Really love harlequins, don't care how over costed they are. They were the first batch of guys i collected and painted way back in RT, and they're still my fav today. ( I still got the god awfully painted models ) Anyways, I'm tired of running them with a craftworld eldar list. I need change. Thought I'd give the DE a try with my take of a WWP list. Let the games begin...
2k Dark Carnival of carnage ( khorney, i know )
Lady Malys
x2 haemonculi w/ x2 WWPs, x1 shattershard, x1 liquifier gun
X3 wracks
venom w/ x2 splinter cannons
X3 wracks
venom w/ x2 splinter cannons
X3 wracks
venom w/ x2 splinter cannons
x10 harlies w/ DJ, SS, TM, x2 fusion pistols, kisses
x10 harlies w/ DJ, SS, TM, x2 fusion pistols, kisses
x5 scourges w/ x2 heat lances
x5 beastmasters
x15 khymera
x1 clawed fiend
x2 razorwing flocks
x3 Talos w/ chain flails, dual heat lances
If I go first, I deploy 2 haemi with a wrack squads in venoms, for the first turn portal drops. Just over the halfway point in the middle, and the other near the objective i want to grab works. If i go 2nd, 1 haemi stays with the harlies to survive the first turn with a disappearing act. The other hugs cover and prays to the laughing god.
After the drops, it becomes a shell game on where I'm gonna turn up. Usually it will be fairly obvious with objective placement, but i like the freedom a wwp offers regardless. Everything in the army usually reserves up and comes out of ( you guessed it) one of the portals. Everything has at least move through cover and/ or a 12 inch move/charge/fleet. Melta is scattered throughout the list and i got 3 msu venoms for crowd control/scoring/MCs.
The Lady is there mainly because I love her fluff, but happens to give us some nifty redeployment shenanigans. Normally I would use either a harlie squad or the scourges to bait some units on a far flank, and then redeploy them into reserve refusing a flank right off the bat. I really don't think I'll get much use out of the haemi weapons, but its either that or mess with the beast squad, and I kinda like them like that. Maybe another scourge?
Anyways, I realize this isn't the to end all lists, but I think it can be semi competitive, while also being tons of fun to play.
Apples or Tomatos?