blood Knights: Rare, 0-1 per 1,000 pts → Rare; Special, 0-1 per army, needs Vampire Lord as General
Vargheists: Rare, 0-1 per 1,000 pts; Special, needs Strigoi Ghoul King as General, 0-1, shared with Terrorgheist → Rare; Special, needs Strigoi Ghoul King as General, 0-1, shared with Terrorgheist
Terrorgheist: Rare, 0-1 per 1,000 pts, shared with Varghulf; Special, needs Strigoi Ghoul King as General, 0-1, shared with Vargheists → Rare; Special, needs Strigoi Ghoul King as General, 0-1, shared with Vargheists
Black Coach: Rare, 0-2 per army → Rare, 0-1 per 1,000 pts
New units
Vampire Lord
Regular infantry · 185 pts · Unit size 1
M
WS
BS
S
T
W
I
A
Ld
6
7
5
5
5
4
6
5
9
Special rules: Accursed Weapons, Dark Vitality, Flammable, Indomitable (2), Lore of Undeath, Necromantic Undead, Regeneration (5+)
Options
Hand Weapon (free)
Additional Hand Weapon (3 pts per model)
Great Weapon (4 pts per model)
Lance (4 pts per model)
Shield (2 pts per model)
Light Armour (3 pts per model)
Heavy Armour (6 pts per model)
Full Plate Armour (9 pts per model)
Wizard Level 1 (free)
Wizard Level 2 (30 pts per model)
Wizard Level 3 (60 pts per model)
Dark Magic (free)
Illusion (free)
Necromancy (free)
Vampiric Powers (free)
Vampiric Powers: Red Fury (50 pts)
Vampiric Powers: Curse of the Revenant (40 pts)
Vampiric Powers: Honour or Death (35 pts)
Vampiric Powers: Flying Horror (35 pts)
Vampiric Powers: Master of the Black Arts (30 pts)
Vampiric Powers: Dark Acolyte (30 pts)
Vampiric Powers: Quickblood (25 pts)
Vampiric Powers: Infinite Hatred (25 pts)
Vampiric Powers: Beguile (20 pts)
Vampiric Powers: Supernatural Horror (20 pts)
Vampiric Powers: Lord of the Night (15 pts)
Nightmare (16 pts per model)
Coven Throne (165 pts per model)
Abyssal Terror (120 pts per model)
Zombie Dragon (215 pts per model)
General (free)
Changed units
Each unit compared with its Vampire Counts profile.
Vampire Thrall
Points
75 pts → 70 pts
Gains: Accursed Weapons, Banner of the Count, Lore of Undeath
Loses: Banner Of The Count, Lore Of Undeath
Options
Full Plate Armour: new option (9 pts per model)
Wizard Level 2: new option (60 pts per model)
Vampiric Powers: new option (free)
Vampiric Powers: Red Fury: new option (50 pts)
Vampiric Powers: Curse of the Revenant: new option (40 pts)
Vampiric Powers: Honour or Death: new option (35 pts)
Vampiric Powers: Flying Horror: new option (35 pts)
Vampiric Powers: Master of the Black Arts: new option (30 pts)
Vampiric Powers: Dark Acolyte: new option (30 pts)
Vampiric Powers: Quickblood: new option (25 pts)
Vampiric Powers: Infinite Hatred: new option (25 pts)
Vampiric Powers: Beguile: new option (20 pts)
Vampiric Powers: Supernatural Horror: new option (20 pts)
Vampiric Powers: Lord of the Night: new option (15 pts)
Nightmare: profile or rules changed
Coven Throne: 210 pts per model → 165 pts per model
Curse of the Revenant: no longer available
Beguile: no longer available
Flying Horror: no longer available
Dark Acolyte: no longer available
Master of the Black Arts: no longer available
Supernatural Horror: no longer available
Lord of the Night: no longer available
Master Necromancer
Points
130 pts → 145 pts
Gains: Invocation of Nehek, Lore of Undeath
Loses: Invocation Of Nehek, Lore Of Undeath
Options
Nightmare: profile or rules changed
Mortis Engine: profile or rules changed
Abyssal Terror: profile or rules changed
Zombie Dragon: profile or rules changed
Necromantic Acolyte
Gains: Invocation of Nehek, Lore of Undeath
Loses: Invocation Of Nehek, Lore Of Undeath
Options
Nightmare: profile or rules changed
Corpse Cart: new option (60 pts per model)
Corpse Cart: Balefire Brazier: new option (10 pts)
Corpse Cart: Warped Tintinnabulation: new option (15 pts)
Mortis Engine: no longer available
Strigoi Ghoul King
Gains: Ghoulkin, Lore of Undeath, Vanguard
Loses: Lore Of Undeath
Options
Wicked Claws: new option (free)
Heavy Armour: new option (free)
Vampiric Powers: new option (free)
Vampiric Powers: Red Fury: new option (50 pts)
Vampiric Powers: Curse of the Revenant: new option (40 pts)
Vampiric Powers: Honour or Death: new option (35 pts)
