Dark Eldar 2K

Okay, from reading through the book on the ride home, what little research I did before leaving for Austin, and a bit of talking with Monkey and Jester, this is what I've come up with for a rough first draft. There are really only 2 things I wanted in the list (and the more I try to fit them both the more I'm convinced I can't effectively) are Beastmasters and the large unit of Hellions+Baron. I really don't like not having Scourges OR Reavers, but like I said the goal was to fit in BM and Hellions.


HQ
Baron - 105

Monc - 50

Elite
Trueborn x3 - Dark Lance x2 - 161
-----Raider - Flickerfield, Shockprow

Trueborn x3 - Dark Lance x2 - 161
-----Raider - Flickerfield, Shockprow

Trueborn x3 - Blaster x3 - 146
-----Venom - Splinter Cannon x2

Troops
Hellions x15 - Helliarch, Stunclaw - 255

Wracks x3 - 105
-----Raider - Flickerfield, Shockprow

Warriors x5 - Blaster - 125
-----Venom - Splinter Cannon x2

Warriors x5 - Blaster - 125
-----Venom - Splinter Cannon x2

Warriors x5 - Blaster - 125
-----Venom - Splinter Cannon x2

Warriors x5 - Blaster - 125
-----Venom - Splinter Cannon x2

Fast
Beastmasters x4 - Khymerae x4, Razorwings x5 - 171

Heavy
Ravager - Flickerfield - 115

Ravager - Flickerfield - 115

Ravager - Flickerfield - 115

1999/2000

Tear it apart.

Your scoring troops have Blasters, and your elites who you can afford to sacrifice have Dark Lances. I'd swap that.

Outside of that, i think the biggest thing is you'll need a ton of actual practice time with the army.

bsimon wrote:

Your scoring troops have Blasters, and your elites who you can afford to sacrifice have Dark Lances. I'd swap that.

I picked the Trueborn to be Dark Lance caddies because they could take 2 per unit but you make a good point. Probably should find a way to shave off 100 points to make the switch.

bsimon wrote:

Outside of that, i think the biggest thing is you'll need a ton of actual practice time with the army.

This is actually half the reason I'm interested in playing them. Hoping that playing non-marines will help me with the game overall.

Just IMO, playing tons more games would have a better effect. =)

Adjusted the list a little, still haven't been able to find enough points to make the Troops the Dark Lance units but I have been able to adjust the BM units to have 2 smaller ones and increase the lance caddy units, at the cost of the Venom Trueborn. I also had to drop the FF on the Ravagers, but the raiders are there to give them cover saves any way so that shouldn't be too big I hope. I think it's better overall.

HQ
Baron - 105

Monc - 50

Elite
Trueborn x4 - Dark Lance x2 - 173
-----Raider - Flickerfield, Shockprow

Trueborn x4 - Dark Lance x2 - 173
-----Raider - Flickerfield, Shockprow

Troops
Hellions x15 - Helliarch, Stunclaw - 255

Wracks x3 - 115
-----Raider - Flickerfield, Shockprow, Torment Grenade Launcher, Adv. Aether Sails

Warriors x5 - Blaster - 125
-----Venom - Splinter Cannon x2

Warriors x5 - Blaster - 125
-----Venom - Splinter Cannon x2

Warriors x5 - Blaster - 125
-----Venom - Splinter Cannon x2

Warriors x5 - Blaster - 125
-----Venom - Splinter Cannon x2

Fast
Beastmasters x3 - Khymerae x5, Razorwings x4 - 156

Beastmasters x3 - Khymerae x5, Razorwings x4 - 156

Heavy
Ravager - 105

Ravager - 105

Ravager - 105

1998/2000

You need to max size your hellions.

The only thing I'd say is that you're going to have to leave at least one troop unit back to hold your home objective. The blasters won't reach anything in that case. You should either take a raider unit with Dark Lance or a unit of Wyches to put down any encroaching enemy units.

Thoughts?

HQ:
Baron - 105
Haemonculus - 50

Elite:
Trueborn x3 - Blaster x3 - 136
-----Venom - Splinter Cannon x2

Trueborn x3 - Blaster x3 - 136
-----Venom - Splinter Cannon x2

Troops:
Hellions x19 - Helliarch, Stunclaw - 319

Wracks x3 - 110
-----Raider - Flicker Field, Shock Prow, Enh. Aethersails

Warriors x10 - Splinter Cannon - 180
-----Raider - Flicker Field, Shock Prow, Enh. Aethersails

Warriors x5 - Blaster - 125
-----Venom - Splinter Cannon x2

Warriors x5 - Blaster - 125
-----Venom - Splinter Cannon x2

Warriors x5 - Blaster - 125
-----Venom - Splinter Cannon x2

Fast:
Beastmasters x3 - Khymerae x4, Razorwing Flocks x4 - 144

Scourges x5 - Haywire Blaster x2 - 130

Heavy:
Ravager - 105

Ravager - 105

Ravager - 105

2000/2000