DE Ard Boyz List

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I could use any suggestions. I am new to Dark Eldar and this is what I will be bringing to Ard Boyz semi finals. I am not expecting to do all that great since I am new to the army and only played a handful of times but I would rather bring this than my chaos space marines.

2500 Pts - Dark Eldar Roster

Total Roster Cost: 2499

Elite: Kabalite Trueborn
4 Kabalite Trueborn, Blasterx4
1 Venom, Splinter Cannon+ Night Shields


Elite: Kabalite Trueborn
4 Kabalite Trueborn, Blasterx4
1 Venom, Splinter Cannon+ Night Shields

Elite: Kabalite Trueborn
4 Kabalite Trueborn, Blasterx4
1 Venom, Splinter Cannon+ Night Shields


Troops: Wyches
8 Wyches, + Haywire Grenades + Razorflails x1
1 Hekatrix, Haywire Grenades 2 + Agoniser ) + Blast Pistol
1 Raider, = + Night Shields + Flickerfield

Troops: Wyches
8 Wyches, + Haywire Grenades + Razorflails x1
1 Hekatrix, Haywire Grenades 2 + Agoniser ) + Blast Pistol
1 Raider, = + Night Shields + Flickerfield


Troops: Kabalite Warriors
5 Kabalite Warriors, + Blaster x1
1 Raider, + Night Shields + Flickerfield

Troops: Kabalite Warriors
5 Kabalite Warriors, + Blaster x1
1 Raider, + Night Shields + Flickerfield

Troops: Kabalite Warriors
5 Kabalite Warriors, + Blaster x1
1 Raider, + Night Shields + Flickerfield

Troops: Kabalite Warriors
5 Kabalite Warriors, + Blaster x1
1 Raider, + Night Shields + Flickerfield


Heavy Support: Razorwing Jetfighter
1 Razorwing Jetfighter, Dark Lances x2 , Monoscythe Missles, Splinter Cannon x1 + Flickerfield

Heavy Support: Ravager
1 Ravager, Flickerfield 10

Heavy Support: Ravager
1 Ravager,) + Flickerfield 10

Fast Attack: Reavers
6 Reavers, + Blaster x2 + Cluster Caltrops x2

Fast Attack: Reavers
6 Reavers, + Blaster x2 + Cluster Caltrops x2

HQ: Haemonculus
1 Haemonculus

HQ: Haemonculus
1 Haemonculus, + Animus Vitae

[newtoncain]

Nice list but a few comments.

YOu pretty much have a venom spam army.

DO you really need a blast pistol on your wyches?

Maybe add grizzly trophies tot he raiders (reroll moral)

Heam need liquidfiers

Most people dont do this, but by adding 1 TB w/ SpCn in each venom give you some extra fire power. Out side 18" for blasters or no mech targets left, gee 4/6 more posion shots instead.

Run the reavers as Anti tank or Anti inf, not both. So take off either the blasters or caltrops or run 1 unit of each. No Arena champion = better chance to run after 2 casulaites. Again you could but Grizzly Trophies on all your vehiclas for 5pts a pop .

Just my opinion.

[thecactusman17]

You're a brave man taking an army you have little experience with into Ard Boyz. Best of luck to you.

You haemonculai are going where exactly? 50 points for a pain token sounds cheap, but in this case your Wyches could have been Bloodbrides, and the extra 3d6 attacks from a trio of Hydra Gauntlets would do more than S+1. And you would STILL have extra points left over to max out the squad.

Alternatively, the same point investment in your HQs gets you Baron Sathonx. Baron is the best HQ in the game for a few critical reasons, especially his nasty +1 to go first. At 'Ard Boyz, controlling that first turn/deployment advantage is crucial, and even forcing your opponent into turn 1 can sometimes work in your favor (such as during Dawn of War or against an all-drop army). The only issue with the Baron is obviously that he won't initially have a solid mass of units to work with, but you can temporarily change that up by chaining turbo boosting reavers into his coherency, giving them a 2+ cover save to go with his 2+ invul and making a rock hard unit against anything but Hydra tanks and Hellhounds.

People see Venom spam coming from a mile off, and realize that it has one critical weakness: Venom spam does not have many options for dealing with tanks at range. Be wary of long range AT units like Long Fangs and devastators dropping your Ravagers turn 1, prepare for that scenario by putting your Blasterborn in a position where they can engage ASAP.

And like the dude above me said, outfit them with some extra splinter goodness if you can afford to. Believe me, 10 points for 6 shots is a good freakin' deal.

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Thanks so much for the responses guys.
I think I will drop those blasters on the wyches.

Unfortunately I would like to run the baron but I don't own anything to actually make him. Besides buying a squad of hellions to make him.

And I did have a dark lance in my squads of blaster-born but the extra splinter cannon sounds really good.

Again thanks for the good tips I will refine my list and repost.

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Here is a rework with some of your suggestions.
2500 Pts - Dark Eldar Roster


Total Roster Cost: 2495

Elite: Kabalite Trueborn
5 Kabalite Trueborn + Blaster x4 + Splinter Cannon x1
1 Venom, Splinter Cannon + Night Shields

Elite: Kabalite Trueborn
5 Kabalite Trueborn + Blaster x4 + Splinter Cannon x1
1 Venom, Splinter Cannon + Night Shields

Elite: Kabalite Trueborn
5 Kabalite Trueborn + Blaster x4 + Splinter Cannon x1
1 Venom, Splinter Cannon + Night Shields

Troops: Wyches
8 Wyches, + Haywire Grenades ) + Razorflails x1
1 Hekatrix, Agoniser
1 Raider, Night Shields + Flickerfield

Troops: Wyches
8 Wyches, + Haywire Grenades ) + Razorflails x1
1 Hekatrix, Agoniser
1 Raider, Night Shields + Flickerfield

Troops: Kabalite Warriors
5 Kabalite Warriors, + Blaster x1
1 Raider, Night Shields + Flickerfield

Troops: Kabalite Warriors
5 Kabalite Warriors, + Blaster x1
1 Raider, Night Shields + Flickerfield

Troops: Kabalite Warriors
5 Kabalite Warriors, + Blaster x1
1 Raider, Night Shields + Flickerfield

Troops: Kabalite Warriors
5 Kabalite Warriors, + Blaster x1
1 Raider, Night Shields + Flickerfield

Heavy Support: Razorwing Jetfighter
1 Razorwing Jetfighter, + Splinter Cannon x1 + Flickerfield

Heavy Support: Ravager
1 Ravager,+ Night Shields + Flickerfield

Heavy Support: Ravager
1 Ravager, + Night Shields + Flickerfield

Fast Attack: Reavers
6 Reavers, + Cluster Caltrops x2

Fast Attack: Reavers
6 Reavers, = Cluster Caltrops x2

HQ: Baron Sathonyx

I removed the blasters from the reavers and kept the caltrops. I also replaced the haemies for baron in case I pick up some hellions to make a ghetto version of the baron. I also added some splinter cannons to my blaster-born and removed the blasters from the wych squads.