Pics for Team Tournament DE

Delays

I would like to apologize for the time off, school got busy and there was no time for 40k so there were no new lessons to be learned. Now that summer's here hopefully I can get more 40k in and there will be more to share.

The Winner is ....

A Mechanised Dark Eldar army, my original 40k Army. The good news is I am guaranteed to do as good as last year or better (I took last place at my local regional event :( [But I cost the third place guy Second place])

My list will end up varying slightly due to a big expenditure potentially coming up, thus cash needs to be conserved.

Duke Sliscus-150
Lady Malys-130
2X 9 Bloodbrides-3 Hydra Guantlets, Syren Agoniser-242*2=484
Raider-Aethersails
2X 10 Wyches-2 Shardnets, Hekartix, Agoniser-210*2=420
Raider
2X 10 Warriors-Dark Lance-380
Raider-Night Shields, Grisly Trophies
2X Ravagers-Flicker Fields ,Night Shields-125*2=250
Void Raven-FF, Night Shields,2 Necrotoxin Missiles, 2 Implosion Missiles-245
6 Trueborn-2 Splinter Cannons, 4 Shardcarbines-182
Raider-Night Shields
9 Reavers-3 Caltrops-258

Now I just have to hope my lances are suffiecient,(they will be if I roll average, and and smart with my target priority) and get a favorable match up (Either Daemons, or a slow Tyranids)

Please comment below.

Dark Eldar Special Character Tactics: Duke Sliscus

The biggest problem people have during wargames is planning fo every scenario. That is why I take the Duke, not only does he give me alot of flexibility, but he stretches the flexibility of my opposition by giving me the ability to counter his strengths and exploit his weaknesses. Not only does the ability to deepstrike ALL vehicles help it also allows disembarking to allow shooting against vulnerable targets.

More importantly the Duke gives 2d6 on the Roll to determine Drug Effects. This critical to any drug-based army because it mitigats that bad result that could cost you the game.

He also comes with a 3+ poison to any Warrior or Trueborn unit he is deployed with(note he does NOT have to stay with said unit). How do we take advantage of this? Either a large Warrior Squad with Splinter Cannons, or more preferably a unit of Trueborn with 2 Cannons and remaining Shardcarbinse. I personally run about 5-6 Trueborn 2 Cannons and 3-4 Carbines in a Raider with room to deploy.

However, that wastes his 2+ poison,5+ ignore armour so I take Lady Malys. Lady Malys lets you redeploy Duke into another more agressive squad such as Bloodbrides.

Any comments will be appreciated.

Mech Dark Eldar 2500pts

Since there seems to be some support for a Mechanised Dark Eldar list I am here to share.

Duke Sliscus-150
Lady Malys-130
2X 9 Bloodbrides-3 Hydra Gauntlets, Syren, Agoniser-177*2=354
Raider-Aethersails-65*2=130
2X 10 Wyches-2 Shardnets, Hekartix Agoniser-150*2=300
Raider-Aethersails-65*2=130
2X 10 Warriors-Dark Lance-115*2=230
Raider-Flickerfields-70*2=140
6 Trueborn-2 Splinter Cannons, 4 Shardcarbines-112
Raider-Flickerfields, Grisly Trophies-75
3 Void Ravens-Flickerfields, Night Shields, 4 Necrotoxin Missiles-205*3=615
5 Scourges-2 Heat Lances-134

First I will address the two biggest criticisms I forsee of the list. The largest one, "Why Spend so Much on the Void Ravens". The Void Ravens can now effectively multi-task. At 'ard Boyz there is a certain tendency to go to extremes, either a full blown horde, or a wall of steel. The Str 9 of the lances provide that necessary punch to get through Armour, while the 12 large blasts can deal with the hordes and prive the ability to neutralize units through forcing two leadership tests(pinning and 25% casualties), if the opponent rolls enough saves/tests, he will eventually fail some.

Second, only four troops at 2500pts. While there is certainly room to trim points to allow for an extra 5-man Warrior Squad in a Venom with a Blaster, I did not feel it was necessary to provide yet two more easy Kill Points to my opponent.

Then general strategy is to Nuke Enemy Lynchpins(either Death Star units, Synapse Creatures or units with Area of Effect Buffs such as Venomthropes), and the Duke will Deploy with the Trueborn for the 3+ poison and be redeployed into a Bloodbride unit with Lady Malys' assistance. I will hope for a Pain Token with the Combat Drugs, followed by Rerolling Wounds, and +1 Attack.

The Lance Count is Low due to only one Blast Pistol and no Blasters but I am Confident I will stick to the lessons I have learned of making sure important targets die before moving on.

As always please check my math and post criticisms/comments in the comments section.