Happy new year back as well!

I like the enthusiasm for the list but I would advise against palace guard

Would I get that much more armoured swords for the cost of palace guard? I'm not very well versed with wood-elf tactics and not sure what kind of numbers I should be bringing to the fold.

Consider palace guard only in Tharanduil warband because their special rule. Some with shields are fine because their higher D value.

That depends on what you are countering. Against hordes with low D and S probably better to get more warriors. Against higher D and S then go with palace guard.

Eh I think they're only really good cause of their fight value, so beating Rohan, Gondor(minus Boromir), Isenguard, ect heroes or forcing them to heroic strike is huge. I would really only take them if you can't get more troops taking something else instead.

Dunno where is the dilehma at, the only guy that cost 5 points over the other(with 1 upgrade the guard/2 upgrades de mirk elf got the following extra benefits:

- bodyguard rule
- special rule for +1 fight near thranduil
- can get access to banner and horn (for the cost mentioned on his profile)

is all this worth it?

I would say
vs S3 and S5 it might be worth it
vs S4 its all the same (D5 or 6 no matter still wound at same)

Like some people already adviced, they are expensive and the elves army is an elite one where they lack on numbers...
Comparing bettewn mirk and guard its kinda weird comparison to some point as one is your base core to take on the field, the other its very situational.

If you still wanna get "palace guard" on the field cause there cool, send captains to lead random mirk elves, they are completly worth it as they are considerably alot cheaper in comparison to other elven captains. (15pts cheaper if im correct)


My army normally includes a bunch of em for some reasons:

- it works better on Thranduil warband or an intend warband to stay near Thrand.
- they are plastic and easier to afford
- they give me acess to banner (at some point might be usefull)
- theyall come inbued with an elven blade, so any similar fight value models they got 2 options, or its fighting an heroe and get heroics strike sto beat, or get really luck cause 4 out of 6 chances on a nice gonna favour tie up combats with palace guard when the fight values are similar.

Yeah the banner is probably worth considering and the captains seem great, the only problem for me is I dunno when you'd take him over one of the named heroes. If you get up to a 4th warband the palace guard captain would be my first pick. I honestly have never gone with the banner in order to get more models, since the elves tend to be a low model count army. If you do take one let me know how it goes.