Vampiric Powers: Flying Horror: new option (35 pts)
Vampiric Powers: Master of the Black Arts: new option (30 pts)
Vampiric Powers: Dark Acolyte: new option (30 pts)
Vampiric Powers: Quickblood: new option (25 pts)
Vampiric Powers: Infinite Hatred: new option (25 pts)
Vampiric Powers: Beguile: new option (20 pts)
Vampiric Powers: Supernatural Horror: new option (20 pts)
Vampiric Powers: Lord of the Night: new option (15 pts)
Terrorgheist: 205 pts per model → 185 pts per model
Curse of the Revenant: no longer available
Beguile: no longer available
Flying Horror: no longer available
Dark Acolyte: no longer available
Master of the Black Arts: no longer available
Supernatural Horror: no longer available
Lord of the Night: no longer available
Wight King
Options
Skeletal Steed: profile or rules changed
General: new option (free)
Wight Lord
Points
40 pts → 60 pts
Options
Skeletal Steed: profile or rules changed
General: new option (free)
Tomb Banshee
Gains: Wailing Dirge (-1)
Loses: Wailing Dirge
Grave Guard
Unit size
10+ → 5+
Options
Implacable Defence: profile or rules changed
Skeleton Warriors
Points
5 pts per model → 4 pts per model
Options
Light Armour: free → 1 pt per model
Implacable Defence: new option (10 pts)
Skeleton Champion: new option (5 pts)
Champion: no longer available
Zombies
WS
T
Grand Army
2
3
Here
1
2
Unit size
20-40 → 20+
Gains: Shambling Horde
Loses: The Newly Dead
Crypt Ghouls
Points
9 pts per model → 8 pts per model
Unit size
10+ → 5+
Gains: Armour Bane (1), Dark Vitality, The Hunger
Options
Light Armour: new option (free)
Ambushers: new option (1 pt per model)
Crypt Horrors
Gains: Dark Vitality, Regeneration (5+), The Hunger
Loses: Regeneration (6+)
Options
Heavy Armour: new option (free)
Bat Swarms
Unit size
3+ → 2+
Gains: Cloud of Horror
Vargheists
Unit size
3+ → 2+
Gains: Dispersed Formation, Furious Charge, Impetuous, Regeneration (5+), The Hunger
Loses: Frenzy, Regeneration (6+)
Options
Light Armour: new option (free)
Spirit Hosts
Unit size
3-6 → 2-6
Blood Knights
Unit size
5+ → 4+
Options
Kastellan: Quickblood: new option (25 pts)
Kastellan: Infinite Hatred: new option (25 pts)
Kastellan: Beguile: 40 pts → 20 pts
Kastellan: Curse of the Revenant: no longer available
Kastellan: Flying Horror: no longer available
Kastellan: Dark Acolyte: no longer available
Kastellan: Master of the Black Arts: no longer available
Black Knights
Unit size
5+ → 4+
Gains: Spectral Steed
Options
Skeletal Steed: profile or rules changed
Barding: 2 pts per model → free
Corpse Cart
Points
115 pts → 60 pts
Gains: Vigor Mortis
Loses: Lore Of Undeath
Options
Whip: new option (3 pts)
Cavalry Spear: new option (3 pts)
Balefire Brazier: 10 pts per model → 10 pts
Warped Tintinnabulation: 15 pts per model → 15 pts
Corpse Cart: no longer available
Black Coach
Options
Spectral Scythe (Black Coach): new option (free)
Black Coach: no longer available
Terrorgheist
T
W
Grand Army
-
-
Here
6
6
Gains: Wailing Dirge (-2)
Loses: Wailing Dirge
Options
Filth-Encrusted Talons: new option (free)
Heavy Armour: new option (free)
Filth-encrusted Talons: no longer available
Calloused Hide: no longer available
Terrorgheist: no longer available
Varghulf
A
Grand Army
4
Here
5
Points
140 pts → 110 pts
Gains: The Hunger
Loses: Frenzy
Options
Heavy Armour: new option (free)
Calloused Hide: no longer available
Magic items
Item
Type
Points
Von Carstein Ring
talisman
40
Reworded
Helm of Commandment
enchanted item
40
Reworded
Hand of Dust
enchanted item
35
Reworded
Sceptre Of De Noirot
arcane item
35
Reworded
Drakenhof Banner
magic standard
50 60
Changed
Banner of the Barrows
magic standard
65 50
Reworded
The Screaming Banner
magic standard
45 25
Changed
Special rules
New: Master of the Dead, Resurrecting the Fallen, Implacable Defence, Spectral Steed, Ghoulkin, Shambling Horde, Cloud of Horror, Balefire Brazier, Warped Tintinnabulation, Vigor Mortis
Reworded for this army: Dark Vitality, Invocation of Nehek, The Newly Dead, The Hunger, Wailing Dirge, Lore of Undeath, Ghoulish Glamour, Scrying Pool, Accursed Reliquary, Blasphemous Tome, Carrion Feeders