Sunday, December 19, 2010

Dark Eldar HQ Synergy

Many Armies have HQs that are force multipliers, but these are usually psykers and Dark Eldar don't have any. So how do I make my units more Capable without adding extra bodies and losing my transports?

First step is if you have more than 3 units with Combat Drugs, either a wych or hellion heavy army, Use Duke Sliscus for his drug rerolls. Howevr in order not to waste his 3+ poison effect take a 10 Trueborn with Shard Carbines and 2 Splinter Cannons. Now on the move that is 32 poisoned shot with a 24" effective range and hitting and wounding on 3's. This squad will have to be deployed on foot but you can detach the Duke have him jump into a 9-man Bloodbride squad and Trueborn head into their Raider.

Lady Malys is usefull with Vect, forcing your opponent into in to "damned if you do, damned if you don't" scenario regarding first turn. Lelith and other units with invulnerable saves will benefit greatly from Lady Malys, not her redeployment as much but her immunity from psykers.

Picture this, Lady Malys is leading a Bloodbride squad, they charge a TH/SS terminator squad in range of a Librain that sucessfully cast Null Zone. However now that Malys is immune to psykers you get your full 4++ save and reduce 25% of the unsaved wounding hits. (75% of wound unsaved due to rerolling sucessful invulnerable saves down to 50% of just normal invulnerable saves)

And of Course, Haemonculi plop into a squad give it a pain token, but try putting 2 Haemonculi with another unit AND an Archon stealing both tokens and gaining FNP and FC.

Tell me what you think and Leave your Comments below.

2 comments:

  1. The last one won't work. When an IC leaves the squad you have to split the tokens as evenly as possible.

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  2. I was operating under the assumption that evenly as possible meant Archon can't take both if deployed with Wracks and a Haemonculus, but if deployed with Incubi and 2 Haemonculi it would fine because 1 for the Incubi and 1 for the Archon, and the Haemonculi stay in the Raider.

    If that is ruled illegal by a judge, then I will have the Archon and Incubi disembark seperatly prior to Raider movement then Reattach Archon with their movement

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