My friend has challanged me to come up with a 1200 army to try and take on his Apocalypse Dragon.

After seeing this monster in action I am not sure that it can be done. My impression is that it will require H&H (range sucks with that 2 x invunerbality) figures. Also, it seems that the best stratgy is to circle it, keep your figures from clumping up and attack it one figure at a time.

My Army is:

D-046 Dragon's Gate (Domain)

Throne Monk with R-112 Hammer of the Realms & Magestone Bracers.

2 x Revered Mystic (can pick up relic if/when Throne Monk is vaporized.

4 x *** Scalesworn Militia

2 x *** Battle Mentor

2 x ** Battle Mentor

4 x Magna Champion

That's 17 pts. shy of 1,200.

Now all I need are a set of loaded dice!

if you got them then id throw Potion of Dueling (6pts) on too of your item/relic holding dracs.

that 22 def on the Dragon will be a problem if try and attack with any one with less then a 13-14 attack which every one seems to have thanks to dragons gate. id see about using the dragonslayer AC for an extra 2 damage per fig if you got it.

Use a * Blackwing, they're awsome for 16 points, kind of....

Thanks - I do and I will add the Potion of Dueling to each of the Revered Mystics.

That leaves just 5 pts. not used!

Draconum-pure, eh? Well, you've got your work cut out for you...

The Dragon has a problem with high defense and Magic Immunity. Caldera, Pathis Arcana, or especially Vorgoth could pose a considerable threat to her. Their power is severely limited, however, by the Dragon's ability to Smash their items.

Vithzerai with the Book of Lightning would really do a number on the Dragon. You might back him up with a *** Revered Mystic with the Staff of the Silent Citadel, which in addition to offering an uncounterable version of Pierce, can also generate a wall of Magic Immunity for protection against the Dragon's front dial.

I forgot to mention u might want to be careful with dragons gate because it gives all your drac frenzy in addition to +2 atk, terrify, and vampirism. U might consider dragons gods as an alternative, but then u lose the +2 attack....

Using Dragon's Gate on a pure Drac army is fine. The frenzy part will never bother you since you can choose which frenzy figure to give the actions to anyways.

Second, remember that the dragon's die roll to ignore pierce/crushing blow come AFTER the attack roll. Which means that pierce will ignore the +2 vs ranged for invul.

Finally Dragon Gods is also a good domain to use when playing a Drac pure army. If you have a figure that can hit well in cc, it will force the dragon to move out of base contact. Else, you would be able to attack round after round without getting a token.