Vampire Count 343pts
Hand Weapon; Level 2 Wizard; Shield; Blood Dragon; Full Plate; Sword of Striking; Black Periapt; Blood Dragon - Red Fury; Blood Dragon - Master Strike

Necromancer 150pts
Hand weapon; Level 2 Wizard; Dispel Scroll(x1); Book of Arkhan


Necromancer 140pts
Hand weapon; Level 2 Wizard; Staff of Damnation

Vampire Thrall 130pts
Hand weapon; Blood Dragon; Additional Hand Weapon; Heavy Armour; Blood Dragon - Red Fury
Mount: Barded



Core
15 Zombies 105 pts
Musician; Standard Bearer

15 Zombies 105 pts
Muscian;Standard Bearer

9 Ghouls 72 pts

9 Ghouls 72 pts

Special
5 Fell Bats 100 pts

20 Grave Guard 340 pts
Full command;Banner of Doom

5 Black Knights 165 pts
Full Command

Rare
Banshee 90 pts

Black Coach 200 pts

My only critique would have to be that the unit sizes are a bit too small for a vampire count army, try boosting the numbers for your zombie units.. and maybe spending less on your characters like thats nearly 800 points tied up in characters..

Will your opponent be fielding Cold One Knights? If so, then I might suggest switching your Count's Sword of Striking for a Sword of Might (which is cheaper) or a Biting Blade (which is infinitely cheaper). Both will pretty much have the same armour-negating modifiers on Cold One Knights and Chariots.

ALSO: you can't have a mounted model with two hand weapons. It's illegal (see the red book if you don't believe me). Switch them for a great weapon or shield for your Thrall.

Vampire Count 318pts
Hand Weapon; Level 2 Wizard; Shield; Blood Dragon; Full Plate; Sword of Striking; Black Periapt; Blood Dragon - Red Fury;

Necromancer 150pts
Hand weapon; Level 2 Wizard; Dispel Scroll(x1); Book of Arkhan


Necromancer 125pts
Hand weapon; Level 2 Wizard; Dispel Scroll

Vampire Thrall 130pts
Blood Dragon;Great weapon; Heavy Armour; Blood Dragon - Red Fury
Mount: Barded



Core
18 Zombies 123 pts
Musician; Standard Bearer

18 Zombies 123 pts
Muscian;Standard Bearer

18 Skelleton Warriors 195 pts
Musician;Standard; Light Armour

9 Ghouls 72 pts

9 Ghouls 72 pts


Special
4 Fell Bats 80 pts

3 Spirit Host 195 pts

5 Black Knights 215 pts
Full Command;Banner of Doom

Rare

Black Coach 200 pts

I made some changes to the list, from what I hear of my opponent likes to go magic and shooting heavy and I think he takes cold one knights to.
Would you guys advise any other changes?

its still like 750+ points on heros.

apart from that it is a pretty good list

Other than giving your Count a Sword of Might/Biting Blade (for knight-busting) and/or Wristbands of Black Gold (in case he finds himself alone and facing a wall of RBTS), I'd say you've got a pretty good list there.

Its quite normal to spend anywhere from 1/4 to a little over a 1/3rd of your army points on characters in a VC army.

I like your second list much better but some things i would suggest.

drop your ghouls to units of 6-7- this is a good size for ghouls and will free up points else where

drop the banner from the black knights...they are not a main combat unit in this army and should drop the banner to take away the risk of giving your opponent an additional 100vps

i personally do not like the black coach and feel the points can be better spent beefing up units like your black knights or move some other points around to add the grave gaurd back in.
hope this helps...good luck with it

Against Dark Elves Id keep it. (Not only because I love it! :wub: )

Dark Elves have no (or almost no) access to S7, neither in the shooting, magic or close combat phase. In fact, DE rely on their high number of attacks they get with most units, but with few exceptions the attacks are at low strength. That means that unless your opponent uses a dragon he will find it very hard to deal with the extremely tough Black Coach (T6, 4+ AS and 5+ ward is something that has to be passed).

Furthermore, Elves all have T3 and a usually a low armour save. Perfect for the S5 of the coach! By doing lots of damage itself it will gain even more wounds and get harder and harder to destroy.

Umm . . . what about the Gauntlet of Power?

I dont have the Dark Elf book at home. I couldnt think of a way for them to get S7, but thats why I added "almost no" to my statement. ;)