So I really like the idea have having my lovely host of Morannon Orcs marching with a swathe of gold in its ranks. Which of these lists do you think would perform the best?

List 1
Warband 1
Khamul w/ Horned Fell Beast
12x Easterling Warrior w/ Shield, Pike, Black Dragon Upgrade

Warband 2
Shagrat, Warleader (Army General, converted to wield an axe)
6x Morannon Orc w/ Shield
5x Morannon Orc w/ Shield, Spear
1x Morannon Orc w/ Shield, Spear, Banner

Warband 3
The Dwimmerlaik w/ Horse
12x Black Guard of Barad-Dur

Warband 4
Orc Taskmaster
6x Morannon Orc w/ Shield
6x Morannon Orc w/ Shield, Spear

1000pts spot on. 52 units. 7 might withe potential to not expend any.

Notes on list 1: Having maxed out my warbands I had a spare 25pts, so why not give Khamul a nasty horned Fell Beast eh?

I like the thought of the Taskmaster as I could potentially use him to call free heroic marches to compensate for the lack of bows. I have just found Orc Bows don't cut it and I'd prefer to spend the points on something that will carry their weight in points.

The Dwimmerlaik is included to really hamper the enemy's might/will/fate storage to compensate for my lower store, plus it gives Khamul and Shagrat the magic support to do nasty things.




List 2
Warband 1
Khamul w/ Fell Beast
6x Morannon Orc w/ Shield
6x Morannon Orc w/ Spear

Warband 2
Shagrat, Warleader (Army General, converted to wield an axe)
6x Morannon Orc w/ Shield
5x Morannon Orc w/ Shield, Spear
1x Morannon Orc w/ Shield, Spear, Banner

Warband 3
The Dwimmerlaik w/ Horse
10x Black Guard of Barad-Dur

Warband 4
Amdur, Lord of Blades w/ Armoured Horse
12x Easterling Warrior w/ Shield, Pike, Black Dragon upgrade.

1000pts spot on. 50 units. 8 might with the potential on Amdur regaining some back for killing heroes.

Notes on List 2:
I REALLY like Amdur in this list. Having another F/V 6 unit (Khamul can boost his as we all should know) on the battlefield could really help me out plus counts as a banner for the Easterlings. Dwimmerlaik included for same reasons mentioned above.

As always, I love to hear your ever helpful suggests.

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Shagrat converted to have an axe?!?!?! CHEEEEEESE! thats not necessary, he kills everything he touches anyway haha.

Both lists look pretty nasty, I love the taskmaster tho. So good when you get heroics for free.
But then list 2 looks like it would work better together, could form those pikes behind the black guard for a nasty pike block.

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Haha I suppose it is a bit of cheese. I honestly hadn't thought of piercing strike with him at the time of converting him (I got back into the hobby just recently and still learning all these special strikes and what not) as I just wanted to use a more interesting weapon for him rather than the boring cleaver he has. I switched it out for the weapon the Morannon Orc Captain which I shortened from the Morannon Orc Commanders set.

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