2000pt High Elf Calvery List

We do allow 50% lord allowance in the group. So that shouldn’t be an issue there. But you do make a good point against the prince on a griffon and I will re think the silver helms arrangement.

My first all Calvary list I didn’t expect perfection. And I’m jealous of your 50 silver helms! I have been hunting some down for the last 2 years but I’m happy with my 16 SH for $20.

Hey, I'll add my two cents! I think the core idea of your list is fine, but there are several adjustments I'd make.

Firstly, the Prince needs to be buffed up. I'd definitely buy both upgrades for the Griffon. Griffons die to a stiff breeze because their toughness is low for a monster and they've got no saves, so for them to work you'll need to either kill whatever you're fighting before it gets to hit back, or engage things that don't hit back much, meaning the Griffon should always be in challenges or on the flank on an enemy. I'd also probably upgrade the Prince's hitting power a bit, a Lance is only good on the charge and is useless if the Griffon gets shot out from under him. If you'd still like to keep a Lance, I'd go Star Lance for the massive challenge benefit and probably take the OTS as well, could also go Ogre Blade if you want something a bit more reliable.

I agree that the Archmage needs a ward save. I'd go for a 4++ ideally, if not the 5++ will work in most situations. With a 3++ from Shield of Saphery the Archmage should be fine to sit on the front line, particularly if you've got Apotheosis.

I think you can cut down Core some. High Elves typically should go for minimum Core. It's not that High Elf core is bad, it's just that the rest of the book is very good. For the Reavers I'd not take Spears and Bows, choose one or the other. I always run only Spears because there's not much in the game that 5 S3 shots will hurt that you care about hurting. In the meantime the Spears will help against warmachines and enemy chaff. For the rest of the points reduction I'd cut the small Silver Helm unit from 7 to 5. When people buy the small Silver Helm unit they're usually doing it to be a hard-to-kill chaff unit since Silver Helms do not hit hard on their own. In a pinch they can flank something, but in that case the extra 2 models likely won't get to attack unless you're charging a massive tarpit block, but you shouldn't be doing that anyways. Alternatively you could merge the two units since your list has a ton of chaff anyways, but that's up to you.

I'd get the Musician on the Dragon Princes. A small cavalry unit like that can very easily be forced to panic and in my experience the small cavalry units are not usually running next to the BSB, so you'll want the rally bonus. This is also useful if you have to flee them for any reason.

The Lion Chariot is fine, but I'd be careful with it. It is by far the slowest unit in your army since it cannot march. I think chariots work better supporting infantry lists than cavalry lists, but it can work, you'll just have to be careful to not leave it behind in the dust.

I'm not a big fan of the Eagle unit, the usual use of Eagles is chaff and the benefit for them is that they are extremely fast and very easy to maneuver and very cheap. The large unit makes it difficult to do that because suddenly the footprint of the unit is much larger but with T4 and no saves they'll still die very quickly and will need to take Panic on the first dead Eagle. I'd split it into two single Eagles because that way they'll better be able to perform their chaff role.

That said about the Eagles, I'd actually drop all three as an alternative. Your list already has 2 dedicated chaff units in the Reavers and another 2 chaff/combat hybrids with the small cavalry units, I don't think you need any more. At 2000 points I usually run just 1 chaff unit, 2 is definitely enough. Instead I'd take a Frostheart Phoenix. The reason for this is twofold: firstly they are amazing in their own right. Secondly, your list currently has just one monster and it's a very easy to kill monster. Every gun your opponent has will be aiming at that Griffon and it'll die before it makes combat against most armies. With a Frostheart your opponent will likely focus fire on the Frosty because Frosthearts are ridiculously hard to kill in combat, which means your Griffon's chance of making combat is much higher. Having only one monster in a list is very risky in my opinion unless that monster is something like a Star Dragon, Ancient Stegadon, or Frostheart Phoenix that's properly hard to kill.

Hope at least one of these suggestions helps! Good luck on your first game with it!