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My Dark Eldar Army List

Postby ShmexyNiteTerror » Tue Apr 10, 2012 7:43 pm

Hello, After a while i have figured out a nice "little" list

HQ, (Altogether 420pts)
-Archon
*blast pistol-
*Ghostplate Armour
*huskblade
-Court of the Archon-
*2x Lhameans-
*3x Sslyths-
-Lelith Hesperax

Elites, (altogether 178pts)
*6x Harlequin troops
*death Jester
*shadowseer
*troupe master

Troops, (altogether 495pts)
*Kabalite Warriors
*10x Warriors
-dark lance
-Shredder
*Raider
-Dark Lance
-Enhanced Aethersails
-Flickerfeild
-Splinter Racks
*Sybarite
-Ghostplate Armour
*Pistol and close combat weapon
-Agoniser
-Splinter pistol


*Wyches
*hekatrix
-agoniser
*10x wyches
-2x hydra gauntlets
-10x haywire grenades
*Raider
-disintegrator
-grisly trophies
-nightsheild
-retrofire jets

Fast Attack, (Altogether 300pts)
hellions
*5x Hellions
*helliarch
-agoniser and splinter pistol
-phantasm grenade launcher

Scourges:
*5x scourges
dark lance
2x splinter cannon
*solarithe
*pistol and close combat weapons
agoniser
splinter pistol

Heavy Support, (Altogether 185pts)
*Razorwing jetfighter
with:
dark lances
Necrotoxin missile
Necrotoxin missile
Night sheild
scattersheild missile
scattersheild missile
splinter cannon

I still need to buy

Razorwing jetfighter
Death Jester
Shadowseer
2 Lhameans
3 Sslyths

What do all think?
Last edited by ShmexyNiteTerror on Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:29 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: My Dark Eldar Army List

Postby BANE » Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:21 pm

Too many points on too many upgrades

Also i dont think your allowed to post points costs for specific things.
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Re: My Dark Eldar Army List

Postby ShmexyNiteTerror » Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:25 pm

All I did was copy what points and models were from roster editor.
and I'm sorry I didn't realise that I couldn't post points costs for specific things, this is my first time posting an army list.
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Re: My Dark Eldar Army List

Postby Stunty » Tue Apr 10, 2012 11:45 pm

Ok. I assume its more for fun friendly games than aimed at tournaments. I'll give you a quick unit by unit break down.

Lelith is a solid choice for most DE armies

Archons are also a great choice (personally I dont take the blast pistol but it could be useful)
The Court must include 1 of each option so you need to adjust your list. (I cant comment on the court I've never used it but I dont think its worth the points, models look great though and makes for a fluffy army)

Harlequins, great looking unit and again mainly for fluffy lists as the other elite options work a lot harder for the points.

Kabalites, quite a few comments on these.. you have a long range anti tank weapon (lance) and very close range anti infantry weapon (shredder) in the same unit really you need to decide whether the unit will be close range anti infantry or whether you will sit them at the back on an objective taking pot shots at tanks. The sybarite isnt really worth taking yes its another agoniser which is good but you don't want your warriors in combat (if you didnt take the sybarite you could nearly afford another unit of warriors that could sit on an objective freeing up this squad)
A big part of writing an effective list is deciding before hand what each unit will do and focus it on that job. I can see what your trying to do you want to be prepared to take on infantry and tanks and I used to do the same but you end up being less efficient at both.

Wyches, Exactly how I run them, sometimes without the grenades though (bear in mind your unit size is 10 so you wouldnt be able to put Lelith in this unit if they are in the raider as capacity is 10)

Raiders, personally I don't put any upgrades on but the flickerfield is probably the best of the bunch. try to hug cover if you can though which would give you a better save than the flickerfield. (dont expect raiders to last long.)

Hellions, very fragile unit but can be very effective so again keep hidden. Not sure what to think about the PGL as you are jump infantry which has its issues with cover. Hellions tend to work better in larger numbers and with a portal.

