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Vampire Counts Legacy Army List
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This section details the Grand Army composition list for the Vampire Counts. This is the default army composition list for this faction. Using this army composition list to write your muster list will give you the widest variety of units to choose from and create a broad and balanced force.

This army list is intended for use alongside the Forming Units and Warhammer Armies sections of the Warhammer: the Old World rulebook.

Grand Army Composition List

Characters

Up to 50% of your army's points value may be spent on:

  • 1+ Wizard

  • 0-1 Vampire Count, Master Necromancer or Strigoi Ghoul King per 1,000 points

  • 0-1 Wight King or Banshee per 1,000 points

  • Vampire Thralls, Necromantic Acolytes, Wight Lords and Cairn Wraiths

Core

At least 25% of your army's points value must be spent on:

  • Skeleton Warriors, Zombies, Crypt Ghouls, Bat Swarms and Dire Wolves

  • If your army includes one or more Wights, 0-1 unit of Grave Guard or Black Knights may be taken as a Core choices

Special

Up to 50% of your army's points value may be spent on:

  • 0-1 unit of Grave Guard or Black Knights per 1,000 points

  • 0-1 unit of Crypt Horrors or Fell Bats per 1,000 points

  • 0-3 Corpse Carts

  • 0-1 unit of Spirit Hosts per Cairn Wraith or Tomb Banshee taken

  • If your General is a Strigoi Ghoul King, 0-1 unit of Vargheists or 0-1 Terrorgheist may be taken as a Special choice

Rare

Up to 25% of your army's points value may be spent on:

  • 0-1 unit of Vargheists per 1,000 points

  • 0-2 Black Coaches

  • 0-1 Terrorgheist or Varghulf per 1,000 points

  • 0-1 unit of Blood Knights per 1,000 points

  • 0-1 unit of Hexwraiths per Cairn Wraith or Tomb Banshee taken

Allies

Up to 25% of your army's points value may be spent on a single allied contingent drawn from one of the following Grand Army composition lists:

  • Tomb Kings of Khemri

Battle Standard Bearer

A single Vampire Thrall or Wight Lord in your army may be upgraded to be your Battle Standard Bearer for +25 points. In addition to their usual allowance of points to spend on magic items, a Battle Standard Bearer can purchase a single magic standard with no points limit.