I've been looking for about a week now (about how long I've been playing) on the battle plan threads and reviewed armies and it hasn't helped much. I finally decided to post what I got and let the community take a look at what i got.

My army (well what I got as of right now ill will update when i buy my next booster):300pts.
-General Vale
-**Masked Shaman
-*Regal Skymage
-**War Priestess
-**Atlantean Swordmage
-**Mortar Altem

This is what i have to work with:
-Kierin Starsdawn
-*Ub-Khan
-*Freeholder Soceress
-*Oak Warrior
-***Zombie Centaur
-**Rage Paladin
-*Apprentice Forger
-*Vampiric Skeleton
-**Shocktrooper
(I also have the sawtooth relic)

This is what I have as of right now I will have a few more boosters in a few days and I will update this to keep everyone up to date on my supplies. I'm hoping for a spell book with in my next few boosters but I'm farely new and i don't no how often they come along. If someone could give me a few tips on how to mold a army worth playing with, it would help very much so.

Experiment with this army first, but this is what I put together from that:

General Vale-97
Keirin-77
***Zombie Centaur-32
**War Priestess-37
*Regal Skymage-51

This one doesn't have the Counterspeller yours does (Shaman) , but has a more potent ranged threat. It's also 6 points under. If you could get your hands on one, I'd suggest putting the Potion of Dueling from Dark Riders on General Vale. It gives him Weapon Master and a +3 to attack for one turn. In this army, you've got your bases pretty well covered. You have a healer (just be careful, because she can't heal the Skymage due to the Skymage's :mi: ). You have Soaring in the Skymage, harasser in the ***Zombie, Range in Keirin, and melee/anit-swarm in General Vale. He can also use his Leadership to let Keirin shoot every turn if need be.

That's a really nice army and pool for someone who's only been playing a week. Try and get some spell books and spells, if you can. They add a whole new level of depth to the game.

ive fought with these guy twice i all most pulled therw but one the 2nd time around he wiped me out. i really gave him a run for hes money on both of them the reason my brother (other opponent) said i did an excptional fight for my first 2 gos with this setup. ill consider wat u said ill try the centaur but i wipped him out within a few turn cause brother use him.
thx for ur reply...

i only need one more turn to win that game too lol

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE< just whatever you do, DO NOT buy Sorcery boosters for spells/spellbooks. If you are this new to the game, rely on buying DarkRiders and 2.0Boosters, and maybe finding some singles.
Get the rulings and basics down before you try to jump into Sorcery. Try to gather some good Relics and Items (the item pack from MKrealms is a good start).

Other than this, Kierin and Zombie Centaur are your good figs. Leave off the bombard figures, and focus on the basic type figures, and the proficiencies for sword type (gang up and surge), move (double time and soaring), and bow type (point blank and precision).
After this, work on the mounted proficiencies (mounted bound and charge, trample, horsemanship). Also study up on the wand type proficiency(counterspell) if your opponents use spells againts you. Do not worry about this unless they use spells, as this is quite a step in the rules.

sry for the misspelled words i was in a hury
kyret
o ya i wanted to mention that i likethe idea of a ranger army i would have helped if i had somthing better to go up to face his kan rava

thanks ill consider that too but ill try the zombie out maybe i can sneak around back and steal his objective when hes consentrated on my decoys, or send him into surge someone like that rava, thx didn't think of that. it did take me a few hits (really hard) with my Vale i really like useing him but like u said i got to get used to the game play and straegy. ill also sub in the kierin im particeing against him daily so ill mix it up next time
im considering the items pack but was not quite sure. thanks for ur suggestions.

what i would recomend is shelling out the 5.00? dollars for the mkrealms pack for the ammer and shadow plate of the realms and putting them on general vale to counter a khan rava but other than that i would buy 2.0 and darkriders primarily 'cause sorcery is confusing and more of a ad on vetern kind of set.

im really thinking bout gettingthat pack from mkrealms now. and i think ill go with the dark riders booster pack instead of the sorcery. i can c how it wight get confusing but what about the dark riders i haven't even seen one in sore but ill keep looking i also lkike the idea about the general vale hook up, may be i could put agony with the kierin

Rabahn's shield out of the relic pack is probably your best item to use also. For less than 30 pts you get a even better than dodge (not as many weaknesses) ability for one of your figures(maybe Kierin?).
I think the Zombie Centaur would be great for the last ditch effort/run to the objective (double time).

Let us know how it goes.

i think that im goin to use General Vale, Keirin Starsdawn, *Regal Skymage, ***Zombie Centaur, and the **Atlantean Swordmage, and heres why...
I didn't need my healer in the last match up (its goin to be the same opponent), so im subing inthe Centaur for her. I'll use my Zombie and Swordsman, or maybe a guard for my token.ill problyuse a fromation with the Skymage, Vale, and Kierin, not sure if i should leave her at soaring lvl?
My brother always plays the same so i think i can kinda tell wat he is about to do next, i watched him play before i got into this game. Ill give u an update after we play.
this time im goin to hold down my token on my side then go after the middle one.(That was the reason i lost my last one)

taking a healer out just because you didnt need it in 1 game is a bad idea, a healer is always good to have...better to have 1 and not need it than to wish you had it...and on that note, it is good to have a healer that can also serve another purpose, like the *leech troll, who can also attack pretty well and regenerates, or a blood shaman, who can use hex. but with what you have, vale, kierin, zombie centaur, war priestess, and skymage is what i would use...

ok thx and u also make a good point. one game ehhhh maybe i should leave her but should i take out the back-up ranger and support for the healer?
if i had a blood shaman it would help me so much more in the future. i had thought about it sence my brother use one, another reason i like him is because hes got soaring which gives him a more upper hand against my priestess.
even if i dont use her, would sticking her in the line of fire be ok? i mean near the end when time is running low?

i think that im goin to hold off untill i get some more to work with. im thinking bout getting the regular mageknight boosters instead of getting into the scorcery set for now...
any more suggestions?

Soaring figures arent as big a deal to worry about as you make it out to be. I would rather have a cheaper regular figure, as the only problem Ive had with soaring figures is those who have bound.
If you have problem with your opponent playing soaring figures against you, send me your address, and I will send you a copy of silvercloud (i have like 11), which adds 2 damage when attacking soaring figures, and lowers them to ground level. It would work well with Kierin against any soaring foes your opponent has.

thanks i need some more relics sence i've heard u dont get those as often compared to the domains and items it will help alot against his blood shaman he brung one of my figs down in the first battle because i was watching him sneak att. he had some of his other guys keeping my main guys busy
the silvercloud should slow him down some what

did u ever get my address in the pm? i tried to pm u but it wouldn't let me. i didn't get a reply so i was just wondering.
im going to be out of town in for a few days so ill let u no how it,(battle #3) goes when i get back.

any more suggestions?