Scourges, again suffer from the same as the kabalites, they are a close range unit and you've equipped them with long range weapons. Scourges are very effective at deepstriking behind a tank and popping it with blasters or heat lance (they can take grenades too if that fails but they need to survive long enough to use them). probably don't need the agoniser as they are not really a combat unit. they could also be equipped with anti infantry weapons for playing hordes.

Razorwing is a solid choice not really any bad way to equip it.

Hopefully I've helped a little and havent put you off your list as for friendly gaming there are no bad lists as long as you enjoy them. Let me know what you think and what your aims are and I'll try to help if I can.

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Re: My Dark Eldar Army List

Postby Galador » Wed Apr 11, 2012 2:44 am

Ok, I will highlight in bold and underlined the things that I feel you need to change. Alot of it will agree with Stunty, but a few things will be different.

ShmexyNiteTerror wrote:Hello, After a while i have figured out a nice "little" list

HQ, (Altogether 420pts)
-Archon
*blast pistol- lose this, as you will get almost no use out of it in what is obviously a close combat archon
*Ghostplate Armour
*huskblade
-Court of the Archon- As Stunty said, you must have one of each choice at least, and Medusae and Sslyths are the best choice for it, but Ur-Ghuls are a decent runner-up.
*2x Lhameans-
*3x Sslyths-
-Lelith Hesperax

Elites, (altogether 178pts)
*6x Harlequin troops Great for fun, but not really that effective
*death Jester
*shadowseer
*troupe master

Troops, (altogether 495pts)
*Kabalite Warriors
*10x Warriors
-dark lance
-Shredder As Stunty said, pick one and go with it, cause if you decide to use the Dark Lance, you will probably never fire the Shredder
*Raider This Raider has way too many upgrades on it. You will probably never use the Enhance Aether Sails, nor the Retrofires, cause from the look of it, it will be a gunboat with the Warriors inside.
-Dark Lance
-Enhanced Aethersails
-Flickerfeild
-Splinter Racks
*SybariteUnless you are doing them for a fluff reason, Sybarites have no real use, as most Warrior squads are for shooting purposes only, and the Sybarite will not have enough attacks to make the points cost of him, along with the armour and agoniser
-Ghostplate Armour
*Pistol and close combat weapon
-Agoniser
-Splinter pistol


*Wyches Just a suggestion, but I would drop a wych and a gauntlet so you can join Lelith with these girls in their Raider, as Stunty said
*hekatrix
-agoniser
*10x wyches
-2x hydra gauntlets
-10x haywire grenades
*Raider Grisly Trophies, as good as they sound, are not very useful because by the time you need them, the Raider will probably be dead. Retro fires just arent worth their cost in any aspect. If you want to deepstrike Raiders, bring Duke Sliscus, then all your Raiders Ravagers and Venoms can DS for free.
-disintegrator
-grisly trophies
-nightsheild
-retrofire jets

Fast Attack, (Altogether 300pts)
hellionsPGL is a good idea if you wanna charge anyone in cover with these guys, but they need to be a bigger squad in order to be used best.
*5x Hellions
*helliarch
-agoniser and splinter pistol
-phantasm grenade launcher

Scourges:
*5x scourges Once again, you are splitting a squad between anti tank and anti infantry. The Solarite is not worth his cost along with the agoniser, and if you decide to go anti-tank, I would suggest either Haywire or regular Blasters, as they are both assault weapons so you can move and shoot with them. If your going with anti infantry, all Shardcarbines if they are gonna be a moving unit, and only throw in the splinter cannons if you will be facing something that can catch these guys.
dark lance
2x splinter cannon
*solarithe
*pistol and close combat weapons
agoniser
splinter pistol

Heavy Support, (Altogether 185pts)
*Razorwing jetfighter A solid choice, no matter what the internet lists say. I have had nothing but success when using mine!! I normally only run the Monoscythes, as I set my Razorwing for dedicated antiinfantry, so you will have to see what is best for you.
with:
dark lances
Necrotoxin missile
Necrotoxin missile
Night sheild
scattersheild missile
scattersheild missile
splinter cannon

I still need to buy

Razorwing jetfighter
Death Jester
Shadowseer
2 Lhameans
3 Sslyths

What do all think?
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Re: My Dark Eldar Army List

Postby BANE » Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:59 am

All good advice so far, to really help we need to get more info. Are you building the army to wipe everyone or for fun fluffy reasons, is it built from models you already have or can you go out and buy anything you need?

