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[Keviv]

Hey guys, I'm newer to Dragon Dice and wanted to know if my army building skills are doing alright. I've built a 36 point Undead army consisting of:

Minor Death: 1
Ghost: 1
Lich: 1
Mummy: 1
Ghast: 1
Spectre: 1
Heucava: 1
Wight: 1
Wraith: 4
Zombie: 3
Skeleton: 3
Ghoul: 3
Apparition: 2

I also carry

Black Dragon (Drake): 1
Ivory Dragon (Drake): 1
Black Dragonscout: 1
Black Dragontroop: 1
Green Dragontroop: 2
Black Dragonhero: 1
Black Dragonchamp: 1
Black Dragonkin Champion: 1
Coastland Castle: 1
Feyland Temple: 1
Feyland Knoll: 1
Feyland Woods: 1
Flatland Village: 1

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

[stormywaters]

Well, I can't claim to be an Undead expert (you'd need Skawilly for that, I think), I can give you a couple of pointers:

1. Feyland Temple is a bad idea. If your opponent captures that eighth face, you're blocked from casting any magic against them (since you only cast black, that's a huge disadvantage). I would probably use Standing Stones to give your mages access to some other colors of magic (things like Path, Transmute Rock to Mud, Burning Hands and Dancing Lights can win games on their own).

2. I would tighten up your list a little bit - don't use so many different dice. I'm not saying you should run 9 Minor Death, but a strategy that Skawilly and I both use with regularity is a pyramid build: 3 rares, 3 uncommons, 3 commons in each of two armies. It gives you some good SAIs as well as some stability of rolls (since having more dice means smoother averages, and fewer "wild" rolls). Here is a rough idea, though again you'll want to talk to Skawilly for some real Undead-focused building:

3x Lich
3x Ghast (saves and some magic)
3x Ghoul (for some better saves)

3x Death Knight
3x Specter
3x Wraith

Your mages will have decent magic results, while still maintaining some saves, and your other "melee" half will have strong damage, decent saves, and still maintain some maneuverability.

Your mages can use Restless Dead and Palsy to keep your melee army mobile and painful, resurrecting as needed, and still be able to defend themselves.

Try something along those lines and see how it works.

[Keviv]

Thanks! I'll try a few games like that.

[DialFforFunky]

The list Stormy made is a decent start, but there are 2 things I think it could improve upon. The first is that it might be wise to include at least one monster. This way you can still make use of that final step of damage. Taking a monster might be a bit of a risk, as they make excellent lightning strike targets, but the fact that it can reduce 4 incoming damage to 1 with stepped damage could very well make it worthwhile. The other thing I'd change is the death knights. They carry the absolute worst SAI of all the rares in the game. It's quite bad and I'd try to avoid it if I where you. For one melee icon less you could go with the ghost, which does have a good SAI. The mummy is another solid option. The vampire arguably is the best rare undead have, too bad you are already at 18 points of mages.



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[Skawilly]

Get your hands on a fenhound. They are SUPER common grabs, if you buy another starter or 2 your very likely to get one and it will continue to give you that awesome stepped damage. They have dispel to help counter this: