So I'm trying to reinvigorate my interest in DE mostly because I'd hate to feel like I wasted the monies and am looking to increase my skill playing with them, please keep in mind I have played mechanized SoB for over 7 years and am not very concerned about the survival of the majority of my army. My personal favourite tactic is using my own troops as bait for my more powerful unit, and not to be forgotten LOS denial with rhinos and immolators. The DE are considerably faster then SoB (considerably might be to modest of a word), but so much more dependant upon a good plan and army construction, from the few games I've played I've come to learn a majority of my tricks no longer apply to this army and I have little idea the worth of each unit in the codex.
So far I'm confused on the effectiveness of Reavers, Scourges, and Mandrakes. None of these units do anything worth their points cost for me particularly the mandrakes they just keep failing me over and over again. Reavers are cool but I've never had them do much more then zoom around then die, the first game I played they made me giggle when they hit a Devastator squad with their blade thingies and carved six marines to chunks. After that they where treated to a very angry BA Librarian in Termie armour, I got him with a DL shot so I guess thats a plus, but anyways after that one event they've never done anything as awesome and I would like any advice on tactics for them cause I really do like the look of them.
As for Scourges, 22 points each? Really? Why? Whats so good about them, that they'd cost that much? I don't own any and have been resisting the urge to buy some with out first getting some info, so do have much else to say about them. Anywhos anyone who actually knows what their doing with this army have any advice? Try to go easy on me, complicated strategies bore me to death, so does mathhammer so please try to limit mathematics .
PS. The Archons court models, they worth using? Cause that snake guy is awesome an I want a couple and that concubine chickie I needs one as well, and probably another one for a Dark Elf army in WFB, maybe another for something I haven't yet planned yet.