How you like to play you game also helps shoot them, assault them or a bit of both?
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Re: My Dark Eldar Army List

Postby ShmexyNiteTerror » Wed Apr 11, 2012 2:43 pm

It's all for fun with friends, but the main thing is that I'm only painting them at the moment for a hobby, as all my scorges don't match anything (one mainly blue, gold, silver, purple, bronze and green).

Thank you for the advice guys it really is appriciated :)
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Re: My Dark Eldar Army List

Postby BANE » Wed Apr 11, 2012 3:01 pm

If its for fun with friends then it really doesnt matter what you take in my book, choose the models you like to collect and paint and use them, take any upgrades you want to spend points on and play the game the way you have the most fun.

I am trying to be helpful when i say this, sometimes asking for advice on your list on the internet can be counter productive as people with give you advice based on there objectives play styles and experiance and although people mean well you only playing for fun and i tell you to max out on blasterborn in venoms because its the most competitive use of points and that incubi only need to squads of 5 no more because anything else will over kill your target and leave you exposed for counter fire, thats not necessarily the most fun way to play the army. Again take what you want paint them how you want and have fun, after all that is your aim.

If you want to know the best models for a fun game or to paint, then thats a different question.
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Re: My Dark Eldar Army List

Postby ShmexyNiteTerror » Wed Apr 11, 2012 3:22 pm

Thanks for the help, I only do mainly paint them, but I do enjoy joining in games that my boyfriend and his friends play (I would like to beat them for once).
My boyfriend plays Orks but is learning to use Dark Angels.
My boyfriend's little brother plays Necrons.
Our friend plays Tyranids.
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Re: My Dark Eldar Army List

Postby Galador » Wed Apr 11, 2012 4:53 pm

Take on the Tyranid player, you will have a blast in that game, but he wont.....

Also, there are fluffy lists that can do some real damage, the main thing as BANE said, is how competitive you want to be.

If the above list is everything that you have, I can put something together for you that whould stand a really good chance of winning against the orks or the DA, not quite sure against the new Necrons as I havent faced them but once so far, and just about anything DE puts on the table will beat Tyranids.

Let me know and I will help you build a list that will be fun to play, along the fluffy lines also if you want, or a totally outrageous list that can come from left field and noone would ever expect to see on the field that should still have a pretty decent showing!
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Re: My Dark Eldar Army List

Postby ShmexyNiteTerror » Wed Apr 11, 2012 5:09 pm

We all play on the same board, so I'll make sure I'm near my friend.

That is all I have but like I said I still need:
Razorwing jetfighter
Death Jester
Shadowseer
Lhameans
Sslyths
Harliquinns

The Necron player has all the old Crons none of the new ones as of yet.

Like I have said I would like to beat them for once LOL.

Is this any help at all?
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Re: My Dark Eldar Army List

Postby BANE » Wed Apr 11, 2012 5:27 pm

Well then,

Orks, take plenty of dark lance weapons to pop open trucks and wagons. As much splinter weapons as you can for thinning out the mobs and wyches to hit them in cc once they are down to manageable sizes.

Necrons, same again really only you can afford to hit the cron asap with your wyches as there main threat in cc is negated by your 4++

Nids take splinter weapons and venom, auto win you.

Edit: you posted before me, if your just using what you have ill have another look and post later.
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Re: My Dark Eldar Army List

Postby ShmexyNiteTerror » Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:42 am

Thanks BANE, thats really helpfull.
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