Warband 1
Thorin oakenshield with shield and orcrist
4 dwarves of erebor with shield
5 dwarves of erebor with spear

warband 2
dwalin
4 dwarves of erebor with shield(1x with spear)
5 dwarves of erebor with spear

warband 3
Balin
4 dwarves of erebor with shield(1x with spear)
5 dwarves of erebor with spear

500pts
might: 6
models: 30

OR

"Thror´s royal guard"

Warband 1
Thror
5 grimhammers
6 dwarves of erebor with shield and spear

Warband 2
Grimhammer captain
6 grimhammers

Warband 3
Balin
6 dwarves of Erebor with shield and spear

total; 497
might: 6
models: 26

OR

Thror´s father and son

Warband 1
Thror
4 dwarves of Erebor with shield
4 dwarves of Erebor with spear

Warband 2
Thrain
4 dwarves of Erebor with shield

Warband 3
Balin
4 dwarves of Erebor with shield
3 dwarves of erebor with spear

496pts
might: 7
models: 22

OR with no named heroes

Erebor captain with shield
12 warriors of erebor (50/50-shield/spear)

Erebor captain with shield
12 warriors of erebor (50/50-shield/spear)

Erebor captain with shield
10 warriors of erebor (50/50-shield/spear)

total: 501
might: 6
models: 34

Seems a good choice to me. The only thing I'd add was that from what I've heard online and elsewhere, Balin is better as an 'add-on' hero if you like, so take him if you have enough points available, but don't choose him straight away. A wiser strategy would be to replace Balin with Dwalin throughout, except in your first example, providing you have enough points available.

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List 1 I reckon.

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Don't replace Balin by Dwalin!
In list three you are already totaly outnumbered and Dwalin cost and the switch costs at least 4 warriors.
In my opinion Balin is a good choice, if you already have heroes with a good damage output and a little model number and thats were you are with list 2 and 3.

I'd say 1 or 4 would be the most competitive of the lists, either a lot of high grade troops(4) with respectable leaders. Or a moderate number of troops(1) and some decent combat heroes. Both those list are also good bases for bigger armies too, easy to raise to 700 or 750 without a lot of moving units or number shuffling. Which I always like in a list, lets you change up what you can field quickly so you can spend more time playing.

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I took list 1 to a tournament last october and came 5th outta 22 so it is competitive. I found it struggled against other high D armies as the normal warriors cannot kill. I like to add a few dale bowmen in for board control and to spice it up a bit. Erebor can get very boring if you keep playing the same list.

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